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Yarrington Bridge development approved

BY TIMOTHY STUCKEY

A 300,000 square-foot project that could house a grocery business, restaurants and perhaps a hotel in south Kyle was finally revealed by city leaders Oct. 4.

By a 6-0 vote, the city council approved “Project Teal”, a development project that encompasses approximately 47 acres northwest of Yarrington Road.

The project is a multiuse development that

would focus on establishing businesses such as grocery or depot stores, restaurants, national chains and hotels.

“The idea behind this agreement is to reimburse the developer for some infrastructure,

which would be for public roadway that would spine through the development and some water and wastewater (development) that would be required for public infrastructure,” said Diana Torres, Kyle

STAFF REPORT

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Kyle resident Andrew Cook speaks during the citizens comments period of the City Council’s Oct. 4 meeting. Many of the comments focused on the Nance-Blanco Bridge, with residents suggesting that not enough information had been provided on the project to move forward.

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Philipp Meyer book reading and signing

Author Philipp Meyer will hold two upcoming readings and book signings at Texas State University on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Meyer is the author of the critically lauded novel “American Rust,” winner of the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New York Times Notable Book. In 2010 he was named one of the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” fiction writers to watch. His novel The Son was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was recently adapted into an AMC television series.

He is a graduate of Cornell University and has an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a James Michener Fellow.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Proposed Amendment 5: A road connecting the south end of Seton Parkway and Philomena Drive.

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Proposed Amendment 3: A road connecting the south end of Rebel Road (on FM 150) to First Street, that would then connect to the IH-35 access road.

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Girls Just Wanna Have Funds The Hays County Women’s Political Caucus will hold a “Girls Just Wanna Have Funds” event to support endorsed candidates for local offices on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the home of Monica and Ruben Becerra, 208 E. Mimosa Circle, San Marcos.

Donations from the event will go to the Political Action arm of the HCWPC to support designated candidates. The Caucus will accept donations at the fundraising event and encourages sponsorships. Three donors will match the first $1,500 in donations. Acoustic folk and blues singer-songwriter Tracy Weinberg will entertain at the event.

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“Whoever thought that little stretch of blue dots would cause so much excitement?”

James Earp, Kyle assistant city manager, posed this question when discussing one of five proposed amendments to Kyle’s Transportation Master Plan Oct. 4.

In reality, the little stretch of blue dots represented a massive, and equally controversial, $30 million bridge spanning property over the Blanco River.

The amendment is one of the city’s obligations regarding a development agreement between Nance-Bradshaw Ranches and the City of Kyle.

Under the development agreement, the city will “within 18 months of the agreement’s effective

eration was taken off the table as city leaders and staff wanted to create more beneficial development for residents. This followed several attempts

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Pedestrian killed by train in Buda

The project established by the agreement includes a master-planned development that may include single or multi-family lots, condominiums, commercial or office sites, amenity areas with recreation facilities, public parks and space for civic uses.

BY TIMOTHY STUCKEY

Economic Developer director.

The project was originally proposed for warehouse zoning two years ago when the developers were looking to establish truck stops in the area.

However, the consid-

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Authorities are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man who was killed after he was reportedly struck by a train in Buda Monday.

Ian Antonellis has been identified as the victim in the incident, according to a Buda Police Department press release. Buda Police is investigating the death.

Buda Police were dispatched to a location along the railroad tracks on Garison Road at approximately 9:54 p.m. Monday for a major accident involving a pedestrian and a Union

Pacific train.

Police were notified of a single subject who was struck by the train and was reported deceased on the scene, according to the release.

The incident had the railroad crossing at Main Street and Houston Street closed for an extended period of time. The crossings have since been reopened.

Scott Cary, Hays County Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace, ordered an autopsy of the victim.

An exact cause of death is pending autopsy results, according to the release.

Hays County OKs centralized 911 center STAFF REPORT A centralized 911 communications center is now on the path toward reality in Hays County after county leaders approved an interlocal agreement (ILA) on Tuesday.

Approval by Hays County Commissioners of the ILA, as well as associated bylaws, paves the way for the Combined Emergency Communications Center (CECC) and the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) that will serve the majority of the county.

The CECC is part of the county’s new public safety facility, which was approved

by Hays County voters as the $104.6 million Proposition 1 in the county’s May 2016 bond initiative.

Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner, said in a statement the CECC has been a “long time in the making.”

“We realized at least

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10 years ago that the growth in our county warranted a more efficient, cooperative PSAP arrangement, both for the safety of our citizens and of our first responders, Ingalsbe said. “We’ve worked toward that goal with studies and committees and looking at best practices. It’s gratifying that we are finally ready to put this into action.”

The CECC will provide 911 call-taking and dispatch services for Hays County, Buda and Kyle police departments, as well as the respective fire and EMS providers for all Emergency Services Districts (ESDs) within the county.

Hays County’s CECC will also provide services for the county’s five constable offices.

“The collaborative effort with county and city officials from all aspects of public safety has not only shown the drive to make improvements to emergency

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HISTORY

Founded April 10, 1903, by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building. It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956. The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.

NEWS

Hays Free Press • October 11, 2017

Kyle man arrested for alleged robbery attempt

BY MOSES LEOS III

A Kyle man was arrested Oct. 3 after he allegedly brandished a knife and threatened a witness who caught him breaking into a home in the Plum Creek subdivision.

Julian Facundo, 20, of Kyle, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony, and burglary of a building, which is a state jail felony.

According to a Kyle Police arrest affidavit, officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Hogan in Plum Creek for a burglary of a residence.

Once on scene, officers met with a married couple who alleged they saw

a person, later identified as Facundo, trying to enter their neighbor’s gate.

FACUNDO The woman said she asked Facundo if he needed help, but he ignored her and walked to the end of the driveway.

Her husband got out of his vehicle and asked what Facundo was doing, at which point Facundo allegedly walked to another neighbor’s yard where a white bag was in the grass.

The woman said Facundo walked through the yard and went to the front of the residence, before

returning to the back door. Facundo allegedly opened the garage door to the home where he “seemed to be hiding.”

The woman, who yelled she was calling authorities, said Facundo allegedly exited the front of the home carrying a skateboard and then picked up a white bag from the grass and began walking down the alley, trying to get through fences.

The woman’s husband followed Facundo down the alley, where he was alleged to have thrown the white bag and skateboard over two different fences.

While in the alley, Facundo allegedly brandished a knife at her hus-

band and made a “jabbing motion” toward him.

According to the affidavit, Facundo allegedly said, “I have a knife.”

The man kept his distance from Facundo, but continued to follow “as best he could before losing him,” according to the affidavit.

Officers began conducting an investigation and were searching in the 100 block of Spring Branch Cove. According to the affidavit, a nearby resident said she had video surveillance that showed the suspect walking to his residence.

The woman and her husband were shown the video footage and identified Facundo, who

was wearing black pants, a plaid long sleeve shirt and a gray baseball cap.

Authorities talked with Facundo and his father at their home in the 100 block of Spring Branch Cove; the two allegedly said Facundo did not own a skateboard.

The homeowner whose garage Facundo went into said he didn’t have permission to enter her residence.

According to the affidavit, officers believed items Facundo discarded were stolen, which they believe his intentions of entering the garage was to commit an additional theft.

Facundo is currently being held on $75,000 bond.

substantial development and will keep 50 percent of the sales tax off the property for ten years.”

Kyle Mayor Todd Webster also praised the project and said he hoped that the cumulative growth in the area will become a positive asset for the city of Kyle.

“I think given the situ-

ation and circumstances this is really the best outcome we could come up with,” Webster said.

“Hopefully this should allow any concern with what was happening to that corner to rest and at the same time allow it to develop and become a productive part of the city.”

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to create a truck stop in the area, which drew a wave of public outcry against it.

“We partnered with the developer and auxiliary consultants to bring together a package that would be much more desirable for the city of Kyle and much more palatable to the residents

of Kyle and San Marcos,” said Council Member Travis Mitchell. “This project in particular represents the fruit of that effort.”

Mitchell said the project is a “homerun for the city of Kyle from a financial standpoint,” and added the project included a 50 percent

sales tax rebate on the infrastructure that would be needed for the development area.

“It’s a 50 percent sales tax rebate on the infrastructure they are putting in and there is no soft cost,” Mitchell said.

“The city will collect 100 percent of property tax generated from this

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office sites, amenity areas with recreation facilities, public parks and space for civic uses.

Exactly 18 months and one day later, the city upheld its obligation in terms of amending its Master Transportation Plan.

However, there were many concerns from citizens on the issue.

During the council meeting’s citizen comments period, several residents addressed their concerns that not enough information had been provided on the bridge, despite city staff’s claims that the information had been available on the city’s website since May 2016.

The city has addressed these concerns with a press release on its website, as well as providing a link to the May 2016 agreement.

“We’ve actually done quite a bit already,” Earp said. ”In response to public comments, we did put together a statement that addressed most of the concerns.”

One of the miscommunication issues began after back-up information regarding the bridge’s development wasn’t added after the council adjourned its executive session in May 2016.

“We normally do have those attached to the agenda as backup material, in fact the other one that was dealt with that night for the Mccoy family was in the backup mate-

rial,” said Earp. “The only reason this one wasn’t was that it was so large and there were a couple of last minute changes the attorneys had negotiated and wanted to discuss in executive session.”

Earp also addressed residents’ concerns about the cost of the bridge and where the money for it would come from.

The Blanco-Nance Bridge had already come under a wave of scrutiny after the project was placed on the Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (CAMPO) list of potential amendments for its 2040 plan, despite it not being on the city’s transportation plan at the time.

Kyle Mayor Todd Webster said the project was “mistakenly” placed on the CAMPO list for future funding. Several officials with CAMPO’s Transportation Advisory Board, however, preemptively recommended in September not adding the project to the 2040 list due to a lack of information. A formal decision by CAMPO on amendments to the 2040 plan could be made Oct. 16.

“What we did is look at the cost it took to build our bridges across I-35, because we had to have a number to submit to CAMPO,” Earp said. “It might be $30 million, it might be ten or it might be $500, who knows? What we do know it that we

have to start somewhere, and the point was $30 million seemed reasonable.”

Earp also stated that the city has never asked for money from taxpayers to fund the project.

“The cost of the bridge falls squarely on the shoulders of the developers,” Earp said. “In their development agreement they asked for city to consider TIF (Tax Incremental Fund) because the bridge is going to cost a lot

of money and they know that; all that’s ever been asked was for the city of Kyle to consider creating a TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone) over the eastern part of the property to help pay for their property in the future.”

Earp said CAMPO has development on the east side of the river that they can use to pay into a TIRZ that would then be able to pay for the bridge in the future.

“Unlike other TIRZ such as 1626 where the you incur the debt upfront and hope development comes to pay it back, this was always meant to be put on property on the east side as the development comes and starts to generate the dollars,” Earp said. “All of the east side is going to drive the development of the west side, those dollars could be used to help offset the cost of the bridge.”

NOTICE OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION To the Registered Voters of the City of Buda, Texas: (A los Votantes Registrados en la Ciudad de Buda, Texas:)

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on November 7, 2017 for voting in a general and special election for 1) the purpose of electing the following officers of said city: Mayor, Councilmember Place Four, Councilmember Place Five, & Councilmember Place Six; 2) the purpose of electing one councilmember for an unexpired term-Councilmember Place Four; 3) the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters, for adoption or rejection, of proposed amendments to the existing Charter of the City of Buda, Texas (a substantial copy of the proposed amendments and estimate of anticipated fiscal impact listed below); and 4) the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters, for adoption or rejection, a proposed initiative ordinance relating to the use of fluoride to the City of Buda municipal potable water supply.

(Notifíquese, por las presente, que las casillas electorales citadas abajo se abrirán desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. el 3 de noviembre de 2017 para votar en la Elección General y Especial para elegir con 1) el propósito de elegir a los siguientes oficiales de dicha ciudad: Alcalde, Concejales Puesto Cinco, y Puesto Seis; 2) el propósito de la elección de un miembro del concejo Puesto Cuarto por un periodo no expirado; 3) el propósito de presentar a los votantes calificados, la adopción o el rechazo, propuestas de enmienda a la carta existente de la Ciudad de Buda (una copia sustancial de las enmiendas propuestas y estimación de los efectos fiscales previstos enumerados a continuación); y 4) el propósito de presentar a los votantes calificados, la adopción o el rechazo, de una ordenanza de iniciativa propuesta relativa al uso de fluoreto a la Ciudad de Buda suministro municipal de agua potable.)

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Whoever thought that little stretch of blue dots would cause so much excitement?”

