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JUNE 13 - JULY 11, 2016 VOL. 4, ISSUE 12

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Not to worry, because the slightly tweaked version you now have in your possession in no way detracts from all the great news stories, events, features and other items the audience of LOCAL Community News has come to know and love.

Nothing is diminished except the actual size of the newsprint on which the paper is printed.

Why the change? There are a number of reasons.

For one, LOCAL offers newspaper-style content, but with a magazine look and feel. This new design is in keeping with and maintaining more of a magazine appearance.

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Green grass is nice, but at what cost?by SUSAN YERKES

The long, hot South Texas

summer is back. It’s a good time to seek air-conditioned respite, lounge in a shady

backyard or dive into a cool pool. It’s also a good time to think seriously about the price we all pay for lovely lawns, plantings and pools in the land of blistering heat.

Thick green lawns are beautiful, no doubt about it. Many of us have

grown up with a mental picture of the ideal American house, complete with a wide front lawn. Each May, whole sections of stores fill up with plants and lawn-care accessories. We’re barraged with advertisements touting the glories of yards carpeted in lush, lovely, wiggle-your-toes-in-it grass.

Maintaining a lawn takes a whole lot of water when we’re not experiencing a deluge – about 300 gallons just to irrigate 1,000 square feet of grass at half an inch. In hot, dry climates, evaporation sucks up a lot before it’s even absorbed. In the summer, up to 50 percent of household use goes toward outdoor watering. That’s not counting swimming pools. The average outdoor pool takes 18,000 gallons to fill, and loses 1,000 gallons or more to evaporation each month. In comparison, the average home served by the San Antonio Water System uses about 7,100 gallons of water monthly.

Some folks just give up and let the grass die. Others conserve, watering just enough to keep the grass on life support, or creating hardy, native xeriscapes. Still others go for

broke, watering as much as their towns and cities allow, and sometimes more.

While the cost of water steadily has risen, it’s still a good deal. However, as growth continues, and sustained drought and increasing temperatures stress the Edwards Aquifer, it will only get pricier. Bexar County is projected to add as many as a million more residents by 2025.

That’s a lot more people taking showers, flushing toilets, running washing machines and dishwashers … and watering lawns. As we grow, new developments are spreading.

As water demand escalates, SAWS is focused on the hotter, drier future. A new, state-of-the-art groundwater desalination plant rising on the South Side is a plus. Yet, the real whopper of a water deal is the Vista Ridge pipeline proposal, which SAWS predicts could bring us up to 16 billion gallons a year from Burleson County’s Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer.

The water company wants to make sure we have an abundant supply for years to come … not a bad thing. Yet, all the new water is going to cost us. By 2020, SAWS estimates the average residential

customer’s monthly water and sewer bill could increase by as much as 50 percent.

What can we as individuals do to help conserve our most vital natural resource? In the past few decades, San Antonians have curtailed usage, thanks to increased public education, water-saving technologies and xeriscaping. Recently, SAWS CEO Robert Puente told the City Council over those years, conservation alone has preserved as much water as we’d get from three Vista Ridge pipelines combined.

Keep conserving! Find alternatives to green, grassy lawns. Check your pipes and sprinklers for leaks. Locate tons of tips online at saws.org. Talk to people – including elected officials — about saving water, both as residents and as a city. Austin just passed an ordinance limiting use of sprinkler systems year-round to once a week. District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg tried to pass something similar for San Antonio, but the political will isn’t there — yet.

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While the city’s Animal Care Services reports dog-on-dog attacks are few, at least one tearful young woman said she would never return to the canine recreational area at Hardberger Park after her Pomeranian was mauled to death by another dog.

Such accounts are heartbreaking; for

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First, make sure your pet’s vaccinations are up-to-date.

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At the venue, don’t leave your animal tethered, as this only makes it harder for Fido to run or maneuver if attacked.

Also, if you and your pet are unaccustomed to a dog park, find a smaller, less-crowded park to get started.

Owners should also exercise patience with other owners. Finally, don’t forget to clean up your pet’s messes.

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NEISD BOARD The next meeting of North East Independent School District

trustees is 5:30 p.m. at 8961 Tesoro Drive. To confirm dates and times of sessions, normally scheduled on the second Monday of the month, call 407-0533.

