News Dispatch February 21, 2019

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Worries continue to rise over proposed pipeline

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

Kyle-area residents packed Wallace Middle School to press Kinder Morgan on the company’s proposed 430-mile underground natural gas pipeline.

But the open house, hosted by Kinder Morgan officials, left some residents with more questions than answers.

Kinder Morgan representatives met with residents at different stations with a presentation on the logistics of the pipeline.

“It is unthinkable that they could drill through this beautiful, pristine land, for profit, that does not benefit us. I appreciated being able to speak with the project manager on this project, but I’m not convinced.”

of the most pristine areas of Texas,” Pinto said. “This pipeline will cut through our county so Kinder Morgan can transport natural gas to the coast and export it so they can make money.”

Pinto said there are no environmental benefits to the pipeline, which in her –Martha Pinto, Hays County resident mind, outweighs any economic impact to the state.

Pinto said the state does Martha Pinto, a resident and identity of the Hill not protect its citizens of Hays County who lives Country. between Wimberley and “I am so angry about this from corporations who PHOTO BY EXSAR ARGUELLO Kyle, said the proposed pipeline and what it means receive eminent domain pipeline could be detrito the citizens of Hays Kyle City Council member Tracy Scheel (left) talks with Kinder KINDER MORGAN, 2 Morgan vice president Allan Fore during the Feb. 13 open house. mental to the environment County, going through one

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Violations force work to stop at Driftwood venue site

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO A trio of environmental violations at the construction site of a controversial Driftwood-area wedding venue has neighbors worried about the integrity of the project.

Those violations were issued by the city of Dripping Springs and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Mark Black Wedding Venue, located on Crystal Hills Drive in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

The project was approved by the city of Dripping Springs in March 2018. The developers, Mark and Michael Black, began construction on the development in 2018.

However, TCEQ officials notified the developers of two violations, while the city informed the contractor of a separate violation to the site development plan.

“During the investigation, certain outstanding alleged violations were identified for which compliance documentation is required,” wrote TCEQ Water Section Team

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Tiger swimmers make a splash at state meet

Dripping Springs senior Lydia Evans competes in the girls 100-yard breast stroke in the preliminaries of the UIL state swimming and diving meet Friday. Evans qualified for the finals Saturday and finished 5th in the championship. Read more on the Tigers’ trip to the state swim meet on page 5.

Subdivision notice error leads to confusion in Dripping Springs

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

What started as a discussion on logistics of a new proposed subdivision in Dripping Springs turned into debate on an error in the public notice associated with the project.

As a result, Dripping Springs officials inevitably postponed a decision on the subdivision until they place the new public notice into their paper of record.

Issues centered on the notice for the Esperanza Subdivision, originally proposed in 2017, but eventually dwindled

“We’ve seen an increase of traffic on Harmon Hills and we are concerned with the addition of 107 homes, which could be around 200 cars. We ask that you consider lowering that number. These roads are too rural.”

–Kathy Boydston, a Dripping Springs resident

when the developer did not finish the administrative processes.

With the backing of a new developer, officials with the subdivision plan to bring 104 residential lots at .75 acres each.

However, the density has

neighboring property owners worried.

Over a dozen of the residents bordering the proposed subdivision, located along Bell Springs Road and south of Harmon Hills Road, shared concerns over density

and traffic.

“We’ve seen an increase of traffic on Harmon Hills and we are concerned with the addition of 107 homes, which could be around 200 cars,” said Kathy Boydston, a Dripping Springs resident. “We ask that you consider lowering that number. These roads are too rural.”

Residents shared their thoughts on the roads’ ability to handle large amounts of traffic, calling for the council to take action on the state of the roads.

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Six candidates will vie for a trio of Wimberley City Council seats up for grabs May 6 in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested races in city history.

Among the six candidates is Mayor Susan Jaggers who has filed to run for the Place 3 seat occupied by Council Member Allison Davis, who chose not to run for re-election.

Jaggers’ filing for the city council was a surprise for many Wimberley residents. If elected, Jaggers would have the ability to vote, a power not granted to the Mayor in a General Law Type A city such as Wimberley.

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School leaders keep tabs on tax cap bill

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO Tasked with trying to fund public education and relieve pressure on local property tax payers, top state officials are moving forward with legislation meant to limit tax rate growth.

Senate Bill and House Bill 2 would require cities, counties and school districts to hold an election if they seek to raise ad valorem rates above 2.5 percent from the previous year. These proposals would not affect smaller taxing units that do not collect more than $15 million in revenue.

