ITEM NO. 2.2 NO ORDER ISSUED SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS COURT AGENDA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1999 - 9:OOA.M. COMMISSIONERS COURT AGENDA REQUEST P'` *PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND FIVE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT MADE BY: Franklin Johnson. P.E. MEETING DATE: Feb. 22.1999 OFFICE: Kerr County Road & Bridae TIME PREFERRED: SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC): Consider Seminar for County Enoineer and transfer of funds to pav for same. EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: YES NO XX PLEASE STATE REASON: Consider Seminar for County Enoineer and transfer fo funds to oav for same. ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 10 Minutes PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE: NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Franklin Johnston. P.E. Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Trtle 5, Chapters 551 & 552 of the Government Code is as follows: Meetings held on 2n° & 4"' Monday: 5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday Meetings held on Thursday: 5:00 P.M. previous Thursday THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON: 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 consideration and action at time of Court meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards your request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Guidelines. Kerr County Road & Bridge 4010 San Antonio Hwy Kerrville, Texas 78028 Phone: 830-257-2993 FAX 830-896-8481 MEMO TO: Commissioners' Court FROM: Franklin Johnston, P.E. DATE: February 16, 1999 RE: Seminar "Residential Land Development Practices" The county engineer would like to attend a seminar on "Residential Land Development Practices." His job involves subdivision questions on a daily basis, but has never attended a seminar on that topic. This training would be a benefit to Kerr County. I would ask the Court to authorize transfer of $745.00 to pay seminar fee, plus expenses from line item 15-b11-557 (Right of way, Survey, Engineering) to 15-b00- i"` 485. ASCE Conferences, Conventions and Continuing Education * Rates subject to cut-off dates Residential Land Development Practices Page 5 of 6 Instructor -David E. Johnson The land development industry is changing. Learn proven techniques and practical approaches tothe design and development of residential property. This seminar will provide the management tools necessary to be financially successful z buying, designing, and developing land for residential uses. You will leave the seminar with the forms, contracts, schedules, management techniques and business strategies you can use immediately in your organization and with an improved understanding of the thought processes and perspectives of all members of the development team. $745M/~885NM. 1.4 CEUs. Click here to view entire brochure in pdf format. Feb. 25 - 26, 1999 Las Vegas, NV March 24 - 25, 1999 Atlanta, GA Apri! 22 - 23, 1999 Seattle, WA Sept. 16 - 17, 1999 Detroit, MI Sept. 29 - 30, 1999 Denver, CO San Remo Resort, 115 E. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-739-9000 ASCE Hotel Rate: $60.00* Holiday inn -Boston at Brookline, 1200 Beacon St. Brookline, MA 02146 617-277-1200 ASCE Hotel Rate: $129.00* Holiday Inn Sea-Tac Airport, 17338 Intl Blvd, Seattle, W 98188 206-248-1000 ASCE Hotel Rate: $116.00* Doubletree Hotel Detroit Airport, 31500 Wick Rd., Romulus, MI 48174 734-467-8000 ASCE Hotel Rate: $89.00* Wyndham Garden Hotel, 1475 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver co 8a2i2 303-757-8797 ASCE Hotel Rate: $81.00 single/$91.00 double * Rates subject to cut-off dates Ke ' 1 e su 1Vlsl on 1 ' an QK p BY ZEHE MACCoaAEACH ~ ~~ E]DpESSdYEYYS STAfF WRITER ,~"'. ~''~ KERRVILLE - Aprecedent-setting development agreement has cleared the way for construction of,an upscale subdivision of 1,000 homes and an 18-hole golf course southeast of town. "We weighed everything, and we just could not af- ford to let a project like this go by," Mayor Ben Low said of the deal signed Jan. 28 with HMB partners of Denver. Under the pact, the city of Kerrville will extend.city utilities to Commanche Trace Ranch at an estimated cost of ;700,000, freeze subdivision regulations there for 20 years, and may provide treated wastewater for irrigation there at a fixed p HMB Partners, in return,' We weighed agreed to the annexation of eVerything, and the 1,132-acre development We JUSt COUId off Texas 173, will donate land for apolice/fire sta_ not afford to let lion, and will convey water a PI'OJeCt Iike rights to the city. "We had discussions with th15 g0 by.-~ other providers of water ~ g~ IoW ' and sewer service, but felt Kerrville ma or ,t in the long term that the y best way to service this , community was to have it be part of the city of Kerr- ville," company spokesman Tom Morrill said. Construction shoWd begin this summer on the golf course and 130 homes in the first phase of the develop- ment, he said The homes, on parcels ranging from 0.25 to 1.5 acres, will sell from about;200,000 to;500,000, he said "This could be upward of 10 years to have final build-out," Morrill said Monday. Conveyance of the water rights will be done in stages and is contingent, in part, on the city providing treated sewage effluent to replace well water used for irrigation, according to the 32-page development agreement hammered out in negotiations over sever- al months last year. "We will receive interest in two of their water wells and outright receive the water rights to a third well," City Manager Glenn Brown said. "If the city provides treated effluent from our wastewater plant for the golf course, then we will receive their water rights from the Guadalupe River." In addition to bolstering the city's water holdings, Brown said, "It will also keep the development from using groundwater and depleting the aquifer." ^ See KERRVILLE/76 .~ ~~-, Wednesday; r~ebf~,ar,,,o,,~ i '~ Section Kerrville gives approval for upscale development Continued from 46 Brown said the pact marks a de- parture from past development agreements involving the city in the late 198(Is. "Typically, the city would never pay to extend utilities to a devel- opment, but we believed that this was so significant that we're up- fronting the cost of water and sew- er," Brown said. It will take less than a decade for the city to recoup the money from property taxes on the development, according to a financial analysis provided by Brown. That analysis forecasts the city will receive 5990,138 in tax revenue over nine years on the first phase of the development, which is val- ued at 540.9 million. The city's extraterritorial juris- diction will be expanded in com- ing months to include Commanche Trace Ranch, and annexation will occur in phases as development takes place, Brown said. City officials welcomed the prospect of a second public golf course and another upscale subdi- vision in the city. "From both a council perspec- tive and a personal perspective, I'm excited about that develop- ment being in Kerrville," Council- man Bill McCrae said. "If Kerr- ville is going to grow, this is cer- taiNy the type of development we would like to see occur." '"\ E%PRESS-NEWS GRAPNIC