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Boerne removes invasive vegetation at flood‑control dams after state grant funding
Summary
City crews removed salt cedar from the embankments of municipal flood‑control dams after a roughly $50,000 grant from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; staff said further removal will continue over multiple years.
Public works staff updated the Boerne City Council on March 25 about vegetation removal at flood‑control dams upstream of the city, reporting recent work to remove invasive salt cedar from dam embankments and noting grant funding covered a portion of the effort.
Director Jeff Carroll said four flood‑control dams upstream protect Boerne and that the city maintains two of them (the other two are maintained by another entity). In the latest inspection cycle inspectors identified an invasive species — salt cedar — on the embankments. Carroll said the city secured approximately $50,000 from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board to fund roughly a quarter of the work at one lake; crews removed salt cedar along the lakeside embankment and applied measures intended to slow regrowth.
Carroll said the city expects the removal and treatment to continue for about three more years at a similar rate to finish treatment of Bernie Lake.
Why it matters: the dams are part of the city’s flood‑protection infrastructure. Staff presented the work as a maintenance and safety step taken after annual inspections identified invasive vegetation on embankments.
Ending: no budget amendment or ordinance was proposed at the March 25 meeting; staff said future years’ work will continue as funding allows.
