The proposed ordinance bans roadside animal sales within the city and requires health and vaccination disclosures to be made when animals are properly traded
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Citizens' ordinance review process is under way
The group of citizens reviewing Wimberley's City Code of Ordinances will continue its work at a meeting Tuesday, November 22 at 9 a.m. at City Hall. The public is invited and encouraged to attend all meetings of this group which is tasked with reviewing ordinances and recommending changes to the city council. A public meeting earlier this month was well-attended with many constructive suggestions put forth. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission is reviewing the city's land-use and subdivision ordinances for suggested changes. City Administrator Don Ferguson estimates that the review process will take 11-12 months.
Public participation urged in Hays County transportation plan process
Hays County has begun the process for creating a countywide transportation plan. Throughout this process, the County is seeking participation and input from community members. We are holding a public workshop on December 1, 2011, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the San Marcos Activity Center (501 E. Hopkins).
Public involvement is a large part of this planning process and we would like to see as many Hays County residents at this meeting as possible.
The planning team will send project updates and notices of meetings, surveys, and other ways to participate throughout the planning process. To sign up to receive the updates directly, please email chowell@cdandp.com, with HCTP Email Update in the subject line.
For more information visit: www.co.hays.tx.us/transportationplan
Sales tax revenue down for November
The city of Wimberley received its November sales tax check from the Texas Comptroller's Office. Wimberley's check in the amount of $68,556.82 is down one percent from the same period last year. The November sales tax receipt checks represent sales in September.
Interviews for city marshal, judge positions to begin after Thanksgiving
The city of Wimberley is seeking applicants for city marshal and for city judge. To date, the city has received more than 40 applicants for the marshal position, and interviews will begin the week after Thanksgiving. The city judge presides over Wimberley's municipal court. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Andy Cable has served as interim municipal judge since the resignation of former Municipal Judge Don Campbell.
November 17 Wimberley City Council actions
– Passed on first of two readings a proposed animal control ordinance. The proposed ordinance bans roadside animal sales within the city and requires health and vaccination disclosures to be made when animals are properly traded. In addition, the ordinance prohibits animals from being left unattended in vehicles under certain conditions and places limits on the tethering of dogs and the intentional feeding of feral animals on public property (feeding of feral cats on private property is not affected by the ordinance). City staff is working with volunteers to establish a program to manage the city's feral cat population. The second and final reading and vote for approval will be at the December 1 council meeting.
- In a unanimous vote, the council approved a city staff proposal to execute a contract with Blackboard Connect to provide mass communication services for the city. The agreement with Blackboard Connect will offer a wide range of communication options to reach members of the community, from recorded voice, text-to-speech, email, TTY, Facebook, Twitter, fax, pager and common alerting protocol (CAP). The city will have the ability to use the service at any time to deliver both emergency and general information to residents. A link will be placed on the city's web site where residents can sign up for the service and indicate the way they would like to be informed. The cost of the services to the city is $1.91 per household enrolled along with a $957 annual support fee.
– Instructed city staff to look for opportunities to post notices of city activities at various locations throughout the community. Potential locations are the Wimberley Community Library, Wimberley Ace Hardware, Brookshire Brothers, the Post Office, King Feed and others. City staff will seek approval of the business owners to post information at their facilities. These sites will not replace the "official" site for posting such information which will remain at City Hall. In 2002, a city commission for improving communication with residents initiated a similar project. At that time, notices of city actions were posted at the Village Library, Wimberley Ace Hardware, the Post Office and Brookshire Brothers. The commission also initiated a quarterly city newsletter that was mailed to every voter in the city. Both programs were discontinued after a year.
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The city's Planning and Zoning Commission is reviewing the city's land-use and subdivision ordinances for suggested changes.
No doubt the "I was here first" crowd is anxious to prevent other landowners from being able to develop property.
What can possibly be added to the county's future transportation plan that isn't already on city, county, state and federal drawing boards??
I want to think this planning effort isn't simply additional cover for more tax payer paid subsidies for developers, but observations and results from past planning dog and ponies leads me to conclude otherwise.
I want to see the "whole enchilada", development agenda of our elected officials, not just parts of it. And I want these county transportation plan coordinators and decision makers to plainly explain their agendas and visions, first. Cut to the chase and cut out the phony political platitudes about safety and mobility. Transportation planning is largely driven by development interests. You know it and I know it. Just ask, who will profit financially?
We have all the roads we need in the county. Don't build any new ones. Stop the big spending. Spend my money on maintaining what we have and enforce the speed limit.
Mayor Flocke apparently didn't want to address the water wasting at Blue Hole for the last 5 months where those clowns planted hundreds of square yards of St. Augustine grass and watered it with 700,000 gallons of drinking water. The city's money maker gets a pass but you better not put in a swimming pool or top-off the one you have or you will be fined heavily. We still haven't heard from David Baker or Jim McMeans about this water wasting. Hypocrites!
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"Mayor Flocke apparently didn't want to address the water wasting at Blue Hole for the last 5 months where those clowns planted hundreds of square yards of St. Augustine grass and watered it with 700,000 gallons of drinking water."
My understanding is the Wimberley CC is going to allow farmers who are short on water the right to use the St. Augustine grass for cattle grazing.
The idea is to attract more tourists to Wimberley as an "ideal" sustainable farming community" - providing a "direct link to the city and the farmers."
This is to raise money to pay for the organic potable outhouses that are planned for the Wimberley Square.
For additional public relations help, contact me, Dewey Cheatham, at my local BS firm.
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