CASTLE HILLS The next City Council meetings are slated for 6:30 p.m. in City Hall,

209 Lemonwood Drive, on the second Tuesday of the month. For more, visit http://www.cityofcastlehills.com/.

GIFTS FOR DAD, AMERICAWith Father’s Day here, youngsters can show their

affection by offering a handmade gift. The meeting room at the Cody Branch Library, 11441 Vance Jackson Road, provides such an opportunity on June 14 with a holiday-specific arts-and–crafts session from 3:30-5 p.m. The same time, two weeks later, tykes get another shot, making patriotic items in honor of the Fourth of July. For more, call Sheila Acosta at 207-9100.

DROP-IN MAHJONGThe Senior Center at the Barshop Jewish Community

Center is the site for mahjong on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30

p.m. Coffee will be served. Everyone is welcome. The JCC is on the Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community, 12500 N.W. Military Highway. For more, call Cathy Pottorf at 302-6870.

SILVER CINEMA At 1 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of the month, a

free film is screened for senior citizens at the Barshop Jewish Community Center’s Holzman Auditorium; there’s no cost for popcorn and coffee, too. Walk-ins are welcome. The JCC is on the Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community, 12500 N.W. Military Highway. For more, call 302-6860.

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREEBexar County Master Gardeners’ educational

seminars and general meetings are held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive, Suite 208. This month’s topic from 1-3:30 p.m. titled “Orange and Black is the New Black” centers on the monarch butterfly and its mania for San Antonio. There will be chocolate, too. For more, visit www.bexarmg.org.

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KIDS EXPLORE NATURE Children get an opportunity to learn about, and witness,

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DISCOVERING FIREFLIESCome to the western entrance of Hardberger

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SHAVANO PARK The City Council holds its next monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. in City

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CAMP GAN ISRAEL The summer camp at 14535 Blanco Road, presented by

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CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENTThe meeting room at the Cody Branch Library,

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NISD TRUSTEES The Northside Independent School District board regularly meets

the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the conference room at 5900 Evers Road. Sessions are open to the public. For more, visit www.nisd.net.

WHAT’S COOKING Green Vegetarian Cuisine provides a twist on a Texas

favorite by presenting “Cooking With Green: Vegan Summer BBQ” at 7 p.m. at the Barshop Jewish Community Center. The JCC is on the Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community, 12500 N.W. Military Highway. For more, including an updated menu and to reserve a spot, visit www.jccsanantonio.org or call Maya Siler at 302-6867.

PUPPET PLAY Hey kids, Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre, known for international

folktales and regional historical fiction,

often with live music, will perform in the meeting room at the Cody Branch Library, 11441 Vance Jackson Road. Tickets are required. The production, “The Fisherman and His Wife,” is at 1 p.m. For more, call Sheila Acosta at 207-9100.

CRITTERS AS PETS Environmental educator Tom Kinsey brings a myriad of

live, exotic animals to the Urban Ecology Center within Hardberger Park, 8400 N.W. Military Highway (western entrance), from 9-11 a.m. Space is limited for the family-oriented event. A kid-friendly craft is included. The conservancy program is free, but a $3 donation per person or $5 per family is suggested. For more, visit http://www.philhardbergerpark.org/.

INDEPENDENCE DAY Celebrate the Fourth of July a couple of days early in Shavano Park

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The City Hall grounds, 900 Saddletree Court, will be the site for carnival rides, face painting, games, music, a deejay and more. For updated details, visit http://www.shavanopark.org/.

CASTLE HILLS PARTYCelebrate America’s 240th birthday with a short parade

for decorated bicycles, strollers,wagons and other non-motorized vehicles, then bring chairs and blankets to the Commons — on Lemonwood Drive between City Hall and the Municipal Building — for a watermelon-seed spitting contest, a picnic with hamburgers and hot dogs, a water slide and other traditional events. For details, contact


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PLAY THE VIOLIN Texas Strings Music Center, 15609 N.W. Military Highway,

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RELIGIOUS STUDIES FOR KIDSWoodland Baptist Church, 15315 Huebner Road, conducts

Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon for kids who have finished kindergarten through fifth grade. Registration is underway at www.woodlandbc.org/VBS. For more, call 493-4501.

NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN While schoolchildren are vacationing, grown-ups

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classes are taught in NEISD facilities or the district’s Community Learning Center, 8750 Tesoro Drive. For more, visit https://communityed.neisd.net or call Carrie Smith, NEISD Community Education Coordinator, at 401-0140.

