Hays County residents will soon be able to look up subdivision maps and developments online by way of an interactive map powered by Esri technology.
“We have this capability, so we decided, why not use it?” said Marcus Pacheco from the county’s Development Services Department.
Pacheco gave a presentation to the commissioners showing how the map will give information about potential developments in Hays County. Users can search any address or major road or intersection. The map will then give a pop-up window showing the development name, total lots, total acreage, if it is within a city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, water and wastewater information and the development’s current status. Users will also be able to download a PDF of a subdivision’s preliminary plat.
“Mainly what we wanted to show you guys is that this is going to provide you a snapshot of the development being developed,” Pacheco said.
The map’s full launch is expected to happen by the end of March. Residents will be able to access it through a link on the county’s website.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting, Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell gave a brief update on the status of the Electro Purification contested case hearing. Shell said that a mediation is scheduled for Monday, March 4, and he will update the commissioners court at the next meeting after that. Electro Purification intends to produce 912.5 million gallons of wholesale water per year by drawing from the Middle Trinity Aquifer.
In other business Tuesday morning, the commissioners approved a donation of two microchip pet scanners from the Friends of Wimberley Lost and Found Pets Group to Constable Precinct 3 Ray Helm’s office.
“I talked to some of the pet leaders … and they decided to do a GoFundMe page to fund these pet scanners so I can have one each shift,” Helm told the commissioners.
Helm said that often, people in his jurisdiction find lost pets and don’t know what to do with them other than post their pictures on Facebook and contact his office.
“They contact us, and we don’t know know what to do besides repost,” he said.
Helm noted that microchips can be put in any sort of pet, including horses, and the scanners will help reunite lost animals with their human families.
“You can put them in any animal,” he said. “You could put them in a lizard.”
Commissioners also selected the firm LNV Inc. to perform a signal warrant study and signal design for the intersection of County Road 266 and Redwood Road.
“This is really a very busy intersection, and we think a signal study is warranted,” Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe said. “We get many inquiries regarding the safety of that intersection.”
