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What’s in a question?
Buda leaders discuss ballot wording for flouride referendum BY SAMANTHA SMITH
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Multiple units come out for Kyle fire
San Marcos Fire Department firefighters Pablo Nieto and Greg Sherrill turn away from a plume of smoke billowing from the roof of a two-story home that caught on fire Friday. No one was hurt after a shed fire rapidly transferred to a home in the 100 block of Indigo Cove in Kyle and caused extensive damage. Officials estimate the damage to the home to be around $400,000. A cause has not yet been determined. Multiple fire departments, including San Marcos, North Hays County and Buda Fire, assisted. Wayfinders Church in Kyle is accepting donations to help the affected family. Visit the church site at wayfinders.church for more information and see a full story online at HaysFreePress.com.
Kyle unveils plans for new recreation complex BY MOSES LEOS III
COURTESY RENDERING
The 46-acre park near Chapa Middle School will feature a tennis complex, volleyball facility, a recreation center and possibly a skate park.
with “private recreational entities” in negotiating agreements on funding the park. Exactly how much the park could cost is unknown at this time. Sellers said Aug. 15 he
couldn’t disclose the entities until the agreements are finalized. Negotiations are ongoing. However, what could come out of the negotiations is an “innovative
COMING UP Gunner Thames Memorial Rodeo On Saturday, Sept. 2 and Sunday, Sept. 3, head out to the Chester Franklin Arena at Veterans Park in Wimberley for this annual event benefi tting the mission and vision of the Gunner Thames Memorial Foundation. Rodeo begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights. The event is BYOB. Saturday night’s festivities will include a dance featuring the Sam Bentley Band. Visit www. GunnerThames.com for more information.
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LBJ’s Boot Scootin’ Birthday Fiesta
The Hays County Democratic Party will host its annual celebration of LBJ’s birthday 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 27 in Stone Hall at Texas Old Town in Kyle. “LBJ’s Boot Scootin’ Birthday Fiesta,” both a celebration and a fundraiser, is a free event that will feature office holders and candidates, a catered enchilada casserole dinner, music, art, and a live auction. For more information contact LBJ2017@ hayscountydemocrats. org.
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Ten years worth of scuttlebutt could soon come to an end as Kyle city officials Aug. 15 unveiled plans for a privately-funded eastside sports and recreation park. That complex, known as Kyle Vista Park, would encompass 46-acres along Dacy Lane near Chapa Middle School and could harbor a tennis complex, volleyball facility, a recreation center and, potentially, a skate park. Kyle city manager Scott Sellers said the project, which went under the code name “Just Peachy,” has been on the city’s agenda “in some form or fashion” for the past year. During the course of the year, Kyle has worked
solution to a problem the city has been wrestling with for ten years,” which was trying to fund a recreation center, Sellers said. Kyle is proposing to offer a 25-year ground lease to entities at “very little cost to the city,” Sellers said. The city would pay $200,000 total from its parks fund over the course of a decade. In return, participating entities would “bring these recreation opportunities” to Kyle, which the city would have paid for out of its general fund. Sellers said during negotiations, it became apparent the city had a “good opportunity” to leverage a ground lease situation. The city could also offer property owners utility
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Tensions mounted between Buda city leaders Aug. 15 as they were unable to unanimously agree on the ballot language for a Nov. 7 referenda item on water fluoridation. Buda City Council members were asked to choose between three different legally accepted options regarding the ballot language for a fluoride vote. Option 1 asked residents if the city
should pass an ordinance resuming the use of fluoride additives in the municipal potable water supply. Option 2, which was ultimately approved by a narrow 4-3 vote, asked the same question, but added “within the allowable level as recommended and regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).” Council members George Haehn, Lee
FLUORIDE, 2A
San Marcos man charged with drunk driving death BY SAMANTHA SMITH Authorities arrested a San Marcos man Saturday who had been charged with intoxication manslaughter after he allegedly was twice the legal alchohol limit in a fatal June collision in Kyle. Cory Wayne New, 22, was booked into the Hays County Jail on one count of intoxication manslaughter, which is a first degree felony. Jeff Barnett, Kyle police chief, said the accident occurred June 12 around 6 p.m. near
the 211 mile marker on I-35 in Kyle. Barnett said New, who was 21 at the time of the incident, was driving along northbound Interstate 35 in a 2016 Freightliner moving truck when he rear ended an 18-wheeler that was slowing down onto the shoulder. Austin Wayne Prince, 28, of Plano, was taken to an Austin area hospital, where he died June 13. New was transported to an area hospital with non
MANSLAUGHTER, 2A
Four file in race for Kyle mayor
One Buda seat contested BY MOSES LEOS III A flurry of late election filings brought the total number of candidates vying for four Kyle City Council seats to 10, according to Kyle’s city website. Bill Sinor, Nicole Romero-Piche and Jaime Sanchez all join District 1 Kyle City Council member Travis Mitchell in throwing their hats into the Kyle mayoral race, which will be decided Nov. 7 Sinor, who was one of the first people to file for candidacy in July, originally filed for the open District 2
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seat before making the change to mayor on Aug. 18. Sinor, a mediator who has lived in Kyle for seven years, ran unsuccessful campaigns for elected office in Kyle in 2013 and 2014. He was defeated by outgoing District 4 council member David Wilson in the May 2014 election. Former Kyle city council member Jaime Sanchez, an engineer who has lived in Kyle for 50 years, threw his hat into the ring Monday, which was the filing deadline.
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HISTORY
Founded April 10, 1903, by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building. It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956. The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.
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Elections: Four file for Kyle mayor, only one contest in Buda Continued from pg. 1A
Sanchez served on the Kyle City Council from 2010 to 2013, but ran an unsuccessful bid in 2014 for the District 2 seat, currently held by outgoing council member Becky Selbera. Sanchez was defeated by current at-large council member Daphne Tenorio in 2016. Sanchez was also involved in a lawsuit against the city of Kyle, which he won in 2006. Nicole Romero-Piche, an educator who’s lived in Kyle for nine years, also filed for mayor and will make her inaugural
run for office. In Kyle City Council District 4 race, Alexander Villalobos, a police officer who’s lived in Kyle for 12 years, and Tim McHutchion, who works in the storage industry, will vie for the seat that will be vacated by Wilson. Construction worker Robert Rizo and Tracy Sheel, a healthcare manager, will square off in the District 2 seat, which will be vacated by Kyle city council member Selbera. Both will make their first foray into politics. Meanwhile, Dex
Ellison, a bank manager and a Kyle Planning and Zoning commissioner, and Marco Pizana, an internship coordinator with Hays CISD, will vie for the unexpired term of Mitchell’s District 1 seat, which has two years left. Ellison, who also filed Monday, previously ran for the District 6 seat in 2015, which was claimed by Damon Fogley. Pizana will make his first run for political office. While the filings were aplenty in Kyle, only one of the four city council seats up for grabs in Buda will be contested.
In the race for the Place 5 seat, Clark Beach, a design associate, and Remy Fallon, an employee at Casa Alde in Buda, will square off for the office held by Eileen Altmiller, who did not file for reelection. Both Beach and Fallon submitted their candidate filings Monday. Evan Ture, a chief revenue officer and a six year Buda resident, was the lone person to file for the Place 6 council seat. Incumbent Bobby Lane opted to not run for reelection in July. Meanwhile, Buda’s
mayoral race will be an uneventful one as George Haehn, a retired veteran who is the current Place 4 council member, was the only person to file for the seat held by Todd Ruge. Ruge, who was elected to office in 2013, announced in July he would not be seeking reelection. A familiar face may also make his way back to the dais as Jose Montoya was the only person to file for Haehn’s unexpired Place 4 term. Montoya served on the Buda city council dais for several years until his defeat in a runoff in 2015.
language pertaining to TCEQ. Ruge said he declined to accept any amendments to his motion due to the legal implications of changing the wording in the already approved options. “The language of all of our propositions has to pass legal scrutiny,� Ruge said. He added that an abrupt change in wording might have proved to be a “legal gray area.� “My thought process was to give the voters the
most information possible,� Ruge said. The ballot item will appear on the November election voting ballot asking voters to adopt or reject a proposed initiative ordinance relating to the use of fluoride in the municipal potable water supply. “We want to be as transparent as possible (in the ballot language) and let voters know that this has been a provable method for over 70 years,� Ruge said.
Fluoride: Ballot wording contentious Continued from pg. 1A
Urbanovsky and David Nuckels all voted against the second option. The third option changed the wording entirely, and asked voters, “Shall the city of Buda pass an ordinance preventing the introduction of fluoride additives to the municipal potable water supply?� Buda Mayor Todd Ruge was quick to choose Option 2 since it gave the voter more detail on what they were being asked to
cast their vote for. “I’m in favor of Option 2. I think it gives more detail on what people will be voting on,� Ruge said. Council member Lee Urbanovsky countered with his preference for Option 1 because he felt the latter two seemed to be “leading�voters. “Option 2 includes TCEQ information, and seems to be in favor of it (fluoridation), and number 3 seems to be against it,� Urbanovsky said.
