ORDER NO. 29988 RESOLUTION FOR KERR COUNTY COMMUNITY PLAN FOR 2006- 2007 Came to be heard this the 23rd day of October, 2006, with a motion made by Commissioner Baldwin, seconded by Commissioner Williams. The Court unanimously approved by vote of 4-0-0 to: Approve the Kerr County Community Plan for 2006-2007, and adopt the Resolution for submission to the Alamo Area Council of Governments. aS9~'~' , ~ COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST PLEASE FURNLSH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT. MADE BY: Rosa Lavender MEETING DATE: Oct. 23, 2006 OFFICE: Community Plan Committee TIME PREFERRED: Anytime SUBJECT: Consider, Discuss and Approve Kerr County Community Plan for 2006-2007 and Adopt Resolution for submission to the Alamo Area Council of Governments EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON) NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Rosa Lavender ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 5 minutes IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE: Time for submitting this request For Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows: Meeting scheduled for Mondays: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON: All Agenda Requests will be screened information has been prepared for the Meetings. Your cooperation will be addressed at the earliest opportunity. Court. by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court appreciated and contribute towards you request being See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners' 5:00 P.M.previous Tuesday. Kerr County Community Plan 2006 - 2007 October 2006 Kerr County Community Plan ..~.. Areas Represented Incorporated Communities: ^ Kerrville ^ Ingram Unincorporated Communities: ^ Center Point ^ Mountain Home ^ Hunt School Districts: ^ Kerrville ISD ^ Ingram ISD ^ Center Point ISD ^ Hunt ISIS ^ Divide ISD County Demographics: Kerr County is located in the South Central area of Texas and includes the cities of Kemille and Ingram and unincorporated areas of Center Point, Hunt and Mountain Home. Kerr County celebrated their Sesquicentennial in 2006. The county's geographic area measures 1,106 square miles and includes rich farmlands along creeks and the Guadalupe River in the eastern part of the county and more rugged ranchlands in the western part. The 2005 population estimate according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 46,496 residents with almost 97% of the population made up of Caucasian and Hispanic residents. Because undocumented workers and families are not likely to be counted by the Census, the number Hispanics living in the county is probably higher than recorded. Growth in Kerr County has been steady over the past decade. Population has grown 6.5% in the past five years from 43,653 in 2000 to 46,496 in 2005. Kerr County is a retirement community drawing people from all over the United States to move here each year. The community's three hospitals, several retirement homes, assisted living facilities and nursing homes plus a strong medical community, the climate and location, `"° and organizations and services centered around the needs of retirees lead to the projection that this growth will continue. Kerr County Commtmity Plan page 2 The Dietert Senior Center which coordinates the Meals on Wheels program countywide and many other activities that appeal to seniors will move into a new state-of-the-art facility in early 2007. Kerr County has three local law enforcement agencies. The Kerr County Sheriff's Department has 46 sworn deputies, 32 jailers, 10 dispatchers and 8 clerk/secretary positions. There are 7 deputies in the criminal investigations division and five in the special narcotics unit. One deputy serves as the D.A.R.E. officer for the county school districts. The Kerrville Police Department has 53 sworn officers including 7 officers in the criminal investigations division and 3 officers in a special crimes unit. The department has one SRO assigned to the Kerrville School District, 11 dispatchers and 6 people in the administrative and clerical support category. The Ingram Marshal's Department employs 5 full-time deputies and 6 active part-time deputies. One deputy is a full-time investigator and one part-time deputy teaches the pre-law enforcement program at Ingram Tom Moore High School. The department has one full-time person who is their dispatcher and administrative aid on weekdays. The Sheriffs department dispatches for the department on weekends and nights. Additionally there are 4 constables and 2 deputy constables, 7 Department of Public Safety troopers, 2 game wardens in Kerr County and the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission agent for this region is based in Kerr County. The county is served by three