–James Earp, Kyle assistant city manager, regarding proposed bridge in Kyle. Story on 1A

Hays Free Press • October 11, 2017

EDITORIAL

Step up to the plate, please Hip Czech

by Cyndy SlovakBarton

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sually, common sense would tell you that the people who work most closely together know what’s real – and what’s not.

Ask any top-notch student at the local high schools and they can tell you which teachers were the best, which ones truly helped them get into college.

Ask those “in the know” about county government and they will tell you who is stepping in to help out while Hays County Judge Bert Cobb is out because of illness.

Ask staff members what is going on in city government, and they will surrepticiously tell you which city adminsitrators really know their jobs and are doing the best for the city.

As such, it is beginning to become really scary about what is going on in Washington D.C. when it comes to those “in the know.”

Those closest to President Donald Trump – within the White House and in Congress – are fighting back, fleeing and saying some pretty scary things about the behavior of this president.

And he hasn’t been in office for even a year yet. There are three more years to go.

The storm over the weekend, when outgoing Republican Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker said that Trump is making reckless threats toward other countries that could set the nation “on the path to World War III,” should be heeded by the common person, the average voter.

Alas, that will probably not happen, as the super rightwing conspiracy theorists and the White House speaking heads will not face facts – that those in Congress trying to get their work done simply find Trump to be childish and of great concern regarding foreign policy and the actual running of our government.

You’ve got Rick Tyler, former GOP spokesperson for Ted Cruz, saying that White House staffers should be on “24-hours suicide watch.”

President Trump has been called undisciplined, self-destructive, a trainwreck, distrustful, childish. The White House has been compared to an adult childcare center.

And those comments came not from Democrats, but from Republicans “in the know.”

What’s so scary is that we don’t really have a way to deal with a runaway president. Until congressional leaders – Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn among others – speak out and take control, we could well be strolling, nay running, down the lane toward WWIII. That’s scary, but it is preventable.

Come on, Congress and Senate.

Step up to the plate and do what needs to be done.

The American thing to do From the Sidelines by Moses Leos III

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eems the National Football League is following the mantra of money talks and other stuff walks.

Apparently that other stuff is respecting the value of free speech, and that isn’t all that important right?

Well, such a question ought to be posed to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after he penned a remarkably hypocritical letter Tuesday asking NFL players to stand during the playing of the national anthem.

In the letter, which was addressed to league chief executive and club presidents, Goodell said the league’s dispute over the national anthem and protesting was “eroding the unifying power of our game” and is dividing the league, and players, from its fans.

Goodell went on to say the controversy is a barrier to having “honest conversations and making real progress on underlying issues.”

However, by taking this stance, Goodell found a way to regress in the league’s attempt to have an “honest conversation” about many of the issues its minority players are facing today.

It’s a tremendous step back after Goodell praised players and clubs for their roles in numerous protests that took place league wide two weeks ago.

Or, viewing it from

News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

another perspective, the praise and accolades seem to be, in fact, hollow and weren’t meaningful at all.

It gives rise to the notion the NFL will only support its players and its beliefs so long as it doesn’t hurt the bottom line. One can surmise Tuesday’s statement was probably done in response to that.

Which is why this move

by Goodell is so frustrating.

Instead of standing up for what’s right or standing up for all of its players, the league is now kowtowing to those who beat their chests chanting, “U-S-A, U-S-A” at every turn. Those who wear star-spangled garb whenever possible and those who feel free speech is only good when it applies to them and only them.

The league also continues to cast a blind eye on the reasons why players are protesting in the first place.

It’s not because they don’t respect America, the flag or what our country stands for. They’re kneeling because of the burgeoning racial divide that’s rapidly swallowing our country.

They’re kneeling to stand against a racist, bigoted, moronic, war-mongering Sweet Potato in Chief who is breaking the fabric our country stands for.

One can’t imagine what NFL players are thinking now that Goodell basically hung them out to dry.

What’s worse is how the league has basically given a slap to the face of American values, primarily the First

Amendment.

Yes, these football players don’t live lives that many other average Americans do. They make millions of dollars playing a game kids play on the field.

And yes, they also play for a multi-million dollar league that makes money.

But they’re human beings, folks. They’re also Americans, too.

They understand that what they’re doing is raising awareness for the average joe, who might not get the ability to cast a spotlight on societal issues.

What we should be doing is encouraging them and giving them the right to kneel, if they so choose.

That, my friends, is the most American thing we can do.

My Dad, Hef and real wealth S

ince Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s recent death, a variety of voices have been calling him everything from a cultural icon and innovator to, according to New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, “wicked,” a “chauvinist” and “a pornographer.”

“Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest,” writes Douthat. “There are even conservative appreciations, arguing that for all his faults Hef was an entrepreneur who appreciated the finer things in life and celebrated la difference.”

Douthat then goes on to tear old Hef’s legacy apart, and with good reason.

For all his peccadilloes, Hefner’s success says more about America than it does about anything else. For good or ill, a fellow like Hefner could only reinvent himself in a free country like ours.

As it goes, Hef was something of a loser when he was a teen. A kid of average looks, he was frustrated that girls ignored him. He decided

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to transform himself. He nicknamed himself - “Hef” - which is something a normal man would never do. And he concocted a fantasy life in which he would be rich, worldly and the life of every party.

In 1953, Hef published the first issue of Playboy.

It featured Marilyn Monroe and flew off the newsstands. Hef said America was repressed and his mission, which involved exploiting the male sex drive to make dough, was to set us free.

Over the next six decades, we really were set free, too. Despite the fact that marriage rates are way down, divorce rates are high, and illegitimacy and single-parent households have soared, old Hef believed to the end that we Americans are still repressed.

I don’t want to give the fellow’s legacy too much credit for these trends.

They would surely have

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happened had he and Playboy never existed.

But his legacy brings us back to the concept of freedom.

In America, any man is free to be a fool. Any man is free to shun spirituality and inner beauty to pursue ego, dough and scantily-clad young women.

But our freedoms also allow a man to choose to live a virtuous life, as my father has. He married young and worked long and hard for his family.

My father knows what it is like to love one woman, through good and bad, for nearly six decades - an experience Hef never knew.

My father, 84, is surrounded by six children, 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The home he and my mother created is a place of great happiness on Sundays and holidays - and anytime any of us want to stop by.

My father gave us something old Hef failed to give his children: a clear example of how to pursue a virtuous life.

Whereas Hef became a caricature of himself as an old man - wearing silk pajamas all day long and using his worldly wealth

to keep a torrent of young women nearby - my father has earned the love and respect of his family, friends and neighbors.

Whereas my father is getting by on a modest retirement income, he has one thing Hef never could attain: real wealth.

Old Hef was able to create a new life in America and enjoy the trappings of worldly wealth for 91 years.

Good for him.

I wish the old fellow well as he settles up with his maker, as we all must in time.

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Taxes, water bill rates top Kyle candidate debate

BY MARIA GARDNER

Taxes, high water bills, sidewalk improvements and transportation were a few of the topics addressed by candidates at Monday’s Kyle city council candidate forum.

The event, held at the Plum Creek Community Center, featured candidates running for mayor and council seats 1 and 4.

Tracy Sheel, a candidate running unopposed for the District 2 seat, made a statement before the debate, but didn’t participate.

DISTRICT 1 In the race for the seat left vacant by mayoral candidate Travis Mitchell, candidates Dex Ellison and Marco Pizaña fielded a question about increasing water bills in the city.

Pizaña, a career coordinator for Hays CISD, said as a council member he would look at possible issues with meter readings and look to collaborate with city officials, like the city manager, to bring costs down.

Dex Ellison, a financial representative, said he would explore whether consolidating water provider options may reduce the price. The stress that a new development creates on utilities like water ought to fall on the development, and not on existing residents, he said.

When asked if Kyle is growing too quickly, Ellison said the fact is people

No matter how the candidates answered, all gave similar responses on increasing accountability, transparency and communicating with public officials.

are moving to town and it’s better to prepare and plan for growth. He said making sure there are parks in place and diverse homes for various socioeconomic backgrounds is important.

Pizaña, who felt Kyle was growing too quickly, said he enjoys sustainable growth. Investment in infrastructure is important and used Old Town Kyle as an example of needed upgrades.

One solution is to work with developers to prevent building in areas prone to flooding.

Ellison agreed with the need to examine where developers build homes to avoid the floodplains.

upkeep.

Both also fielded a question on whether there are too many apartments in Kyle.

Villalobos said there is a need for balancing commercial growth with affordable housing. He added some employment centers in Kyle don’t provide a living wage, and therefore some people can’t live in the city.

McHutchion said Kyle needs more supportive housing, not necessarily affordable housing. He said for many families moving to Kyle, an apartment is a good transition to owning a home in Kyle.

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Travis Mitchell, along with candidates Nicole Romero-Piche and Bill Sinor, attended the debate, while Jaime Sanchez, who is also in the race, did not attend.

On a question of how to increase revenue without increasing taxes, Mitchell, a business owner and current city council member, said it’s important that developers pay the bill for infrastructure costs associated with their projects.

Romero-Piche, an Austin teacher, said increasing

Kyle’s sidewalk ordinance came up in the debate between District Four candidates Alexander Villalobos and Tim McHutchion.

Villalobos, a Texas State police officer, said Kyle should do a better job of enforcement of sidewalk repairs, but also said there needs to be more input from residents.

McHutchion, a businessperson, said the city should take on more responsibility for sidewalk

sales tax and attracting more higher and middle-income jobs would be her solution.

Sinor, a mediator and consultant, said, “We are giving away the farm.”

When it came to transportation, Sinor said there ought to be a public transportation option and residents should be able to take a bus.

It is important to be fiscally responsible when thinking about bringing in a transportation system, Romero-Piche said.

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Romero-Piche said the city loses money in the tax increment zone for the bridge.

All candidates also fielded varying questions on alleged corruption in the city.

No matter how the candidates answered, all gave similar responses on increasing accountability, transparency and communicating with public officials.

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Kyle’s proposed, and controversial, Blanco-Nance Bridge also was a point of discussion for the candidates.

Sinor found the timing not ideal for the bridge proposal and was concerned that there were not more people involved in the planning.

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Hays Rebel sophomore Ryann Torres attempts to tip the ball past the reach of Westlake Chaparral Holly Campbell in Friday’s match at Bales Gym.

Lehman Lobo senior Raven Hamilton lunges forward as she volleys a return back to a Leander Lions player in Monday’s opening round of the 256A district tournament, which was played at Lehman High.

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Lobo netters top Leander, fall to Vandegrift to close season

BY MOSES LEOS III

While the final score was closer than expected, the Lehman Lobos opened play in the 25-6A tournament with a 10-5 win over the Leander Lions Monday at Lehman High.

But the Lobos’ 2017 team season came to a close several hours later when they dropped a 10-0 decision to the vaunted Vandegrift Vipers, bringing the team’s final record to 9-4.

Despite the defeat, Lobo head tennis coach Orlando De La Fuente said he’s excited to have seen growth across the board from his program.

“We feel like we’ve grown collectively and individually,” De La Fuente said. “We’re young, especially on the girls side. We’re happy they stepped up and won some big matches this year.”

“We feel like we’ve grown collectively and individually ...

We’re young, especially on the girls side. We’re happy they stepped up and won some big matches this year.”

–Orlando De La Fuente, Lobo tennis coach

Several key contributors for the Lobos include seniors Diego De La Fuente, Alex Rivera and Raven Hamilton, who scored big wins during the season. Underclassmen include juniors Ana Heysquierdo, Benu Liburd, Sophia Gonzalez, along with freshmen BB Thomsen and Izzy Carrera.

The team found success in a district that held the likes of Westlake, Vista Ridge and Lake Travis, as well as rival Hays, which the Lobos

defeated for the fourth time in as many years.

De La Fuente said going up against the top of the district is a challenge as the team doesn’t see similar time on the court as its opponents.

“We don’t collectively have the court time a lot of these places do, in respect to club tennis, academy tennis and junior tournaments,” De La Fuente said. “We don’t have a lot of kids doing that. But we’re still doing pretty well for what we’re able to accomplish on

our courts.”

De La Fuente said Diego and Rivera could have a viable shot to succeed during the spring semester. They’ll have to do so amid a district and region where there is “so much depth.”

“It’s going to take some luck and stellar plan on our part to be able to get out to have a shot in the regional tournaments,” De La Fuente said.

However, De La Fuente said interest in tennis is also growing across Hays CISD. Aiding that cause is a middle school tennis program that’s shepherding students into the sport.

“I think hopefully as a whole, and in the community, [tennis] will keep growing,” De La Fuente said. “We try to stay flexible with kids and make sure we’re also encouraging them to be involved in other clubs and advanced academics.”

