Kerrville council sets public hearing on Whiskey Springs PID amid water-capacity questions

Kerrville — The Kerrville City Council voted unanimously May 13 to set a public hearing on a petition by Whiskey Springs to create a public improvement district to finance infrastructure for a proposed mixed‑use development at the intersection of I‑10 and Highway 16.

City staff described the action as the first procedural step toward a PID; formal creation would require additional statutory notices, boundary definitions and hearings. The resolution approved on the council dais directs staff to schedule that public hearing and continue negotiations on a development agreement with the applicant.

The petition covers a plan that staff said calls for a luxury hotel, a tournament‑level golf course, about 357 single‑family lots, seven commercial lots and multifamily buildings. City staff said the property’s current appraised value is about $7,000,000, with an estimated land‑only appraised value of about $238,000,000 and a developer estimate of roughly $1.13 billion at…