Anthem, a gigantic planned subdivision on ranchland west of Mountain City (as close as 200 feet from Mountain City) is back in Mountain City news. They’ve requested an amended development agreement with Mountain City.
The development agreement is with Mountain City because the property is in Mountain City’s ETJ, stemming from a time when some ranchers along FM 150 requested annexation into Mountain City’s ETJ as protection from Austin land grabs.
Action was not taken at the February city council meeting. A public hearing on the amended development agreement will take place Feb. 28, 6 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be posted in a manner that will permit the council to discuss and take possible action on the approval of the document after the public hearing.
If you did not receive the city’s communication via email about the drainage study of the existing conditions of culverts throughout the city, visit mountaincitytx.com to find the culvert inventory and engineer’s report on the condition of the culverts and recommended plan of action.
The first recommendation as a whole for Mountain City is to request and initiate individual homeowners to clear and repair their culverts. Some culverts are occluded and crushed, but a general culvert maintenance task will provide improvement as a whole. Be a good neighbor.
In January, the council approved that the engineers take a more in-depth study of three primary locations of concern. The results of this next report will be to provide recommendations with the intent to improve drainage for the areas.
Also at mountaincitytx.com, find a link for “Pay My Water Bill by Credit Card.” It’s near the upper right top of the page under “Useful Sites and Information.”
The city water system is now sophisticated to the point it gives an alert to Vicki Senefeld, our city treasurer, when a resident’s water usage shows a significant leak. Vicki gave us a courtesy call this week.
This weekend, President’s Day weekend, is the Great Backyard Bird Count. Feb. 15-18, join people from around the world in counting wild birds. Then submit your data online for scientists to use in their research.
I recommend the shortcut. All data entered into eBird.org (or the eBird app) goes into the official count. Yes! Count birds anywhere, anytime, with eBird.
And, at any time, at the Merlin app home page, select “Explore Birds” to find a list, with photos, of birds most likely to be found in/near Mountain City on that day. Selecting the name of a species brings up ID info, sounds, and map.
Anywhere, anytime you can send tidbits to [email protected] (subject: Tidbit.) Keep Montage flying. Thanks! Love to you, PTom.
