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Georgetown plans to mail 99,997 postcards about UDC update; council debates mailer format and outreach
Summary
City staff told council they will mail approximately 99,997 bilingual postcards required under a new Texas notice law for the UDC update. Council members urged sending a fuller explanatory letter or larger card and leaned on Ask GTX and a FAQ page to handle incoming questions.
City staff told the council they plan to meet a new state notice requirement by mailing a two-sided postcard in English and Spanish to roughly 99,997 addresses as part of the Unified Development Code (UDC) adoption process.
"We anticipate sending 99,997 of these postcards, in order to make sure we're in compliance with that mailed notice requirement," Zane (project manager for the UDC update) said while showing the proposed 4x6 mailer. He told the council a recent state legislative change clarified required notice options under Local Government Code §211.007 and that the straightforward path is newspaper + web publication plus mailed notice.
Council members warned that the required legal language — a bold, large-font notice the state mandates…
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