Rebel XC takes third at district

BY MOSES LEOS III A third place finish was how the Hays Rebel boys and girls cross country teams closed the district season at the 256A championships at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Tuesday.

Both teams now advance to compete at the UIL Region IV cross country meet, which will be held Texas A&M Corpus Christi next week.

Rebel junior Daniel Garraway and senior Rj Navarro finished two seconds apart and took 6th and 7th, respectively.

Lehman High’s Jose Cano led the Lobos with a 9th place individual finish, while Santos Hernandez took 30th.

Meanwhile, Hays Rebel senior Gabby Bosquez kept her bid for a return to state alive by finishing fourth in a field of 49 runners.

Rebel freshman Adia Vera and junior Brissa Diaz finished in the top 20 of the standings.

Lehman senior Yesenia Contreras claimed the team’s best finish at 35th.

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Hays High senior Gabby Bosquez (243) sprints toward the finish line at the St. Edward’s Invitational held at Lake Kyle Park in September.

Bosquez’s third place finish at the 25-6A championships was the highest among the Rebel girls and boys cross country teams Tuesday.

Chaps stun Hays in five set thriller

BY MOSES LEOS III Over the course of five sets Friday, the Hays Rebels and Westlake Chaparrals battled for district supremacy in a match that mirrored the ferocity of the playoffs.

But Rebel struggles to finish in the clutch opened the door for Westlake to escape with a 22-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 17-15 win at Bales Gym. Westlake (23-15, 7-1) claims a hold of first place in 25-6A with the victory, while also obtaining a tiebreaker against the Rebels. Meanwhile, Hays (25-11, 5-2) falls into second place with only five games left in the regular season.

Hays relied heavily on the play of Catherine Croft and Kaitlyn Krafka, who combined tallied 42 of the team’s 62 total kills in the match. Rebel senior Kacie Hall and sophomore Ryann Torres both finished with six kills each.

It was the play of libero Kayla Tello and the Rebel defense that kept Hays afloat during the entire match. Tello tallied 34 digs and was pivotal in keeping standout Westlake outside hitters Holly Campbell and Madi Baptiste in check.

Aiding Tello was a defensive effort on the back row that was equally as stingy against Westlake’s high-powered offense.

Hall said the Rebels played “one of our best games from the back row.”

Tello said the team practiced on taking away much of Westlake’s offensive tactics, which included cross court strikes.

“We played super good. We had a lot of energy, but we fell short at the end,” Tello said.

Each team scored a set before the Rebels got the upper hand in the third set.

Hays gathered a 15-9 lead in the third set, only to have Westlake go on a 7-1 run to take a 16-15 lead.

The Rebels closed on a 10-3 run to win the set and gathered momentum right back. Kills by Krafka, Hall and Croft aided the effort.

Hall said the focus was getting Westlake out of system and using it to the team’s advantage. Hitting open spots was also a key point of emphasis during practice.

“When you get up to hit, you have to see where the block is and know

Hays relied heavily on the play of Catherine Croft and Kaitlyn Krafka, who combined tallied 42 of the team’s 62 total kills in the match. Rebel senior Kacie Hall and sophomore Ryann Torres both finished with six kills each. where to score, and being mentally strong and trying to get the kill,” Hall said.

Westlake, however, didn’t go away and responded by winning a competitive fourth set that featured five lead changes.

Fierce competition maintained into the fifth set as the teams went point-for-point in a terse battle.

Hays gained the upper hand late when the team earned a 12-10 lead that was gained via back-toback points scored by Torres, who led the team with 55 assists on the night.

Westlake turned to Sam Bray and Campbell, who proved too much for Hays to limit.

The duo led Westlake on a game ending 7-3 run. Bray finished with 13 kills in the match.

Despite the heartbreaking loss, Hays now centers its gaze on attempting to reach the postseason.

Only three games separate the top five teams in the district with five games left in the season.

All are vying for the four available playoff spots.

Hall said getting back to work and preparing for the next match is priority.

“We played our best.

That’s all that matters,” Hall said. “It didn’t go our way, but we’ll have other opportunities in the future, and those things could lead to bigger opportunities.”

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District calls for names for new schools Progress continues on the Elementary School No. 14 site, which was approved under Hays CISD’s May 2017 bond proposal. Now, district officials are looking for nominations for a name for ES 14, as well as the district’s third high school. Oct. 16 is the deadline for name submissions, which will then go to a naming committee, which recommends names to the school board. Trustees will have the final say on what the new names for the campuses will be, with a possible decision coming in December. Want to weigh in? Cast your name suggestion to www.hayscisd.net/name.

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Members of the Lehman High Naval Junior ROTC spent hours last weekend helping local resident Nigel Hornsby rebuild his home in the Central Texas area in September. Fifteen cadets assisted in helping restart the building process.

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The Hays CISD community is mourning the loss of a longtime educator who over the course of 16 years helped numerous middle and high school musicians.

Dulane Aaberg, who was most recently assigned to Barton Middle School, passed away Oct. 6, according to a Hays CISD statement. It’s not immediately known the cause of Aaberg’s death.

Hired by Hays CISD in the fall 2001, Aaberg was an all-district double reed specialist, (oboes and bassoons). He also coordinated the district’s private lesson programs.

Aaberg also oversaw the hiring of accompanists for UIL solo and ensemble.

Born and raised in northwestern Montana near Glacier National Park, Aaberg completed his undergraduate studies at the Unviersity of Idaho, the Lionel Hampton School of Music and the University of Iowa.

Aaberg taught in public schools for eight years, then returned to the University of Iowa for graduate studies.

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During that time, Aaberg was a founding member of the Camerata Del Sol, a chamber ensemble that eventually performed at an international double reed conference in Birmingham, England in 2009.

“Hays CISD will profoundly miss Dr. Aaberg, but the district is grateful for the years he dedicated to helping young musicians reach their potential and perfect their talents,” said the district in a statement.

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Science Hall Elementary staff and students paid homage to a longtime crossing guard who officially retired last week. Aubra Johnson, 82, began crossing guard duties at Science Hall on Aug. 21, 2006 when the campus initially opened its doors. Joining Aubra was his wife, along with Principal Karen Zuniga, who presented him with a plaque.

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Despite the storm, Nigel felt their home, which was still in the process of being built, could survive.

It took only 30 seconds for it all to fall apart.

“It was a 30 second gust of wind, roughly 50 to 70 miles per hour, that blew straight on top of the house,” Nigel said. “It all collapsed.”

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“It turned my stomach.

It took me ages to build that,” Nigel said. “My heart just fell.”

As fate would have it, however, one of Nigel’s neighbors heard about his plight and decided to do something about it.

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rar, who realized the scene was a way for his NJROTC to perform some community service. He talked with Nigel, explained what he did, and said he could muster some assistance.

The next day, Farrar put a call out to his cadets to help with the rebuilding efforts. Expecting only five to respond, Farrar said he instead got 15 people to express interest, comprised mostly of juniors and seniors.

It wasn’t the first time Farrar’s cadets have assisted in a similar way. In the past, cadets help with Habitat for Humanity builds, or clean up trash in the Adopt a Highway program.

“We work with church organizations when they need help with their facilities and landscaping,” Farrar said. He added the

NJROTC places a heavy emphasis on civil service projects.

Once boots were on the ground, Farrar said students began to survey the damage and started to plan how they were going to re-raise the trusses, which he was skeptical they could move.

Utilizing the training via the NJROTC, the group started to take charge and rebuild the Hornsby’s home. Senior leaders formulated plans and assigned tasks to other members.

What they accomplished included moving and raising the trusses.

Eventually, the cadets helped Hornsby get back “to where he started.”

Farrar said he was pleased with the effort from his cadets, who focused on teamwork and the chain of command.

“It’s not easy for teens to take orders from other teens,” Farrar said. “But once they have respect of the cadet rank and seniority, it was enjoyable to watch them play that out.”

Nigel said words can’t explain how grateful he was for the help cadets provided.

It offered him a different impression of today’s generation, which he said was more focused on smart phones and video games.

“Everything I had put into that project, it had all fallen apart,” Nigel said.

“These kids came in with the right attitude and they did everything they had to do. I’m impressed.”

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Breast cancer survivor sees life through pink-colored glasses

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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our hours until her plane leaves for London and Pam Crowther is still not packed yet.

She glances in the mirror on her way to the closet and lingers over the image looking back at her thinking to herself how different her life was before July 23, 2016.

Crowther said she was 45, married to her husband for almost 20 years, and had two kids, a son, James, and a daughter, Carlie. She was leading an active life before she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

“Everything changed,” Crowther said.

Crowther, a Seton Austin employee, said she noticed a small lump towards the back of her armpit after she had her annual mammogram. Crowther called her doctor who then asked her to come back in for another examination.

Crowther was then sent to the Seton Austin Breast Cancer Center, where they discovered that she had some atypical lymph nodes.

The center referred her to a general surgeon.

Crowther said she didn’t think much of the atypical lymph nodes as she was not a clinical employee.

She lived a very healthy lifestyle, but when the surgeon came back with the news that seven lymph nodes were affected with aggressive cancer, it changed everything.

“I was a healthy person so when he told me what he found I was shocked,” Crowther said. “Hearing you have cancer is scary, I had

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Pam Crowther with her 17-year-old son James Crowther and 14-year-old daughter Carlie Crowther during a photo shoot celebrating Pam losing her hair.

to tell my kids, I had to tell my husband, my family and friends and coworkers.”

Instead of shrinking in the shadow of her diagnosis, Crowther chose to rise up and not let her cancer be stronger or more determined than she was.

“Every event I celebrated; like when I cut my long hair short, when we had a party,” Crowther said. “When I started to lose my hair and had to shave it off,

we had a party.”

Through 20 weeks of chemotherapy, six and a half weeks of radiation treatments, a partial mastectomy and nine more corrective surgeries to address additional scar tissue, Crowther has celebrated it all.

“I wasn’t going to allow cancer to dictate my life,” Crowther said.

Crowther was determined to do her fair share in her battle against her cancer by continuing to run

everyday through her treatment.

She started to weight train, even changing her diet completely to organic food to boost her immune system.

“I made sure that I was doing what I could to be present in my life, so I didn’t let the cancer run me,” Crowther said.

Crowther said her doctor believed her workout regimen was part of the reason why she had such a speedy recovery without the

aid of steroids. It’s also why she felt much better after chemotherapy treatments.

“My doctor said I was one of the very few who kept that focus and positivity that I was going to get through this,” Crowther said.

Crowther said her attitude throughout her treatment was only one part of her success story.

Her doctors and nurses were her “rock stars”

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Spinning a good yarn

Donations to Port Aransas heading to coast on Friday

An instructor at the Kyle Correctional Facility shows men how to crochet stuffed animals.

The correctional facility inmates crocheted more than 30 animals to send to Port Aransas and have also sent hundreds of animals to the police and sheriff’s departments for children in trauma.

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team from the Hays Free Press and local residents will deliver hundreds of stuffed animals for children returning to school in Port Aransas this week.

In addition, a $500 check to help teachers purchase necessary classroom supplies was raised by a retired Hays High teacher who made decals in support of Port A. Each student returning to Port Aransas Elementary will receive a stuffed animal as a welcome present.

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Fall is a good time for treeplanting. The Texas Mountain Laurel provides big purpleblue blooms in early spring once the plant is established.

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Barton said she got the idea after a similar donation was made to the elementary school in her hometown of West after the fertilizer explosion several years ago.

“My sister Sandra worked in the school and told me how much the stuffed animals meant to each child,” she said.

“She said that the students started leaving the

animals at school ‘where it was safe.

“If we can help the students of Port Aransas feel safe, then I think we have helped a bit in the crisis,” Slovak-Barton said.

Slovak-Barton is friends with the owners of the Port Aransas South-Jetty and reached out to them about how to help during the crisis.

Donations have been

pouring in to the damaged coastal area since the destruction from Hurricane Harvey.

The stuffed animals were donated by area residents. Prisoners at the Kyle Correctional Facility also crocheted more than 30 small animals to add to the

donation.

Since the call went out that the Kyle Correctional Facility was in need of yarn for future projects, baskets of yard have been donated at the Hays Free Press and since picked up by employees of the facility.

Prepare grass for winter. Now is a good time to fertilize the lawn. Feeding now will help the roots through winter dormancy. Inspect and treat for brown patch, a disease common with cooling, moist weather conditions. This is also a good time to apply corn gluten for weed control.

2. Plant fall-flowering perennials. Look around and see what’s blooming this fall. Some good choices are Mexican bush sage, pineapple sage, Mexican mint marigold, Copper Canyon daisy, and fall asters. Don’t forget to check out fall blooming ornamental grasses. Tops on my list are Gulf Coast muhly, big muhly, and maiden grass.

