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$4.78M bid aims to bolster San Marcos flood defenses
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San Marcos city staff is requesting a $4.78 million in Texas Water Development Board funding to enhance the city’s flood defenses. What’s happening On Nov. 18, San Marcos City Council approved resolutions allowing staff to submit three applica- tions to the Texas Water Development Board for
flood-related projects. All three applications are part of a yearslong effort to improve flood awareness and prevention from the city. San Marcos has spent about $58 million over the past decade on drainage, floodwalls and other mitigation projects following the 2015 Memorial Day flood.
$100M Hays County bond makes headway
Hays County Commissioners Court on Nov. 18 approved the publication of an intent to issue certificate of obligation bonds, or COs, not to exceed $100 million. The COs will fund county offices, administrative buildings and animal shelter facilities. Buda OKs annexation for West Oak, $13M infrastructure deal Buda City Council on Nov. 18 approved annexing 44.7 acres west of FM 1626 and Cole Springs Road for the West Oak mixed-use project, creating a public improvement district to finance up to $13 million in infrastructure and adopting planned development zoning.
San Marcos city staff is requesting a $4.78 million in state grants and loans for three projects to enhance the city's flood defenses.
Breaking it down
Total $4.78M
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B
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Install additional stream and rain gauges and develop a real-time flood warning system
TXST Regents OK hotel for San Marcos campus
Gauges and early warning systems
$2.5 million
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New flood modeling
$1.9 million Atlas 14 Hydrology and Hydraulics Model updates
B
On Nov. 20, the Texas State University System Board of Regents voted to authorize Texas State University to enter into a development agreement with Midway—a private Houston-based developer— to build a 3-acre, $70 million hotel with 130 guest rooms on its San Marcos campus.
Dam safety evaluation
$380,000 Evaluate dams No. 4 and No. 5 on the San Marcos River
C
SOURCE: CITY OF SAN MARCOS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
The city of Kyle's projected water demand vs. existing supply
Kyle greenlights $30M wastewater expansion Kyle City Council approved a multimillion-dollar expansion for wastewater treatment on Nov. 18 to keep up with the city’s growth. What it means The vote adds $12.3 million to the city’s existing
Acre-feet per year*
Existing supply
Demand
14,261
authorizing the start of Phase 2 expansion. According to Mike Murphy, director of water utilities, this will double the plant’s daily treat- ment capacity from 4.5 million gallons per day to 6 million gallons per day by November 2026 and to 9 million gallons by September 2028. “As the city of Kyle grows, it’s critically import- ant that we bring this 6 million gallons per day [online] as soon as possible,” Murphy said.
11,974
10,000 15,000
11,974
5,000 0
5,929
contract with STV Engineering, the architec- tural firm responsible for managing the facility expansion, bringing the total to $30.1 million and
2030
2040 2050 2060 2070 2080
*AN ACRE FOOT IS APPROXIMATELY 326,000 GALLONS, WHICH IS ENOUGH WATER TO COVER AN ACRE OF LAND ABOUT 1-FOOT DEEP.
SOURCE: TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
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