Council member David Nuckels agreed with Urbanovsky and also voted for the first option. Council members Eileen Altmiller and Wiley Hopkins sided with Ruge and also voted similarly. “To me Option 2, it’s important to let voters know that the state has approved a certain level and they will be in charge of regulation of it,� Altmiller said. During the course of discussion, Ruge denied a motion by Haehn to strike
Kyle Vista Park: Privately funded sports park in the works Continued from pg. 1A
extension to point of distribution (POD) lines, as well as improve the internal road network for the complex. Talk of a potential sports complex and recreation center in Kyle has been ongoing for 10 years. In 2007, Kyle acquired 46-acres of land at the corner of Bebee Road and Dacy Lane. At the time, Kyle city leaders engaged in a $1 million architectural review, study and plan with MarmonMok, a San Antonio-based firm. With a $20 million price tag, along with a low priority on the city’s wish list, the council at the time didn’t move forward with the plan. After dusting off Marmon Mok’s review and plan, Sellers said the city is now moving forward
with the complex, which could cost more than $30 million today. Kyle is currently in the “final round� of talks with three entities, which aim to develop the sports complex. What the complex could hold is a variety of recreational opportunities. Sellers said the city had a “recent development� with an unnamed entity involving positive interest in a “tournament quality tennis complex.� The tennis facility may house national tournaments “or larger.� Another entity was interested in developing a “tournament-class� indoor and outdoor volleyball facility, which could also be used for other activities, including basketball and futsal, or indoor soccer.
A third entity is eyeing a “large recreation facility� that will be multi-purpose for a variety of activities. Other facilities could include a skate park, along with a splash pad. Kyle Vista Park could also be a way for Kyle to reopen discussion with Hays CISD regarding a natatorium, or swimming complex, on the site. Sellers said the city began talks with Hays CISD for the natatorium, but
they never materialized. Hays CISD earlier this year sought plans to partner with the YMCA of Austin for a $5 million natatorium at Camp Cypress, located along Old San Antonio Road in Buda. The proposed deal, however, died following a 3-3 vote on the dais. Sellers said the natatorium could still be on the table, and the city “would very much like to explore that.�
Kyle Mayor Todd Webster said that instead of waiting 20 years, the city could “bring the types of things people want.� Travis Mitchell, Kyle city council, District 1, credited staff with finding a solution to the funding issue. “You brought forward an impossible solution and its the truest situation of making lemonade out of lemons,� Mitchell said.
Manslaughter Continued from pg. 1A
life-threatening injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler, Roberto Diaz-Salas, 47, was not injured in the accident. Barnett said the accident report attributed the accident to a failure of the driver, later identified as New, to control the speed of the vehicle; driver inattention “may have been a contributing factor to the accident.� A subsequent investigation into the incident
showed at the time of the collision, New’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was .149, which is nearly twice over the legal limit of .08. A warrant was issued for News’ arrest, Barnett said. The warrant was served during a routine traffic stop on FM 1626 Saturday, where New was the passenger in a vehicle. New is being held at the Hays County Jail on a bond of $125,000.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We want to be as transparent as possible (in the ballot language) and let voters know that this has been a provable method for over 70 years.” – Todd Ruge, Buda mayor, on wording for November’s fluoride ballot. See story on pg. 1A
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Who’s in the driver’s seat here? P
resident Trump has had a tough few weeks. Really. His CEOs quit his corporate advisory committees, he ousted Steve Bannon from his White House staff, he is under fire because of his nonapology for saying the Charlotteville violence came from many sides. Now, the Secret Service says the department has run through its entire annual budget protecting the president and his family members. Remember just a year ago when Trump was saying that President Obama spent too much time on vacation? Well, the Secret Service not only has to protect Trump, but also his children. And they vacation and travel – a lot. Right now, 42 people in the Trump White House require Secret Service protection – including 18 family members. That’s up from a total of 31 people needing protection in the Obama White House. But I don’t have much sympathy for Trump. His bombastic approach to basically everything – tweeting outrageous statements and attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with him – is causing everyone to distance themselves from him. When the CEOs of major corporations move away from a Republican president, you know there is trouble in paradise. But we have to endure. There’s not really much that can be done at this point. He was elected by a minority of voters, but a majority of the electoral college. If you impeach Trump, you end up with Vice President Mike Pence. While Pence seems to have a calming influence (some times) on Trump, if Pence were moved up to the presidency, he would push a lot of the same agenda. The best we can hope for is that the leaders of the
Hip Czech by Cyndy SlovakBarton
News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III
Do flies think? If so, about what?
The Republicans now control all legislative branches in Washington D.C. – the House, the Senate and the presidency. If the president continues to go rogue, we have to hope that the House and Senate can come together and figure out what to do.
W
hat’s the deal on flies – houseflies that is, Musca domestica? Why can’t they leave us alone? If they’d just wait until a door opens and fly out, but no. They land on us, bite, interrupt deep thoughts and cause us to reach for a rolled up Hays Free Press to send them to happy cadaver land. Recently I began to wonder why they are so persistently relational. What if, just what if, they have been trying to tell us something for the thousands of years they and we have existed together, a message of such great import that they would risk their lives in countless ways to relay. An apocalypse, a meteorite on a path to earth, a plague, the eruption of the Yellowstone lava dome? Following the Oregon
I could be wrong by Ray Wolbrecht
Trail via van in July, we crossed from Nebraska into Wyoming about lunchtime. Dagwood sandwich makin’s were in the ice chest, and when I opened the back hatch to get them, about 200 flies hitchhiked a ride. At the day’s end we stopped at a motel and noticed at least a dozen flies remaining after my newspaper swats. Let them die of old age, we thought, but the next morning they were still in the car. Later, when I rolled down the window to ask about cabins at 3 Island State Park on the Snake River, about 50 more came in.
Rolling up my Hays Free Press again, I locked and loaded my elbow in swat position. One made a landing on my thigh right above the patella, and a nanosecond from dropping the hammer, I examined the quarry. In that moment of hesitation, 40 to 50 flies landed in a circle around the now center bug.They traveled clockwise, then counterclockwise, all the time circling the special fly. They came toward the center, then regressed outward. I knew for sure this fly was special. Then one approached the center fly and placed something on its head, bordering its compound eyes. Suddenly I realized the message was to be finally delivered, the one flies have been trying to relay to humans for
centuries. And I had the responsibility to sound the alarm to the ends of the earth, saving mankind from doom. Would it be about a giant tectonic plate readjustment, nuclear accident, invasion by aliens? What, what? He jumped in the air and flew close to me. I could see the object on its head – a megaphone! Good grief, this fly had broken the speech code separating us from flies. In the future we would be grateful for this rescue. We would go on picnics together, honor the event in parks under a statue of a fly, with bands, balloons and fireworks. He landed on my ear and pulled the megaphone close to his mouth. Here it comes, I thought, the all important words: “Build the Wall, Build the Wall!”
COUNTER-POINT
Tutta’s take on flies and fables
Republican Party – Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake, among others – can try to corral their president. The Republicans now control all legislative branches in Washington D.C. – the House, the Senate and the presidency. If the president continues to go rogue, we have to hope that the House and Senate can come together and figure out what to do. We are less than a year into Trump’s presidency, and we have three years, four months and four weeks left before the possibility of a new president – of either party. So, hold on. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. We can only hope that we don’t get completely thrown off by the bombastic, erratic driver.
Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton
POINT
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ay missed his calling. Had he chosen science fiction as a career, he might now be rich, and I could be borrowing money from him. In discussions with friends about scifi and fantasy writing, I’ve discovered that not everyone appreciates their seemingly absurd or fantastic images. Okay, but whimsy sometimes points out a reality that people know, but don’t know that they know. Take George Orwell’s Animal Farm. First published in 1945, it will never be outdated because of its allegorical message about how people can be tricked into to accepting almost anything if slogans are catchy enough, repeated often enough, and others seem to accept them. Orwell’s thinly disguised criticism of Communism has animal
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characters, with pigs, who are in charge, drumming up the popular slogan, “All animals are created equal.” The others barely notice when the pigs later add, “but some animals are more equal than others.” It doesn’t take a lot of reading between the lines to guess that Ray isn’t thrilled with the idea of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Fancy that. Current estimates for the 1300 miles of border still unfenced are about $16 billion dollars, depending on who’s doing the estimating. That’s billion, with a ‘B’, for materials, labor, land acquisition,
mountain and water crossings and surveillance equipment. This is for a fence, not a wall. Imagine the cost of a real wall. Then imagine Mexico agreeing to pay for it. Fence maintenance would be $650 million per year, if it’s not manned. If manned 24/7, it would run to more than a billion dollars per year for the most unattractive structure ever created by our country. Years ago I experienced the last such wall built when visiting a museum in East Berlin. Our guide warned us in advance not to make any comments (especially jokes) to the grim-faced, gun totin’ guards who inspected inside, outside and under our bus as we entered and left. I obeyed the don’t-speak order but did smile at one guard, who gave me a Drop-
Dead look in return. In contrast to bustling West Berlin, everything east of the wall (the side of the people who built it) was bedraggled. Buildings were unkept, food was tasteless, clothes were drab, people were morose. There was no talking to restaurant waiters, no tipping, no asking for anything special, like salt. I kept feeling for my passport to be sure I could get out of there again. Remember the rejoicing when that wall came down in 1989? The flies must have missed that. Maybe they don’t live long enough to remember. Maybe they can talk, but they can’t read. Or won’t read. Listen up, flies. I’m not sure of your reasoning faculties, but take it from history: Walls aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE
Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 1 (the "District") will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2017 on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. at the offices of Murfee Engineering Company, 1101 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite D110, Austin, Texas 78746. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 3 (the "District") will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2017 on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at the offices of Murfee Engineering Company, 1101 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite D110, Austin, Texas 78746. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
FOR the proposal:
Directors Jimmy “Chip” Wray, Jr., Tara Hayes, and Cynthia Schultz.