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hanks to Beth and Everett Smith for hosting last Tuesday’s National Night Out, providing frozen treats, water, and jump houses for “who knows how many” kids. Monday evening, as the city alderpersons discussed reimbursing a portion of the cost of the inflated jump houses, someone estimated twenty kids played in them. Back home, I counted nine youngsters in a photo as we were gathered in a big circle listening the Mayor Taylor and others. At that moment, most kids were having a riproaring fun time in the rentals. It was a good crowd, for certain, with several new residents attending. Some arrived close to the 8 p.m. posted closing time, coming directly from work.

Monthly city council meetings will start at 6 p.m. starting in November.

The next citywide gathering comes up soon, Saturday, Oct. 28. The 8th Annual Fire & Ice Festival starts at 4 p.m., same as last year. Salsa and Ice Cream Competition is scheduled 6:30-7 p.m. It costs nothing to enter. Participation makes the event more fun, and winners carry home a fun trophy. Email lovingmountaincity@gmail.com

by Oct. 15 to get your name on the list.

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Limited housing, few options for abuse survivors

BY HOLLY CUNNINGHAM-KIZER,

economic levels. Middle class families are finding themselves priced out the housing market with the median household income $34,240 and the average home price almost six times that. Some families’ only option is to rent a home or apartment. The rental market is incredibly limited and families must compete with university students already struggling to find affordable housing.

Reasonably priced housing in Central Texas is incredibly difficult to find in an ideal situation; unfortunately, for victims of domestic violence their situations are never ideal.

The additional safety needs required for a victim, attempting to leave an abuser, can make finding safe, affordable housing option near impossible. Hays and Caldwell counties have experienced incredible population growth over the past five years and current estimates project a pattern of continued growth over the next few years.

The destruction of available subsidized housing by flood waters has created an even more precarious housing situation for victims fleeing violent homes. A family violence shelter provides a temporary emergency housing solution. The shelters have the capacity to house mul-

Hays Caldwell Womens Center Community Partnerships Coordinator

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he most common questions asked about victims of domestic violence are, “Why did she go back?” or “Why does she stay?”

The answer more often than not is that she had nowhere else to go. Most of us go home at night and sleep peacefully in our own beds. We’ve never had to make the choice between living in fear and facing homelessness.

We regularly see articles and news reports highlighting the rapid growth and development in Central Texas. San Marcos in particular has been recognized as one the fastest growing communities in the nation.

Looking around the community, where beautiful new homes and mixed use developments are becoming as common a sight as tubers floating the river and university students strolling through downtown, it might be easy to miss what is happening behind closed doors.

We know that there is a serious shortage of affordable housing in our communities. The current housing situation is impacting people across a broad range of socio-

OBITUARY NITE Lemma (Voigt) Nite of San Marcos, TX, beloved mother, grandand-greatgrandmother passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the age of 88.

She was born December 1, 1928 in San Antonio, TX, to Aubrey Lee and Delta (Williams) Voigt.

Lemma married her late husband, Marvin Nite on June 10, 1946 in Lockhart, TX. Before his death in 2011, she was very active and a constant companion to her husband in the heating and air conditioning business. Lemma loved to cook; she had a collection of over 16,000 cookbooks and even coauthored her own cookbook. She collected snow baby ornaments among many other collectibles

which she enjoyed.

She is survived by her daughter, Judy Harrell and husband, Alan of San Marcos; son, Michael Nite and wife, Sandra of College Station; three grandchildren, David Harrell and wife, Tina of San Marcos, Courtney Harrell of San Francisco, CA and Stephanie Nite of Katy; and two great-grandchildren, Sydney Harrell and Chloe Harrell.

Family will receive friends at Pennington Funeral Home, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, Thursday, October 12, 2017. Lemma’s life will be celebrated at University Church of Christ in San Marcos, at 10:30 am, Friday, October 13, 2017.

Interment to follow at Memory Lawn Memorial Park in Martindale, TX. Memorial contributions may be made to Brazos Valley Hospice at www. hospicebrazosvalley.org or McCarty Student Center at www.mccartystudentcenter.com.

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Help the Hays Caldwell Women’s Center by attending the following Dining for Change fundraisers: SAN MARCOS Oct. 10 at Grin’s Restaurant Oct. 17 and 24 at Loli’s Café Oct. 18 at Black’s BBQ in San Marcos Oct. 19 at Mochas and Java’s on LBJ WIMBERLEY Oct. 10 at The Back Porch Oct. 11 at Wimberley Café Oct. 25 at The Leaning Pear BUDA The entire month of October daily from 8-10 a.m. at Buda Drug Store LOCKHART Oct. 25 at Blacks BBQ For more information about services, please call HCWC at (512) 396-3404 or visit www.hcwc.org

tiple families at a time, but only for short term stays.

The waiting lists for Section 8 Vouchers and placement into governmentsubsidized housing can be

as long as three years.

The greatest barrier to a victim’s safety is often the lack of affordable housing and unfortunately.

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local transitional housing, we have limited resources to help provide for our clients’ safety. Now more than ever, victims are being forced to return to a violent home because they simply have nowhere else to go.

The situation may sound hopeless, and victims often feel that it is, but an engaged community that works together to find a solution can create positive change. No, we cannot suddenly create more affordable housing options, but we can make an effort to be understanding and supportive of victims and provide assistance where we can.

There are ways people can become involved and help end domestic violence in their community.

This month, the HCWC is again partnering with local restaurants in several of the towns we serve in Hays and Caldwell County

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7. Plant winter grass seed. If you have a bare spot or would like to get rid of a muddy patch, sow some rye grass or fescue.

Rye grass can also be planted in a vegetable garden area to provide green compost in the spring and soil aeration. Elbon rye seed can also be planted over winter in garden areas plagued by soil nematodes (a disaster to tomatoes).

8. Plant wildflowers .These need to be planted in the fall. They will grow leaves and stems while the days are short during the winter and will flower in the spring as the days get longer.

9. Plant fall bulbs. For spring flowers, some of the best choices are daffodils, grape muscari, tulips, jonquils, ranunculus, anemones, hyacinths, and narcissus. When planting, remember to add a little bonemeal to the root zone for some slow release organic nutrition. Happy Gardening Everyone!

If you have a question for Chris, send it via email to iathyme@yahoo.com.

Or visit Chris and his staff at It’s About Thyme: 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 Sign up for his weekly newsletter at: www. itsaboutthyme.com

This article is part two of a five-week series focusing on raising awareness about domestic violence.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and we hope to educate our community on this very serious issue. 1 in 3 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Locally, the HaysCaldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse since 1978.

Last year, HCWC served 1,872 victims of abuse (face-to-face) from Hays and Caldwell Counties.

1,050 of those were victims of domestic violence.

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3. Plant a tree. Choose from central Texas’s great selection of native and adapted shade and ornamental trees. Plant one of the many oaks or elms for shade. Or add color to your late winter and spring season by planting a redbud, mountain laurel, orchid tree, flowering peach or pear, or a Mexican plum.

4. Plant a vegetable garden. Now is the time for broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts from transplants.

Easily grown from seed are collards, spinach, carrots, radishes, lettuce, mustard and collard greens, beets, Swiss chard, spinach, and turnips. Garlic and shallots (multiplying onions) can be planted now with short day onions just around the corner in November.

5. Plant snap dragons.

These wonderful, winter hardy flowers should be planted now for a showy late winter and spring garden. They almost guarantee a Yard of The Month sign in April. Other bedding plants to choose from are dianthus, violas, pansies, stock and flowering kale, and cabbage.

6. Harvest basil and make pesto. Also plant some winter-hardy culinary herbs. Rosemary, oregano, parsley, cilantro, sage, thyme, and chives love winter and can pro-

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Each restaurant will not only help us increase awareness about domestic violence but also have agreed to donate a portion of proceeds to HCWC.

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years, Austin expressed his true feelings. “I was not born in a wilderness, and have not the patience of those inhabitants, who are daily enduring the same dangers and annoyances that their fathers and grandfathers and perhaps their great-grandfathers suffered without advancing or thinking of advancing. Death is preferable to such stagnant existence, such stupid life.”

Austin picked the wrong man to trust. The politician betrayed his old friend by turning over the incriminating correspondence to the authorities.

Arriving at Mexico City on Feb. 13, Austin expected the comparatively comfortable accommodations customarily afforded prominent prisoners. To his horror, he was housed in a 13-by-16 foot cell and denied visitors as well as reading and writing materials.

Austin did manage to keep a diary on smuggled scraps of paper. During his third and last month of solitary confinement, he scribbled an agonizing entry: “What a system of jurisprudence is this! I do

northernmost province.

Turning to a local lawyer for a crash course on Mexican law, the Texans were told that mere suspicion of seditious conduct was sufficient to keep the empressario behind bars until he was old and gray.

The authorities were under no obligation to give Austin his day in court, even though he was presumed guilty until proven innocent.

Clutching at the only available straw, Grayson and Jack worked to have their client released on bail. When a wealthy Mexican agreed to guarantee a high bond, the overjoyed prisoner was freed on Christmas Day. Austin was, however, kept on a very short lease and restricted to the city limits of the capital. Seven tense and tedious months would drag by before he was finally allowed to return to Texas under the terms of a general amnesty.

The lesson of this dreadful ordeal was not lost on the Anglo-American colonists. If Stephen F. Austin, who had bent over backwards for more than a decade to get along with the Mexican hierarchy, could be subjected to such arbitrary abuse, what chance did the ordinary Texan have?

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The cause of the confinement was a letter Austin wrote in the heat of the moment the previous October. Exasperated by the refusal of the central government to grant Texas statehood, the empressario encouraged the San Antonio ayuntamiento or city council to lay the groundwork for the forbidden regime in open defiance of the shortsighted policy.

Austin had forgotten all about the impulsive communication by the time a copy landed on the desk of the acting president of Mexico. Gomez Farias was infuriated by the seemingly seditious statement and issued orders for the arrest of the American colonier.

Apprehended at Saltillo on Jan. 3, 1834, Austin was taken to Monterrey, where he spent the next two weeks before being transferred to the capital. More concerned with the reaction of fellow Texans than his own fate, he stated for the record his fervent hope that “there will be no excitement about my arrest.”

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Hootenanny on the Hill

Come out for this Plum Creek tradition on Oct. 14 for a full day of family fun including, races, carnival rides, a petting zoo and much more at Haupt Park and Fairway Fields. The 10K, 5K, 3K and 1K fun run begin at 7 a.m. with registration at 6:30 a.m. The carnival will go from noon to 4 p.m. and live music and BBQ contests from noon to 5 p.m. Music will be provided by Kat Walters, Down South Word of Mouth (spoken stories) and People’s Choice. See a schedule of festival events at www. hootenannyonthehill. com.

Sacred Springs Howl-O-Ween Powwow House Party The Sacred Springs at PAWS Powwow is an annual celebration of the Native American culture that has been part of this area for thousands of years hosted by the Indigenous Cultures Institute. Come watch Native dancers, participate in the intertribal dances, and enjoy the booths that offer authentic Native American arts and food at this annual spectacle. It’s a local festival you won’t want to miss.The two-day festival will be held at the Meadow Center in San Marcos Oct. 14-15. See a schedule online at www. indigenouscultures.org/ powwow.html.

PAWS Shelter of Central Texas in Kyle will host its second annual Howl-O-Ween House Party on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 12-4 p.m.

There will be carnival games, a children’s costume contest, live music, and a silent auction. Local vendors will be in attendance selling their wares and services. PAWS will also be holding an adoption special where you are able to Pick Your Adoption Fee out of a pumpkin. Everyone’s invited to this fun, family-friendly event.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Kyle Founders’ Run for the Parade Hills Race and On Saturday, Oct. 14 Fall Festival beginning at 10 a.m, the Kyle Founders’ Parade will once again pass through downtown.

The parade participants will gather at GreggClarke Park and head east on Center Street and end at the Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park’s Gazebo. When the last parade entry arrive at the Gazebo, all gathered will sing “Happy Birthday” to Kyle and have a piece of birthday cake.

Best locations to watch the Kyle Founders’ Parade include either side of Center Street between Gregg-Clarke Park and City Square Park.

Join Hays Hill Baptist Church for this 5K, 1K and fun run Oct. 28.

Registration begins at 6:45 a.m. This event helps raise funds for Rescue-Rebuild-Rejoice, a ministry of Hays Hills Baptist Church that seeks to help single moms through housing, mentoring, and assisting with other needs. After the race, stay for the Fall Family Festival with inflatables, games, candy and prizes. Find more information, including a schedule and how to register, online at budarun.com.

Survivor: Seeing life through pink-colored glasses men and women alike.