prosecutor's offices. The Kerr County Attorney's Office has the county attorney plus one assistant county attorney and four administrative and clerical staff. The 216th Judicial District that also covers Kendall, Bandera and Gillespie counties has one district attorne~ and two assistant DAs, and 3 administrative/clerical positions. The 198 Judicial District which also serves Kimble, Mason, Menard, and McCullough counties has an assistant DA and a satellite office in Kerrville. Both the 216th and 198th now have special investigators in their offices. In 2005 the Kerr County Court at Law disposed of 2,603 misdemeanor cases, an increase of about 100 cases from the previous year and up almost 300 cases from five years ago. The 216th and 198th district courts disposed of 674 cases in 2005, up slightly from 668 cases in 2004. The case load in the district courts is continuing to increase. As of Oct. 10, 2006, they have disposed of 406 cases in 2006, but have 907 cases still pending in the two courts in Kerr County. (statistics according to reports submitted to the Texas Office of Court Administration) Kerr County Community Plan Pam 3 Kerr County has one Crime Victims Coordinator funded by a federal Victims of Crime Act Grant. The coordinator maintains an offrce in the courthouse and works with victims referred by all of the law enforcement agencies and the prosecutors' offices. The coordinator has also worked with felony victims in selected felony cases this year in Bandera and Gillespie counties at the request of the prosecutor. Bandera County currently has no CVC and this is the first year for Gillespie County to have a designated person in the county attorney's office. Within the county there are 17 public school campuses and several smaller parochial and private schools. Growth in the county's school population is slower because of the demographics of people moving to Kerr County, many of which do not have school-age children. School enrollment in the public schools in Kerr County in the fall of 2006 totaled 7,089 students The largest school district is Kerrville ISD with an enrollment of 4,869 students. The smallest, Divide ISD, began the 2006-2007 school year with 20 students. All of the districts reported some growth in school population over 2005 figures. All of the Kerr County public school campuses are rated either "Academically Acceptable" "Recognized" or "°' "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency. The latest available (2003- 2004) school dropout rates, according to the TEA website, for Kerrville ISD was 1.1 %, Ingram ISD was .5% and Center Point ISD was .7%. Statewide dropout rates for 2003-2004 were .9%. Dropout rates for 2004-2005 wil! be posted in late November 2006 on the TEA website. Kerr County has three hospitals and several retirement, nursing and assisted living facilities. The three hospitals are Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital, the Kerrville State Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, a part of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. Sid Peterson Hospital will become Peterson Regional Medical Center when it opens its new 125 bed, 250,000 square foot facility built on a 36-acre tract of land south of the downtown area in 2008. The $75 million dollar hospital facility is the largest construction project in Kerr County history. The employment base in Kerr County is based on the growing healthcare industry and businesses that support healthcare services, a mixture of government jobs, retail businesses, service industry jobs, some manufacturing and the construction trades. The county's wage scale is lower than average but the unemployment rate is also low, currently below 3%. Kerr County Community Plan page 4 An Alamo Worksource Center is located in Kerrville which draws persons from Kendall, Bandera, Gillespie and Kerr counties. The center provides information and guidance to persons who are looking for work or training to improve themselves in the job market. There is no significant heavy industry in Kerr County. Several small corporations such as Mooney Airplane Company and James Avery Craftsmen have larger numbers of employees. Agriculture is still a notable part of the county's economic base but tourism is the most significant single industry in the county. Kerr Cowty Community Plan page 5 QuickFacts from U.S. Census Bureau People QuickFacts Kerr County Population, 2005 estimate ........................................................ ......................46,496 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 ............... ... ... ...................6.5% Population, 2000 .................................................................... .......................43,653 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 ................................... ...................... 