In Hays County, the proposed bill would only affect San Marcos, which collects more than the $15 million threshold.

The possible impact on Hays County school

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Two arrested for drug-related murder

BY MOSES LEOS III

A Kyle teen and an Austin man were charged with capital murder Feb. 15 after authorities suspect they shot and killed a San Marcos man in an alleged drugrelated robbery.

James Lee Zapata, Jr., 19, of Kyle, and Martin Garcia, Jr., 23, of Austin, were both arrested Feb. 15 in Austin. Both men were booked into the Hays County Jail on Capital Murder charges and both are being held

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Peterman was found in his apartment at 7:23 a.m. Feb. 13 with a single gunshot wound. Hays County Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace Scott Cary GARCIA ZAPATA pronounced Peterman dead and ordered an on $750,000 bond. autopsy.

According to a city of According to the San Marcos press release, release, the arrests of the two men were Zapata and Garcia were arrested in connection made with assistance with the shooting death from the Austin Police of Aaron Peterman in his Department Violent apartment at the Park Crimes Task Force and

districts, however, leads local officials to oppose the bills as they’re detrimental to small taxing jurisdictions when faced with fast growth or natural disasters.

State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) said the bills do not directly address the issue of public education funding in the state, which has left public schools to rely heavily on property taxes to stay afloat.

“Taxes are going up because the state hasn’t invested its fair share in funding,” Zwiener said.

“Hays CISD is receiving less money from the state because of high property values, and with the growth of the district, they need those dollars.”

Zwiener said the state is putting school districts in the impossible predicament to educate more students with less money.

The only way to address that is for the state to invest more of its dollars in public schools, Zwiener said.

Currently, cities and counties can raise the tax rate up to 8 percent without the consent of voters.

Raising the tax rate above the 8 percent threshold would trigger an election and approval by the voters,

by a petition and signatures.

But the new pair of bills would trigger this election, and if denied at the polls, would require the municipalities to set a tax rate to collect revenues less than 2.5 percent more from the previous years.

“I’m a little confused because I thought the call for this session was school finance and property tax reform, yet here we are, in a situation where the proposal would reduce the amount of local control,” said Eric Wright, Hays CISD superintendent.

Wright said the tax caps would hinder fast-growth school districts like HCISD to prepare for future growth, which includes the construction of campuses and other operations.

Proponents of the bill said the measures would protect taxpayers from skyrocketing rates. At a Jan. 31 press conference, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the bills would limit how much taxing jurisdictions can collect without voter approval.

But Wright said those tax increases must be approved by the voters, so the public has the ultimate say.

First unveiled in late 2017 by Abbott, the tax cap of 2.5 percent has been a controversial topic of discussion for both cities and school districts.

To local officials, the bills place a band-aid on an issue that has plagued the state for over a decade.

School districts are relying heavily on property taxes to survive, while the state is continuously decreasing the amount it invests in public schools.

This in conjunction with the state’s recapture, or “Robin Hood,” system, where “property wealthy” school districts must give money back to the state to be reinvested in poorer districts.

Although San Marcos is the only city immediately affected by the proposals, Kyle and Buda are not far behind.

In Buda, officials are monitoring the bills’ progress, as the city may be affected in the next five years.

“It (2.5 percent) is an artificially low number, and quite frankly, political rhetoric not addressing the real issue of public school finance,” said Buda Assistant City manager Micah

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Grau. “We need the ability to have the flexibility to set that tax rate in the case of an emergency.”

Grau cited previous attempts to instill tax caps.

During the last session, the House and Senate could not agree on a rate, landing at four and 6 percent respectively.

Grau said the city has never been close to reaching the 8 percent threshold and continuously has some of the lowest tax rates in the county.

However, in the case of an emergency or natural disaster, like the 2015 Memorial Day Flood, the proposals would limit a city’s ability to raise the tax rate to fund emergency operations.

The “artificially low cap” would not allow a city to respond quickly and efficiently, Grau said.

“It’s really frustrating to see the legislature try to attack one problem and cause unintentional consequences,” Wright said. “If they really want to lower property taxes, they must restructure the way schools are funded. The discussion needs to start from ground zero.

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Kinder Morgan: Worries grow over 430-mile proposed pipeline status.

“It is unthinkable that they could drill through this beautiful, pristine land, for profit, that does not benefit us,” Pinto said.

“I appreciated being able to speak with the project manager on this project, but I’m not convinced.”

