Government
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
Conroe votes down citywide moratorium, citing state funding
A citywide moratorium will not go into e ect for Conroe, after City Council voted May 30 against implementing the measure. Council member Marsha Porter said Rep. Will Metcalf, R Conroe, and state Sen. Brandon Creigh- ton, R Conroe, secured $15 million for the city for water infrastructure, which council members cited as the reason they voted against the moratorium. In a June 12 email, Deputy City Administrator Nancy Mikeska said that the funds have not been designated to any speci c projects yet. “[Metcalf and Creighton] made it possible for us to absolutely delay this,” Porter said May 30. “Now the water capacity [issue] is not going away. It’s not ever going away until we all work together to solve it.” There is already an existing temporary develop- ment moratorium for the northern portion of the city, which was enacted last August and extended twice, most recently in April.
Also of note Council members stressed that the new funding doesn’t alleviate water infrastructure concerns. “Our water capacity is a problem. Our sewer capacity is a problem, and we don’t have the kind of money to x it,” Porter said. Council member Harry Hardman said he believes the city is the victim of its own success. “During the last two years, we had 9,000 connections. ... This is not going to go away,”
“I think it’s fantastic news that we all received today so our heartfelt, sincere thank you to [Metcalf and Creighton] as well.” HOWARD WOOD, CONROE COUNCIL MEMBER
Hardman said. Before you go
“I’m committed to working with all of [the community] in the fullest extent we can, but there’s
If the council wants to consider a citywide mor- atorium again, the city would have to go through the entire legal process again, City Attorney Mike Garner said. The process includes the publication of a public notice and two public hearings, per Texas state law, section 212.134.
only so much we can do and we all have to understand that this is a very serious problem.” HARRY HARDMAN, CONROE COUNCIL MEMBER
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