Tis New Year brings opportunity to contact our Texas State Representative, Jason Isaac, if you have a comment about the proposed 2,200 home Anthem community MUD (Municipal Utility District), which Clark Wilson hopes to build in Mountain City’s “backyard”, just west of Mountain City.
If ever there was a time to make your voice heard to your state representative, the time is now. You can be sure that Clark Wilson will move swiftly to attempt to obtain the State’s approval for the MUD. Clark Wilson plans to have the first homes ready in two – three years.
A MUD must receive State approval. Representative Isaac holds a powerful voice as he represents us, his constituents.
At the Mountain City City Council Meeting where the Development Agreement for Anthem was approved, Mayor Tiffany Curnutt expressed astonishment at the quantity of water Anthem plans to pump from the Trinity Aquifer: up to ONE MILLION GALLONS per day.
No one knows the effect on our aquifer (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer) of pumping from the Trinity Aquifer. BSEACD General Manager John Dupnik told the Hays Free Press that such pumping could potentially affect numerous wells in the immediate vicinity. (See last week’s Hays Free Press, front page story, for details.)
Water is increasingly becoming our most valuable commodity.
Don’t be fearful of placing a call to Representative Isaac’s office. Receiving our calls as he represents us, his constituents, is what he’s there for. The person who answers his phone will take a message on whether you are for or against the Anthem MUD.
When I phoned, I received word that Representative Isaac is very interested in his constituent’s input regarding MUD’s, particularly the Anthem MUD.
Mountain City’s well pumped 22 million gallons in 2013, just 60,264 day with large lot sizes of up to over one acre. Anthem’s 2,200 homes will be as close together as 10 feet. Yes, approval was given for homes to sit five feet from the property line.
Happy new year!
Pauline
Representative
Jason Isaac
(512) 463-0647 Phone
(512) 463-3573 Fax