MUSIC FOR A CAUSE The County Line Bar-B-Q’s live music series is

back this year on a new night. Weekly entertainment, until October, benefits the San Antonio Food Bank, with the headliner performing from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on the open-air patio. Admission is free, but attendees can contribute a nonperishable food item or monetary donation to the food bank. Upcoming performers include Blue Water Highway Band (June 16); John Baumann (June 23); Mike and the Moonpies (June 30); Matt Kimbrow (July 7); and Dawn & Hawkes (July 14). The restaurant is at 10101 Interstate 10 West. For an updated music lineup and more, visit http://countyline.com/I10Music_shedule_sponsors.html or call 641-1998.

GOODWILL PICKUPSGoodwill Industries offers donation pickup services for

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ELSEWHERE IN SAN ANTONIORETIRED TEACHERS MEETINGThe North San Antonio Retired Teachers Association

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1. ASTON BALLROOM DANCE, 14602 Huebner Road, Suite 130, opened this spring in a 2,800-square-foot facility to offer dancing lessons as well as a place to hold special events on the North Side. Dances range from the foxtrot and the cha-cha to the waltz, tango, country, East or West Coast swing, salsa, bachata and rumba. Hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. For more, call 620-3662 or visit astonballroomdance.com. (See story on page 21)

2. BAHAMA BUCKS ORIGINAL SHAVED ICE CO., 938 Wurzbach Parkway, Suite 109, is the second location for owner Amber Higgs, with a third on the way in New Braunfels. The Wurzbach locale, which debuted May 24, features 100 flavors of snow cones to turn those hot summer days into frosty mini-vacations. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. For more, call 885-3464 or visit bahamabucks.com. (See story on page 22)

3. LOCAL HEALTH MARKET, 16535 Huebner Road, Suite 112, had a soft opening in September but held its grand opening in February. The venue is run by a nutritionist and includes six or seven vendors specializing in healthy, organic products that range from essential juices to all-natural laundry detergent. Hours

are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and closed Sunday. For more, visit localhealthmarket.com or facebook.com/localhealthmarketsa/.

IN OTHER NEWSSCHOOL LUNCH PRICES ARE INCREASING BY 10 CENTS for the 2016-17 academic year in the Northside Independent School District. Trustees approved the “small increase” at the May 10 board meeting to meet federal mandates, they said. The new price brings elementary lunches to $2.10 and middle and high school lunches to $2.35. Breakfast prices remain the same.

TRUSTEE KATIE REED OF THE NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has been re-elected as board president.

MIRELLA CAMPBELL, formerly the vice principal at Locke Hill Elementary School, was named the new principal at Scarborough Elementary during a recent meeting of the Northside Independent School District board.

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HAYDEE CANELA OF OAK MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was named Elementary Teacher of the Year when the North East Independent School District celebrated its educators during a May 4 banquet at The Club at Sonterra. The fete, held during National Teacher Appreciation Week, honored a total 72 NEISD instructors. All campus Teachers of the Year received plaques, $100 checks and more. NEISD’s top area high school instructors included Ashley Taplin (NEISD International




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CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED Elizabeth Espinosa, Reagan Genee Garner and Devyn Sunderland as winners of the 2015-16 Spirit Scholarship awarded by the Churchill Spirit Club. Espinosa has been a spirit organization member for four years, and has performed on the pep squad, drill team and in other roles. She also served as the co-captain for the varsity dance team her senior year. She is graduating summa cum laude and will be attending Texas A&M University in College Station majoring in business. Garner has been on the cheer team for four years, and performed on the freshman squad, in addition to the junior varsity squads her junior and senior year. She also served as the captain her senior year. She is graduating magna cum laude and will attend the University of Alabama in the School of Business, majoring in accounting. Sunderland has been in the organization for three years, two of those on the varsity cheer squad. She was selected as the UCA All-American Cheerleader and the cheerleader of the week during her high school years. She is graduating summa cum laude, distinguished scholar, and will be attending Baylor University majoring in entrepreneurship and marketing. THE SAN ANTONIO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMISSION ANNOUNCED the recipients of its 2016 scholarship awards on May 11 in City Council chambers. Mayor Ivy Taylor and District 2 Councilman Alan Warrick II presented scholarships to 25 Bexar County-area high school students

as part of the annual program. The commission administers the program each year as part of its focus on youth and education, and awards “thousands of dollars in scholarships to help to fund a portion of the college tuition of local students, regardless of race or ethnicity.” Area recipients included Kennedy Tatum of Antonian College Preparatory High School, Keyanna Taylor of the International School of the Americas, and Lynette Adkins, Trisha Ashar and Hannah Zawatski, all of Clark High School. A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY IN MAY TO HERALD improvements to UTSA Boulevard included appearances by District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg, University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo and other dignitaries. Improvements include “reconstruction of the roadway, expansion of the two existing lanes to four lanes with a raised median and new left turn lanes,” a release said. Other improvements will include sidewalks, curbs, a shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists, and upgrades to traffic signals, signs and drainage, according to officials. “As one of many important projects in District 8, UTSA Boulevard is a key roadway for various daily commuters who live, work and attend classes at the University of Texas at San Antonio,” Nirenberg said in a prepared release. “Multi-modal enhancements will ensure that the commute improves not just for drivers but those who choose to walk and bike as well.”

