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Vol. 9 No. 37
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September 12, 2018
LEAKEY CITY COUNCIL - NO MOWING THIS MONTH by Julie Becker
GARDEN CENTER SOUTH SIDE OF LEAKEY ON US HWY 83
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Heroic Story of Alamo Defenders
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NORTH SIDE OF LEAKEY ON US HWY 83 With only two items on the City of Leakey agenda on Monday night, both were tabled until next month’s meeting. On the agenda was “Discuss and/or act on Required City of Leakey Maintenance of Right of Ways within the City Limits of Leakey.” The item was brought to the table by Councilman Roel Gonzalez. Mayor Schneemann stated regarding the contract he signed in 2013, “We have never done it, we have had to argue with them. We would have to put it out for bid, we don’t have the manpower to do it ourselves, we
also don’t have the safety stuff to do it because it’s on state highway” Gonzalez stated he had invited TxDOT to attend the meeting not to speak but to listen. Schneemann replied, he had told them to go home since they were not on the agenda, they would not be able to speak. Gonzalez went on to say he had received some clarification from TxDOT and the contract states that the City of Leakey is responsible for some kind of mowing and some kind of litter pickup, as far as the right of ways were they going to be changed when the
streets came in? Schneemann replied “They also told us we were supposed to do the garden center too, we ain’t.” Schneemann stated “I would like for everyone to do their own mowing in front of their property, that would be the ideal thing.” The item was tabled. The other item on the agenda brought to the table by Councilman Martin Martinez was regarding the City hours and days of operation. Martinez stated “We need to think about keeping our office open 5 days a week.” Schneemann asked if Martinez had any business that
had not been tended to? Schneemann stated “We have to accommodate the public, just make sure we are accommodating the people in the city, not just someone from Houston.” For information please contact Mayor Harry Schneemann at 830232-6757 Or 830-834-0034 or email cityofleakey@hctc.net To listen to the entire meeting visit:https://www.facebook.com/ hillcountryherald.net/
LEAKEY WASTEWATER PROJECT UPDATE 2020, Yes I said 2020 By Julie Becker
REAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT ............................ Page 11
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ESTRAY NOTICE ............................ Page 9
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INDEX Legals/Jail Register ... . Page 3Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................ Page 7 Community Events.........Page 8-9 Obituaries ...................... Page 10 Classifieds ..................... Page 14
Today’s Weather
High: 82° Low: 68°
The ever elusive completion date for the Nueces River Authority/Leakey Wastewater Project has moved forward yet another year. Each month a report is produced as a requirement of the grant secured. I know this information is repetitive, I know I have been saying it for years now, but it bears repeating. In 2004, a “Real County Comprehensive Planning Study” identified the need for wastewater improvements in the Leakey area. The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) awarded a wastewater facility planning grant to the Nueces River Authority (NRA) to identify and propose wastewater improvements in 2008. The project divided into two phases. Phase 1 is the area west of the Frio River and Phase 2 is the east of the Frio River. In October of 2011, the TWDB approved a $9.961 million dollar loan forgiveness and a $1.082
Million Dollar grant from Economically Distressed Areas Program. On April 10, 2012 the TWDB signed an agreement with the NRA to fund the project. On December 14, 2015 an additional $16.547 million dollar grant was approved for construction funding by the TWDB. So that’s the money side of the project. On April 11, 2014, I attended a Leakey Regional Wastewater Project Update. This is the projected timeline I was given: Spring/Summer 2014 – Environmental Determination Spring/Summer 2014 – Permit Determination June 2014 – Phase I Collection System Design October 2014 – WWTP (Plant) and Phase 2 90% Design December 2014 – Final Design Approval
Water News and River Flows The rainfall event from September 3-10 was much needed with a total of 7.85” recorded at the office in Leakey. I have heard of totals up to 15” around Sabinal with some flooding, but overall there was just a small rise on the Frio and Nueces Rivers in Real and Edwards Counties. The temperatures have been pleasant with the system that came thru, but the humidity has been a beast. As you will see in the following article the Frio, Nueces and South Llano Rivers all showed an increase. Flows at all crossings on the Frio River were taken on September 10, 2018. Fulgham’s Crossing just south of the Alto Frio Baptist Encampment had a flow of 7,202 gpm (gallons per minute) in August and now has a flow that I can not measure as all of the culverts are under water and there is a small amount of water
April 2015 – Bidding July 2015 – Begin Construction November 2016 – Complete Construction. In the report of October 2016 we changed to use seasons as time markers, Complete TxDOT Subset November 2016 Begin Package A Construction Fall of 2016 Begin Package B Construction Spring 2017 Complete WWTP Construction Summer 2017 Complete Package A Fall of 2017 Complete Package B Spring of 2018 Complete Hook-ups, Ponds, and Irrigation System, Winter of 2017/ 2018 Project Close out SPRING OF 2018 This months (August 2018) states: Complete TxDOT Subset
Fall 2018 Begin Package A Construction March 2017 Begin Package B Construction Fall 2018 Begin Ponds/Irrigation System Construction - Fall 2018 Complete WWTP Construction 2019 Begin Phase 1 Hook-Ups 2019 Complete Package A 2019 Complete Package B 2019 Complete Ponds/Irrigation System 2019 Complete Hook-Ups 2019-2020 Project Closeout 2019-2020 There is really not much more that can be said. If you have any questions regarding this project please call Con Mims at 830-278-6810.
by: Joel Pigg, General Manager, RECRD
going over the top of the crossing. The Leakey Springs crossing had a flow of 2,216 gpm last measurement, and a flow of 7,481 gpm this reading; about a 3.5X increase in flow since the last measurement. The Mill Creek Crossing showed an increase in flow this measurement of about 4X; there are still culverts on south end of this crossing that have no flow. This crossing has a flow of 29,650 gpm this measurement which is way up from the last measurement of 7,213 gpm in August. The Rancho Real crossing had a flow of 10,186 gpm in August compared to a flow of 17,739 gpm this measurement increasing the flow by about 2X. The Kent Creek crossing nearly doubled in flow since the last measurement; to a flow of 4,807 gpm this month up from a flow of 2,697 gpm last measurement. continued page 5
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