The owners of Windemere Ranch property say they’re going ahead with their plans for development, but Hays County could have designs on the land for its regional habitat conservation plan to protect the golden-cheeked warbler and the black-capped vireo.
Still waiting on a geological report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission has postponed consideration of a mixed-use plan for the Buie tract until April.
Republican Hays County judge candidates Bert Cobb and Peggy Jones spoke in depth with San Marcos Local News about the issues leading up to the March 2 primary election. The winner will take on the Democratic nominee, either Hays County Judge Liz Sumter or Precinct 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton, in the November election.
San Marcos City Councilmembers approved another zoning change to accommodate increased density last month, granting preliminary approval to a zoning change and a land use plan for the Retreat on Willow Creek, a proposed 101.40-acre mixed-use development just west of Hunter Road and south of Stagecoach Trail.
About 300 Buda-area residents, upset with crawling progress on improvements to FM 1626, attended a public hearing conducted by the Texas Department of Public Transportation (TxDOT) Tuesday night at Elm Grove Elementary School and asked for the project to move faster.
The decline of Texas Wild Rice, which grows naturally only in the San Marcos River, could motivate state aquifer protection planners to pressure the city into closing parts of the river for recreational uses.
City officials believe San Marcos has secured water supplies to last until 2070 after reports from the city’s efficiency task force and McLain Decision Support System on water and wastewater utilities.
San Marcos officials will cut the ribbon on the completed $9.5 million Post Road project on July 1.
San Marcos water users didn’t just meet, but exceeded, municipal water conservation goals set by the city and state for 2008.