THE NEWEST AREA RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES WERE FEATURED at the Spring Tour of Homes, sponsored by the Greater San Antonio Builders Association. This year’s event, held May 7-8 and May 11-15, featured 22 San Antonio-area communities and more than 80 homes constructed by local homebuilders. Shavano Park locations included Garden Villas at Bentley Manor (residences constructed by Prestige Homes); Huntington at Shavano Park, (Burdick Custom Homes); Shavano Highlands (David Weekley Homes, Monticello Homes, Rialto Homes and Japhet Builders); Salado Canyon at Rogers Ranch (Sitterle Homes); and Tivoli (Whitestone Custom Homes).


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A North East Independent School District candidate also returned for a fifth term.

In Castle Hills, more than 1,000

residents took part in balloting, lured by the high-profile VIA Metropolitan Transit proposal; voters said “yes” to continuing bus service inside the city limits.

But one of the council contests was notable for a different reason. Place 5 incumbent Douglas Gregory, who received 55 percent of the vote over former Mayor Bruce Smiley-Kaliff, also faced legal action from his opponent.

During early voting, Smiley-Kaliff filed a lawsuit against Gregory claiming the alderman alleged that “apparent friends” of Smiley-Kaliff had not paid a combined $134,000 in fees due to the city when Smiley-Kaliff was mayor.

The allegation was reportedly made in a Gregory campaign flier.

It was also claimed that Smiley-Kaliff as mayor opposed VIA’s operation in Castle Hills. In the lawsuit, Smiley-Kaliff denied all of the claims, adding that the rhetoric damaged his reputation and chances at election.

During the May 7 voting, Smiley-Kaliff did not return a request for comment. Gregory declined to address

the suit, but said he is happy Castle Hills voters wanted him to stay in office for at least one more two-year term.

“We’ve got to complete a master plan, and hopefully bring a bond issue to address the flooding and drainage issues across the city,” Gregory said. “Hopefully we can do all that in the next two years. And I’m glad the VIA question is settled.”

As of LOCAL Community News’ press deadline, the matter remained open.

Meanwhile, JR Trevino scored a narrow win for the Place 1 council seat, with 51 percent over Margo Pena. Trevino handles business development for his family company, Treco Enterprises. Pena is an interior designer.

The Place 1 match involved two local political newcomers. Trevino succeeds Lesley Wenger, who did not file for re-election.

Trevino thanked residents and even other area elected officials, such as San Antonio District 1 City Councilman Roberto Treviño and Bexar County Precinct 3 Commissioner Kevin Wolff, who backed his campaign.

The Castle Hills alderman is not related to the San Antonio councilman.

“I think people are excited to see someone new on the council,” said Trevino, who added he would like to see the city work more with new and existing local businesses.

He recalled being on the campaign trail and noticing many unoccupied commercial spaces, even though Castle Hills lately has been able to attract fresh businesses — including corporate campuses for an engineering firm and a bank.

“I would like to see us do a strategic partnership with businesses,” he added.

Place 4 Alderman Frank Paul ran unopposed for another term.

In Shavano Park, incumbents Mary Ann Hisel and Bob Heintzelman, as well as Mike Simpson, were the top three vote-getters on May 7. Hisel, an attorney, and Heintzelman, who works in health care sales, each will serve another two years in office.

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Simpson is a retired Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel who served as Olmos Park’s city manager for two and a half years. He has experience as an attorney, a mediator and a state legislative aide.

Simpson said he feels humbled by the opportunity to represent Shavano Park residents at City Hall.

“I owe my election to the group of supporters who believed in me and my abilities and worked tirelessly to contact each and every residence in Shavano Park with our message of hearing and respecting the residents instead of insisting that our ideas are the only ones with merit,” he said.

Simpson said he wants to address several issues, including the hotly debated matter of who gets to use City Hall. He also wants to tackle the budget-planning process, and end what he called “micro-management of the city manager by individuals on the council.”

