Update on Hazy Hills

Our SCLA contact for the Hazy Hills development, Jim Millard, has forwarded this update from Chris Risher with Headwaters Development:

To summarize the latest at The Headwaters at Barton Creek:

We recently executed a settlement agreement with the SOS Alliance. This agreement withdrawals their protest to our wastewater treatment plant permit and will ensure an imminent issuance of a permit by the TCEQ.

We have been working with Commissioner Ford for the last few months on the roadway design standards for The Headwaters at Barton Creek. Commissioner Ford has endorsed our roadway design standards, which include slower design speeds, which will make our community a pedestrian friendly community that is fully accessible by emergency vehicles.

We will be submitting our first preliminary plan to the City of Dripping Springs and Hays County in the next week or two. This plan will be reviewed by both groups to ensure it meets their requirements outlined in their ordinances and development agreements. Final acceptance of this plan will be reviewed by not only the City of Dripping Springs City Council, but also the Hays County Commissionerís Court.

Is there no end?

If, like me, you've been wondering if they're ever going to be done with the consctruction on 290, you might as well pour yourself a (very) large glass of ice tea and relax—apparently, they're not.

Resident Mike McGown writes:
"Attached is a small bit of news for you about the road construction projects. Perhaps it will be of interest to people, since we all have to drive on 290. I found this on the Hays County website buried among pages about the bond election, and I don't know the source or who wrote it, but it has the ring of truth. "

"The way I read this, we are not going to be done with roadwork for about two years, and by next spring, we will be "boxed in" because they will be working on 290 on either side of us and, of course, Sawyer Ranch Road is currently being re-done and will probably take as long or longer than Nutty Brown. That leaves us only Trautwein as an escape route!"

The report Mike's referring to can be found here: ushwy290_construction.pdf. For more information, start here: http://2007bondprogram.co.hays.tx.us/history.php. Then at the bottom of that page, "Click here for exhibits", then "Construction".

 

They're small, spotted and coming out of the woods

I saw my first fawn yesterday. It was running across Nutty Brown Road behind it's mom. Luckily, I was obeying the speed limit (for once) and didn't come close to hitting them. But it reminded me that it might be a good time for a little "deer primer" (or would that be "little deer" primer?) for some of our newer residents.

These guys tend to pop out of nowhere and get easily frightened. Please be extra vigilant when driving and slow down. I know we're not exactly short on deer around here, but still.

On a related note, you'll often find the fawns alone, usually hidden in tall grass. Fear not! They are neither lost nor abandoned. And please don't approach them--they'll only panic. The does leave their fawns undercover while they go off and graze. They'll be back.

 

 

 

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