Bonds may abound this election season as the Kendall County commissioners are set Monday morning to formally decide whether another bond proposal will be placed on the November ballot to secure public land for parks and conservation efforts.
The discussion will take place during the commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting 9 a.m. Monday at the Kendall County Courthouse.
The discussion among commissioners about a potential bond proposal was spurred by a presentation from the executive director of the Hill Country Alliance, a nonprofit organization that for nearly two decades has worked to preserve natural resources in the Hill Country.
During her presentation, HCA Director Katherine Romans urged the county commissioners to match the “explosive growth” in development and population in Kendall County with money toward protecting natural resources and undeveloped land. She said about 4 percent of the land in Kendall County has been developed while 3 percent has been conserved, leaving about 93 percent of the county in limbo.
“There are a broad diversity of reasons for why a community decides to invest in conservation,” Romans said earlier this month. “All of them are worthy and all of them in Texas in particular are really supported by the voters. We have some of the highest rates for support for conservation measures on the ballot than any other state in the country, and it’s really particularly in the Hill Country because people understand that’s where our water comes from. That’s where our quality of life comes from.”
Last month, Brent Evans, co-founder of the Cibolo Center for Conservation, informed the commissioners of the narrow timeline they have if they want to see a bond proposal on the ballot this year. The commissioners will have to formally call the election by Aug. 22, which is the last day allowed under state law to order a general or special election and is subsequently the very day the commissioners are meeting.
Evans, along with others in support of a conservation bond issuance, conducted survey calls to Kendall County residents since he last spoke to the commissioners to gauge public opinion which he will present to the commissioners Monday morning.
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