State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) was one of numerous public officials who attended the meeting.

Also in attendance were Kyle City Council members and Hays County Commissioners.

Zwiener criticized the process of eminent domain, which she believes gives power to corporations and out of the hands of the people. While she was glad Kinder Morgan hosted an open house, Zwiener said it is clear how insufficient the current process is in Texas when granting eminent domain to pipelines.

Zwiener called for a more transparent process when the state allows corporations to take land from private citizens.

Under current guidelines, energy infrastructure companies do not have to host forums or open discussion during the process,

which has been highly criticized by local officials.

“The legislature made some choices in the past that stacked the deck in the favor these private companies,” Zwiener said. “Infrastructure is important, but I hope my colleagues and I can make some positive changes to this process, so our communities have a voice.”

Energy companies are currently required to submit a T-4 form to the Texas Railroad Commission stating if the pipeline is a common carrier. The process does not involve oversight or approval from an entity.

Zwiener said this “checkthe-box” system must change.

“The state is not involved at all in the routing of the pipeline, and that occurs in a corporate board room without any public voices there,” Zwiener said. “I have been in contact with Kinder Morgan officials and asked, ‘Why now, why here?’ All I’ve been told is there are multiple factors.”

Allen Fore, Kinder Morgan Vice President, addressed claims the company can change the

type of fossil fuel transported in the pipeline instantaneously once the project is on the ground, as ludicrous.

“It’s absurd. It’s a lie and completely false,” Fore said. “We have longterm contracts on this system to transport natural gas.

That’s why we are building this. You design these pipes to transport one product, and that’s the only use you plan to have for that pipeline.”

Fore said engineering and infrastructure for the pipeline is specifically designed for natural gas, and not for liquid-based fossil fuels. If the company chose to transport a different type of energy, it would cost the company millions of dollars and take years to change the integrity of the pipeline.

“From a commercial perspective, that’s why we’ve invested $2 billion in this project committed to the long-term transport of natural gas,” Fore said.

“Not to have some ‘hopscotch, wonder what we’re going to transport tomorrow’ kind of process.”

He said the pipeline, as designed and engineered, physically cannot transport

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long list of criminal incidents that go back several years. Zapata had received three years in prison for an Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity charge in 2017 and was on parole when the murder occurred.

According to Hays County Jail records, Garcia had been arrested nine times for various offenses since 2014.

Garcia was sentenced to 270 days in state jail in 2014 for a series of vehicle burglaries in Kyle.

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the Texas Rangers.

Investigators pursued multiple leads in the case since the crime was reported Feb. 13, according to the release. With the help of “observant” citizens, authorities were able to identify Zapata and Garcia.

Officials suspect a “drug-related” robbery was central to the crime.

An investigation into the incident will be ongoing for several weeks, according to the release.

Both men have a

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other types of fossil fuels.

Kinder Morgan would have to retrofit the system, build pump stations, de-commission the other stations.

The permitting change alone would take years, Fore said.

“What the infrastructure has been able to give this country, is the ability to be energy independent and that helps workers, the economy and the tax base,” Fore said. “That’s the big picture. But what’s equally important is the individual land owner who has concerns...we are in the business of doing things right. We lead in the industry with our safety record, and our people live and work in Texas. We have an investment in this from a company and human perspective.”

Jaggers would also have the opportunity to appoint a new mayor if elected. The Mayor will keep her seat on the council regardless of the outcome of the May election. Jaggers did not respond to comment on her filing for the city council.

Resident Christine Byrne also filed to run in the Place 3 election.

Byrne served on the Parks and Receation Board for a decade and is a critic of the city’s efforts to contract with Aqua Texas.

Byrne created the “Wimberley Citizens for No Aqua Texas” petition, which received almost 2,000 signatures, which is 600 shy of the entire population of the city, according to the 2010 census.

In the race for the Place 1 seat, Rebecca Minnick and Tim Dodson tossed their hats into the race. The winner will replace incumbent council member Mike McCullough, who is not seeking re-election.

Both Minnick and Dodson are members of Wimberley’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

Meanwhile, Erik Wollam, a local area attorney appointed to the Place 5 council seat in early Febrary, faces off against Will Bowman, a former manager for Shell Oil. Wollam was appointed to the Place 5 seat after Patricia Kelly resigned in late 2018.

Bowman has been critical of the city’s change of scope for its wastewater treatment plant, calling the move costly for the city.

