Joint animal services plan underway as San Marcos deal winds down From the cover
The breakdown
The details
According to the ILA, Kyle will be responsible for all surveying, design and construction, and property acquisitions. The municipalities will split the project’s $1.66 million design contract and day-to-day operational costs. Kyle will base it on the number of intakes each year and the shelter’s annual budget. The facility will feature enough room to intake, process and treat animals from the region, a service made crucial following the end of SMRAS partner- ships. The shelter will have a space for public safety or law enforcement operations related to animal welfare as well, according to the ILA.
working on the development of a new shelter. Kyle will lead the project’s construction and maintain full ownership of the animal shelter, according to an ILA approved Jan. 20 by the City Council. The facility will serve the city of Buda and a designated part of Hays County. The exact capacity for each entity will be determined during the project’s design phase. All day-to-day operations of the facility will be the responsibility of the city of Kyle; however, Kyle will not have authority over any animal control incident involving a criminal oense outside of its own law enforcement’s jurisdiction, such as abuse or neglect.
Plans for a regional animal care facility are underway in Kyle. The cities of Kyle and Buda, along with Hays County, agreed to facilitate the construction, operation and joint use of the shelter through interlocal agreements, or ILAs, approved during individual January meetings. The Kyle City Council approved a $1.66 million design contract with Jackson & Ryan Architects Inc. at a Jan. 20 meeting as well. The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter, or SMRAS, previously serviced Kyle, Buda and Hays County. After SMRAS announced the end of its regional partnerships in August 2024, Kyle began
The cost The entities served by the shelter will share the total cost of the project’s design contract and day- to-day operations.
The specics The proposed shelter will serve the cities of Kyle and Buda and other areas of Hays County.
MAIN ST.
967
City of Buda
City of Kyle
Hays County
Site coverage
City of Kyle Animal Care Facility
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Design cost breakdown
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City of Buda City of Kyle
City of Niederwald
35
WINDY HILL RD.
City of Uhland
$542,820
$1,070,000
S. LOOP 4
1
Total: $1.66 M
NIEDERWALD STRASSE
$46,480
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Maintenance and operational cost breakdown
OLD STAGECOACH RD.
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64.5%
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A conceptual rendering presented to council Jan. 20.
2.4%
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RENDERING COURTESY CITY OF KYLE
SOURCE: CITY OF KYLECOMMUNITY IMPACT
NOTE: KYLE COUNCIL WILL SET THE TOTAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL COST ANNUALLY.
SOURCE: CITY OF KYLECOMMUNITY IMPACT
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