FOR the proposal:
Directors Jonathan Clifton, Ricky Boyd, Kendall Bryant and Kari Edgar.
AGAINST the proposal:
None.
AGAINST the proposal:
None.
PRESENT and not voting:
None.
PRESENT and not voting:
None.
ABSENT:
Directors Matt Rutherford and Leisha Ehlert.
ABSENT:
Director Bobby Perez.
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Last Year $0.90/$100 Adopted
Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
This Year $0.90/$l00 Proposed
Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-)
Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
Last Year
This Year
$0.90/$l00 Adopted
$0.90/$l00 Proposed
Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-)
n/a n/a
Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
$225,849
$243,664
$ -0$225,849 $2,032.64
$ -0$243,664 $2,192.98
Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
$160.34 7.89%
$0.00/$100 0.00% $275,777
$248,358
$ -0$275,777 $2,481.99
$ -0$248,358 $2,235.22 $ (246.77) (9.006%)
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION
If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the District by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Texas Water Code.
If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the District by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Texas Water Code.
Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase
The Plum Creek Underground Water will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2017 on 09/05/2017 at 1:00 P.M. at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR the proposal:
James A. Holt, James O. Lipscomb, Ben Twidwell, Lucy Knight, Fred Rothert, and Peter Reinecke
AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting:
The first public hearing will be held on September 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX.
ABSENT: The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
The Plum Creek Conservation District will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 7.906977 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
Last Year $0.021500/$100 Adopted
Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
This Year $0.021400/$100 Proposed
- $0.000100/$100 - 0.47% $115,030 $124,449
$0 $115,030 $24.73
$0 $124,449 $26.63
+ $1.90 + 7.68%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS' RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.
The second public hearing will be held on September 12, 2017 at 1:00 PM at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX. The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows: FOR: AGAINST:
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The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Plum Creek Conservation District last year was $114,488. Based on last year’s tax rate of $0.023000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $26.33. The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Plum Creek Conservation District this year is $124,449. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.021500 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $26.76. If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.023200 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $28.87. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views. * “Appraised value” is the amount shown on the appraisal roll and defined by Section 1 04(8), Tax Code ** “New property” is defined by Section 26.012 (17), Tax Code *** “Taxable value” is defined by Section 1 04(10), Tax Code
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The 2017 cross country season officially kicked off Friday as the Hays and Lehman cross country teams hosted a dual race at Lake Kyle Park in Kyle. The event had both teams’ varsity and junior varsity teams square off in a relay-style event. Friday’s dual event is a lead up to the first meet for each team’s season. Both teams open the 2017 season at the Lockhart Invitational meet Saturday.
Experience leads Rebel football into 2017 $3.6M fields not ready for new season BY MOSES LEOS III
Dreams of starting the 2018 baseball and softball season in a new stadium at Hays High may be going foul. On Monday, Hays CISD leaders said the district won’t be able to meet the deadline of constructing the $3.6 million baseball and softball complex before the start of the season. Tim Savoy, Hays CISD public information officer, said the project should be completed by mid-spring, with both teams starting the season at their current facilities. Hays High’s new complex, which was approved by voters in the May 2017 bond, is proposed to have a 1,000 seat baseball stadium, and a 600 seat softball field. The two fields are also proposed to have field turf installed, as opposed to grass. Carter Scherff, Hays CISD deputy superintendent, said the district’s preference is a turf field, but added it may be a budget constraint. Preliminary cost estimates on the complex are unknown at this time, as the district doesn’t have geotechnical work, Scherff said. Once the district receives that information, Hays CISD could know a “little better” whether to install grass or turf. Hays CISD board trustees will ultimately consider what playing surface is installed, which will be part of the guaranteed maximum price (GMP). “Our preference is turf. We’re driving hard on that because of the long term cost of putting in a grass field,” Scherff said. One alternative solution could be reducing the number of seats at Hays High’s baseball stadium. Cutting the number of seats to 600, which is the same number of seats at the High School No. 3 baseball stadium, could be an alternative to limit costs and allow installation of turf, Scherff said.
Hays High’s $3.6 million new complex, approved by voters in the May 2017 bond, is proposed to have a 1,000 seat baseball stadium and a 600 seat softball field. The two fields are also proposed to have field turf installed.
Hays High’s current baseball field holds 550 spectators. Hays CISD administrators are also fielding and addressing concerns from the public regarding the field. Betsy Russell, Hays CISD director of student activities, and Scherff met with a parent who was concerned about the orientation of the field, as well as available parking to the complex. Scherff said administrators met with the parent and adjusted the fields and the parking issues. Administrators have also met with the school’s baseball and softball coaches, who approved the final orientation of the fields. “I know our timeline is off and we’re not going to be in completion by the time the season starts,” Vanessa Petrea, Hays CISD at-large board trustee said. “I know our baseball community is going to be disappointed.” See the new baseball and softball field renderings online at www. haysfreepress.com.
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Members of the Hays Rebel offensive line work their way down the boards during Saturday’s intersquad scrimmage and practice.
BY MOSES LEOS III It could have been easy for the Hays Rebels to administer some flash during the course of Saturday’s intersquad scrimmage at Shelton Stadium. But for head coach Neal LaHue, improving on the little things held top billing. And while there were some big plays during the course of the scrimmage, LaHue was pleased overall with the effort put in by a Rebel team that returns a plethora of experience in 2017. LaHue said the Rebels, who began preseason practices Aug. 14, have been in good shape during the first week of practices. “They’ve handled what we’ve thrown at them,” LaHue said. “We’ve conditioned a lot more than we have since I’ve been here. They handled it like a champ.” LaHue said the team has worked hard every day and there’s a lot of “good competition out there.” It was apparent during the scrimmage, which was the team’s second full day in pads. While the
“We’re playing well and I see a lot of improvement in the back end. We have some guys returning there. We look a little stronger and a little faster.” –Neal LaHue, Hays head football coach
coaching staff planned to work with the team on several things, the focus was to see them “get after it,” LaHue said. “There was some good hitting and a lot of good effort and guys running to the ball,” LaHue said. Guiding Hays will be an offense that returns eight of the 11 starters from last season. Leading the charge is a sizable offensive line which includes Phil McSorely, Jaydan Smith and Brandon Garcia. Experience also extends to the skill positions. Running backs Cade Powell and Thai Mayberry could provide a one-two punch in the backfield, while wide receivers Patrick Guerrero and Nate Tate are the weapons for the offense. Under center, senior Tyler Conley took the majority of snaps with
the first team in Saturday’s scrimmage. However, LaHue also gave backup quarterbacks Gentry Brawith, Xavier Gonzalez and Desmond Young a chance to work with the first offense as well. LaHue said he was pleased with all four players during the scrimmage, but also said they all had some things to work on. While the Rebel offense had some bright spots, including a 25-yard touchdown pass from Conley, play was also sporadic at ties, LaHue said. “We were good in some spots, but we have a ways to go,” LaHue said. Conley, who was the team’s leading passer from last season, said there is more cohesion among the players so far this season.
“We feel closer than last year,” Conley said. “For many, it was their first time on varsity. This year, we have a lot of returning seniors.” Experience can be found on defense where seven starters return this fall. Defensive backs Hector Fuentes and Blaze Thomas, along with defensive end Zane Kuykendall and linebacker Dominic Johnson will lead the group. Others that could play a factor are Sam Guzman, Justin Rodriguez and Ryan Leal. “We’re playing well and I see a lot of improvement in the back end,” LaHue said. “We have some guys returning there. We look a little stronger and a little faster.” Hays will work on getting into game shape when the team travels to Pflugerville Hendrickson for its only scrimmage prior to opening the season Sept. 1 Trying to improve on what they’re doing is what LaHue aims to have his player accomplish. “We’re just trying to get better as Hays Rebels. That’s the job,” LaHue said.