20.2% Persons, under 5 years old, percent, 2004 ................................... .........................5.5% Persons, under 18 years old, percent, 2004 ................................. ........................21.9% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 .............................. .......................24.4% Female persons, percent, 2004 ................................................. .......................51.8% White persons, percent, 2004 ................................................... ..........................96% Black persons, percent, 2004 .................................................... ..... ....................1.9°~ American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 .....................................0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2004 ............................................................ .................0.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 ...................... .. ...............0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 .............................. .................0.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 ................................ ...............21.6% White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 .......................................... ...............75.1 Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 ....................... ...............51.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 .................................................. ................ 6.6% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 .............. ...............18.2% High School graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 ...................... ...............81.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 ..................... ...............23.3°~ Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 ................................................ .............10,156 -- Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 .....................................18.3 Housing Units, 2004 ......................................................................................21,074 Kea County Community Plan page 6 Homeownership rate, 2000 ....................................... ... ............. .......................73.3% Housing units inmulti-unit structures, percent, 2000 ...................... .......................13.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 ..................... ..................... $96,600 Households, 2000 ................................................................... ......................17,813 Persons per household, 2000 .................................................... .........................2.35 Per capita money income, 1999 ................................................ ..................... $19,767 Median household income, 2003 ............................................... .....................$35,871 Persons below poverty, Percent, 2003 ........................................ .......................13.7% Business QuickFacts Kerr County Private non-farm establishments, 2003 ............... ... ..................... ........................1,399 Private non farm employment, 2003 ........................................... ......................14,922 Private non-farm employment, percent change 2000-2003 .............. ........................4.2°h Non-employer establishments, 2003 .......................................... .........................4,203 Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) ..................................... .....................111,136 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) ....................................................... .....................528,960 Retail sales per capita, 2002 ..................................................... .....................$11,801 Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 ......... ........................ ........................17.2% Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 ................................. ........................23.2°h Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 ....................... ...........................104 Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) .................................... ............ .....................343,932 Geography QuickFacts Kerr County Land area, 2000 (square miles) ..................... ............................ .........................1,106 Persons per square mile, 2000 ................................................. ..........................39.5 FIPS Code .................................................................. .......... ...........................265 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Kerrville, TX Micro Area Kerr County Community Plan Page 7 Community Planning Team In developing this Community Plan, members of the team were divided into several focus groups for the purpose of narrowing the scope of research and data that are incorporated into the Plan. Some members may serve in multiple capacities/categories. Communit Pfannin Chair Person: Name Agency Address E-mail Phone Rosa Kerr County Suite CB 103 700 Main rlavender(rdco.kerr.tx.us 830-792-2297 Lavender Victims Services , Kerrville, Texas 78028 hwenile Services: Name Agency Address E-mail Phone Chair, Jason Kerr County 700 Main idavis(r•Dco.kerr.tx.us 830-896-9013 Davis Juvenile Suite BA100 Probation Dept Kerrville, Texas 78028 830-257-6110 Kevin Stanton Kerr County 3501 Legion Dr. kstantonla~co.kerr.tx.us Juvenile Kerrville, Texas 78028 Detenfion Facility 830-792-2211 Pat Tinley Kerr County 700 Main ptinlevCa)co.kerr.tx.us Judge/Juvenile Kemille, Texas 78028 Judge 830-257-2201 Vicki Barron Director KSTAR PO Box 290962 kstar(a~ktc.com 830-896-5437 Kerrville, Texas 78029 Sheryl Director-Hill PO Box 291817 shervlhoward(rDhillcountrv 830-257-7088 Howazd Country Crisis Kerrville, Texas 78029 crisiscouncil.orp Council Patsy Lackey Hill Country POBox 291817 patsy(tDhillcountrvcrisisco 830-257-7088 Crisis Council Kerrville, Texas 78029 uncil.orp Hilton Farris Advocate-H000 PO Box 291817 hilton(Dhillcountrverisisco 830-257-7088 Kerrville, Texas 78029 uncil.org Diane Oehler Hill CouNry PO Box 290493 hccasa(rDktc.eom 830-896-2272 CASA Kerrville, Texas 78029 Kerr County Community Judy Sullivan Director-Kids' PO Box 291722 KAP2(rDktc.com 830-895-4527 Advocacy Place Kerrville, Texas 78029 Elizabeth Kids'Advocacy PO Box 291772 IG4P2~a ktc.com 830-895-4527 Osorio Place Kerrville, Texas 78029 Patrick Cass Director-Doyle 110 West Barnett patricc(rDktc.com 830-257-4446 School Kerrville, Texas 78028 Community Center Jesse Herrera Kerr County 700 Main iherrera~ktc.com 830-896-9013 Juvenile Suite BAI00 Probation Dept. Kem~ille, Texas 78028 VICtIM SP_t'VICP_S' Name A enc Address E-mail Phone Chair, IIse Kerr County 700 Main ibailev(a~co.kerr.tx.us 830-792-2225 Bailey Attorney's Suite BA103 Office Kerrville, Texas 78028 Rosa Lavender Kerr County 700 Main rlavenderCa co.kerr.tx.us 830-792-2297 Victims Suite CB103 Services Dept. Kemille, Texas 75028 Sheryl Howard Director-HCCC PD Box 291817 shervlhoward(rDhillcountrvcrisiscou 830-257-7088 Kemille, Texas 78029 ncil.or PO Box 291817 patsv(~hillcountrvcrisiscou g30-257-7088 Patsy Lackey HCCC Kem~ille, Texas 78029 ncil.or PO Box 291817 Hilton@hillcountrvcrisiscou g30-257-7088 Hilton Farris HCCC Kerrville, Texas 78029 ncil.or Judy Sullivan Director-Kids' 1300 E. Main KAP2(a~ktc.COm 830-895-4527 Advocacy Place Kerrville, Texas 78028 Elizabeth Kids' Advocacy 1300 E. Main KAP2(rDktc.com 830-895-4527 Osorio Place Kerrville, Texas 78028 Gloria Lorik Kids' Advocacy 1300 E. Main KAP2Cr~ktc.com 830-895-4527 Place Kerrville, Texas 78028 Mary Haney American Red 333 Earl Garrett ma bethhane ahoo.com g30-257-4677 Cross Kerrville, Texas 78028 Kerr County Community I aw Fnfnrr_pment: Name Agency Address E-maid Phone Chair, Rowan Ingram City 226 Hwy 39 rzachrv ingramtx.com 830-367-2636 Zachry Marshal's Dept Ingram, Texas 78025 William Ingram City 226 Hwy 39 bavcocktrrdingramtx.com 830-367-2636 Aycock Marshal's Dept Ingram, Texas 78029 Jeffrey Kerrville Police 429 Sidney Baker JeffrevWCc;)Kerrville.org 830-792-2704 Wendling Dept. Kerrville, Texas 78028 Rob Kerrville Police 429 Sidney Baker RobM(a~Kerrville.org 830-792-2716 McCutcheon Dept. Kerrville, Teams 78028 Bi11Hill Kerr County 400CIearwaterPaseo bhill(iilco.kerr.tx.us 830-896-1216 Sheri&'s Office Kerrville, Texas 78u028 Homeland Security: Name Agency ~ Address E-mail Phone Clair, Bill Kerr Emergency 819 Water St Suite 270 WEA911(aWktc.com 830-792-5911 Amerine 911 Network Kerrville, Texas 78028 Christine CounryAttomey/ 700 Main, Suite BA103 cmcentvrelrDco.kerr.tx.us 830-792-2226 McEnryre CERT/CARRY Kem~ille, Texas 78028 Mike Heath Kerrville Area 2181 Goat Creek Rd. mheathCrDmichaelaustinindu 830-367-3800 Rural Firefighters Kerrville, Texas 78028 stries.com Association Health and Famil Services Name Agency Address E-mail Phone Micheel Chair of State Dept 819 Water St. Suite 290 micheel.valdez(a)dshsst 830-896-5515 , Valdez . Health Services Kerrville, Texas 78028 ate.tx.us Bill Treybig St. Vmcent de 1145 Broadway none 830-257-4677 Paul Kerrville, Texas 78028 Susan Kaiser Sid Peterson 710 Water St skaiserCa~somh.com 830-258-7448 Memorial Kerrville, Teams 78028 Hospital Janice Hill Country 819 Water St ikennemerCa7hillcountrv. 830-792-3300 Kennemer MHMR Kerrville, Texas 78028 o~cr Virginia Hill Coutrt