Wimberley’s city council elections will come a few months after the Texas Water Development Board is set to approve or deny the city’s change of scope for the project, which includes a crucial $5.5 million loan for the project.

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Opinion

Better for all? Not with a wall From the Sidelines

by Moses Leos III

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f one stepped into a grocery or department store last week, chances are you got a first-hand look at a real-life fake emergency.

The cavalcade of bouquets, chocolates and stuffed animals hastily plucked off store shelves signified the realization that a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift is better than a one-way ticket to Couch-town.

A true emergency? Not in the slightest.

When it comes down to it, however, the “emergency” behind a late-game Valentine’s Day purchase still holds more weight than the premise that our nation’s southern border has been overrun.

Make no mistake about it – President Donald Trump’s “National Emergency” declaration last week is a Hail Mary attempt to get someone – specifically us, the taxpayer – to fund a border wall he said Mexico would pay for. It’s all part of a campaign promise (rather, an elaborate ruse) built from the start on lies, fear and deceit.

The declaration allows for the President to allocate billions of dollars toward solving the “emergency” at the border. According to reports, the majority of funds will go to building Trump’s wall, this despite many law enforcement officials speaking to the contrary of the President’s views.

From NPR to CNN and many other media outlets in between, numerous law enforcement officials have refuted the President’s erroneous claim of a “crisis” along our southern reaches.

That’s not to say there isn’t an illegal immigration problem.

But to say that our southern border is being “invaded” is not true.

To claim that our nation is facing a “crisis” is also equally inaccurate.

Let’s instead call our President’s so-called “National Emergency” for what it is – an action that fosters hate, racism and intolerance.

Look no closer than the false characterizations and generalizations made by the President and sycophants toward undocumented residents, the mass majority of whom are minorities.

They’ve suddenly become drug dealers, gang members and worse overnight.

These are also the same people who are risking everything to seek a better life.

People who contribute to our economy, are law abiding citizens and play a vital role in day-to-day life for all of us, whether we know it or not.

America doesn’t need this wall.

Americans don’t need to pay for this wall, either. It’s not going to solve illegal immigration as much as reforming our broken naturalization, amnesty and legal citizen process.

Quite frankly, this wall itself is a threat to our national security.

Let’s instead use money to build this monstrosity on things that directly impacts people.

Homelessness, hunger, healthcare, protecting natural resources, improving aging infrastructure – all of these things impact American lives and play a role in the safety and security of our nation.

Spending even a fraction of what’s being asked for this wall could go a long way to fixing those societal ills.

So why don’t we?

Because if the call is to America a better place, perhaps we should try to do so for all huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and not just the entitled few.

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t’s always against our better judgment that my wife and I check in to see what Fox News is reporting.

I don’t even recall why we did it. Was it to see how Fox was reporting the story that Justice Department officials discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump as mentally unfit?

Was it to see the latest about Paul Manafort’s deep involvement with Russians or Roger Stone’s dance with Wikileaks?

Whatever the case, flipping to Fox, we were delivered to – surprise – a crisis on the border. Trump says it is so, and it must be so.

The blonde talking head first talked to a Republican someone who affirmed it was so.

Then we saw pictures that surely affirmed his affirmation: a scene of brown-skinned people in a Mexican border town being unruly.

Then Fox went splitscreen as the talking head parroted Trump’s claims about how a wall would stop drugs and dangerous Mexicans.

To do this, half the split screen was filled with pills.

They looked addicting.

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disorderly Mexican.

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Trump wants us to Regardless, if so inclined, fear undocumented a viewer of TV – like our individuals, but even president, when doing he hasn’t feared them what he does best – could sufficiently to not hire them find that split screen very to work on his properties alarming. You wouldn’t in great numbers. A split want to fight that angry personality?

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Wimberley has had a city administration form of government since 2001 – one where the council decides policy and a professional administrator carries it out. It is completely legal. Some consider establishing professional administration through ordinance best because it maintains a balance of

power that a Chapter 25 may take away.

In response to Mayor Jaggers, Scott Houston, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the TML, wrote, “The ‘work around’ that you mention is actually the more common way for a city to transition into professional city management. Around 400 general law cities have created the position of city administrator by ordinance, rather than through a Chapter 25 election. Only about 20 have adopted Chapter 25 by election. The ordinance method was called

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Community

Popularity of food trailers on the rise

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

While starting up in the restaurant business is a daunting task, growing trends in the food truck market are giving entrepreneurs a different way to start their business.

