Sworn in May 14, 2026 • Serving Place 6

Listening, delivering, and bringing Cedar Park along for every decision.

A modern, transparent way to reach your council member. Submit concerns, track real progress on goals, and read what's happening at City Hall — in plain language, not policy jargon.

Council Member Shweta Padmanabha
Transparency Dashboard

What this office has done — in real numbers.

Updated automatically as residents submit concerns and goals advance. No spin, no quarterly delay.

Concerns Received
128
Since May 14, 2026
Resolved or Routed
112
87% closure rate
Avg. First Response
1.4 days
Goal: under 2 days
Council Votes Cast
14
All published with reasoning →
Priorities

Six commitments. Backed by action, not slogans.

Each priority links to the specific votes, projects, and goals it ties into. Click any card to see the receipts.

Safe Neighborhoods

Supporting our police, fire, and first responders — and making sure response times stay equitable across every part of the city.

Strong Public Schools

Partnering with LISD on facilities, traffic safety around campuses, and after-school programming families count on.

Smart Growth & Infrastructure

Reducing congestion, fixing what's broken first, and planning roads and utilities for the Cedar Park of 2035.

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Supporting Local Businesses

Faster permits, cleaner processes, and a city that's easy to grow a small business in.

Sustainable Economic Development

Responsible, value-driven growth that protects what makes Cedar Park special.

Shared Values, Stronger Community

Listening, engaging, and bringing people together across neighborhoods, generations, and backgrounds.

Goals Tracker

Public commitments. Public progress.

Short-term goals are what I'm working on this quarter. Long-term goals are where Cedar Park needs to be in the next 2–5 years. Updated monthly.

Short-term • Q3 2026

Launch this constituent portal
In progress

A modern way for residents to reach me, submit concerns, and track what happens. Target launch: June 15.

Plain-language council meeting summaries
Scoped

Every council packet translated into a one-page summary in everyday English, posted within 48 hours of each meeting.

Resident response within 2 business days
In progress

Every concern submitted through this portal gets a personal acknowledgment within 2 business days.

Long-term • 2026–2028

Cedar Park as Central Texas's first AI-ready city
Scoped

Pilot AI tools for permitting, agenda prep, and constituent services. Publish results openly so other cities can copy what works.

Cut average permit turnaround in half
Scoped

Use AI plan-review tools (Archistar model) to make Cedar Park the easiest mid-sized Texas city to build and grow a business in.

Public live-budget & project dashboard
Scoped

A single page where any resident can see how their tax dollars are being spent, in real time, with AI explaining what changed and why.

Submit a Concern

Tell me what's happening in your neighborhood.

Every submission gets a tracking ID, a written acknowledgment within 2 business days, and a status you can check anytime.

Submit a new concern

No issue is too small. Traffic, drainage, parks, permits, neighbor disputes, ideas — send it.

You'll get a tracking ID immediately.

Track an existing concern

Enter your ticket ID to see status updates. Example: CP-2026-00042

Enter a ticket ID above to see status.

Don't have a ticket ID? Email shweta@cedarparktexas.gov.

Council Updates — In Plain English

What happened at City Hall this week.

Council meetings can run 4+ hours and packets exceed 400 pages. Here's the readable version, posted within 48 hours of every meeting.

May 27, 2026 • Council Meeting

What we voted on this week

Approved the FY2027 budget with a 0.4¢ tax-rate reduction. Greenlit the Buttercup Creek Trail Phase 2 contract. Tabled the short-term-rental ordinance pending more resident input — your voice matters here.

5 votes • 3 discussions
May 20, 2026 • Work Session

Lakeline Blvd. traffic study results

Staff presented the long-awaited Lakeline study. Headline: PM peak times are 22% worse than 2023. Three intersection upgrades proposed. Public comment opens June 3.

Infrastructure
May 14, 2026 • First Meeting

Oath of office and first-100-days plan

Sworn in along with two new colleagues. Shared my first-100-days priorities: launch this portal, get plain-language updates running, and bring three concrete AI-pilot proposals to council by August.

Onboarding
Blog

Notes from the field.

Longer-form thinking on what I'm seeing, learning, and pushing for. Less polished than a press release, more honest.

May 26, 2026

Why Cedar Park should be Central Texas's first AI-ready city

We have the talent, the location, the budget, and a fresh council. The window to lead — not follow — is open right now. Here's the case for moving in the next 90 days.

Read the full post →
May 22, 2026

What I learned knocking 4,000 doors

The three things residents kept telling me — and what I'm going to do about each.

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May 18, 2026

Reading a 400-page council packet, for the first time

An honest look at the firehose every councilmember drinks from, and a few ways to make it work for residents too.

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Cedar Park's strength comes from its people.

Help me serve better — submit an idea, flag a problem, volunteer for a community workgroup, or just say hi.

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