“I did everything I could (to stay healthy) but it happened and I feel like now I can step up and help people by being an advocate for the things that helped me,” Crowther said.

Crowther admitted that half the fight against

cancer is mental. She said she even yelled and screamed at cancer on her daily runs to feel like she was beating it.

July 23, 2017 marked one year that Crowther has been cancer free.

With a checkup coming up on Oct. 23, she said the key is to remain

strong and lean on family and friends.

“It’s a journey that anyone that finds out they have cancer, they need to stay strong and really lean on their friends and family and resources in the community for help,” Crowther said.

There’s no need to look for info on the nighttime run later this month with a route through Mountain City. That run has been cancelled.

Thanks for asking about KissMe. We found a nifty dog stroller on CraigsList, to get him out and about while on four weeks of post-surgery confinement.

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Continued from pg. 1C grocery bag on your porch with a Fire & Ice flier, along with information about the Oct. 29, food drive.

There’s no need to look for the PEC Co-op monthly magazine with instructions on how to obtain a free shade tree. PEC had just 2,500 trees available, and they’ve all been claimed.

PEC will make the offer again in April 2018.

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There’s unlimited room for MC Kids Biz shops, 7-8 p.m. Registration, for free, is open through Oct. 15.

It’s first come first serve on each “theme.” The first three shops are night glows, salty snacks and face painting.

Watch the Facebook page, “Loving MountainCity” (two words, total) for more details. Look for a

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and gave her every resource to fight the cancer, not only in the body, but also in her mind.

Crowther said she wouldn’t change what happened to her, even though it was tough. She encourages other people to go to their doctors and get checked out, both

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Watch for anything of interest to share with neighbors through Montage.

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BLANCO VISTA COMMUNITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE

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COVES OF CIMARRON NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE

October 14th, 7 a.m.-noon.

No early birds. Intersection of 967 and 1626.

YARD SALE IN KYLE

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Public Notices

PLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PROPOSED GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

The Plum Creek Conservation District will hold a public hearing on the proposed Groundwater Management Plan.

The Hearing on the proposed Groundwater Management Plan will be held at: 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 1101 West San Antonio St. Lockhart, Texas 78644 The proposed Groundwater Management Plan addresses the following management goals: 1. Providing the Most Efficient Use of Groundwater 2. Controlling and Preventing Waste of Groundwater 3. Controlling and Preventing Subsidence 4. Addressing Conjunctive Surface Water Management Issues 5. Addressing Drought Conditions 6. Addressing Natural Resource Issues That Impact the Use and Availability of Groundwater and Which are Impacted By the Use of Groundwater 7. Addressing Conservation, Recharge Enhancement, Rainwater Harvesting, Precipitation Enhancement, or Brush Control where appropriate and cost-effective 8. Mitigation & Desired Future Conditions of Groundwater Resources 9. Addressing the Desired Future Conditions established under TWC §36.108 10. Alternative Supply Copies of the Proposed Groundwater Management Plan are available at the Plum Creek Conservation District’s office and are posted on the District’s web site: www.pccd.org. Written or oral comments may be submitted during the hearing or sent in advance to 1101 West San Antonio St., Lockhart, Texas 78644.

For more information, please contact: Johnie Halliburton, Executive Manager Plum Creek Conservation District (512) 398-2383 jhalliburton@pccd.org or Daniel Meyer, Assistant Manager Plum Creek Conservation District (512) 398-2383 Daniel.meyer@pccd.org

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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The Alliance Regional Water Authority (the “OWNER”) is requesting sealed written Bids for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, and incidentals, and for performing all Work required for the Phase 1A Pipeline Segment A (IFB No.: 2017-001). The Project generally consists of the installation of approximately 10,300 linear feet of 24-inch water line, 385 linear feet of 12-inch water line and 228 linear feet of 8-inch water line. The installation includes an 85-foot bore beneath an active city roadway and a 100 foot bore across an active oil and gas pipeline easement.

The project includes the installation of gate valves, tees, plugs and other miscellaneous fittings.

Sealed Bids will be received at the Kyle Public Works Facility Ð Training Room, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, Texas 78640.

ALL BIDS (INCLUDING HUB PARTICIPATION PLANS) ARE DUE BY 2:00 P.M., Central Time, on Thursday, November 9, 2017. BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD IN THE OFFICE IDENTIFIED ABOVE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS at 2:00 P.M., Central Time, on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Bid Documents may be obtained without charge from www.CivcastUSA. com. Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/or download Bid Documents. At the time a Bidder registers on this website, the Bidder must provide a working e-mail address, so the Bidder will receive any addenda or clarification issued by the OWNER. ANY Bids (INCLUDING HUB PARTICIPATION Plan) not received BY the date and time set forth above will NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR CONSIDERATION. The time stamp clock in the office for receipt of Bids will be the time of record and will be verified with www.time.gov, the official U.S. time.

The contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board.

All procurements by the OWNER are subject to the OWNER’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program. The Program provides HUBs full opportunity to participate in all of the OWNER’s contracts. Goals for HUB participation are stated for each solicitation.

Information on achieving the goals or documenting good faith efforts to achieve the goals are contained in the Bid Documents and other Contract Documents.

When a HUB participation goal applies, each Bidder is required to complete and return a HUB Participation Plan with its Bid. If a HUB Participation Plan is not submitted with a Bid, the Bid will not be accepted for consideration.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, in the form attached to the Bid Form, in an amount of not less than five percent of the total Bid, as specified in Form 00100, Instructions to Bidders.

Performance and payment bonds when required shall be executed on forms furnished by the OWNER. Each bond shall be issued in an amount of 100% of the Contract Amount by a solvent corporate surety company authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and shall meet any other requirements established by law or by the OWNER.

Minimum insurance requirements are specified in Form 00810, Supplemental General Conditions. Prevailing wage rates have been established and are specified in Form 00830, Wage Rates and Payroll Reporting.

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive any minor informality (one that does not affect the competitiveness of the Bid) in any Bid or in the solicitation process.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. (Central time) at the Kyle Public Works Facility Training Room, 520 E. RR150, Kyle, Texas 78640.

Attendance is mandatory unless otherwise stated. To ensure understanding of the OWNER’s bidding and contracting requirements, each Bidder must attend any mandatory Pre-Bid Conference, and all Bidders are encouraged to attend any non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference. If the Pre-Bid Conference is mandatory, each Bidder must arrive and sign-in before the scheduled start time of the conference; otherwise the Bidder will not be allowed to submit a Bid for the Project.

The persons listed below may be contacted for information regarding the Invitation for Bid. If a Bidder contacts any other officer or employee of the OWNER during the period beginning on the date this Invitation for Bids is issued and ending on the date of contract award or rejection of all bids by the OWNER’s Board of Directors, any Bid submitted by the Bidder is subject to rejection by the OWNER. Authorized Contact Persons: PROJECT ENGINEER: Travis Michel, PE; 512396-4040; TMMichel@ lan-inc.com OWNER’s Executive Director: Graham Moore, PE; (512) 294-3214; gmoore@alliancewater. org

by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property.

Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

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Public Notices

The City of Buda adopted a home rule charter in November of 2007 establishing the council/manager form of government still in place today. A revised charter was approved in 2012. The Buda City Council has called for its third City Charter Amendment election Nov. 7, 2017 which will include 19 amendments. The following information provides the proposed amendments ballot language, the charter language if approved, and the anticipated impact.

MEASURE B Shall Section 3.02, Section 4.03, Section 4.04 and Section 12.05 of the City Charter regarding City Council positions and elections be amended to read: Financial Impact: $30,000 initial, and approximately $30,000 each decennial SECTION 3.02 Positions, Selection, Terms and Districts A. The City Council shall be composed of the Mayor and six (6) Councilmembers. Any reference to the City Council within this Charter shall mean the Mayor and six (6) Councilmembers. The Mayor and Councilmembers shall be elected for three (3) year terms, except as provided by Article XII. Each year two Councilmember positions shall be elected for their respective terms, except as set forth in Article XII of this Charter.

B. Upon the adoption of this Charter by amendment and prior to the transition to three-single member districts provided herein, the Mayor and six (6) Councilmembers shall each be elected at-large by the qualified voters of the City. The six (6) Councilmembers shall each occupy a position on the City Council, such positions being designated as Councilmember, Position 1; Council member, Position 2; Councilmember, Position 3; Councilmember, Position 4; Councilmember, Position 5 and Councilmember, Position 6.

C. Establishment of Single-Member Districts A, B and C. As provided

by Article XII of this Charter, the City shall establish boundaries of three single-member districts, designated as District A, District B and District C, according to law.

Whenever the City Council shall annex additional land into the City, the City Council shall thereafter provide for the inclusion of the annexed land within one (1) or more districts. Not less than once in every ten (10) years, within two (2) years following the date of each decennial federal census, the City Council shall determine the boundaries of each of the districts by ordinance adopted according to law. From time to time, the City Council may amend the boundaries of the districts when, in the City Council’s sole determination, such amendment is necessary so that all districts are drawn and configured to provide equal and fair representation to all citizens of the City.

D. Upon the establishment of districts as provided above, the Mayor and three (3) Councilmembers shall each be elected at-large by the qualified voters of the City. Three Councilmembers shall each occupy a position on the City Council, such positions being designated as Councilmember-at-Large, Position 1; Councilmember-at-Large, Position 2 and Councilmemberat-Large, Position 3. Three (3) Councilmembers shall each be elected from within geographic districts of the city, as established elsewhere in this Charter, and shall each occupy a position on the City Council. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District A and shall be elected from District A. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District B and shall be elected from District B. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District C and shall be elected from District C. The three (3) district Councilmembers shall be elected by the qualified votes cast for the office of district Councilmember within their respective districts.

E. Establishment of Single-Member Districts D, E and F. As provided

by Article XII of this Charter, the City shall establish boundaries of three additional single-member districts, designated as District D, District E and District F, according to law. Whenever the City Council shall annex additional land into the City, the City Council shall thereafter provide for the inclusion of the annexed land within one (1) or more districts. Not less than once in every ten (10) years, within two (2) years following the date of each decennial federal census, the City Council shall determine the boundaries of each of the districts by ordinance adopted according to law. From time to time, the City Council may amend the boundaries of the districts when, in the City Council’s sole determination, such

NOTICE OF MEASURES FOR BUDA CITY CHARTER AMENDEMENT ELECTION amendment is necessary so that all districts are drawn and configured to provide equal and fair representation to all citizens of the City.

F. Upon the establishment of Districts D, E and F, the Mayor shall be elected at-large by the qualified voters of the City. The six (6) Councilmembers shall each be elected from within geographic districts of the city, as established elsewhere in this Charter, and shall each occupy a position on the City Council. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District A and shall be elected from District A. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District B and shall be elected from District B. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District C and shall be elected from District C. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District D and shall be elected from District D. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District E and shall be elected from District E. One (1) Councilmember shall be designated as Councilmember, District F and shall be elected from District F. The six (6) district Councilmembers shall be elected by the qualified votes cast for the office of district Councilmember within their respective districts.

G. Section 12.05 of this Charter shall govern all transitions as provided by this Charter.” ...

SECTION 4.03 Filing for Office Any person having the qualifications set forth for Council members under Section 3.03 of this Charter shall have the right to file an application to have their name placed on the official ballot as a candidate for any elective office. Any such application shall be in writing, signed by such candidate, and filed with the City Secretary in accordance with the Texas Election Code and this Charter. An application filed in accordance herewith shall entitle such applicant to a place on the official ballot. A candidate for City Council shall specify the council position the candidate is seeking.

SECTION 4.04 Official Ballot The names of all candidates for office, except such as may have withdrawn, died or become ineligible, shall be printed on official ballots without party designations specifying the council position for which each is seeking election. All official ballots shall be prepared and printed in accordance with the Election Code and any other applicable law. . . . .

SECTION 12.05 Transitional Council Positions and Elections To transition from electing at-large Councilmembers to electing singlemember district Councilmembers, the following rules shall apply: A. Selection of Transitioning Positions and Continuation of Term of Office. At the City Council meeting following the adoption of this Charter amendment, the City Council shall determine the three councilmember positions that initially transition to singlemember district positions by choosing either all three existing odd-numbered places or all three existing even-numbered places by lot. Any Councilmember in a transitioning at-large position shall continue in such position until such time that the singlemember district position replacing the at-large position is filled by the corresponding single-member district Councilmember’s induction into office. The term of office for each existing Councilmember position selected by lot to transition to a single-member district position is shortened as necessary to expire upon the election and induction to office of each respective single-member district Councilmember. The terms of office for the Councilmember positions not transitioning shall not be affected. The position titles for the Councilmembers not transitioning shall be Councilmember, Position 1; Councilmember, Position 2; and Councilmember Position 3.

