Information
in italics
was presented to me 8/20/01 by Gene Dawson, president of
Pape-Dawson Engineers,
and Trish DeBerry, president of Guerra-DeBerry-Coody
Marketing, the lead team in the effort by
Lumbermen's Investment Corp. to reach an agreement with
San Antonio and Bexar County to develop a golf resort in northeast
Bexar County.
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Lumbermen's
Investment Corp. projects in San Antonio include Olympia Hills Neighborhood,
Northwest Crossing, Springs at Stone Oak, Glens at Stone Oak and currently
developing Dominion Ridge.
LIC has
invested $6,800,000 to date in water lines, permits and storage tanks.
The City of San Antonio will incur NO debt when the development is
annexed. LIC will guarantee the debt service on bonds sold by
the District in the early stages of development.
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9/9/01
S.A.
Express-News story "A devil's choice"
1/6/02
San Antonio Express
News story on political bedfellows and suspicious
negotiations
SENATE
BILL 1629
Cibolo Canyon Conservation and Improvement District
Beneficiary:
Lumbermen's Investment Corp., a subsidiary of Texas-based conglomerate
Temple-Inland, one of the state's largest corporate landowners.
Key lawmaker: Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio. Read
the Bill
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The
PGA property has 5 wells in the Trinity aquifer, beneath the Edwards.
Aquifer
Maps
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Original
PGA Village in Florida--
pitched as being "where players of all skill levels can come play,
stay, live or learn at the only golf resort and community with courses
owned and operated by The PGA of America.
"Enjoy 72 Championship golf holes from the world's finest architects
... plus the new state of the art 35-acre PGA Learning Center™.
PGA Village is located
30 minutes north of the Palm Beaches in Port St. Lucie, on Florida's
famous Treasure Coast™.
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developers say they already have approval in place for a previous
plan, and that if the "new plan with golf" is not approved,
they will revert to Plan A. Below are the comparisons they presented...
the message being that the old plan is much worse, so go with
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Approved
Plan Residential Only
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New Plan with Golf
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C H A N G E
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Both in Bexar
County within San Antonio Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, over Edwards
Aquifer Recharge Zone
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Total acres
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2,855
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2,855
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0
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Acres in
drainage, greenbelts, open space and Prop. 3 set asides
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210
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2,020
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+1,810
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Total
number of houses and apartment units to be built
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9,075
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3,000
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-6,075
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Total
EDUs from SAWS
A - without recycled water
B - with recycled water
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9,060
9,060
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5,775
3,580
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-3,285
-5,480
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Sources
of water
A- primary
B- secondary
C - Third source
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SAWS
none
none
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SAWS
recycled water
Trinity Aquifer
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Recycled water
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Comply
with San Antonio ordinances
A - Tree ordinance
B - Water Quality
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Grandfathered
Grandfathered
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Voluntary
compliance with "goals" of both
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Voluntary
compliance with "goals" of both
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Traffic
projections
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Intense
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Moderate
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-75%
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2.5-million gallon "recycled
water" plant (sewage
treatment plant)
built to SAWS and TNRCC specifications, with 100% emergency backup connection
to SAWS sewer lines -- also able to treat waste water from Ackerman,
Indian Springs and Century Oaks, potentially eliminating 3,100 septic
tanks on adjacent sites
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Projected
property values to be taxed in 15 years
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$ 543,600,000
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$ 1,300,000,000
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+139%
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Estimated
annual tax revenue for City, Schools, County, Hospital District
et al in 15 years
Property tax
Hotel & Motel
T O
T A L
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$ 16,308,000
0
$ 16,308,000
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$ 39,000,000
7,000,000
$ 46,000,000
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+182%
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Tax District will finance and maintain roads, water lines, sewer
lines, drainage improvements, parks, open space and water quality
improvement measures subject to appropriate regulatory approval. Other
tax revenues will go 100% to Bexar County, hospital district and appropriate
School Districts
"The District may
pay for these improvements by taxing all the private investments
built within the district such as hotels, golf courses, condominiums,
apartments and homes through hotel/motel, ad valorem and sales
taxes"
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At
the PGA Public Meeting Wednesday Sept. 19 the developer announced
that NO water will be drawn from the Trinity aquifer, saying
the existing Trinity wells will be sealed
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However,
even though the direct-tap wells will close, keep in mind that
some of the water contracted from the San Antonio Water System
for PGA Village will come from the Trinity. --Brad
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