ORDER NO. 19634
AUTHORIZATION FOR COUNTY JUDGE EDWARDS TO WRITE
A LETTER TO THE CITY OF KERRVILLE AHD
911 IN REFERENCE TO HIGHPOINTE AT RIVERHILL
On this the 12th day of July 1990, upon motion made by
Commissioner Ray, seconded by Commissioner Baldwin, the Court
unanisously approved County Judge Edwards writing a letter to
the City of Kerrville and 911 to protest the filing of a plat
by the city for HighPointe at Riverhill, since there is
already a plat on file called High Pointe, with streets
similar in name or exactly the same, and it appearing to the
Court that a great deal of confusion will result, especially
with 911.
.COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
• PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND SEVEN COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS
70 E3F REVIEWED DY Tf IE COURT.
MADC BY: PATRICIA DYE OFF ICE: _ County Clerk
MEETING DATE: July 12, 1990 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE 8E SPECIFIC): Discuss plat of High Pointe and High]-7nintP at
Riverhill. Plats are too similar and street names are the same. Confusion w, 11 rP~lll t
especially for 911. Action as necessary to clean up plats.
ESTIMATED LENGTFI OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted In
accordance with Article 6252=1 7 Is as follows:
• Meetings held on second Monday: 12:00 P. M. previous Wednesday
• Meetings held on Thursdays: 5:00 P. M. previous Thursday.
If preferable, Agenda Requests may be made on off Ice stationery with the above
tnformatlon attached.
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All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine If
adequate information has been prepared for the Court's' formal constderatlon and action at
tame of Court meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards
your request being addressed at the earliest opportunity.
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THOMAS W. POLLARD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
951 MAIN STREET
KERRVILLE, TEXAS 78028-3598
(572) 89fr7500
July 11, 1990
Mr. Larry Vetter
City of Kerrville
Planning and Zoning Office
800 Junction Highway
Kerrville, Texas 78028
The Honorable Danny R. Edwards
county Judge
Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Re: High Pointe Sub-division to Kerr County., Texas
Highpointe at Riverhill Sub-division to Kerrville, Kerr County,
Texas
Dear Mr. Vetter and Judge Edwards:
Mr. John Herring, owner of the High Pointe Subdivision to the County
of Kerr, State of Texas, tells me that you are both familiar with the
problem about there being two High Pointe Subdivisions in Kerr
County. A Mr. David Cummings and a partner represented by Mr. Rit
Jons, have also obtained approval of a subdivision with a deceptively
similar name. This will cause problems with the 911 Emergency, Fire
Department, Police Department, and various other agencies in the
county as well as the Post Office. This is especially so since both
subdivisions have streets named High Pointe Drive and Highpointe
Drive.
If an emergency vehicle is dispatched to a street or subdivision
known as High Pointe or Highpointe and it goes to the wrong one and
it results in a death or substantial damage to someone, :rho is going
to accept the responsibility for those damages? I can assure you
that my client is not, since he has protested the approval of the
second subdivision with a deceptively similar name and the exact same
name of the streets.
I would like to suggest two actions to the City and Commissioner's
Court, to wit:
1. That both the County and the City formally adopt a policy
that no subdivision will be approved that have deceptively
similar names and this would extend as well to the names of
streets in those subdivisions; and
2. That both the City and County proceed to disapprove the
plat of the said second High Pointe Subdivision, since the
first had been approved about two (2) years before.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
omas W. Poll d
TWP/c
cc: Mrs. Pat Dye
Kerr County Clerk
Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Mr. Ted Burkhart, Chairman
911 Board
City of Kerrville
800 Junction Hwy.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Chief Raymond Holloway
Fira Department
City of Kerrville
800 Junction Hwy.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Sheriff Frances Kaiser
Kerr County Courthouse
Kerrville, Texas 78028
The Honorable H. Ritmann Jons
Attorney at Law
313 Earl Garrett
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Mr. Dan O'Hara, Chairman
Planning & Zoning Commission
800 Junction Hwy.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Mr. Dellie Voelkel
Voelkel Eng. ~ Surveying
212 Clay St.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Chief Allwin Barrow
Folice Department
City of Kerrville
800 Junction Hwy.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Mr. Bob Hansen, Postmaster
City of Kerrville
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Mr. Jimmy Peschel
Fidelity Abst. & Title Co.
829 Jefferson
Kerrville, Texas 78028
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DANNY R. EDWARDS
COUNTY JUDGE, KERR COUNTY
KERRV~LLE, TEXAS 78028
PHONE: 512-257-9711
Mr. Glenn Brown, City Managrer
City of Kerrville
800 Junction Highway
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Re: Highpointe at Riverhill Subdivision
Dear Glenn:
July 13, 1990
Recently, it was brought to the attention of the Commissioners' Court that a conflict has arisen
in connection with the filing of a plat by the City. It seems that a subdivision plat under the
name of High Pointe was filed in the County in July of 1988. Within the subdivision, there is a
street named High Pointe Drive.
Recently, a plat was filed with the City under the subdivision name of Highpointe at Riverhill.
Within the subdivision, there are streets named Highpointe Drive and Highpointe Court. Prior
to the filing of the plat with the City, your staff had received a copy of the plat which had been
filed with the County in 1988. It is obvious that we are facing a great deal of confusion as a
result of these common names. The greatest problem of course will be with 911 on having two
streets with the same name, in addition to having two subdivisions very similar in name.
It is my understanding that for some reason, Highpointe at Riverhill is being required to file a
re-plat. If so, this is to respectfully request that the city take measures to have a name change
on both the subdivision and the streets. If no re-plat is required, the Court still requests that
the City take steps to eliminate this confusion. As stated, our primary concern is with
emergency response on 911.
Your attention to this matter will be appreciated and if I can be of any assistance, please do not
hesitate to call on me.
DRE/Ir
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DANN .EDWARDS
Co y Judge
xc: Chairman, 911