tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post342145668700681267..comments2024-02-10T04:11:01.983-06:00Comments on The Hays County RoundUp: Dripping: Sequence of events and opposition to the proposed Cypress Creek at Ledge Stone ApartmentsRoundUp Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650670108010693102noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-14288829569760474372012-10-31T16:08:09.248-05:002012-10-31T16:08:09.248-05:00If this were a free market, growth would pay for i...If this were a free market, growth would pay for itself, because prices would reflect scarcity of resources, encouraging consumers to conserve and allowing them to intelligently allocate their own resources. If this were a free market, corporations would no longer be able to offload their costs onto the public via politically facilitated theft (er, taxation). If this were a free market, I'dLiv N. Letlivehttp://philosophyofliberty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-1067321837072516452012-09-13T21:43:56.264-05:002012-09-13T21:43:56.264-05:00This is a boon-doggle and one more example of DS &...This is a boon-doggle and one more example of DS "ruling" over its' precious ETJ with no regard to the 30,000+ CITIZENS in it. If DS wants this project so bad - PUT IT INSIDE the precious 1,788 person "City of Dripping Springs". But wait - that CAN'T happen - that would be hundreds of new voters who don;t know who Mr. Purcell is and wouldn't be aware of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-59893354447238579522012-07-10T17:01:32.373-05:002012-07-10T17:01:32.373-05:00Lake Travis was built in 1942 and has been used fo...Lake Travis was built in 1942 and has been used for Drinking water and other needs since then. I am fairly confident that it will last another 30 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-64776981891766165222012-07-10T11:32:43.405-05:002012-07-10T11:32:43.405-05:00Yeah, I'd rather have evaporating lakes than h...Yeah, I'd rather have evaporating lakes than have the water go on to the Gulf, too. But it's not an either-or choice. Reservoir lakes are not the only alternative.Anon Jul 8, 6:38 PMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-54917414735761074242012-07-10T11:29:45.091-05:002012-07-10T11:29:45.091-05:00to Anon, 10:31 AM:
How do you arrive at your &quo...to Anon, 10:31 AM:<br /><br />How do you arrive at your "100 years of water" amount?<br /><br />Canyon Lake and the Highland Lakes haven't been around that long, and especially the levels of the H. Lakes are falling. Even as more and more users of them are added.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-39171907328579169272012-07-10T10:31:35.598-05:002012-07-10T10:31:35.598-05:00I would rather have evaporation from a lake that c...I would rather have evaporation from a lake that can be used for drinking water than sending the water to the Gulf of Mexico and letting it evaporate there.<br /><br />Silt is removed every day in different parts of the country and can be removed here, In the mean time we get 100 years of water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-49425045686312007802012-07-09T10:26:49.135-05:002012-07-09T10:26:49.135-05:00Like a previous poster mentioned, not only do lake...Like a previous poster mentioned, not only do lakes evaporate, but they silt up. In fact silting is the demise of lakes and for those of you who think it is easy to just dredge a huge lake, ever considered where all that waste will be piled up or how much money it takes to do this? I didn't think so.<br /><br />The main reason we are not seeing more lakes built is because they have a Jasper, come in here right now!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-39463353418637990032012-07-08T21:42:17.306-05:002012-07-08T21:42:17.306-05:00Offstream Underground Reservoirs are called Aquife...Offstream Underground Reservoirs are called Aquifers, Where do you think the water comes from to fill the homeowners rainwater tanks during a drought? Oh, That would be the Aquifer! Thank God the People of this state had the Testicular Fortitude to build Reservoirs in the earlier part of the century. They were not worried about the decimation of the Human Race versue the decimation of a some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-57868480576324190722012-07-08T19:33:29.550-05:002012-07-08T19:33:29.550-05:00Boy howdy if these apartments are going bring more...Boy howdy if these apartments are going bring more low wage earners and their attitudes, you can count me out. Can't we do better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-9446040677558050782012-07-08T18:38:36.162-05:002012-07-08T18:38:36.162-05:00Time for EACH HOME to have a rainwater collection ...Time for EACH HOME to have a rainwater collection system!<br /><br />Reservoirs (Canyon Lake, the Highland Lakes) are huge evaporation ponds. Besides, if there is no rain, what's there to store?<br /><br />Off-stream underground reservoirs are expensive to build, but they experience far less evaporation than open reservoir lakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-67047695319777116532012-07-08T16:59:49.456-05:002012-07-08T16:59:49.456-05:00Time to build HUGE Rainwater Collections Systems! ...Time to build HUGE Rainwater Collections Systems! Such as Reservoirs. Jake Pickle had a suggestion. Lake Wimberley has a nice ring to it and it would have the added benefit of recharging the aquifer by placing 200' of water above Jacobs Well. Don't worry, In 100 years nobody would remember the well anyway. Take a lot of good Pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-31923632197779273222012-07-08T13:21:59.300-05:002012-07-08T13:21:59.300-05:00I believe there are only 2 PUAs in Hays County: Ha...I believe there are only 2 PUAs in Hays County: Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency & West Travis County PUA. Each one is composed of cities and water companies which intend to supply water and wastewater treatment to a defined area.<br /><br />How are they financed? In the planning stages of HCPUA (been around years longer than WTCPUA), the cities and water companies paid assessments to the Just so you knownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-50879914396418458522012-07-08T11:33:47.909-05:002012-07-08T11:33:47.909-05:00I have no connection with this, or any, developer....I have no connection with this, or any, developer.