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Lehman volleyball drops home opener in straight sets BY MOSES LEOS III
The first home match of the season wasn’t sweet enough for the Lehman Lobos volleyball team Tuesday. A furious rally to start the third set couldn’t keep the Lobos rom succumbing to a 20-25, 2025, 18-25 home opening loss to the Akins Eagles. Despite dropping the team’s fifth straight match in a row, head coach Kathryn LeghPage said the team is still learning to gel and find its chemistry. “It’s a situation where we’re still trying to find our chemistry. We’re going to get it,” Legh-Page said. “Believe it or not, this is still early in our season. We have to find how we connect together, slowly but surely.” The Lobos worked to get the ball to Sarah O’Neal, who provided the lion’s share of Lheman’s offense. Lehman tried to keep pace with Akins and kept the sets competitive. But the Eagles had just enough to edge out the Lobos for the final few points. Legh-Page said the Lobos were attempting to read their hits and focus on their hitters. Down two sets, however, Legh-Page sought to motivate her squad. “I told them to go all out, they had nothing to lose,” Legh-Page said. “They just had to put it all on the court and they had to fight back for it.” The Lobos responded by sprinting out to a
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Lehman High defensive specialist Seryna Avalos goes for a dig during the third set of Tuesday’s non-district game at the Lobo Den.
“It’s a situation where we’re still trying to find our chemistry. We’re going to get it. Believe it or not, this is still early in our season. We have to find how we connect together, slowly but surely.” – Kathryn Legh-Page, Lehman head volleyball coach
12-9 lead early in the third set. Lehman’s struggles in keeping the offense in sync allowed Akins to rally right back. The Eagles went on a 6-3 run to tie the match at 15-15. Akins plowed ahead and outscored Lehman 10-3 down the stretch to win.
While struggles are apparent, Legh-Page said the Lobos are continuing to progress through the season. Two weeks ago, Lehman claimed third place in the bronze bracket at the Austin ISD tournament. During the preseason tourna-
ment schedule is where the Lobos hope to find their team and “who mixes with who well,” Legh-Page said. Lehman plays in the San Marcos ISD tournament this weekend, which is then followed by the Hays Rebel Bash Aug. 31 and Sept. 2. But getting the team ready for its Sept. 8 district opener against Leander is the plan for Legh-Page as well. “We’re already doing our homework for teams we’re going to play in district,” LeghPage said. “We can only control what we can do. It’s a lot of hard work. It’s getting down into the grind.”
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Lobos tennis team splits season opening matches BY MARK CISNEROS
The Lobo varsity tennis team opened the fall season Saturday with two dual matches against Connally and Killeen. The Lobos, however, couldn’t hold off Connally as they fell 13-6 in the opening dual match of the season. While Lehman graduated four of its top five girls last year, three freshmen proved their tenacity, earning their spot on varsity this season. Without even having stepped in a high school classroom yet, freshmen Mady Mireles and BB Thomsen earned a 8-6
doubles win. Thomsen then followed that up with an arduous 9-8 (7-2) tiebreaker win in girls’ singles. Thomsen and her opponent were neck-and-neck the entire match, trading games along the way. Thomsen found herself down a game several times, but battled back from 8-6 to force a tiebreak. The momentum carried her into the tiebreak where she closed it out 7-2. Despite some strong play from the girls, the Lobos ultimately fell short of a top-sided Cougar team. Learning from their mistakes, the Lobos
quickly turned things around. After a short lunch break, Lehman cruised to a decisive 15-4 win over the Killeen Kangaroos in their second dual match of the day. Battling 100-degree temperatures, the Lobos weren’t phased and got off tto a quick start, winning all seven of their doubles matches. The Lobos next participate in an eight team dual match tournament hosted by San Marcos High on Thursday and Friday. They travel to Schertz Clemens Thursday for the first round of the tournament.
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Tiger band leader, Hays High alumnus to hang up baton BY MOSES LEOS III
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he ping of an electronic metronome is music to the ears of Buda native Keith Lancaster. From the moment he became drum major at Hays High years ago, a life in music education was Lancaster’s calling. Roughly 30 years, several stops and a UIL state marching championship later, Lancaster, who is the current head band director at Dripping Springs High, is now ready to hang up his baton. While the 2017 marching season will be his own career finale, Lancaster aims to continue his life’s work of guiding the next wave of musicians. “I get a lot of enjoyment in watching students work on a piece of music, now knowing any of it, and to master it at a high level and produce a great product,” Lancaster said. Lancaster’s path into music education was spurred by his experience as a drum major at Hays High. Working with the band directors at the
“Those kids that year worked hard and fought through adversity and kept getting better all season. They never gave up.” – Keith Lancaster, Tiger band director
time, Lancaster said it became “obvious to me” what he wanted to do in life. Following his graduation from Southwest Texas State, now Texas State University, in music education in 1985, Lancaster set off to south Texas and Weslaco, where he was a small fish in a big pond of 10 directors. Weslaco was a big school, classified at what today is 6A; it also offered him chance to learn from a variety of directors. Lancaster experienced the complete opposite when he became the head band director at Woodsboro High, a small 2A school located just outside of Aransas Pass. As the only band director in the district, Lancaster taught musicians from 6th grade to high school. “I learned a lot there because I had to. I had no other choice,” Lancaster said. “I did it all.” Soon, Lancaster sought a way to find a job closer to home. When the Dripping Springs High head band director job opened in 1998, Lancaster didn’t hesitate.
He was driven by the tradition and the reputation of Dripping Springs’ marching band, which he had competed against during his years at Hays. The school, which at the time had just moved up to what is now 5A, was also academically driven. “I knew about the Dripping Springs band and how good it was, even though it was a small school,” Lancaster said. During the course of the next 19 years, Lancaster helped shape musicians in the Dripping Springs area. His tenure was highlighted in 2009 when Dripping Springs won the 2009 UIL 4A marching band competition. Lancaster said that season was no different than any other season, which was to be “really good at what we do.” What made the season more challenging was having to combat a nasty bout of the flu, which forced a “large number” of students from rehearsals. “Those kids that year worked hard and fought through adversity and kept
getting better all season. They never gave up,” Lancaster said. Eventually, the arduous amount of work that goes into band directing took its toll. During the course of summer band practice, which runs from late July to the start of the school year, directors can log upward of 100-plus hours per week. Once the school year begins, directors add not only scheduled rehearsals during the school day, but also seven hours and 50 minutes of practice outside of school. All of that is during the fall semester and doesn’t include the amount of work it takes during the concert band season in the spring. Burnout was something Lancaster wanted to avoid, which led him to search for life off of the podium. But riding off into the sunset with a state title isn’t what Lancaster is seeking this season. Getting better, improving skills and having fun is what he hopes the 2017 Marching Tigers will attain this season. As the coda to his directing career nears, Lancaster relishes the lives he’s impacted and the love of music he’s passed on to students. “I’ll probably remember the students who come back after graduation and talk about what they got out of high school band,” Lancaster said. “It sticks with me more than anything else.” COURTESY PHOTO
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students completing the various plans and other indicatiors. Hemphill Elementary, which was designated as an IR campus PASSfor the second straight year, 2 missed3.792 the markxon three of the four indexes measured. Science Hall missed the mark on only two of the four indexes. It marks the first time Science Hall was listed as IR. All other Hays CISD campuses were rated as “Met Standard.” Tim Savoy, Hays CISD public information officer, said the district has been working since June on comprehensive district and campus improvement plans 48areas Web to address of attention. Thex 2 3.556 district is also seeking additional resources for both campuses during the budgeting process, which could include additional instructional coaches and interventionalists at
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the campus. Hays CISD will also work closely with TEA and the Region 13 Educational Service Center to provide additional support. Alejandro Gongora, Hays CISD assistant superintendent of schools, said one of the first things the district will try to accomplish is identifying a professional service provider for each campus. The PSP would provide assistance and oversight to “build capacity” of each campus, and help teachers and staff know more about the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS). Gongora said the district is trying to “get ahead of that process” and has a team consisting of campus leadership personnel who will help identify that PSP. In addition, the district will also develop a specific Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) that identifies what areas must be addressed for improvement. Hays CISD trustees will discuss the plan further on Aug. 31, but no formal date has been set for the plan’s implementation. Even so, Gongora said fine tuning the
planning process and focusing on core subject instruction are areas to improve across all district elementary schools. He also cited campus climate and culture, with the ability to boost morale. Esperanza Orosco, Hays CISD District 5 who spoke on her own behalf, said she hopes the district learns from issues it had while crafting a CIP for Hemphill last year. Orosco said trustees had little time to see the plan before they are asked to adopt it. She then found “deficiencies” in the plan after it was approved. Orosco said improving campus climate and culture are key components to improvement. Merideth Keller, Hays CISD board president, said the district must take a step back from the “blame game” on teachers. However, Keller said she wasn’t surprised to see Hemphill fall below standard. “It’s sad and it makes me sad. But I feel confident in our team and confident in our superintendent, she’s a go-getter and can make things happen,” Keller said.
