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The 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System was discussed briefly.
No order was passed.
Col. Bruns and Lane Wolters from the Upper Guadalupe
River Authority and members of the Community Action
Group from the Kerrville South Area were present at
this meeting.
Discussions were presented to the Court regarding
problems and the adequacy of septic tanks for the
processing and disposal of sewage waste water in the
Kerrville South area.
The Community Action Group will be present at the
Commissioners' Court Meeting scheduled for June 22nd,
1987.
June 10
June 9, ]987
Statement to
County Commissioners Court June 10, 5:15 pm.
Study and report on need for a comprehensive study and report on
septic tanks and waste water disposal.
Statement
My Name is R. D. Haynes. I am chairman of the Community Action
Group Inc. Here today also are members of CAG's Waste Water
Advisory Committee, Erik Lowenthal, and Raymond Bien. Also
present is Lonnie Smith who along with Mr. Bien are directors of
CAG Inc.
We are here today in behalf of the board of directors of CAG
Inc. and in response to the courts request.
We appreciate very much the opportunity to appear before you
today. We take this occasion to present to the court CAG
Inc.'s views on the need for a comprehensive analysis and report
on the adequacy of septic tanks for the processing and disposal
of sewage waste water in Kerr County. This analysis and report
should address the issues covered in our petition to this court
on May 11, 1987. We also responded to UGRA's verbal proposal by
letter of May 1 whereby we invited UGRA to join with CAG Inc. in
CAG's petition to this court on May li. The record shows that
although this court requested UGRA to send a representative to
the May 11 meeting no one from UGRA appeared.
The adequacy of septic tank system has been the subject of
several oral reports by UGRA representatives and a number of
neW9pa1]er af'ti C;l eS. HUWeVer'. We ar'e nut aware Of any
comprehensive analysis of the nature of the problem and the
possible causes and cures. None of the information has been put
out in written form suitable for study and evaluation by the
users of septic tank systems. A typical response we recieve
from a homeowner is "what's wrong with my septic system, its
worlb:ing ok. 1 have a permit and as far as I know it is working
just fine. It's those systems that are so close together and are
put in wrong that are causing the poroblem" [n the past two
years the responses we have received indicate that the general
public has many similar unanswered questions. We believe the
residents of the affected area are entitled to a clear written
presentation of the problem(s) involved the alternatives and
the consequences of each alternative.
We believe	the	residents	and property owners	in Kerrville South
need answers to	the issu	es brought out in our	petition of May
ll berfore	any	specific	engineering project i	s undertaken. I
now call on Erik Lowenthal! to address this point in a more
detailed way.
Mr. Lowenthal.
The directors of the CAG Inc. believe that an analysis and
report by an independent consulting firm as described by Mr.
Lowenthal is a necessay first step in the correction of the
present problem and the prevention of future problems. We
further believe that the specific engineering study proposed by
UGRA is premature. Accordingly, we urge this court to deny
UGRA's request and to retain an independant consulting firm to
prepare an analyis and report which would describe the nature
and extent of problems in the Kerrville south area and recommend
a series of possible solutions/or combination of solutions to
the problem(s).
Thank you, we'll be glad to answer any questions.
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