<br /><br />The original poster, Ms. Scott, just used the term "low-income" too much for my taste and in a way that made it sound very biased and prejudicial.<br /><br />I am nobody's shill. I just know that our hill country communities need more affordable housing. My preference would be small houses, not a big apartment complex cannot believe my eyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-26350700528686727602012-07-08T10:27:27.359-05:002012-07-08T10:27:27.359-05:00The West Travis County Public Utility Agency (WTCP...The West Travis County Public Utility Agency (WTCPUA), successor to the LCRA 290 pipeline and various plants, has a website where you can learn more about them. <br /><br />There will be two Board meetings of WTCPUA in July, at 10 a.m. on July 12 and 26. At Bee Cave City Hall, 4000 Galleria Parkway, Bee Cave, TX. Agendas for those two meetings are not yet online.<br /><br />WTCPUA will have to Speaking of WTCPUAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-26687802270233641532012-07-08T09:29:34.187-05:002012-07-08T09:29:34.187-05:00@anon 8:06 pm
People can already "choose hou...@anon 8:06 pm<br /><br />People can already "choose housing without paying real estate agent and broker commissions."<br /><br />You're beating a dead horse, CCLS hack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-53547098192359117822012-07-08T09:23:10.378-05:002012-07-08T09:23:10.378-05:00to Anonymous 7:56 PM:
Our "real" compla...to Anonymous 7:56 PM:<br /><br />Our "real" complaint -- as it always has been -- is that CCLS will foist new taxes onto DSISD residents without paying much in taxes itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-11859257064427555572012-07-08T09:20:00.907-05:002012-07-08T09:20:00.907-05:00Bonner Carrington has faced opposition to its proj...Bonner Carrington has faced opposition to its projects before (not approved in Kyle, not approved in League City), and so they are ready with a battle plan to combat opponents of their plans.<br /><br />First of all, they have a staff which addresses questions about projects through their website. The answers give only the info they want the public to know, of course. I never received an answer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-56879729462131921882012-07-07T20:06:05.549-05:002012-07-07T20:06:05.549-05:00Given Ms. Scott's email address, perhaps her r...Given Ms. Scott's email address, perhaps her real concern is competition. Does she fear an environment where residents can get choose housing without paying real estate agent and broker commissions? If this was an issue about schools and water, did she protest when Ledge Stone went in to begin with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-49150412817891617062012-07-07T19:56:48.937-05:002012-07-07T19:56:48.937-05:00Well those claiming it's an issue of "tax...Well those claiming it's an issue of "tax fairness" are just covering up for their class discrimination.<br /><br />The property will be commercial property even though the business is residential housing. The "Robin Hood" plan is alive and well here. What makes you think that a penny of any additional tax revenue from this project would actually be spent within the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-37762406702494069602012-07-07T16:34:19.994-05:002012-07-07T16:34:19.994-05:00And don't forget that CCLS will be getting its...And don't forget that CCLS will be getting its water from beleaguered Lake Travis. 244 more families sticking straws into that dwindling source.<br /><br />They are in line ahead of DS on the West Travis County Public Utility pipeline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-1607688751188474862012-07-07T16:25:55.238-05:002012-07-07T16:25:55.238-05:00If you go to the official website (www.cypresscree...If you go to the official website (www.cypresscreekledgestone.com)of the Cypress Creek at Ledge Stone project (CCLS), there on the home page -- highlighted in blue -- is the announcement "Important Update: Tax Exemption Issue Solved."<br /><br />The "update" isn't dated, and so we don't know how current the info is. The update is signed by Stuart Shaw, president of Lividnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-88469798741862302642012-07-07T10:16:30.683-05:002012-07-07T10:16:30.683-05:00See www.apartmentratings.com and search for "...See www.apartmentratings.com and search for "Cypress Creek at Lakeline"(another Bonner Carrington<br />project) in Cedar Park, TX.<br /><br />On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the best), residents gave that complex these ratings:<br /><br />Construction 3.0<br />Noise 2.6<br />Safety 3.0<br />Parking 2.6<br />Office Staff 2.6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-5101601587826654392012-07-07T08:31:35.543-05:002012-07-07T08:31:35.543-05:00To cannot believe my eyes:
It's all very well...To cannot believe my eyes:<br /><br />It's all very well and good to say that "people who move here should contribute to the school system," but how are you going to make that happen?<br /><br />Renters don't pay property taxes. Yes, I know, supposedly the property taxes get passed on to the renter in the form of higher rents, but in TDHCA projects the rents are kept Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-85889431647209500032012-07-07T08:18:25.275-05:002012-07-07T08:18:25.275-05:00A Wimberley citizen recently had an interesting co...A Wimberley citizen recently had an interesting conversation with the Tax Assessor-Collector of Potter County (Amarillo). The tax collector told her that Amarillo now has 7 TDHCA-funded housing projects, with more on the way.<br /><br />Amarillo -- like other cities around Texas -- is waking up to the fact that these TDHCA projects give large tax breaks to the developers (e.g., Bonner Carrington)Barbara Hopsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406972795491072534.post-16317674715774091022012-07-07T00:13:20.994-05:002012-07-07T00:13:20.994-05:00Protest all you want about the tax and development...Protest all you want about the tax and development issue, just don't make this about "low-income" people.<br /><br />New residents should indeed help pay for the schools and other infrastructure.<br /><br />We do need more affordable housing, though. No everyone can live in a house (or wants to), and these hill country communities need some housing options.<br /><br />The developercannot believe my eyesnoreply@blogger.com