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CISD board president, said looking at zerobased budgeting, along with asking departments to potentially cut their budgets, is what she believes could be looked at to avoid similar budget problems in 2019. “We can’t keep doing this. We can’t keep running a deficit budget,” Keller said. “I don’t know if we can find a way out of it by Aug. 31 … I think we’ll have to pull a deficit budget this year, but we have to look a completely
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HAYS EYES PAY INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS AS SHORTAGE LOOMS Hays CISD continues to eye an increase in pay for custodians and bus drivers, which is part of its proposed FY 2018 compensation plan. Bus drivers could see a pay increase of seven to nine percent, with the starting rate increased to $16 per hour. Custodians’
pay could also go up to $10.50 per hour. Folmar said the move to increase pay was to attract and retain drivers and custodians. Currently, Hays CISD is facing a shortage in both positions for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. While the exact number of vacancies is unknown, Folmar said there are “a lot” of open bus driver positions. Last year, Hays CISD was short 30 custodians. Hays
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Legislation aims to curb foster care crisis BY TIMOTHY STUCKEY The future of foster care in Texas has been teetering towards the brink of a full- blown crisis. Overworked caseworkers, children sleeping in Child Protective Services (CPS) offices due to a shortage of foster beds and abuses within the system are just a few of the major issues concerning child welfare advocates and state leaders.
“It became an issue statewide as children kept dying,” said San Marcos resident John Barthel, a volunteer special advocate for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). CASA is a volunteer program that focuses on helping children in the foster care system. Volunteers handle one case at a time, as opposed to CPS caseworkers, who can be tasked with 20-30
cases simultaneously. CASA provides six weeks of training for all volunteers, starting with legal issues and working with different cultures volunteers may encounter. Volunteers also train on handling different levels of child development as well as any drug and alcohol issues they may come across. Barthel, now retired, said that he happened to witness another CASA
class “graduating” and realized the need for volunteers. Despite their best efforts, groups such as CASA find the gap between children in need and people available to help them continues to grow. “Each year, we see a growth in population in our four-county service area of Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and Hays
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Over 1,000 people took to the Buda Public Library Monday to get a view of the Great American Eclipse, which was the first total eclipse to be seen coastto-coast in the U.S. in roughly 100 years. While Texas was not in the path of totality, onlookers (with protective eyewear) saw the moon block 67 percent of the sun at the eclipse’s peak, which was around 1 p.m. Similar eclipse events were held in Kyle and Wimberley. Didn’t get a chance to see the eclipse? No need to panic, as Austin will be in the path of totality for the next eclipse in 2024. Clockwise from top: Wearing a welder’s mask, Buda resident Balen Handrick looks skyward toward the sun to get a view of the eclipse Even our four legged friends got in on the eclipse fever as Bella the dog sports some protective shades. Paul Rodriguez (left) places protective sunglasses over the lens of his iPhone to capture a picture of Monday’s eclipse. See more photos from Hays County solar eclipse events online at HaysFreePress.com.
Buda Library announces annual Young Writers contest winners A pair of aspiring writers were the grand prize winners for the 2017 Buda Library Summer Contest for Young Writers, which was put on by the Friends of the Buda Library. Leah Whiddon was the winner for the age 8-12 group with her piece, “A Monster on My Head.” Madison Rivas claimed the prize for the 13-17 age group with her essay, “Rainbow for the Ages.” Read the winning essays on page 3C.
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uesday, Oct.3, Mountain Cityians will gather on the lawn of Beth and Everett Smith for an ice cream social on National Night Out. Bring a lawn chair. The Smith’s will furnish waters and ice cream treats. Judge Beth says, “Bring the kids and meet your local first responders, check out the equipment and chat with the neighbors.” Thursday, October 5th, there’s no action or invitation for the citizenry. Nevertheless, it’s a red-letter date for Mountain City history. It’s the expected closing date for the purchase of the Mountain City Oaks Water System by the City from the family of John Anderson. Mr. Anderson, who developed most of Mountain City and cared deeply for our wellbeing, wanted the system sold to the City. Some nearby communities whose water systems have been purchased by for-profit entities have experienced exponential rate increases. The city expects our rates to remain the same, with a minimum rate under $30. Saturday, Oct. 28 (not Sept. 30) is Loving Mountain City’s biggest annual event, Fire & Ice. It’s a homegrown festival with ice cream and hot salsa competition, which grew from a brainstorming session in Amy Hilton’s living room, when Loving Mountain City first formed. Mountain City’s own Island Texas (made up mostly of our two Brownlow households) will once again provide music. Amy Hilton (a.k.a. “MountainCityFun”) will pick up reins as the Loving Mountain City Events Coordinator through 2018. Penny Moulder did an amazing job the past two years, but she has personal business that prevents her from fulfilling the necessary tasks. Loving Mountain City presented a budget request of $1,200 to the city alderpersons to fund Fire & Ice, Christmas activities, Easter egg hunt, Citywide Garage Sale’s ad, and 4th of July Parade, including hand-
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OBITUARY
BOWLES Earlyn Bowles of Buda, Texas, passed away on August 11, 2017, at the age of 91. She was born April 28, 1926, in Locker (San Saba County), Texas, the daughter of Alvin C. Jamar and Lovena Brice Jamar. She grew up in Fort Worth and lived
much of her life there and in Beaumont and Woodville, and the past 14 years in Buda. Although Earlyn’s career was spent as a switchboard operator, retiring from the State of Texas, she is best remembered as a gifted porcelain artist who created exquisite work until she lost her sight 25 years ago. Earlyn endured her blindness with dignity and grace, and her courage, spirit, and faith inspired countless others. Earlyn is survived by her son, Larry Church Bowles and his wife Barby
S. Bowles, of Buda, and daughter Chelcy Bowles Peden, of Madison, Wisconsin. She is also survived by a granddaughter, Angela Lewis (Austin); greatgrandchildren Jefferson (Georgetown) and Schyler (Houston); a stepgranddaughter Laura Zupko (Martin’s Ferry, Ohio) and her husband Jim, and their children, James, Courtney, and Joe; and many, many beloved nieces, nephews, and devoted and loving friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Marcus Newton (Newt) Bowles;
grandson Larry (Buddy) Church Bowles, Jr.; sister Phentrys Wood; brother Lloy Jamar; and son-inlaw William Peden. She was buried beside Newt and near her grandson in Woodville. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 26, at 2:00 p.m. at Hays Hills Baptist Church, 1401 N. FM 1626, Buda, Texas, 78610. Contributions in her memory may be made to Hays Hills Baptist Church, or to a charity of choice. “I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.”
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counties,” said Eloise the system. Hudson, Community The DFPS released data Relations Coordinator of in October 2016 showCASA. “With the populaing that on any given day tion growth, the number in Texas, CPS workers of children coming in were failing to check on to state care because of nearly 1,000 of the state’s abuse has also increased.” highest priority kids who The number of chilface immediate threats of dren also sexual of physioutnumbers cal abuse. There are the foster The agency beds, and claims they currently children are have since sometimes brought that 220 active required to number down sleep in the volunteers, to 450. Howoffices of ever, data also 16 fullCPS workshowed that ers. an additional time staff In one 1,800 children such case, were being members a teen that checked on and 3 was staying but not within at an office the required part-time in Houston 24-hour time ran away, frame required members only to be by law. working for struck and It is estimatkilled by a ed that nearly CASA in car. one-third of Children the Central investigative face other workers leave risks in Texas Area. each year due the system to the gratuincluding itous nature of abuse, often at the hands their work, leading to the of other foster children. delays in investigations. “I’ve had a couple of “To see that on a daytimes where I shake my to-day basis, I can see head a little bit,” said Lisa how people burn out,” Metzler, a three year volsaid Metzler unteer special advocate Two court appointed for CASA. “How does that special masters issued happen to a kid?” recommendations to fix Homelessness and sex the problems, though the trafficking are also major state of Texas objected to risks for children in the all recommendations. system. However, the court According to a recent rebuked the state’s objecUniversity of Texas study, tions and Texas was orof the 79,000 child sex dered to implement their trafficking victims estirecommendations. mated to be in the state, a These recommendavast majority were either tions included a pay in foster care or had preincrease to current workvious contact with CPS. ers and the employment Lawmakers have of over 800 more to help introduced 88 pieces of curb the gap between the legislation to help curb number of children in the the crisis, though only 21 system and the workers of these passed. It’s lead available. to over 270 changes in On May 31, Governor language of Texas statGreg Abbott signed four utes. bills into law aimed to Children’s rights adincrease the effectivevocates initiated these ness of DFPS services and changes following a 2011 accountability; these bills lawsuit. The suit alleged will go into effect Septemthat the Texas foster care ber 1. system had violated the House Bill 5 makes the constitutional rights of DPFS a stand-alone agenthe children within their cy apart from the Health care by moving them and Human Services repeatedly and keeping Commission in order for them in unsafe care. the DFPS to make deciIn December 2015, sion and put them into U.S. District Judge Janis action more quickly. Graham ruled that the While it remains to Texas Department of be seen if these bills will Family Protective Services indeed help ease the (TDFPS) was “broken” burden upon DFPS, there in a 255-page ruling and are still opportunities for demanded an overhaul of people to help the current
situation by joining organizations like CASA. “Even if it’s not for
you pass the word,” said Metzler, “All you need is to qualify is care.”