However, buying into the food truck trend also means owners must comply with a myriad of city and county regulations, which can raise the cost of opening the business.

For Rob Cardenas, owner of FM 31 barbecue, the journey as a business owner in the food truck industry is unpredictable and, in some instances, costly.

Cardenas is a traveling vendor and does not sit in one location.

He instead tries to move his business to festivals, events and parties.

“I’m not in the business of waiting for customers to come to me, so I have to go to them,” Cardenas said. “It’s time-consuming, sure, but it’s a business model that works for me. But every city is different. Which means every city has a different permitting process than the last.”

Cardenas said he has spent around $10,000 on his truck for permitting approvals.

Despite traveling across Central Texas region, FM 31 is based in New Braunfels, where Cardenas said he is required to have a $1 million to $2 million insurance policy on his truck.

Amid challenges, Cardenas said owning his truck is a rewarding experience, allowing him to spread his company’s name by traveling and growing his brand.

“If you’re serious about doing this, you need to do it because you’re passionate about it,” Cardenas said. “Don’t do it for profit, at least in the beginning.

Margins are extremely low when you start and you need to put a lot of time into your business before you see results.”

“If you’re serious about doing this, you need do it because you’re passionate about it.

Don’t do it for profit, at least in the beginning.

Margins are extremely low when you start and you need to put a lot of time into your business before you see results.”

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trucks to look for unique and diverse dining alternatives.

“The negative stigma around food trucks is going away, but I still feel we are at a point where people are on the fence about dining at a truck,” Cardenas said.

“But now we are seeing pitmasters and quality chefs at food trucks who love what they do and are committed to making an amazing meal.”

Sixty-two percent of participants said they would like to see more food trucks where they live and work, with 17 percent stating they wouldn’t.

But opening a truck is tough and exhausting work. Cardenas urges business owners not to cut corners and to follow city/coun-

ty regulations. It may be costly, but the benefits of operating by the books heavily outweigh the repercussions if found out of compliance.

With a little bit of capital saved before opening FM 31, Cardenas was able to start his business with complete ownership of his truck and with no debt.

“From my personal experience, if you want to go into the food truck business, it is best to go in alone, because profit margins are so low on a truck,” Cardenas said.

“I’ve seen fellow business owners struggle because they have investors and loans involved with a truck, so even when business is slow, those payments need to be made. If you can, go in alone.”

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Venue Violations: Work stopped at Driftwood wedding venue site Continued from pg. 1

Leader Robert Sadlier to the developers in a letter.

The violations include the failure to provide proof of deed recordation within 60-days of receiving written approval from the Edwards Aquifer Protection Plan and failure to submit construction notification to the agency no later than 48-hours prior to the commencement of regulatory activity.

For members of Friendship Alliance, an organization representing neighborhoods near the construction site, the violations reflect a time when representatives said

the project could cause environmental harm to the area.

Jeanine Christensen, secretary for the Friendship Alliance, said drone footage recorded Jan. 26 by a neighbor “appeared” to show areas at the venue site where trees were not only cut, but stumps were also cleared.

“In my experience, earth-moving equipment must be used to pull the stumps from the soil, and once the soil is disturbed, soil erosion is possible,” Christensen said.

Christensen said she was unable to see any sed-

iment or erosion control measures on the property based on the drone footage.

Aaron Reed, code enforcement and construction inspector for the city of Dripping Springs, was notified of the clearings on the site, leading to the city’s notification.

“The contractor had not contacted the city for an inspection of temporary erosion control devices prior to construction,” Reed said. “When the city’s construction inspector visited the site on Jan. 31, it was determined that erosion and sedimenta-

tion control devices had not been installed per the approved site development plan.”

Reed issued a verbal order to stop work; contractors at the site ceased work and installed the appropriate erosion and sediment control measures.

As of Feb 7, construction on the wedding venue had ground to a halt due to the violations. In an email exchange between Reed and the Friendship Alliance, multiple visits to the construction site in early February concluded that construction was at

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a standstill. However, it’s unknown at this time if construction at the site is still stopped.

Further enforcement of the stop would be limited without additional action from city staff.

“Depending on the violation we could issue a stop work order,” Reed said. Due to the fact that this project is located within the city’s ETJ, the city would have to file a lawsuit in Hays County Court to enforce the stop work order if the owner does not comply.”

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contact with the developers at this time and are communicating with the contractor.