“We, the council, need to give him strategic guidance, allocate resources for him to manage and hold him accountable for how the city is managed,” Simpson added.

Meanwhile, Sandy Hughey won a fifth four-year term on the NEISD school board. The Place 1 trustee captured 51 percent of the vote over Chris Herring and Melissa Martinez White.

Hughey said she is eager to dive into the coming school year’s budget.

“There will be many things to consider as we face bigger issues with funding. We continue to focus on providing the best that we can to our students, but always with an eye

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“We are proud of our 360-degree education, and the almost unlimited choices of academics, fine arts, athletics and extracurricular activities. Unless the Texas Legislature addresses the funding issue in their next session, we could see some challenges in what we are able to offer,” she said.

Hughey said NEISD must also focus on teaching, rather than just preparing students for state-mandated tests.

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City fathers say the sale of the property, if handled properly, could anchor future commercial spaces, thereby creating a tax base were none existed before.

“Our church has a long history here in Castle Hills and that’s something we’re very proud of,” said Executive Pastor Don Long. “As we look to the future, we see our ministry being able to reach a larger number of people by having multiple campuses. What we find is that a lot of time … people want to worship at a church that is in their area, whereas

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decades ago it seems that people were more willing to drive more distances. That was a bit more normal.”

If the property, which is listed by Valcor Commercial Real Estate, is sold, it could augur a business renaissance for the North Side suburb, officials said.

“That’s a big piece of property,” said Mayor Tim Howell. “It’s over 150 yards of commercial front over there. I would hope a developer would come along who could purchase that property; a mini-Pearl comes to mind to me, like a mini mixed-use situation over there, possibly with some buffer property in the back to protect that neighborhood.”

The church at 2220 N.W. Military Highway, known for decades as Castle Hills First Baptist Church, was established in the 1950s. Now, it is time for the institution to branch out, employing multiple sites instead of one central location, Long said.

“As we move forward our mission for the church, in order to effectively reach a larger number of people with the ministry and the Gospel, we wanted to do that through multiple locations, which we believe will allow us to have a broader reach throughout the city,” the executive pastor said.

A satellite church already exists in Leon Springs, and seems to be doing well, church leaders said.

No other specific locations have been picked.

“We are open to whatever lends itself to effective ministry in town, but we do not have our particular sights set on a location at this time,” Long said. “Many times a church can be more efficient and have a smaller-facility footprint. The idea of being able to minister to more people about town through multiple locations would be the primary reason for us having this property for sale and then using those resources to have multiple campuses.”

He added, “We want to be good stewards of the assets and resources that God’s blessed us with by pursuing this vision with multiple campuses.”

According to a story in the August 2014 edition of LOCAL Community News, records with the Southern Baptist Convention indicated that attendance at the church averaged

about 970, with a total membership of 3,672. The church at the time also reported annual revenues of about $5 million, according to an SBC report.

Church leaders also said that over time, six mission churches have been established in San Antonio.

Long said church attendance has experienced a slight increase.

He added that a church is more than a building and succeeds on the strength of its congregation.

“The past two years our attendance has increased, as we’ve seen an increase of between 100 to 200 people regularly on Sunday,” he said. “That’s not exponential growth; nevertheless, it’s growth. We’re selling the church building. The church is doing well and is alive and thriving. Buildings are different than the church; the church is about the people that are coming together.”

The sale of the church will not affect Castle Hills First Baptist School, which has become a separate institution and is even looking to raise money to buy the church property.

The possibilities represented by the acreage have city leaders musing possible uses, though Castle Hills is not looking to buy the land.

“It’s really important to keep the city the way it is to a degree,” said Place 1 Councilman JR Trevino. “There are people that are concerned that the charm of Castle Hills might be compromised by getting too commercial. I want to make sure that we can work with our neighbors in that area behind the church. That area is very united and they aren’t too crazy (about) the idea of having a super-commercial development there.”

Trevino has his own thoughts for the fate of the land if it is sold.

“Personally I would like to see a small, mixed-use development that could help generate tax dollars, but at the same time maintain a nice buffer for the houses behind there, something that the city would enjoy financially but something that would not affect the surrounding neighbors negatively,” he said.

“We have to work together and find something that we can find mutually agreeable. We can’t determine who buys it, but any other type of development that goes in there would have to be approved by the Zoning Commission,” Trevino added.

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Mayor Tim Howell, who supported maintaining the transit service, said he couldn’t be happier.

