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Residents urge Hays County to contest Hays Commons development and TCEQ TLAP over Edwards recharge zone
Summary
Multiple residents told the Commissioners Court they oppose Milestone’s proposed ‘Hays Commons’ development and an associated Texas Commission on Environmental Quality TLAP permit, saying the site sits on Edwards recharge and risks water quality and quantity for Hays and downstream Travis County communities.
Dozens of residents and conservation advocates addressed the Hays County Commissioners Court on April 8 to ask the county to oppose a proposed Milestone development called Hays Commons and to contest a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) TLAP permit tied to the site.
Speakers asked the court to use its authority to protect recharge lands that feed the Edwards Aquifer and Barton Springs, to contest any permit that would allow spray-irrigation of treated effluent on the recharge zone, and to consider using county purchase or conservation dollars to protect the land permanently.
Jennifer Lindsey told the court the project site at 2955 Francis Harris Lane totals roughly 95.69 acres of farmland and includes century-old oak trees and York Creek; she said much of the lower…
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