How the neighborhood found out · October 2025 – April 25, 2026
The Letter Residents Received — and the County Emails Behind It
The broker's letter announcing that the County "never accepted" the land as parkland and plans three residential lots — and the emails showing Commissioner Long wrote that sentence herself four days earlier.
Why it matters
This is how the neighborhood found out, two months after the vote. The County's own emails show who drafted the letter, that survey crews were sent before anyone was told, and that the Commissioner asked the broker to drop the County's outside counsel from the thread.
- Source
- The April 25, 2026 letter hand-delivered to homes near the park (p. 1), followed by emails between Commissioner Cynthia Long's office and the broker, as produced by Williamson County under the Public Information Act on May 28, 2026 and redacted by the County (pp. 2–12). The recipients’ name and street address on the letter have been redacted. · ID H10 + W16
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- Start with
- p. 1 (the letter); p. 2 (April 21, 2026 draft); p. 4 (October 2025 sewer-line exchange)
The letter (p. 1). On April 25, 2026, a letter on McAllister & Associates letterhead was hand-delivered to homes near the park: “While originally indicated as parkland, Williamson County never accepted it as parkland and does not intend to do so in the future.” It describes the tract as 7.6 acres; the deed, the plats, and the County’s own agreement say 7.38.
The emails (pp. 2–12). These are the only emails the County produced in response to an eleven-category records request, and every one comes from a single Commissioner’s office.
- October 14, 2025. The broker finds a Cedar Park sewer main on the utility map. Commissioner Long replies: “My guess is CP ran it through there because they thought it ‘parkland’ … the tracts are still developable.”
- April 1, 2026. The broker reports that a boundary, tree and topo survey, preliminary plat, and subdivision “should be completed in April,” with a marketing launch in May. The Commissioner: “You can drop Don off of the cc’s at this point.” Don Childs is the County’s outside counsel on the sale.
- April 16, 2026. “The survey crews will start tomorrow on the Breakaway property.”
- April 21, 2026. The Commissioner sends the broker a draft: “The County never accepted it as parkland and does not intend to do so in the future.” It is the text of the letter, nearly word for word.
- April 22, 2026. The Commissioner lists the six adjoining parcels whose owners should be notified. The broker: “I’ll try to deliver in person and for anyone I miss I can leave the letter on their doorstep.”