Election
BY GRANT CRAWFORD, SIERRA MARTIN & JAMIE MOORE
Four municipal utility districts, or MUDs, will appear on some May election ballots in the Hays County and Travis County area, including one in San Marcos and another in Buda. A closer look MUDs are typically established by developers in undeveloped areas outside the jurisdiction of existing city or county governments. They can also be formed within city boundaries to provide infrastructure. The Mason MUD will appear on the ballot for voters in its district. If approved, it will fund utility services in the Mason Subdivision, a 306-acre master-planned community on Centerpoint Road in San Marcos. Although Marcus Pacheco, Hays County devel- opment services director, could not con rm if the MUD is speci cally tied to the Mason Subdivision, the MUD map provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, matches the subdivision’s plans. If approved, the MUD will levy an operation and maintenance tax not to exceed $1.20 per $100 valuation of taxable property. The propositions on the ballot for the Mason MUD total $775 million in bonds to fund water, wastewater and road projects within the development. The details Buda MUD No. 2 will be formed for a new Four municipal utility districts up for election
Overview
Buda MUD #2
Creedmoor
967
130 TOLL
1
45 TOLL
Buda
1
2
148
3
1626
Mustang Ridge
N
35
Travis County MUDs
2
45 TOLL
Kyle
21
Creedmoor
130 TOLL
Uhland
MUD #27
TURNERSVILLE RD.
130 TOLL
Lockhart
San Marcos
3
2001
MUD #32
N
Mason MUD
183
80
123
35
4
4
N
San Marcos
NOTE: THE LOCATION OF THESE MUDS ARE BASED OFF OF TCEQ VICINITY MAPS AND ARE APPROXIMATE.
N
Both the Travis County MUD No. 27 and MUD No. 32 will have a potential operation and maintenance tax not to exceed $1.20 per $100 valuation of taxable property. The ballot will also include multiple propositions for each MUD totaling $625.43 million in bonds—for MUD No. 27—and $272 million—for MUD No. 32—to fund water, road and wastewater infrastructure within the development. The purposes for and possible developments on the two Travis County MUDs are currently unknown. Voters in all four districts will also elect board directors for the respective MUDs.
residential development called The Colony. The Colony is creating a MUD to build transportation infrastructure, including a bridge that has already been built over Onion Creek to connect the development to FM 2770, according to Buda City Manager Micah Grau. If approved, the Buda MUD No. 2 will levy an operation and maintenance tax not to exceed $1 per $100 valuation of taxable property. Ballot propositions for Buda MUD No. 2 include a total of $340 million in bonds for water, wastewater and road infrastructure. There will also be two MUDS on the Travis County ballot, in the Mustang Ridge area.
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