Reed and TCEQ officials were scheduled to meet Feb. 13 regarding the matter, but the briefings of that meeting were not disclosed to The News-Dispatch at publication.

The News-Dispatch reached out via email to both Mark and Michael Black for comment on this story. Neither responded back as of press time.

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PHOTO BY WAYLAND CLARK, WFOTOS.COM

Dripping Springs’ sophomore Ally Beck is fouled in a regular season game.

PHOTO BY WAYLAND D. CLARK, WFOTOS.COM

Members of the Dripping Springs swim team pose with head coach Andrea McCarthy, who was awarded Coach of the Year honors at the UIL state swim meet.

Tiger swimmers excel at the state meet

BY MOSES LEOS III

Amid the celebration of another successful season Saturday, Dripping Springs Tiger senior Lydia Evans couldn’t hold back tears as she shared a bear hug with head coach Andrea McCarthy.

With several key components having graduated from last year’s 5A state title winning team, Evans and McCarthy knew trying to

repeat was going to be a tough act to follow.

Through a concerted team effort all season long, the Tigers finished as the 15th best girls program in Texas, which culminated in another trip to the UIL state meet at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swim Center.

For McCarthy, reaching state once again was a huge accomplishment. Building life-long relationships with her students, however, far

surpassed how they finished in the standings.

“I’m not always sure who wins what or how we placed. What I remember is the relationships we have,” McCarthy said. “This team is a family and I’m going to miss my seniors.”

Team camaraderie was a pivotal motivator for Tiger senior London Farris, who secured a pair of top-ten finishes in both of her individual events.

It was her teammates, however, who pushed Farris to keep swimming in 2019. Farris said there was a time when she toyed with the idea of sitting her senior year out, worried that she might have peaked too soon following the 2018 team title.

A strong connection with teammates, as well as being comfortable in

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Dripping Springs soars past Eagles to reach regional quarterfinal

BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI For the first time in 13 seasons, the Dripping Springs Lady Tigers basketball team earned a spot in the Regional Quarterfinals.

Dripping Springs did so via a 56-47 win Friday over the San Antonio Brackenridge Eagles at the San Antonio Convocation Center.

“I knew coming into their backyard it was going to be a dogfight,” said Dripping Springs head coach David Norris.

“Earlier in the year, those pre-season, pre-district games, would get you ready for a game like this.

We would lose games like this earlier in the year, but they’ve matured and learned how to battle.”

Lady Tigers junior power forward Kline Stafford was a force to be

reckoned with as she had a career night with 26 points, seven rebounds and three steals.

“In the first few minutes she (Stafford) got a little frustrated and I think she just said you know what I’m going to take it to them, and she did,” Norris said. “She had a huge game. That’s what we need, somebody to step up big for us and she did.”

Stafford was a key player in the comeback performance by the Lady Tigers. In the second half alone, Stafford put up 16 points, five rebounds and two steals. Her presence in the paint was felt on offense and defense as she crashed the boards, denied entry passes to the post, and ran the floor on fast break oppor-

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PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III PHOTOS BY ALBERT SANCHEZ

Lady Tigers defeat Reagan Raiders 10-0

On Friday, the Dripping Springs Lady Tigers soccer team defeated the Reagan Raiders 10-0 to keep its unblemished record in district play intact. Dripping Springs (10-6-3) improved to 7-0 in district play with the second half starting this next week. During halftime of Friday’s game, soccer players from the Dripping Springs Youth Soccer Association (DSYSA) had a shootout with Dripping Springs High soccer athletes. Top left, Zoe Flores scores a goal with the side of her foot in the first half of the game. Top right, junior Caroline Luttrull attempts a 15 yard kick with a Reagan Raider defending. Below, the Lady Tigers watch the halftime show as future soccer players from DSYSA attempt some field goals. The girls had a shootout and had a great time visiting with the Lady Tigers before the start of the 2nd half of the game.

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Tiger senior Enzo Arnold leads the team By virtue of a pair of by scoring an average wins to close the regular of 9.7 points per game, season, the Dripping with junior Trace Young Springs boys basketball tallying 9.3 points per team secured third game this year. As a place in 26-5A and a team, the Tigers have third straight postseaa 46 percent field goal son berth. percentage and have Dripping Springs (22- shot 35 percent from 8) upended Travis 70-53 the three-point line.