Duane and Marilyn Beals celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at a dinner with friends Thursday, August 17, 2017.
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The Monster on My Head By Leah Whiddon
hat and felt around it felt empty. After that I took it off and sure enough it was empty. Suddenly I looked in the mirror and there he was again. The next idea I had was to quickly grab it. I sat still without moving a muscle. Then suddenly I slammed my hands on my head. I caught nothing but hair. I tried and tried and every time he appeared he would dodge my try to catch him. I was
ready to give up and getting a little hungry. So I grabbed my banana and peeled it open. The little monster was back on my head but he almost looked like he wanted my banana then I thought to give him some. I took a small piece and held it near him. Then he came and bit it. He crawled into my hand wanting more and I gave it to him. That is how I became friends with a crested gecko.
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I stepped out of my car and took the photo into my hand to try to match someone to the other girl in the picture. I had walked a while, and met some pretty amazing people, before I saw a face across the crowd that made my mind click. It’s her, I said to myself. I had the guts to walk up to her and say hello. “Haven’t I seen you before?” she asked. I nodded my head. “It’s Harper,” I said, “and you’re Ju-” I was cut off when she gave a big hug, so obviously she remembered me. I never thought I’d see her again. She ushered a camera man over and kissed me with the flag around us once again.
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away from me after the car accident and now I remembered how much I loved her. I needed to find her, my one true love, again. I opened my phone up to see when the next pride parade was coming to my town, since that was my closest shot to finding her again. It said that there was a pride parade coming to a nearby town in a week, so I waited that week away, even though it felt like years. When the day finally arrived, I dressed in my gayest outfit and grabbed a rainbow flag that I bought the day prior. I hopped in my car to set off to it, the photo folded neatly in my back pocket. I drove the few miles and arrived to see a pretty packed parking lot.
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On Sept. 29 and 30, Buda City Park will host the fourth annual Fajita Fiesta. Fajita Fiesta is a free event that offers something for all ages. Fiesta goers will experience the blending of foods, music and cultures. Events include cook-offs, live music, jalapeno eating contest, chihuahua beauty contest and more. If you are interested in being a cook-off contestant, contact (512) 295-9999 or info@budachamber.com.
Pie in the Sky Festival
Join the city of Kyle Sept. 1-2 for the inaugural Kyle Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival at Lake Kyle. Enjoy many pie-themed activities as well as a spectacular hot air balloon launch and then a “glow” in the evening. The event will also include an attempt at making the first Guinness World Record for the most people with Kyle or Kylie as their first, middle or last names in one place around 6 p.m. on Sept. 2. See kyletxpieinthesky.com for more information.
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On Saturday, Sept. 2 and Sunday, Sept. 3, head out to the Chester Franklin Arena at Veterans Park in Wimberley for this annual event benefitting the mission and vision of the Gunner Thames Memorial Foundation. Rodeo begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights. The event is BYOB. Saturday night’s festivities will include a dance featuring the Sam Bentley Band. Visit www.GunnerThames. com for more information.
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Hays makes top 10 list for investment growth BY SAMANTHA SMITH
The top 10 counties with high investments in Texas
Exponential growth is directly correlating to the increase in people 1. Comal making investments in 2. Fort Bend Hays County, according 3. Collin to a survey conducted 4. Harris by SmartAsset, a New 5. Travis York-based financial technology company. 6. Rockwall SmartAsset’s survey 7. Williamson measured each county 8. Hays in Texas on business 9. Kendall establishment growth, 10. Dallas Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, new building permits and Austin and San Antonio. federal contracts. “The majority, if not Hays County ranked all, of the counties in 8th on the list with a Texas on this list are part business growth of 11.5 of a larger metropolitan percent and a GDP area,” Miller said. “Texas growth of $1.3 million. is one of the best states GDP is the total value to do business in and of goods produced and businesses are attracted services provided in an to areas where there is a area during one year. high level of activity as In addition, Hays this increases their likeliCounty had 36.2 new hood of success.” building permits per Miller said people 1,000 homes. invest in Buda because Ann Miller, executive of the low tax rate and director of the Buda unique charm. Economic DevelopShe added the city ment Corporation, said was an attractive locamore investments from tion for investors as it businesses and indidoesn’t have as many viduals “means more issues for businesses capital investment into located in larger comthe community, which munities. directly correlates with “Our development property tax revenue.” and permitting process Public is Notice According to Smartsimple, straightAsset, peopleNotice make of Public forward and easy to Hearing investments every day. navigate.” Miller said, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL Examples include open“Our low tax rate is also INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: factor as ing a small business or a contributing buying a home. to why people should Miller Buda.”hearing Thesaid Cityshe of atKyle shallinvest hold ainpublic tributed high rank lauded Hays on athe request by RoderickMiller D. Tanner, Frances of Hays County on the CISD for their contribuH. Brown and Carolyn T. Cohen (Alvin high investment list to tion to Hays County’s Sewell Estate) original its proximity to large(Z-17-014) placetoonassign the list of high zoning toareas approximately 1.71 acres of land metropolitan like investment areas.
from Agriculture ‘AG’ to Retail Service District ‘RS’ for property located at the northeast corner or Porter Street and Rebel Drive, in Hays County, Texas.
The Planning and Zoning Commission may Public Notice recommend, andof Public the City Council may Notice Hearing consider, assigning any zoning NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TOdistrict which is equivalent or more restrictive. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:
The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request by Roderick D. Tanner, H. Brown and A public hearing will Frances be held by the Carolyn T. Cohen (Alvin Sewell Estate) (Z-17-014) Planning and Zoning Commission onto assign original zoning to approximately 1.71 acres of September 2017 at 6:30 P.M. landTuesday, from Agriculture ‘AG’12, to Retail Service District ‘RS’ for property located at the northeast corner or Porter Street and Rebel Drive, Hays County, Texas. A public hearing willin be held by the Kyle
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One staple of the longtime Budafest tradition was the entrance of Mr. and Mrs. Claus in the parade. The new festival will provide similar holiday cheer, but go by a new name.
Budafest reinvented
New holiday festival to replace Budafest after 33 years BY SAMANTHA SMITH In the aftermath of the most recent Budafest cancellation, the City of Buda issued a press release on Aug. 18 announcing the transference of management of the Christmas festival from the Budafest com-
mittee to the city’s tourism department. According to the press release from Buda public information officer David Marino, the new holiday festival “will replace the annual ‘Budafest’ celebration.” “With the city’s continued growth and
Texas Comptroller Glenn LOCAL CURRENT Hegar announced earlier this GOV TAX RATE month he will send cities, counties, transit systems Buda 1.500% and special purpose taxing Dripping Springs 1.250% districts $779.2 million in local sales tax allocations Hays 1.000% for August, 1.3 percent more Kyle 1.500% than in August 2016. Locally, smaller cities of Mountain Mountain City 1.000% Public Notice City, Uhland and Niederwald Niederwald 1.000% led the wayNotice for the highest of Public Hearing percentage increase, while San Marcos 1.500% NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL San Marcos dropped nearly 5%. These allocations are Uhland 1.500% INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: based on sales made in June Wimberley 1.000% by businesses that report The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing tax monthly, and sales made Woodcreek 1.000% in on April,aMay and June request bybyDena Campbell (13.81 Hays 0.500% quarterly acres) filers. and Debra Shea Green (11.91 acres)
to assign original zoning to a combined total of approximately 25.72 acres of land from Agriculture Public ‘AG’ to Notices Recreational Vehicle ‘RV’ for property located at 1942 Dacy Loop and 2000 Dacy Loop, in Hays County. Public Notice
Notice Public Hearing The Planning andofZoning Commission may NOTICEand IS HEREBY GIVEN TO may recommend, the City Council ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: consider, assigning any zoning district The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request which is equivalent or more restrictive. by Dena Campbell (13.81 acres) and Debra Shea Green
(11.91 acres) to assign original zoning to a combined total A of approximately 25.72 acres from Agriculture public hearing will ofbelandheld by the ‘AG’ to Recreational Vehicle ‘RV’ for property Planning and Zoning Commissionlocated on at 1942 Dacy Loop and 2000 Dacy Loop, in Hays County.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 6:30 P.M.
district which is equivalent or more restrictive.
A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council Owner: September Roderick D. Frances on Tuesday, 19, Tanner, 2017, at 7:00 P.M.H.
A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council W Center St., Kyle, Texas on 100 Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 7:00 P.M.
