Buda City Council

By Brittany Kelley BUDA — On Nov. 8, the Buda City Council voted to accept the historic Buda Train Depot from the current owner and return the structure to the city.

Staff Report BUDA— MileStone Community Builders has agreed to the term sheet adopted by the Buda City Council, according to a news release. The city council issued a revised term sheet at its Oct. 17 meeting. The term sheet outlines the conditions under which the city council will consider bringing the project into the Buda city limits and serving the project with water and wastewater utilities, as previously reported by the Hays Free Press. According to the city, the development terms still need to be finalized in a development agreement, along with financing terms related to a public improvement district and tax increment reinvestment zone.

At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Buda City Council adopted a revised development term sheet for the Persimmon Project located on RM 967 on the Armbruster and Bailey tracts.

BUDA — At its Oct. 11 meeting, Buda City Council voted 7-0 to allow Bailey Land Investments, LP to remove approximately 459 acres of land from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

Staff Report BUDA — Buda City Council adopted the budget for the 2024 fiscal year at its Sept. 19 meeting.

Staff Report BUDA — Buda City Council voted on Tuesday, Sept. 19 to contest a recent petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the formation of a municipal utility district (MUD) that would serve the proposed Persimmon residential development adjacent to RM 967.

BUDA — Buda City Council explored options for the city’s future at its meeting held on Tuesday, Sept. 5, after hearing a presentation on the final draft of the 2023 Downtown Master Plan and tabling a resolution to approve the Transit Development Plan (TDP).

City sets public hearing on budget, tax rate

“A lot of people speak and want to do things, but then there are a lot of people who do things,” said former senator Gonzalo Barrientos. “She did things.”

— Several citizens came forward to voice their concerns regarding the proposed Persimmon development at the regular Buda City Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1 prior to a workshop and deliberation in an effort to establish terms for a development agreement (DA) with MileStone Community Builders.

BUDA — After a heated discussion about traffic, Buda City Council approved a request for a zoning map amendment from interstate business to planned development for the property to be known as Azure Modern Living, located off East Main Street near the I-35 intersection, following a public hearing at its July 18 meeting.

Staff Report BUDA — On Tuesday, June 20, the Buda City Council passed changes to its water restrictions during drought stages I, II, III and IV.

HAYS COUNTY — Cities throughout Hays County are grappling with the unknown effects of a recently passed bill by the Texas Legislature during the 88th regular session, H.B. 2127 — also known as the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, or what some are calling “The Death Star Act.”

BUDA — A trip into the connecting Whispering Hollow and Summer Pointe parks yields children playing, dogs running and retired couples walking — a truly idyllic scene. This type of welcoming environment lends itself to more residents buying homes in the area— a sentiment residents feel may change.

BUDA — At its April 17 meeting, Buda City Council was presented with the audit of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2022, which ended Sept. 30, 2022.