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News from New Braunfels
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City Council postpones rezoning request for resort
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BY SIERRA MARTIN
PROPOSING DEVELOPMENT The land outlined between Sleepy Hollow Lane and Gruene Road may be rezoned if approved by New Braunfels City Council to allow a resort to be built.
NEW BRAUNFELS City Council voted unanimously July 25 to postpone a rezoning request that will determine if a resort featuring cabins and RV parking will be built on 19.96 acres out of the Ingram Acres subdivision at 1251 Sleepy Hollow Lane. If approved, the rezoning request would allow a resort to be constructed on the property with cottages, cabins, condos, RVs and commercial parking. Supporting structures would include a bathhouse and other amenities. New Braunfels city sta suggested eight conditions for the resort development, including no camp res, no outdoor activities between 9 p.m.-9 a.m. and a 50-foot building setback from Sleepy Hollow. A drainage easement is also recommended on the property to contain the oodway. Schumann Consulting Executive Director TJ Grossi represented the owner of the proposed resort and asked to postpone the item for more time to review the city’s standards. “This is an investment in not only money and time, but it’s also an investment in your neighbors, and so I think it’s extremely important. ... If we can make it a win-win, it’s a good thing for everybody,” New Braunfels Mayor Rusty Brockman said.
19.96 ACRE property
The resort would include cabins, condos, RV parking and more.
ABOUT 80% of the property is located in a ood zone, an area adjacent to the river prone to ooding that must be developed to ensure there are no increases in upstream ood elevations.
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SOURCE: CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
City puts out updated, streamlined website
mailed responses received 827
online responses received 714
COLLECTING INPUT The community survey conducted between March and April was part of
9 IN 10 respondents rated New Braunfels as an excellent or good place to live
BY SIERRA MARTIN
NEW BRAUNFELS The city has launched a newly designed website that features streamlined navigation, a more modern look and a new toolkit for residents. The toolkit allows residents to report an issue or submit a request, and the website is under the new domain www.newbraunfels.gov. According to city of New Braunfels o cials, the website receives over 1.2 million annual visits. The new website is designed to be more user-friendly. Submit a request The new city of New Braunfels website features a Submit a Request page o ering a list of common requests made by residents. File a Police Report Report an Issue: Roads, Streets and Drainage
of respondents rated the transportation system as fair or poor
of respondents rated the city’s economic development as excellent or good
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the National Community Survey.
SOURCES: CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, POLCO COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Results of community survey are presented
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
this hybrid approach with 827 total responses received and an overall response rate of 14%,” said Jade Arocha, director of survey research with the National Research Center. Among the ndings, 9 out of 10 residents gave New Braunfels the designation of an excellent place to live, and 8 in 10 would also recom- mend New Braunfels as a place to live and plan on remaining in town. Mobility, however, is an increas- ingly concerning issue, and all indicators analyzed in the survey— including tra c ow, ease of public parking, ease of travel by bicycle, ease of travel by public transporta- tion and ease of walking—have all trended down.
NEW BRAUNFELS The results of the 2022 New Braunfels Community Survey were presented by Polco, a civic analytics rm, to City Council on July 11. Of the 6,000 surveys mailed to households across the city, 827 responses were received. Of those who chose to participate in the open-participation sample by lling out the survey online, 714 responses were received. The survey is part of the National Community Survey, which is developed by the National Research Center at Polco. New Braunfels previously completed the survey in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2019. “We saw a robust response to
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Code Compliance Complaint Form To visit the new website, log on to www.newbraunfels.gov .
SOURCE: CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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