Feb. 12 to finish its On defense, Dripping home schedule, which Springs is averaging was then followed by close to 30 rebounds a 63-51 win over the per game, led by senior Crockett Cougars in the Nick Statz, who has regular season finale. secured an average of The Tigers opened 5.4 boards in 14 conpostseason play Tuestests. Dripping Springs day by taking on former has accumulated 54 district foe Boerne total blocks and 172 Champion at Cantotal steals as a team yon Lake High in the this year. Statz leads the bidistrict round of the team with 22 blocks, playoffs. while junior Xavier So far this season, Philips has 33 steals.

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Tiger Swim Meet: Athletes excel at state training or races,” Farris said. “It’s definitely a challenge to come back and be better than you were last year.”

Success in the relay events for both the boys and girls teams was the biggest surprise for McCarthy and Evans. On the girls side, Dripping Springs relay teams introduced several new swimmers, including a freshman and a sophomore.

Dripping Springs boys team, which hit the water in events such as 400-yard freestyle relay, featured only one senior in Steven LaFlamme. While there was plenty of youth in the water, McCarthy said the leadership abilities of her eight total seniors helped to guide the underclassmen.

“It’s nice to see them work as a team. Nothing ever happens just because

Dripping Springs Notice Continued from pg. 1

city has limited governance in its ETJ, which according to the public notice, could have kept people from appearing before the council and sharing their thoughts on the project.

Purcell said the preliminary plat for the project would be approved, but advocated for the public notice to be “correct.”

“That’s the start of the whole process. You’re notifying people what’s going on, and if you don’t want to be correct if it’s in the ETJ or city limits, don’t state that (in the notice),” Purcell said.

Council member Taline Manassian said residents might not be inclined to attend the meeting if the notice indicated the property was in the ETJ, which was concerning to her.

Dripping Springs resident Mark McConaughey, who also harbored concerns about the notice, said the city should clarify if dates and other information are wrong.

“And I say that at the same time, I say the outcome here will not change,” said Manassian.

“It is only being delayed if we re-notice this. So, I don’t want anyone walking out here thinking that anything else is going to happen if 10 or 100 more people walk in the door and say ‘we have a problem with this plat…’”

City staff officials noted that the application was submitted verbatim as the one in 2017, which includes the date and time for the public hearing.

Despite resident’s concerns, council members said the project would be approved, whether it was at that meeting or the next.

of one person,” McCarthy said. “Especially on relays, everyone has to work together and be successful to make it to state.”

It was a team mentality that McCarthy had in mind when she was honored as the 2018 Texas High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year Saturday. While it was an individual award, McCarthy said she accepted it as a “team of the year” honor.

Evans said McCarthy has impacted her life, not only just in the pool, but also as a person and a mentor for the program. Evans was ultimately happy to see all Tiger swimmers make it past prelims to the final day of competition.

“Even if we didn’t swim the best times today, that’s okay. As a senior, I’m happy to be here (at state),” Evans said.

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But city officials said the city never was responsible for the maintenance of the roads. Both Harmon Hill and Bell Springs fall under Hays County’s jurisdiction.

“Bell Springs is not cut out for this and it’s ridiculously dangerous,” said Dripping Springs resident Mark Striker. “Traffic has increased around 40 percent with all the new development, and now you’re throwing an extra 200 cars out there. This needs to be reconsidered just on that basis.”

Mayor Todd Purcell said he is scheduled to meet with newly elected Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith and will discuss those issues.

Councilmember Travis Crow said the city is not responsible for maintaining the roads.

“No one wants to hear our hands are tied, but they are,” Crow said. “The status of the roads is a county issue, not a city one.”

However, residents said there are multiple signs on the road that indicates where county maintenance starts and ends, stirring confusion on who is actually responsible.

Ultimately, city leaders said they had no basis to deny the preliminary plat for the Esperanza Subdivision as it was in compliance with city ordinances.

But officials said the public notice for the subdivision mistakenly said the property was located in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), which kickstarted a conversation on the transparency of the public process.

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the water, ultimately led to success not only for herself, but also for her fellow swimmers, Farris said. The experience was equally beneficial for many of the Tiger underclassmen, who got their first taste of competition at the state level, Evans said.

“It was just amazing and it made me so happy to have first time swimmers (at state) get to see how it was,” Evans said.

Getting back to state also meant working just a little bit harder, too. Compounding the pressure was the expectation of returning to state, not just as the reigning state champions, but also as a program that has consistently had athletes compete in Austin.

