Kyle declares population of 50K, extends ETJ to 3.5 miles

The city of Kyle took the first step toward becoming an “entitlement city” Feb. 18. On first reading the city council unanimously approved a resolution declaring the city to have a population in excess of 50,000 and to correspondingly increase its ETJ from two miles from the city limits to three and a half.

Among other things, that would entitle the city to received federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Mayor Travis Mitchell explained.

“We’ve obviously never received that from the federal government before,” Mitchell said.