Our pal and neighbor Tom "Smitty" Smith met, on June 14th, with LCRA General Manager Joe Beal. Here is the memo Smitty sent us outlining the results of that meeting.
Memo
on conversation with Joe Beal and Tom “Smitty” Smith:
I had a meeting scheduled to talk with Joe about utility issues
and as a side issue my concerns regarding
Hamilton Pool road. The following is a summary of my notes on the Hamilton
Pool road portion of that
meeting.
Generally very positive meeting-- I feel like our efforts have paid
off and we can work with him- if we can
get a plan and standards together
How far out will lines go eventually?
He isn’t sure- depends on development- initially only to 12-
and the river on 71- but could go further-
he is aware that every other property along 71 is for sale to 281
Have they lost critical mass with part of Formby tract not being developed?
No- He is assuming interconnections with the existing subdivisions will make
up the demand;
Rebecca Hudson can self fund the line to the Bee Caves tank;
Other water districts are vying to serve the area
Water standards for other Western creeks?
Wants to develop standards- Open to suggestions on standards- would be
done as part of an NPS ordinance
like the one developed around the Highland lakes
Timing? Regional plan won’t be complete till
February.
Regional plan needs to hurry up;
The board has set the December deadline,
the board will have to extend it
Community standards for development - Hamilton
Pool road?
Interested in hearing from us;
Would acccept sub regional plans from a
subset like the Hamilton Poll road
corridor;
Was very intrigued by some of the ideas we’d had- such
as scenic corridor, trail, etc;
They have hired a facilitator Julie Fallows to do forums and meetings-
Joe offered her help on developing
the Hamilton pool road plan;
Said that many of the setback limits, commercial development standards
etc. would have to be done via
subdivision plat requirements or through county ordinances;
Thought that Gerald Dougherty had been impressed with the outpouring
of concern and saw that his stand
had political implications – and thus he might be more willing
to listen than I might think—he suggested
we visit with him.
Building standards as condition of hook- up- ie: greenbuilding, LEEDS?
Can’t be done on the electrical side since they have long term
contracts with their co-ops thru 2016 but they
are redoing some of them and they’d like to hear our ideas;
Might be able to do water related stuff on the water contract side
Rainwater utility service?
They have thought about it- and are looking into it- can’t
figure out some of the security issues and how to
do the financing;
Beers with community?
Like to – when?