“It can be tough because you feel like it’s almost a given to come back, so you might feel a little lazy with

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Sealed Bids for the construction of the DRIFTWOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT DRIFTWOOD PHASE 1 SECTION 1 RETROFIT will be received from Bidders at the offices of Murfee Engineering Company, Inc., 1101 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building D, Austin, Texas 78746 until 2:00 PM on March 8th, 2019, then publicly opened and read aloud. The work generally consists of the necessary site improvements to install wastewater and rainwater collection force mains, Natural Gas Lines, and associated appurtenances within Driftwood Phase 1 Section 1.

These improvements include the installation of force mains next to and within existing pavement by means of trenching and boring, and all required piping, valves, and appurtenances. This project is located west of Thurman Roberts Way Driftwood Texas 78619.

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A MANDATORY PREBID CONFERENCE for this project will be held at 10:00 am on February 28th, 2019 at the offices of Murfee Engineering Company, 1101 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building D, Austin, Texas 78746. The Statement of Bidder’s Qualifications will be submitted to the Engineer at the pre-bid conference.

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An application for the Driftwood Golf and Ranch Club Preliminary Plat is being filed with Hays County.

The Preliminary plat is a replat of Driftwood 967 Phase One and proposes 124 single family lots, 4 commercial lots, 7 open space lots and 14 private street lots on 490.61 acres.

The subdivision is located just east of the corner of RM 1826 and FM 967 and will be accessed from FM 967.

Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2019.

Water and wastewater service will be provided by the City of Dripping Springs.

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A copy of the location map and preliminary plat are available for review at Murfee Engineering Company, Inc., 1101 Capital of TX Hwy. S., Bldg. D, Austin, TX 78746.

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Five file for DSISD trustee election SUBMITTED REPORT Five candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for a pair of positions on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees up for grabs this May. Those who applied are Joanna Day, Peter Englehart, Marisa Grijalva, Kara Mayfield, and Rob Satterfield. Currently, the positions are held by Grijalva and Jon Thompson, who opted to forgo re-election.

Dripping Springs trustees do not represent “places.” The top two vote-getters on May 4 will be elected.

The filing deadline was Feb. 15; Ballot order will be determined by a drawing on Feb. 25.

Board application forms for all five candidates have been posted to the DSISD website; biographies will be available soon. See www. dsisdtx.us/elections.

Election Day is May 4 with voting taking place from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

On Election Day, Precincts 333, 337, 440, 441, 449 should vote at Hays County Precinct 4 Office and Precincts 308, 316, 361, 303, 236 238, 442, 443, 444 should go to Sunset Canyon Baptist Church.

EARLY VOTING DATES FOR THE MAY 4 GENERAL ELECTION April 22 (7 a.m.-7 p.m.)

April 23-26 (8 a.m.-4 p.m.)

April 27 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.)

April 29 (7 a.m.-7 p.m.)

April 30 (8 a.m.-4 p.m.)

During the early voting period, voters may cast their ballots at either the Hays County Precinct 4 Office (195 Roger Hanks Parkway) or Sunset Canyon Baptist Church (4000 Hwy. 290).

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“I just had the mindset that we could win, and I believed that we could win,” Stafford said. “So I really pushed and tried to motivate my team to do the best, and if you motivate your team I feel like you can do your best too. Just trying to keep the positive energy going.”

Dripping Springs trailed for the majority of the first half as Brackenridge came out in a half court zone defense that gave the Lady Tigers offense fits.

In addition to the offensive struggles, Dripping Springs’ defense was lethargic as the Lady Eagles broke their full court press with ease and was able to hit uncontested shots.

However, a late Tiger run gave Dripping Springs a 31-30 lead at halftime and momentum.

Norris credited his squad for making the adjustments they wanted after halftime, especially rotating on defense, something they struggled with in the first half.

Dripping Springs used suffocating defense in the third and fourth quarters to hold Brackenridge to 17 total points in the second half.

“He just told us to minimize our turnovers and calm down and let the game come to us,” Dripping Springs senior point guard Kennedy Donovan said about Norris’s halftime speech. “He really helped

calm us down and get us in a good mindset.”

Norris said he knew the battle of the boards was going to be key factor in who won the game.

Dripping Springs out-rebounded Brackenridge 38-18 in the game. Norris “I told them ‘we cannot give them offensive rebounds, we’ve got to battle in there’. I’m proud of them, all five, of getting in there and rebounding, Norris said.

Dripping Springs continued its playoff run Tuesday as they took on state-ranked Kerrville Tivy in Llano. The winner of that contest advances to the Region IV, 5A tournament at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio.

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