Kylehearing City Hall A public will Council be held byChambers the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. 100 W Center St., Kyle, Texas Brown andChambers Carolyn T. Cohen Kyle City Hall Council (Alvin Sewell Estate) 100 W Center St., Kyle, Texas
Owner: Roderick D. Tanner, Frances H. Brown and Agent: Cecilio Chapa Carolyn T. Cohen (Alvin Sewell Estate)
(512) 504-9577
Agent: Cecilio Chapa, (512) 504-9577
Publication Date:Date: August 23, 2017 Publication August 23, 2017 Z-17-014
Z-17-014
not yet been decided on but that the title “Budafest” will be retired. Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams said, “Budafest has been an integral part of Buda for years and an important part of the holiday sea-
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Mountain City, Uhland and Niederwald in lead for sales tax revenue increases
The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, and the hearing City Council A public willmay be consider, held by assigning the Kyle any zoning district which is equivalent or more restricCity Council on Tuesday, September 19, tive.
Council on Tuesday, September 19, TheCity Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, at Council 7:00 P.M. and2017, the City may consider, assigning any zoning
higher attendance at local events, the Budafest Committee determined that the city would be able to provide additional resources to ensure the festival’s continued success,” the press release stated. Marino said the name of the new festival has
2017, at 7:00 P.M.
A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 6:30 P.M.
Kyle City Hall Council Chambers
Kyle City Hall Council Chambers Dena Campbell 100Owner: W Center St., Kyle, Texasand Debra Shea
Green
Owner: Dena Campbell and Debra Shea Green Agent: Danny Green Agent: Danny Green Phone: (512) 268-0299 Phone: (512) 268-0299 Publication Date: August 23, 2017 Publication Date: August 23, 2017 Z-17-016
Z-17-016
NET PAYMENT THIS PERIOD
% CHANGE AUGUST PAYMENTS 2016 TO AUGUST 2017 YEAR TO DATE
% CHANGE 2016 TO 2017
$562,186.09
7.97%
$4,000,798.46
5.69%
$195,487.34
0.49%
$1,351,000.49
3.25%
$623.67
-49.18%
$8,684.89
3.02%
$701,980.58
7.46%
$4,815,103.38
8.86%
$1,371.57
27.07%
$9,690.74
23.32%
$3,262.29
11.67%
$23,448.76
16.98%
$2,365,919.65
-11.05%
$18,201,642.70
-4.70%
$20,842.36
21.88%
$128,780.30
17.16%
$95,797.31
-0.73%
$611,607.90
2.03%
-2.06%
$11,547,335.60
1.96%
$4,436.07 $1,556,913.89
Public Notice 9.29% $31,778.05 Notice of Public Hearing
11.97%
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:
The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request by Gene and Vicki Harris (Z17-015) to assign original zoning to approximately Public 2.552 Notice acres of land from Agriculture ‘AG’oftoPublic RetailHearing Service District Notice ‘RS’ for property located at 1550 Dacy NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO Loop, in INTERESTED Hays County, Texas. ALL PERSONS, THAT: The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request The and Planning and Zoning Commission may by Gene Vicki Harris (Z-17-015) to assign original recommend, and 2.552 the City Council zoning to approximately acres of land frommay Agriculture ‘AG’ to Retail Serviceany District ‘RS’ fordistrict property consider, assigning zoning located at 1550 Dacy Loop, Haysrestrictive. County, Texas. which is equivalent orinmore The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, A City public hearing will beassigning held by and the Council may consider, any the zoning Planning and Zoning Commission district which is equivalent or more restrictive. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday,will September 12, by 2017 A publiconhearing be held theat 6:30 KyleP.M. City Council on Tuesday, September 19, A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council 2017, atSeptember 7:00 P.M.19, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday,
Council Chambers KyleKyle City City Hall Hall Council Chambers 100 W St., Kyle, TexasTexas 100Center W Center St., Kyle, Owner: GeneGene and Vicki HarrisHarris Owner: and Vicki Agent: Chris Stewart, Moody Engineering Agent: Chris Stewart, Moody Engineering Phone: (512) 502-8333 Phone: (512) 502-8333 Publication Date: August 23, 2017 Publication Date: August 23, 2017 Z-17-015 Z-17-015
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Sealed proposals addressed to LH Belterra, LLC, (“OWNER”) on behalf of Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 (“DISTRICT”) for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and performing all work required for the construction of Belterra Sections 20-1, 20-2, 21-2 Street, Drainage and Utility Improvements will be received at the office of Texas Engineering Solutions, LLC (“ENGINEER”) at 3815 S. Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78704 until Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Drainage and Utility bids will be opened publicly and read aloud. Any proposal received after the closing time will be returned unopened. Proposals shall be plainly marked with name and address of the person or entity submitting the proposal (“BIDDER”) and the following words: PROPOSAL FOR BELTERRA SECTIONS 201, 20-2, and 21-2 STREET, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS The Belterra Sections 201, 20-2, 21-2 Street, Drainage and Utility Improvements proposal includes approximately: 60,146 SY right of way preparation; 4,003 LF of 18”-48” Class III RCP storm sewer with inlets, headwalls, manholes, and drainage appurtenances; 8,456 LF of 8” water line with fire hydrants, valves and associated appurtenances; 322 LF of 6” treated effluent line with valves and
associated appurtenances; 9472 LF of 6” gravity wastewater sewer line with manholes and wastewater appurtenances. All work must conform to State of Texas, County of Hays, and Hays County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 rules and criteria. Copies of the Plans, Specifications, and Bidding Documents will be on file at the office of Texas Engineering Solutions at 3815 S. Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78704, where they may be examined without charge. Copies may be examined or obtained from the ENGINEER on or after August 23, 2017. Electronic copies may be obtained from the ENGINEER on or after August 23, 2017 by e-mailing cschedler@ txengs.com. A Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or acceptable BIDDER’s Bond, payable to LH Belterra, LLC, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each bid as a guarantee that, if awarded the Contract, the BIDDER will enter into a contract and execute bonds within ten (10) days of award of the Contract. Performance and Payment Bonds shall also be executed on the forms furnished by the OWNER and shall specifically provide for “Performance” and for “Labor and Materials Payment”. Each bond shall be issued in an amount of one hundred percent (100%) of contract price by a solvent Surety company, authorized to do business in the State of Texas and acceptable to the
OWNER. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any and all minor defects or irregularities in bidding or bidding process except time of submitting bid. The OWNER reserves the right to determine which bids are most advantageous to the OWNER and the DISTRICT, and to award the Contract on this basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after opening of the bids. If a submitted bid is withdrawn within said period, bid guaranty shall become the property of the OWNER, not as penalty, but as liquidated damages, or OWNER may pursue any other action allowed by law. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at the offices of Texas Engineering Solutions at 3815 S. Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78704. Prospective bidders are encouraged to visit the site.
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CITY OF BUDA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF IMPACT FEES
Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code §395.053, as amended, the Buda City Council will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, occurring no earlier than 6:30 p.m., during its City Council Meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 121 Main Street, Buda, Texas, for the purpose of considering amendment of the land use assumptions, the capital improvements plan, and updated impact fees for water and wastewater utility infrastructure. Anyone wishing to appear and present evidence FOR or AGAINST this agenda item is invited to attend the public hearing and voice his or her opinion. For further information, contact John Nett, P.E., City Engineer for the City of Buda, at 100 Houston Street, Suite A, Buda, Texas 78610; 512312-0084; or jnett@ci.buda. tx.us.