B. Election Year 2018. Singlemember Districts A, B and C shall be established in Election Year 2018. The three Councilmember positions transitioning to singlemember districts shall be elected in Election Year 2018. The singlemember district position replacing Councilmember Place 1 or 2 shall carry a one-year term. The singlemember district position replacing Councilmember Place 3 or 4 shall carry a three-year term. The singlemember district position replacing Councilmember Place 5 or 6 shall carry a two-year term.

C. Election Year 2019. The singlemember district position replacing Councilmember Place 1 or 2 shall be elected to a three-year term in Election Year 2019.

D. Election Year 2020. The singlemember district position replacing

Councilmember Place 5 or 6 shall be elected to a three-year term in Election Year 2019. The transition to three single-member district positions is complete.

E. Year City Population Reaches 25,000. When the City Council determines that the population of the City has reached 25,000, single-member Districts D, E and F shall be established and the three remaining at-large Councilmember positions shall transition to singlemember districts following the same procedure used for the creation and transition of the initial three singlemember districts.

MEASURE C Shall Section 3.03 of the City Charter regarding qualifications for Mayor and Councilmembers be amended by renumbering the existing subsection 5 as 6, by adding the following new subsection 5 and by amending subsections 3 and 4 to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 3.03 Qualifications The Mayor and each Councilmember shall meet the following: . . . .

3. Have resided and lived continuously in the corporate limits of the City for 12 months immediately preceding the date of the election; 4. Not be in violation of any provision in this Charter; 5. Not be a former paid City employee if such candidate’s last date of City employment occurred within 12 months immediately preceding the date of the election; and 6. Satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office for which they are a candidate.

MEASURE D Shall the first sentence of Section 3.05 of the City Charter regarding compensation of Councilmembers and Mayor be amended to read: Financial Impact: $13,500 (based on 36-meetings per year) Section 3.05 Compensation Each Councilmember shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100.00) for attendance at each regular, special, or workshop City Council meeting, and the Mayor shall be paid one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for attendance at each regular, special, or workshop City Council meeting. . . . .

MEASURE E Shall Subsection 3.08B of the City Charter regarding forfeiture of office be amended by renumbering the existing Subsection 6 as 7, by adding the following new Subsection 6 and by amending Subsection 5 to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 3.08 Vacancies; Forfeiture of Office; Filling of Vacancies . . . .

B. Forfeiture of Office. A Councilmember or Mayor shall forfeit office if that person: . . . .

5. fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council without being excused by the Council, 6. violates the City’s Code of Ethics Ordinance, or 7. must vacate office by the mandate of any other law.

MEASURE F Shall Subsection 3.08D of the City Charter regarding filling of vacancies be amended to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 3.08 Vacancies; Forfeiture of Office; Filling of Vacancies . . . .

D. Filling of Vacancies. In the event of a single vacancy in the City Council, and if there are 365 days or more remaining in the term of the vacated Mayoral or City Council position, the City Council shall call a special election to fill such vacancy. If there are less than 365 days remaining in the term of the vacated Mayoral or City Council position, the City Council may, by majority vote of the remaining Councilmembers, at its discretion, appoint a new Mayor or Councilmember to fill such vacancy or call a special election to fill such vacancy.

MEASURE G Shall Section 5.04 of the City Charter regarding freedom from interference with administration be deleted and the language contained therein be relocated to Subsection 3.09C and shall Subsection 3.09C of the City Charter regarding interference with administration be amended to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 3.09 Prohibitions . . . .

C. Interference with Administration.

Except for the purpose of inquiries and investigations under Section 3.12, the City Council or any of its members shall not dictate to the City Manager the appointment of any person to office or employment. The City Council or its members shall not interfere in any manner with the City Manager in the performance of the duties of that office or prevent the City Manager from exercising the City Manager’s own judgment

in the appointment of officers and employees whose employment, appointment, and supervision are reserved by this Charter for the City Manager. The City Council and its members shall deal with the City Staff solely through the City Manager, and neither the City Council, as a body or any individual member, nor any individual not having administrative or executive functions under this Charter shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the City Manager, either publicly or privately.

MEASURE H Shall Article III be amended by renumbering existing Sections 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 as new Sections 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13 and by adding a new Section 3.10 of the City Charter regarding a code of ethics to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 3.10 Code of Ethics Purpose and policy: The City Council by ordinance shall adopt a code of ethics to establish guidelines for high ethical standards in official conduct by city officials, board, committee, and commission members and provide penalties for violations.

MEASURE I Shall existing Subsection 3.10B of the City Charter regarding City Council meetings and procedure be amended by reordering the existing second sentence as the third sentence and adding a new second sentence to read: Financial Impact: None Section 3.10 Meetings and Procedures B. The city manager or his designee shall prepare the agenda for each meeting in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act and shall administer the placement of items in a fair manner.

MEASURE J Shall existing Subsection 3.11C of the City Charter regarding ordinances be amended by reordering the existing second sentence as the third sentence and adding a new second sentence to read: Financial Impact: None Section 3.11 Ordinances C. Any franchise, the regulation of land use or development of real property shall be enacted by ordinance. . . . .

MEASURE K Shall existing Section 3.12 of the City Charter regarding council investigations be amended by amending the third sentence to read: Financial Impact: None Section 3.12 Council Investigations . . . . The City Council shall provide, by ordinance, a procedure for conducting Council investigations and penalties for contempt in failing or refusing to obey any such subpoena or to produce any such books, papers or other evidence. ...

MEASURE L Shall Section 4.02 of the City Charter regarding regulation of elections be amended to add a second sentence to read: Financial Impact: Approximately $200.00-300.00 per election Section 4.02 Regulation of Elections . . . . The election shall include at least one designated weekend date early voting location at City Hall, which shall remain open a minimum of eight hours.

MEASURE M Shall Subsection 4.06(1) of the City Charter regarding taking of office be amended to read: Financial Impact: None Section 4.06 Taking of Office (1) Each newly elected person to the City Council shall be inducted into office at the next City Council meeting following the canvass of the votes.

MEASURE N Shall Section 5.02 of the City Charter be amended by deleting the following Subsection 5.02 E regarding the Department of Taxation: Financial Impact: None SECTION 5.02 Other Departments, Offices, and Agencies . . . .

E. Department of Taxation. There shall be established a Department of Taxation to assess and collect taxes, the head of which shall be the City Tax Assessor-Collector, which office shall be filled by appointment by the City Manager with concurrence of the City Council.

MEASURE O Shall Section 6.02 of the City Charter regarding preparation and submission of budget be amended by amending the second sentence to read: Financial Impact: None Section 6.02 Preparation and Submission of Budget . . . . Such a budget shall be submitted to the City Council not more than one hundred twenty (120) days but not less than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year.

MEASURE P Shall Subsection 6.03C of the City Charter regarding budget adoption be amended by amending the first sentence to read: Financial Impact: None Section 6.03 Council Action on Budget C. Adoption. The majority of all voting members of the City Council shall adopt the budget on or before the 20th day of the last month of the fiscal year currently ending. . . . .

MEASURE Q Shall Article IX of the City Charter be amended by adding a new Subsection 9.01D and by amending the first sentence of Subsection 9.12(1) regarding city attorney review of initiative, referendum and recall to read: Financial Impact: $1,000.00 per event SECTION 9.01 General Authority . . . .

D. City Attorney Review. Any action for initiative, referendum or recall received by the City Clerk shall be forwarded to the City Attorney for a legal opinion on enforceability and legality. The City Attorney shall render an opinion within seven (7) business days from the date received.

In the event the action is determined enforceable and legal, the action shall be filed, along with the opinion, with the City Clerk who shall act on it as provided by this Charter. In the event it is determined unenforceable or illegal, the action shall be returned, along with the opinion to the person(s) filing the action. A determination of unenforceability or illegality does not prohibit a person from the filing of new action for initiative, referendum or recall. . . . .

SECTION 9.12 Initiative; Petition; Procedure (1) Qualified voters of the City may initiate legislation by ordinance by submitting a petition addressed to the City Council, which requests the submission of the proposed ordinance to a vote of the qualified voters of the City....

MEASURE R Shall Article X of the City Charter be amended by adding a new Section 10.08 of the City Charter regarding rearrangement and renumbering of charter provisions to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 10.08 Rearrangement and Re- numbering The council shall have the power, by ordinance, to renumber and rearrange all articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, and subparagraphs of this Charter or any amendments thereto, as it shall deem appropriate.

MEASURE S Shall the City Charter be amended to make the following non-substantive revisions to ensure clear wording interpretation: revise all references to “he” or “she” to read “s/he”; revise all references to “his”, “her” or “his or her” to read “his/her”; revise all references to “him” to read “him/ her”; revise all references to “himself” to read “himself/herself”; revise the terms “they are” in Section 5.01A to read “he or she is”; revise the term “their” in Section 5.02D to read “his/her”; conform all references in all forms to state and/or federal law to read “applicable law”; and amend Article XI of the City Charter by amending Section 11.12 of the City Charter regarding wording interpretation of charter provisions to read: Financial Impact: None SECTION 11.12 Wording Interpretation The use of any gender herein shall be applicable to all genders. All singular words shall include the plural and all plural words shall include the singular.

All references to the federal law, state law or laws of the State of Texas, however expressed in this Charter, shall mean ‘‘as presently enacted or as may be amended or superseded.” The use of the word “City” in this Charter shall mean the City of Buda City, Texas, and the use of the word “Charter” shall mean this Home Rule Charter. The term “qualified voter” shall mean a person who meets all legal requirements of state law and this Charter for becoming a registered voter and is also registered to vote.

MEASURE T Shall the City Charter be amended to make the following non-substantive revisions to correct grammar, typographical errors, capitalization and punctuation: revise all references to “City Secretary” to read “City Clerk”; revise all references to “Pro-Tem” or “pro-tem” to read “Pro Tem”; revise all references to “Council member” or “Council members” to read “Councilmember” or “Councilmembers”, as applicable; revise all references to “Council” to read “City Council” other than the references contained in Section Continued, pg. 3D

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Public Notices 1.01; capitalize all references to “city”, “council”, “mayor”, “councilmember” and “city manager”; revise term “Employees” in Section 5.01C4 to read “employees”; revise all references to “City of Buda” to read “City”, other than the first reference within the Charter, which shall read “City of Buda (“City”) and the references within Subsection 3.12B and Section 11.12 which shall remain “City of Buda”; correct the word “exist” in Section 1.04 to “exists”; add a period to the conclusion of Subsection 2.02A; correct the typographical error in Subsection 3.08B4 from “cases” to “ceases”; correct the typographical error in Section 4.01 from “f” to “of”; and amend the title of Section 4.05 from “Run-Off Election” to “Election; Run-Off Election”.

Financial Impact: None MEDIDA B ¿Deberá Sección 3.02, Sección 4.03, Sección 4.04, y Sección 12.05 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre las posiciones y las elecciones del Concejo Municipal serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: $30.000 inicial, y aproximadamente $30.000 cada decenal Sección 3.0 Posición, Selección, Términos y Distritos A. El Consejo Municipal estará compuesto por el alcalde y seis (6) concejales. Cualquier referencia al Concejo Municipal dentro de esta Carta significará el alcalde y seis (6) concejales. El alcalde y concejales serán elegidos por tres (3) años, excepto por lo estipulado en el Artículo XII. Cada año se elegirán dos posiciones de concejal para sus respectivos términos, excepto según se estipula en el Artículo XII de esta Carta.

B. A la aprobación de la presente Carta por enmienda y antes de la transición a tres distritos de un solo-miembro que se proporcionan aquí, el alcalde y seis (6) concejales serán elegidos en su mayoría por los votantes calificados de la ciudad. Los seis (6) concejales ocuparán cada una posición en el Concejo Municipal, tales posiciones serán designadas como Concejal, Posición 1; Concejal, Posición 2; Concejal, Posición 3; Concejal, Posición 4; Concejal, Posición 5 y Concejal, Posición 6.

C. Establecimiento de Distritos Uninominales A, B y C. Conforme con lo dispuesto en el Artículo XII de esta Carta, la Ciudad establecerá límites de tres distritos de un solomiembro, designados como Distrito A, Distrito B y Distrito C, según la ley. Cada vez que el Consejo Municipal se anexé terreno adicional en la ciudad, el Consejo Municipal deberán prever, adelantado, la inclusión de las tierras anexas dentro de un (1) o más distritos. No menos de una vez en cada diez (10) años, dentro de dos (2) años después de la fecha de cada censo federal decenal, el Concejo Municipal determinará los límites de cada uno de los distritos por ordenanza adoptada según la ley. De vez en cuando, el Concejo Municipal puede enmendar los límites de los distritos cuando, en la única determinación del Concejo Municipal, dicha enmienda es necesario para que todos los distritos sean dibujados y configurados para proporcionar una representación equitativa y justa a todos los ciudadanos de la ciudad.