“I was very pleased that the residents and voters were in favor of economic growth,” he said. “That was the key to this whole thing. Making sure they

realized how important it was to have public transportation running down our economic lifeline (Northwest Military Highway and West Avenue).”

For years, the town of 4,300 has grappled with the issue of whether VIA’s buses should be allowed to continue serving the city.

Critics wanted to dump the bus service and use the nearly $500,000 that would have been saved from not paying a half-cent sales tax to VIA and instead

funnel the money to street repairs.Supporters argued the service is

needed to keep employees without cars flowing into the city and to help transport the physically challenged.

The debate had become divisive, as Councilman Matthew Daggett noted in a spring city newsletter.

“It will be good to finally put this issue behind us,” he said.

The city held several town halls to

share the facts, Howell said — including highlighting information that any savings from kicking out VIA would not be enough to cover costs of road improvements.

According to election officials, nearly two out of every three residents who cast a vote favored keeping VIA.

“We did everything we could to let voters know that money saved from booting VIA was not enough to pay for street repairs. I don’t think I’ve ever in an election seen as much misinformation out there than there was in this election,” the mayor said.

“A half million dollars is a lot of money,” he added. “But it’s really not when it comes to what we have to do (for street and infrastructure repairs). And we can make it up in other areas.”

Nearly 900 people a day board VIA’s buses in Castle Hills. VIAtrans, which services disabled riders, transported more than 2,100 residents to various destinations in 2015.

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CASTLE HILLS — At least 60 percent of voters who turned out at the polls

May 7 have decided to keep VIA Metropolitan Transit’s bus service in the city, rather than divert the funding to road projects.

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The amount of money the cities got was based on a formula that analyzed how many bus miles are traveled in each municipality. A percentage determined how much money each city was allotted.

As part of that deal, VIA implemented major route changes that resulted in buses going down the busier Northwest Military instead of Lockhill-Selma Road. Removing VIA from the city would have had an impact on the funding, officials said.

According to VIA, it cost the transit authority about $1.3 million to provide bus service to Castle Hills in 2014, the latest year figures are available.

Howell said the city does have a firm plan to address street repairs,

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The city is now well into phase two of an infrastructure-improvement plan with each phase covering about eight streets. Also, digital billboards will soon be going up along Northwest Military to help generate more money for street repairs.

“So we’re moving along with repairing streets,” the mayor said.

Although the city’s last bond proposal for $13 million in 2013 was soundly rejected by voters, Howell said he thinks a smaller bond may be needed in the future to meet the city’s infrastructure needs, including additional roadway and drainage improvements.

Twelve local cities have held votes over the years to decide whether to keep VIA, and Castle Hills residents have recognized the value of the service, Howell said.

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Authorized after a lengthy vetting process to help handle the growing traffic and congestion on Northwest Military from Loop 1604 to Huebner Road, the $6.45 million from the MPO will pay to expand the roadway to four lanes with sidewalks and bike accommodations.

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The project begins in 2020 and will take about a year and a half to complete, according to officials.

“Our city staff really stepped up and really did a great job presenting our project and working with the different levels of the state to get this thing approved,” said Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Mike Janssen.

The funding comes from federal and state coffers and is funneled by the MPO, said Josh Donat, a spokesman for TxDOT.

“The MPO is an independent body made up of several elected and appointed representatives of a defined region that determines where the majority of transportation money from various pots is spent,” Donat said. “This allows for one unified comprehensive transportation strategy and allows a region to have a single vision rather than see several agencies working completely independent and, at times, competitively against one another.”

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That all changed as San Antonio’s North Side saw more growth.

“In 2015, the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission formed a committee that studied ways to improve the highway and submitted conceptual plans and ideas to TxDOT,” said City Manager Bill Hill. “The city then worked with TxDOT to come up with an alternate, less intrusive proposal for improving Northwest Military.”

According to Hill, TxDOT sponsored the project as a candidate for a federal grant called the Surface Transportation Program for Metro Mobility.

“Nearby developments have resulted in significantly more traffic,” Hill said. “In 2015 alone, there were at least 23 accidents on Northwest Military and 10 of those occurred while drivers were stationary on the inside lane waiting to turn into a side street or a driveway and were rear-ended by another vehicle.”

He added, “In 2012, one of our residents was fatally injured while waiting to turn into a side road and her car was rear-ended. So far in 2016, there have been 13 accidents on Northwest Military.”

With the addition of a continual left-turn lane, bike lanes and sidewalks, Mayor Bob Werner hopes for a roadway that preserves the community’s neighborly feel while enhancing the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.

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