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| The city does not take good care
of its own area now ... why would we want it to take us (the
county) into its jurisdiction? |
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| The city is not a good steward of water.
City staffers & city
officials deny the severity of our Hill Country water situation.
They have neither been transparent nor truthful with CCN information.
Many examples of false information can be derived from the
city council meetings and the town hall meetings. The unstated
reason for the CCN is a water source for unfettered development
benefitting a few developers and contractors. Bruce Motheral
is on record proposing "one stop shopping" for developers.
With the proposed CCN his plan would be one step closer and
the Kerr County aquifers would be further threatened. |
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| The city of Kerrville and the
Chamber should not try to encourage more construction of
housing here. This is a desert and eventually there will
be a very bad drought as there has been in the past and for
the city and other water officials trying to put water meters
on extra territorial jurisdiction well owners is terrible.
They want county people to take the responsibility for the
cities agenda of encouraging additional people here.. BAD.
Approve the quality of life of the people here and if industrious
people want additional people have them apply to Fredericksburg
or Boerne. Improve what we have. Do not enlarge it. |
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| This seems to be a power struggle between city and county.
The city should have no jurisdiction over county matters. |
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| The City's system is highly dependent
on very junior water rights from the Guadalupe, which have
been and will continue to be restricted by the water master.
We do not have enough water for the existing customers or
enough to furnish water to the infill within the city limits.
The CCN obligates Kerrville to furnish water to every qualified
applicant within 60,000 new acres(The city contains less
than 12,000 acres now). |
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| I think it should wait until
the population reaches the 25000 mark and not jump the gun. |
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| This is a bad idea. The City is trying to prevent another
Kerrville South without recognizing that such a development
would be impossible today. Plus, by allowing landowners with
more than 28 acres to opt out, you have eliminated the large
tracts that will be developed that the CIty wants to control.
Better they should pay attention to what needs fixing IN the
City. |
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| If proper water needs were planned from the beginning the
city would be able to annex new areas without excessive costs
being incurred to bring streets and water and sewer up to prescribed
standards. |
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| I have two properties in involved area
and have exercised my option to "Opt out" . I currently
do not trust any government body and believe that will expand
their powers to more strictly regulate my water on my property. |
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| Annexation by Kerrville has always been about TAXES and
not about services or safety. The City broke the law by not
providing service to annexed areas beyond the airport and finally
had to reverse the annexation by court order. They did not
refund TAXES. The City simply cannot be trusted. |
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| I think the City needs to be
more concerned with the problems we have now. Our streets
are in terrible shape. They fix a few of the roads and I
guess that's suppose to satisfy us. But there are more streets
that need re-surfacing and drainage. (Lois Street - Hill
Country Drive) I think the county should have the authority
to approve construction of water systems until such time
that the population exceeds 25,000. |
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| This is just another example
of the dominance and control Kerrville City Council strives
to maintain. They would have the right to pump water from
over 60,000 acres located in and around Kerr County. What
would that do to the aquifer? And what would it cost to the
taxpayers living in the County, but within the City's jurisdiction.
At the same time, it would necessarily cause property owners
a loss of property rights and groundwater rights within the
City's controlled area. Another prime example of CONTROL,
CONROL, CONTROL by the City Council. From whose mind on City
Council did this wonderful idea formulate? Some years ago
when several City Council members were booted out after a
successful recall election, the City initiated Charter Amendments
for City Council members to be only be recalled from office
for more restrictive causes (i.e. - protecting their own),
and required more signatures for a petition of removal. Perhaps
the citizens should initiate a referendum to amend the City
Charter which would allow Council members to be recalled
from office for less restrictive reasons than those currently
stated and lessen the number of Petitioners required for
such a removal. This writer does not live in the City, however,
currently owns a business in the City, has owned other property
located in the City, and currently pays City taxes. Thank
you! I finally feel like someone is giving me the opportunity
to have a voice regarding the City of Kerrville!!! |
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| The city needs to take a look at the mess a majority of the
streets IN the city are in and maintain them along with other
major problems such as the screwed up traffic (and traffic
lights) before they start trying to interfere with ETJ problems. |
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