D. Sobre el establecimiento de los distritos señalados anteriormente, el Alcalde y tres (3) miembros del Consejo serán elegidos por la Ciudad en-general por los votantes calificados de la ciudad. Cada uno de los tres concejales deberán ocupar una posición en el Consejo, tales posiciones siendo señalados como Miembro del Concejo en General, Posición 1; Miembro del Concejal en General, Posición 2; y Miembro del Concejal en General, Posición 3. Cada uno de los tres (3) concejales se elegirán dentro los distritos geográficos de la ciudad, según lo establecido en otras partes de esta Carta, y deberán ocupar cada uno posición en el Concejo Municipal. Un (1) miembro del Concejo Municipal será designado como Concejal, Distrito A y será elegido del Distrito A. Un (1) miembro del Concejo Municipal será designado como Concejal, Distrito B y será elegido del Distrito B. Un (1) miembro del Concejo Municipal será designado como Concejal, Distrito C y será elegido del Distrito C. Los tres (3) distritos concejales serán elegidos por los votos calificados emitidos para la oficina del Concejal del distrito dentro de sus respectivos distritos.

E. Establecimiento de Distritos Uninominales D, E y F. Conforme con lo dispuesto en el Artículo XII de esta Carta, la Ciudad establecerá límites de tres adicionales distritos de un solo-miembro, designados como Distrito D, Distrito E y Distrito F, según la ley. Cada vez que se anexé terreno adicional en la ciudad, el Consejo Municipal deberán prever, adelantado, la inclusión de las tierras anexas dentro de un (1) o más distritos. No menos de una vez en cada diez (10) años, dentro de dos (2) años después de la fecha de cada censo federal decenal, el Concejo Municipal determinará los límites de cada uno de los distritos por ordenanza adoptada según la ley. De vez en cuando, el Concejo Municipal puede enmendar los límites de los distritos cuando, en la única determinación del Concejo Municipal, dicha enmienda es necesario para que todos los distritos

sean dibujados y configurados para proporcionar una representación equitativa y justa a todos los ciudadanos de la ciudad.

F. Sobre el establecimiento de los Distritos D, E y F, el Alcalde será elegidos en-general por los votantes calificados de la ciudad. Seis (6) miembros del Consejo serán elegidos dentro los distritos geográficos de la ciudad, como se estableció en otras partes de esta Carta, y cada uno ocupará un puesto en el Concejo Municipal. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito A y será elegido del Distrito A. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito B y será elegido del Distrito B. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito C y será elegido del Distrito C. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito D y será elegido del Distrito D. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito E y será elegido del Distrito E. Un (1) miembro del Concejo será designado Concejal, Distrito F y será elegido del Distrito F. Los seis (6) distritos Concejales serán elegidos por los votos calificados emitidos para la oficina del Concejal del distrito dentro sus respectivos distritos.

G. Sección 12.05 de esta Carta regirá todas las transiciones conforme a lo dispuesto por esta Carta. ....

Sección 4.03 Presentar un Cargo Cualquier persona que tenga las calificaciones para los miembros del Consejo bajo la Sección 3.03 de este Carta de la Ciudad tendrá el derecho de presentar una solicitud para ponerse el nombre en la papeleta de voto oficial como candidato para cualquier cargo elegido. Cualquier tal solicitud será hecha por escrito, firmada por tal candidato, y archivada con el Secretario de la Ciudad conformé al Código de Elecciones de Texas y a la Carta de la Ciudad. Una solicitud archivada conformé así, entitulará a tal aplicante a un lugar en la papeleta de voto oficial. Un candidato para el Consejo Municipal especificará el número del lugar que busca el candidato.

Sección 4.04 Papeleta Oficial Los nombres de todos los candidatos para cargo, excepto tales que se puedan haber retirado, fallecido o ser inelegibles, serán imprimidos en papeletas de voto oficiales sin designación de partido especificando el número del lugar del Consejo para cual cada uno busca elección. Todas las papeletas de voto oficiales se prepararán y se imprimirán conformé al Código de Elecciones y cualquier otra ley aplicable. ....

Sección 12.05 Elecciones Transicionales En orden de proveer una transición de elegir un Consejo en-general para Consejo de distritos uninominales, las siguientes reglas se aplicarán.

A. Períodos de Cargo Existentes y Establecimiento de Lugares. En la reunión del Consejo Municipal tras la adopción de esta enmienda a la Carta, el Concejo Municipal determinará las tres posiciones del Concejal que inicialmente se transformarán en posiciones de distritos uninominales eligiendo los tres lugares existentes con números impares o los tres lugares pares existentes por lote.

Cualquier miembro del Concejo en una posición en-general en transición continuará en tal posición hasta el momento en que la posición del distrito de un solo miembro que reemplace la posición en-grande sea llenada por la inducción correspondiente del concejal de un solo miembro del distrito en su cargo. El término de la oficina para cada posición existente del Concejal seleccionada por lote a la transición a una posición del distrito de un solo-miembro se acorta según sea necesario para expirar sobre la elección y la inducción a la oficina de cada miembro del Concejal del distrito de un solomiembro respectivo. Los términos de la oficina para las posiciones del Concejal que no estén en transición no se verán afectados. Los títulos de posición para los Concejales no en transición serán el Concejal, Posición 1; Concejal, Posición 2; y Concejal, Posición 3.

B. Año de las elecciones 2018. Distrito de un Solo Miembro A, B, y C se establecen en el año electoral 2018.

Las tres posiciones del miembro del Concejo que se transición a distritos uninominales serán elegidas en el año de elección 2018. La posición del distrito de un solo miembro reemplazando al Concejal Posición 3 o 4 llevará un período de tres años.

La posición del distrito de un solo miembro reemplazando al Concejal Posición 5 o 6 llevará un período de dos años.

C. Año de las elecciones 2019. La posición distrito de un solo miembro reemplazando al Concejo Posición 1 o 2 será elegido para un período de tres años en el año de elecciones 2019.

D. Año de las elecciones 2020. La posición distrito de un solo miembro reemplazando al Concejo Posición 5 o 6 será elegido para un período de tres años en el año de elecciones 2020.

E. La población de la ciudad del año alcanza 25.000. Cuando el Concejo Municipal determina que la población de la ciudad ha alcanzado los 25.000, los Distritos Uninominales D, E y F se establecerán y las tres posiciones de los Miembros del Concejo que permanezcan en general transiciónaran a distritos uninominales siguiendo el mismo procedimiento utilizado para la

creación y la transición de los tres distritos de un solo miembro inicial.

MEDIDA C ¿Deberá Sección 3.03 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre quilificaciones por el Alcalde y Miembros del Concejal serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.03 Quilificaciones El Alcalde y cada Miembro del Concejal deberán cumplir lo siguiente: ....

3. Habrán residido y vivido continuamente en los límites corporativos de la Ciudad durante doce (12) meses inmediatamente antes la fecha de la elección; 4. No estarán en violación de cualquier provisión en esta Carta; 5. No serán un ex empleado municipal pagado si la última fecha de empleo de la ciudad de ese candidato ocurrió dentro de doce (12) meses inmediatamente anteriores a la fecha de la elección; y 6. Satisficieran cualquier otro requisito de elegibilidad prescrito por la ley de la oficina para que sean candidatos.

MEDIDA D ¿Deberá la primera oración de Sección 3.05 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre compensación de los concejales y el alcalde serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: $13,500.00 (basado en 36-reuniones por año) Sección 3.05 Compensación Cada Miembro del Consejo será pagado cien dólares ($100.00) para participar en cada reunión regular, especial, o taller del Concejo Municipal,” y el Alcalde será pagado ciento cincuenta dólares ($150.00) para participar en cada reunión regular, especial, o taller del Concejo Municipal.

MEDIDA E ¿Deberá Sección 3.08B de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre Pérdida de Cargo serán enmendadas por la renumeración de la Subsección existente 6 por 7, añadiendo la siguiente Subsección 6 y modificando la Subsección 5 para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.08 Vacancias; Pérdida de Cargo; Ocupación de Vacancias . . . .

B. Pérdida del Cargo. Un miembro del Consejo o el Alcalde perderá tal cargo si esa persona: . . . .

5. falta a tres reuniones consecutivas del Consejo sin ser disculpado por el Consejo, 6. viola la ordenanza del Código de Ética de la Ciudad, o 7. debe vacar el cargo por el mando de cualquier otra ley.

MEDIDA F ¿Deberá Sección 3.08D de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre Ocupación de Vacancias serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.08 Vacancias; Pérdida de Cargo; Ocupación de Vacancias . . . .

D. Ocupación de vacancias. En caso de una vacante en el Concejo Municipal, y hay 365 días o más restante en el término de la vacante alcaldía o posición del Concejo Municipal, el Concejo Municipal convocará una elección especial para llenar dicha vacante. Si hay menos de 365 días restantes en el término de la Alcaldía vacante o posición del Concejo Municipal, el Concejo Municipal puede, por voto de la mayoría de los restantes concejales, a su discreción, nombrar un nuevo alcalde o Miembro del Concejal para llenar dicha vacante o convocar una elección especial para llenar dicha vacante.

MEDIDA G ¿Deberá Sección 5.04 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre libertad de interferencia con la administración eliminada y el idioma que contiene se reubique a Subsección 3.09C y deberá 3.09C de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre libertad de interferencia con la administración serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.09 Prohibiciones . . . .

C. Libertad de Intromisión. Excepto con el propósito de averiguar e investigar en virtud de la Sección 3,12, el Consejo Municipal o cualquier de sus miembros no dictara al Administrador de la Ciudad el nombramiento de una persona a un cargo o empleo. El Concejo Municipal o sus miembros no interfieren de ninguna manera con el administrador de la ciudad en el desempeño de los deberes de esa oficina o impedir que el administrador de la ciudad ejerza el propio juicio del administrador de la ciudad en el nombramiento de oficiales y empleados cuyo empleo, nombramiento, y la supervisión son reservados por esta carta para el administrador de la ciudad. El Consejo Municipal y sus miembros negociarán con el Personal de la Ciudad exclusivamente por medio del Administrador de la Ciudad, y ni el Consejo de la Ciudad, como cuerpo o miembro individual, ni ningún individuo que no tenga funciones administrativas o ejecutivas bajo este Estatuto de la Ciudad dará órdenes a ninguno de los subordinados del Administrador de la Ciudad, ni públicamente ni en privado.

MEDIDA H ¿Deberá Articulo III serán enmendadas por renumeración de la

existentes Seccións 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 a nuevo Secciones 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13 y añadiendo una nueva Sección 3.10 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre código de éticas para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.10 Código de Éticas Propósito y política: Por ordenanza, el Concejo Municipal adoptará un código ético para establecer pautas para altos estándares éticos en la conducta oficial de los funcionarios de la ciudad, junta, comité, y miembros de la comisión y proporcionar sanciones por violaciones.

MEDIDA I ¿Deberá Subsección 3.10B de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre las reuniones y el procedimiento del Concejal Municipal serán enmendadas para reordenar la segunda oración existente como tercera oración y añadir una nueva segunda oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 3.10 Reuniones y Procedimientos El administrador de la ciudad o su designado deberá preparar la agenda para cada reunión de acuerdo con la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas de Texas y administrará la colocación de los artículos de una manera justa.

MEDIDA J ¿Deberá existente Subsección 3.11C de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre ordenanzas serán enmendadas reordenando la segunda oración existente como tercera oración y añadiendo una nueva segunda oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno SECCIÓN 3.11 Ordenanzas Cualquier franquicia, la regulación del uso de la tierra o el desarrollo de bienes inmuebles será promulgada por ordenanza.

MEDIDA K ¿Deberá existente Sección 3.12 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre investigaciones del concejal municipal serán enmendadas modificando la tercera oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno SECCIÓN 3.12 Investigaciones del Consejo El Concejo Municipal proveerá, por ordenanza, un procedimiento para llevar a cabo investigaciones del Consejo y sanciones por desacato al fallar o negarse a obedecer cualquier citación o para producir tales libros, documentos u otras pruebas.

MEDIDA L ¿Deberá Sección 4.02 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre regulaciones de elecciones serán enmendadas para agregar una segunda oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Aproximadamente $200.00-300.00 por elección SECCIÓN 4.02 Regulación de Elecciones La elección incluirá por lo menos una fecha de fin de semana designada para la votación anticipada en el Ayuntamiento, que permanecerá abierta un mínimo de ocho horas.