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Notice for Publication NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF CITY OF KYLE TO AMEND A WATER CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (CCN) AND DECERTIFY A PORTION OF COUNTY LINE SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT'S CCN NO. 10292 AND MONARCH UTILITIES I LP'S CCN NO. 12983 IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS The City of Kyle has filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to amend their water CCN No. 11024 and to decertify a portion of County Line Special Utility District's CCN No. 10292 and to decertify a portion of Monarch Utilities I LP's CCN No. 12983 in Hays County, Texas. Anthem Development (Area 1) The requested area is located approximately 3.3 miles northwest of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by E. Bartlett Drive (Dr); on the east Farm to Market (FM) 2770; on the south by Ranch to Market (RM) Road (Rd) 150; and on the west by Indian Hills Trail. The requested area 1 includes approximately 595 acres and 0 current customers. Plum Creek Phase 2 (Area 2) The requested area is located approximately 2.8 miles northwest of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by FM 2770; on the east by Union Pacific Railroad (RR) Company (Co); on the south by Kohlers Crossing; and on the west by FM 2770. The requested area 2 includes approximately 475 acres and 0 current customers. Hays Commerce Center (Area 3) The requested area is located approximately 3.5 miles northeast of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by Business Park Dr; on the east by Interstate Highway (IH) 35; on the south by Kyle Crossing; and on the west Dry Hole Rd. The requested area 3 includes approximately 107 acres and 0 current customers. Crosswinds (Area 4) The requested area is located approximately 3.7 miles northeast of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by Windy Hill Rd; on the east by the intersection of Goforth Rd and Palomino Rd; on the south by Goforth Rd; and on the west by Dacy Lane. The requested area 4 includes approximately 427 acres and 1 current customer. Kyle Industrial Park (Area 5) The requested area is located approximately 2.5 miles northeast of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by Kohlers Crossing; on the east by IH 35; on the south by the intersection of Bebee Rd and IH 35; and on the west .7 miles from the intersection of Kohlers Crossing and Union
Pacific RR Co. The requested area 5 includes approximately 49 acres and 0 current customers. Blanco River (Area 6) The requested area is located approximately 2.7 miles west of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by RM Rd 150; on the east by N. and S. Old Stagecoach Rd; on the south by Line Kiln Rd; and on the west by Hillard Rd. The requested area 6 includes approximately 7 367 acres and 0 current customers. County Line (Area 7) The requested area is located approximately 3.6 miles southeast of downtown Kyle, Texas, and is generally bounded on the north by the intersection of County Rd 158 and Drue Drive; on the east by the intersection of Camino Real Rd and RM Rd 150; on the south by the intersection of State Hwy 21; and on the west by the intersection of CR 159 and CR 158. The requested area 7 includes approximately 674 acres and 0 current customers. The total area for the water utility service being requested includes approximately 9,694 acres of land and one current customer. A copy of the requested area map may be viewed at: Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center St., Kyle, Texas 78640; (512)262-1010. The requested areas overlap the boundaries of the districts listed below. If the district does not request a public hearing, the Commission shall determine that the district is consenting to the City of Kyle's request to provide retail water utility service within the areas requested in this application. Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Crosswinds MUD LaSalle MUD 4 LaSalle MUD 5 Plum Creek Conservation District You may request a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be in writing and include: (1) your name, mailing address, and daytime telephone number; (2) the applicant's name, docket number or another recognizable reference to this application; (3) the statement, "I/we request a public hearing"; (4) a brief description of how you or the persons you represent would be
adversely affected by the granting of the application for a CCN; and (5) your proposed adjustment to the application which would satisfy your concerns and cause you to withdraw your request for a hearing. Hearing requests, comments or requests to intervene should be filed with the: Public Utility Commission of Texas Central Records 1701 North Congress Avenue P.O. Box 13326 Austin, Texas 78711-3326 within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication or notice. A public hearing will be held only if a legally sufficient hearing request is received or if the Commission on its own motion requests a hearing. Only those individuals who submit a written hearing request will receive notice if a hearing is scheduled. If a valid public hearing is requested, the Commission will forward the application to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for a hearing. If no settlement is reached and an evidentiary hearing is held, SOAH will submit a recommendation to the Commission for final decision. An evidentiary hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. A landowner with a tract of land at least 25 acres or more, that is partially or wholly located within the requested area, may file a written with the Commission to be excluded from the requested area (opt out") within (30) days from the date that notice was provided by the applicant. All opt out requests must include a large scale map and a metes and bounds description of the landowner's tract of land. Persons who wish to request this option should file the required documents with the: Public Utility Commission of Texas Central Records 1701 North Congress Avenue P.O. Box 13326 Austin, Texas 78711-3326 In addition, the landowner must also send a copy of the opt out to the applicant. Staff may request additional information regarding your request. Si desea informacion en Espanol, puede llamar al 1-512-936-7221.
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Public Notices REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, Construction Manager-at-Risk, for the Hays CISD - Hays Elementary School #15, is requesting Competitive Proposals from subcontractors and suppliers. Subcontractor and Supplier Proposals will be received via FAX to (512) 326-4339 or or email to bidaus@bartlettcocke. com no later than 2:00 PM on September 14, 2017. Any proposals received after this time will not be accepted. Proposal Documents may be obtained from Bartlett Cocke or view at local and online planrooms. Contact Stefan Doerr at sdoerr@ bartlettcocke.com or Wright Wood at wwood@ bartlettcocke.com or call either at (512) 326-4223 to make arrangements. Small, Woman Owned, Disadvantaged, HUB, HUBZone, 8(a), Minority, and all similar firms are encouraged to submit proposals on this project. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
To All Interested Parties: The City of Buda is announcing an Invitation for Bid for Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E) services for the Public Safety Building. These services include acquisition, delivery, warehousing, and installation of FF&E items. All potential bidders should adhere to the items list in attachment A of the packet. Any deviation should be clearly indicated for scoring purposes. Please submit three (3) copies of the proposal, two (2) of which are signed in ink, one (1) CD or flash drive in a sealed envelope to: City of Buda Attention: Purchasing Manager RE: RFP 17-009 Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment services 121 Main Street Buda, Texas 78610
The deadline for submission of proposals is 12:00 pm, Thursday, August 31, 2017. The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all persons or firms submitting proposals, per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards. The City of Buda is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to attain goals for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u), as amended.
CITY OF BUDA JOINT PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
The City of Buda Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 and the City of Buda City Council will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 in the City Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas 78610 to receive written and oral comments in regard to adoption of a Unified Development Code and Official Zoning Map of the City of Buda to replace the current Unified Development Code and Official Zoning Map. At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard. Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the subject matter herein mentioned shall take notice. These hearings are in addition to the joint public hearing held in accordance with Texas Local Government Code Section 211.007(d), which took place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. For more information regarding the above matters, please contact the City of Buda Planning Department at (512) 312-5745 or visit www. ci.buda.tx.us.
CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR “K16-17-5” DIESEL GENERATOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
The City of Kyle (“City”) will accept sealed bids for “K16-17-5” Diesel Generator for the Public Works Department until 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 8, 2017. Bid specifications may be secured from the City’s website or Kyle’s Public Works Department located at 520 E. RM 150, Kyle, Texas 78640. Bids addressed to Harper Wilder, Director of Public Works, City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RM 150, Kyle, Texas will be received by 10:00 A.M. on Friday, September 8, 2017 at the Kyle Public Works Department located at 520 E. RM 150, Kyle, Texas 78640. Bids shall be submitted on the blank forms provided, in a sealed envelope clearly marked in the left-hand corner: BID FOR “K16-175” Diesel Generator for the Public Works Department Bids will be publicly opened and read in the Public Works Conference Room on Friday, September 8, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. All inquiries concerning this proposal may be addressed to Jason Biemer, Division Manager, at 512-2623024 (extension 4012) or by email at jbiemer@ cityofkyle.com no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. No fax submissions will be accepted. No late submissions will be accepted. All submissions received after the deadline will be returned unopened. CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer
Budafest: Reinvented and renamed Continued from pg. 1D
son to our citizens.” Budafest organizer Bert Bronaugh said he felt the event “will be in good hands” as he and fellow committee members Eileen Conley and Elaine Purvis hand the reins over to city staff. “I feel encouraged about the future of the Budafest tradition,” Bronough said. “The spirit that was brought to this event over the past 33 years was embraced by the city, and it will be in good hands.” Marino added that the nature of the new holiday festival would be similar to Budafest since it will include “a Christmas parade, entertainment, carnival and over 125 artisans selling handcrafted items.” Santa Claus will also be on hand for pictures with the kiddos at the new holiday festival that is traditionally held during the first weekend in December every year. Marino confirmed that the city currently plans to hold the event during the traditional first weekend in December due to vendor and attendee expecta-
“I feel encouraged about the future of the Budafest tradition ... The spirit that was brought to this event over the past 33 years was embraced by the city, and it will be in good hands.” – Bert Bronaugh, longtime Budafest organizer
tions but said that “there are several factors that we consider when deciding when to hold an event.” When asked about the possibility of a repeat performance of the cancellation confusion that
occurred with Budafest last year, Marino said, “We’re looking at a number of different options that would hopefully keep us from canceling in the future.” Some of those options include renting a large tent to shelter vendors. But, according to Marino, “these details are still being worked out.” Marino did say that vendors who were supposed to take part in last year’s event would receive a $40 credit toward registration for the new holiday event this December. Williams said the city’s tourism and parks departments are coordinating “to shape a new holiday tradition we can all be proud of and we look forward to carrying on the tradition started by the original Budafest group.” “Budafest is a time honored tradition,” Lysa Gonzalez, director of tourism in Buda said. “It’s important to our community and the city that we honor the legacy that the Budafest committee has worked so hard to build over the years.”
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of GRADY LEE SOUTHWELL, deceased, were issued on August 21, 2017 under Docket number 17-0216-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas to BETTY JO HEAD. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows: Betty Jo Head Independent Executor Estate of Grady Lee Southwell C/O Andrew Gary 108 E. San Antonio St. San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 21th. day of August, 2017 Andrew Gary, Bar #7721000 P.O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 512-396-2541 andrewgary@grandecom. net Attorney for Betty Jo Head
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
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Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on September 8, 2017 at 2:30 PM on StorageAuction. com. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as
TABC Legal Notice
Application is being made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Wine and Beer Retailer’s Permit with a Brewpub License and a Private Carrier’s Permit by Vista Brewing Operations LLC d/b/a Vista Brewing located at 13551 FM 150 W, Driftwood, Hays County, TX 78619. Managers and Officers of said limited liability company are Kent L. Killough, President/ Manager, and Karen Killough, Secretary/Manager.
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