MEDIDA M ¿Deberá Subsección 4.06(1) de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre tomar del cargo serán enmendadas para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno SECCIÓN 4.06 El Tomar del Cargo Cada persona nuevamente elegida al Consejo Municipal será iniciada en su cargo en la próxima reunión del Consejo Municipal después de escrudiñar los votos.

MEDIDA N ¿Deberá Sección 5.02 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre al eliminar la siguiente Subsección 5.02E relativa al Departamento de Tributación: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 5.02 Otros Departamentos, Cargos y Agencias ....

E. Departamento de Impuestos. Se establecerá un Departamento de Impuestos para evaluar y recaudar impuestos, el director será el Tasador Fiscal Municipal, cuya oficina será llenada por nombramiento por el Administrador de la ciudad con la concurrencia del Concejo Municipal.

MEDIDA O ¿Deberá Sección 6.02 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre la preparación y presentación del presupuesto modificando el segundo oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno SECCIÓN 6.02 Preparación y Sumisión del Presupuesto Tal presupuesto será presentado al Consejo Municipal no más de ciento veinte (120) días pero no menos de treinta (30) días antes del principio de cada año fiscal.

MEDIDA P ¿Deberá Subsección 6.03C de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre la adopción del presupuesto será enmendada por modificando la primera oración para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno SECCIÓN 6.03 Acción del Consejo en el Presupuesto La mayoria de los miembros votantes del Consejo Municipal adoptará el presupuesto el o antes del 20 día del último mes del año fiscal que termina en curso.

MEDIDA Q ¿Deberá Articulo IX de la Carta de la Ciudad sen modificada añadiendo un nuevo Subsección 9.01D y modificando la primera oración de Subsección 9.12(1) sobre la revisión del abogado de la ciudad de una iniciativa, referéndum y destitución para leer:

Impacto financiero: $1,000.00 por evento Sección 9.01 Autoridad General . . . .

D. La revisión del Abogado de la Ciudad. Cualquier acción por iniciativa, referéndum o destitución recibida por el Secretario Municipal se enviará al Abogado de la ciudad para una examinación de enforzabilidad y legalidad. El Abogado de la ciudad dará una opinión dentro siete (7) días entre la semana de trabajo de la fecha recibida. En caso que la acción se determine ejecutable y legal, la acción será presentada, junto con la opinión, con el Secretario Municipal que actuará sobre él según lo estipulado por esta Carta. En caso que se determine inexigible o ilegal, la acción será devuelta, junto con la opinión a la persona(s) que archiva la acción. La determinación de la inaplicabilidad o la ilegalidad no prohíbe a una persona la presentación de nuevas acciones por iniciativa, referéndum o destitución. . . . .

Sección 9.12 Iniciativas, Peticiones, Procedimientos (1) Los electores calificados de la Ciudad pueden iniciar legislación por ordenanza al presentar una petición dirigida al Consejo de la Ciudad, que solicita la presentación de la ordenanza propuesta a voto de los electores calificados de la Ciudad. . . .

MEDIDA R ¿Deberá Articulo X de la Carta de la Ciudad ser modificado añadiendo un nuevo Sección 10.08 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre la reordenación y la renumeración de las disposiciones de la Carta para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 10.08 Reordenación y Renumeración El consejo tendrá el poder, por ordenanza, de reorganizar y renumerar todos los artículos, secciones, subsecciones, párrafos y subpárrafos de esta Carta o cualquier enmiendas, como estime conveniente.

MEDIDA S ¿Deberá la Carta de la Ciudad ser enmendada para hacer las siguientes revisiones no sustantivas para asegurar una interpretación clara de las palabras: revisar todas las referencias a “él” o “ella” para leer “s/he”; revisar todas las referencias a “su”, “ella” o “su o ella” para leer “su”; revisar todas las referencias a “él” para leer “él/ella”; revisar todas las referencias a “el mismo” para leer “el mismo/ella misma”; revisar los términos “están” en la sección 5.01 a para leer “él o ella es”; revisar el término “su” en la sección 5.02 d para leer “el/ella”; conformar todas las referencias en todos los formularios a la ley estatal y/o federal para leer la “ley aplicable”; y enmendar el Artículo XI de la Carta de la Ciudad mediante la modificación de la Sección 11.12 de la Carta de la Ciudad sobre la redacción de la interpretación de las disposiciones de la carta para leer: Impacto financiero: Ninguno Sección 11.12 Interpretación de la redacción El uso de cualquier género aquí será aplicable a todos los géneros. Todas las palabras singulares incluirán el plural y todas las palabras plurales incluirán el singular. Todas las referencias a la ley federal, la ley estatal o las leyes del estado de Texas, sin embargo expresadas en esta carta, significarán ‘’ como actualmente promulgada o que puede ser enmendada o reemplazada.

El uso de la palabra “ciudad” en esta carta significará la Ciudad de Buda City, Texas, y el uso de la palabra “Carta” significará esta Carta de la Ciudad Autónoma. El término “votante calificado” significa una persona que cumple todos los requisitos legales de la ley estatal y esta Carta para convertirse en un votante registrado y también está registrado para votar.

MEDIDA T ¿Deberá la Carta de la Ciudad ser enmendada para hacer las siguientes revisiones no sustantivas para corregir gramática, errores tipográficos, capitalización y puntuación: revisar todas las referencias a “Secretario de la ciudad” para leer “Secretaria Municipal”; revisar todas las referencias a “Pro-tem” o “pro-tem” para leer “Pro Tem”; revisar todas las referencias a “miembros del Concejo” o “miembro del Concejo” para leer “miembro del Concejal” o “miembros del Concejales”, según corresponda; revisar todas las referencias al “Concejo” para leer “Concejo Municipal” que no sean las referencias contenidas en la Sección 1,01; capitalizar todas las referencias a “ciudad”, “concejo”, “alcalde”, “concejal” y “administrador de la ciudad”; revisar el término “Empleados” en la Sección 5.01 C4 para leer “empleados”; revisar todas las referencias a “Ciudad de Buda” para leer “Ciudad”, excepto la primera referencia dentro de la Carta, que leerá “Ciudad de Buda” (“Ciudad”) y las referencias dentro de la Subsección 3.12 b y Sección 11.12 que permanecerán “Ciudad de Buda”; corrija la palabra “existe” en la Sección 1.04 a “existes”; añada un período a la conclusión de la Subsección 2.02 a; corrija el error tipográfico en la Subsección 3.08B4 de “casos” a “cesa”; corrija el error tipográfico en la Sección 4.01 de “f” a “of”; y enmendar el título de la Sección 4.05 de “Elección de Desempate” a “Elección; Elección de Desempate.”

Impacto financiero: Ninguno

Hays Free Press • October 11, 2017

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Dunn’s Fish Farm

Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE

By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, October 17th at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider: Replat of Lot 8, Indian Hills Ranch Subdivision.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 207th Judicial District Court of HAYS County, Texas, August 21, 2017, in cause numbered 15-0408, styled WATERLEAF FALLS (KYLE) HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC versus REBECCA T. WALSH on a judgment rendered against REBECCA T. WALSH; I did on August 23, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., levy upon as the property of REBECCA T. WALSH the following described real property: LOT 17 BLOCK “T”, WATERLEAF SUBDIVISION PHASE A, SECTION 1 AN ADDITION IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGE 1, PLAT RECORDS OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS ALSO DESCRIBED AS 871 NEW BRIDGE DRIVE, KYLE, TX 78640 On NOVEMBER 7, 2017, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of REBECCA T. WALSH in and to the real property described above.

Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, October 2, 2017 Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640

by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property.

Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 207th Judicial District Court of HAYS County, Texas, August 21, 2017, in cause numbered 15-0392, styled WATERLEAF FALLS (KYLE) HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC versus SAMUEL CORTES, JR. on a judgment rendered against SAMUEL CORTES, JR.; I did on August 23, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., levy upon as the property of SAMUEL CORTES, JR. the following described real property: LOT 25, BLOCK “N”,

WATERLEAF DIVISION PHASE B , SECTION 4, AN ADDITION IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 16, PAGE 45, PLAT RECORDS OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS ALSO DESCRIBED AS 141 SHEEP TRAIL DRIVE, KYLE, TX 78640 On NOVEMBER 7, 2017, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of SAMUEL CORTES, JR. in and to the real property described above.

Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, October 7, 2017 Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640

by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property.

Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Richard Claude Shelvin, Jr., Deceased, were issued on October 3, 2017, in Cause No. 17-0260-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to LaQuana Price as Independent Executor.

All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present those claims within the time and in the manner prescribed by law in care of the Independent Executor’s attorney, addressed as follows: LaQuana Price, Independent Executor Estate of Richard Shelvin, Jr., Deceased c/o Langham Partners, PC 9501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. 202 Austin, Texas 78759

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Chapter 59 Texas Property Code. They will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises. This sale is being listed below.

The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time.

Date: October 14, 2017 River Road Self Storage wishes to avail themselves of the Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code. This sale is listed below.

Time: 10:00 Location: River Road Self Storage, 880 River Road, San Marcos, TX 78666 Unit #5 5 Bicycles, Floor

Buffer, 2 Wooden Chairs, Step Ladder Unit #30 Bicycle, Hedge Clippers, Gun Case, Misc items Unit #39 Tent, Portable Heater, Christmas Tree, Air Mattress, Several Boxes Unit #74 TV, Mattress/ Box Springs, Clothes, Blankets Unit #104 Shop Fan, 3 AC Units, Plastic Chairs, Suit Case, Entertainment Center Unit #138 Totes, Clothes, Kid Toys Unit #152 Vacuum, Misc.

Bags, Mattress/Box Springs Unit #187 Bar Stools, BBQ Pit, Area Rug, Toilets, Several Boxes Unit #196 Projection TV, Washer/Dryer, Craft Hand Toolbox, Picnic Table/ Chairs, Misc. Items Unit #284 Oars, Chair, Misc. Items

PUBLIC NOTICE

By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, October 17th at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider: Revision of the Blue Sky Ranch Subdivision.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Noah’s Ark Self Storage wishing to avail themselves to the provisions of Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on: October 20, 2017 at 9:30 AM. Online at: www.storageauctions. com The property in the storage unit (s) listed under the tenants name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit (s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH. Noah’s Ark Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised. Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials. www.storageauctions. com Betty C Masters 10 x 10 Household Items

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

By virtue of an Writ of Execution issued by the clerk of the County Court of HAYS County, Texas, August 29, 2017, in cause numbered 13182C, styled MANUEL G. MARTINEZ versus JAMES JOSEPH WHITECOMB on a judgment rendered against JAMES JOSEPH WHITECOMB; I did on September 6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., levy upon as the property of JAMES JOSEPH WHITECOMB the following described real property: Tract 1 520 Cotton Gin Road, Kyle, Texas, more particularly described as Creek’s Landing Subdivision, Section 1A, Lot 19, Hays County, Texas, consisting of approximately 0.75 acres, and manufactured home thereon, Serial No. # TXCTC982863A, Title # CN-27497, Label # NTA0717917.

Tract 2 530 Cotton Gin Road, Kyle, Texas, more particularly described as Creek’s Landing :Subdivision, Section 1A, Lot 20, Hays County, Texas, consisting of approximately

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On NOVEMBER 7, 2017, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of JAMES JOSEPH WHITECOMB in and to the real property described above.

Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, September 6, 2017 Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640

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PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF NIEDERWALD

On November 6, 2017, at 7:05 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City of Niederwald, Texas, located at 8807 Niederwald Strasse Road, Niederwald, Texas, the City Council will hold a public hearing giving all interested persons the right to appear and be heard on proposed zoning change from agricultural to Light Industrial of approximately 1.5 acres, by the City of Niederwald, Texas, as petitioned by the property owner, Roberto Cerrillo, said property being located at 7300A Niederwald Strasse.

If you have any questions regarding this annexation, contact Niederwald City Hall at 512-398-6338.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: DEBORAH ANN CORONA NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. of the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.

The petition of John Corona, Petitioner, was filed in the 428th District Court of Hays County, Texas on October 4, 2017 and is numbered 17-2078 on the docket of said court an entitled IMMO: JOHN CORONA AND DEBORAH ANN CORONA. The nature of said suit is a request for the court to grant a divorce, all as more fully appears in the petition on file in this suit.

The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the children’s interest which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parentchild relationship, the determination of paternity, and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the children’s adoption.

Issued and given under my and and seal of said court at San Marcos, Texas on this the 4th day of October, 2017.

Requested by John Corona 201 Haupt Kyle, TX 78640 Beverly Crumbly Hays County District Clerk 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By: Mallory Rogers, Deputy

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