The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 102, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Page: 1 of 30
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December 21, 2010
Council hears options for ‘Hill Country Mile' project
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By Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
Portions of Main Street, River Road targeted for improvements
Inside
District play
begins
The City of Boerne opened its Barwick conceded that it is more hiring a Main Street program exec- the decision would ultimately be street director at a salary ranging
new council chamber last week than a mile “...more like a Texas utive director to focus exclusively up to the Texas Highway Commis- from $35,000 to $60,000 per year
with a presentation of a plan to mile,” he said, on the Hill County Mile for three sion, which will have to take into and pursuing the TxDOT agree-
refurbish one of the community’s A primary goal of the planning years. Both have costs. . consideration the appraised value ment within the next 12 to 18
oldest areas. effort is to create a more vibrant Planning and Community Devel- of the right-of-way. months. He also suggested orga-
Dubbing stretches of Main Street downtown that will attract more opment Director Chris Turk told “We got a good response from nizing stakeholder committees and
and River Road as the “Hill Country visitors and better serve local resi- council members the city would the district office but how the com- developing lists of potential proj-
Mile,” Senior Planner Paul Barwick dents while increasing property and need to budget $75,000 per year in mission will react is unknown,” ects and programs during that same
told council members the city could sales tax revenues for the city, Bar- each of the next five years to main- Turk said, time period.
benefit by creating a partnership wick said.
with property and business owners "The main idea is to enhance and
to focus on making improvements enrich what we already have,” he
along a portion of Main Street from explained.
tain the pavement and traffic signals Turk said city control of the street Barwick listed several long-range
on the section of Main Street from would allow more flexibility to projects for future consideration,
FM 1376 to River Road.
make changes within the right-of- including construction of a parking
Also known as U.S. 87 (business) way, such as widening sidewalks garage, a new city hall, public rest-
Oak Park to Richter Streets; the He made several recommenda- that section of Main Street is cur- and modifying on-street parking, rooms, public art and directional
section of River Road between tions for getting started, including rently owned and maintained by He said these changes are needed signage.
Main and Elm Streets and the area the city taking ownership of a sec- TxDOT. to improve the pedestrian access to The presentation took place in a
between Main Street and Cibolo tion of Main Street from the Texas Turk said local TxDOT officials downtown businesses.
Creek.
Department of Transportation and were supportive of the change but Barwick suggested hiring a main
See CITY, page 2A
The Boerne Champion and
Boerne High girls basketball
teams opened district play last
Friday with the Chargers at
home and the Greyhounds on
the road.
For results of the girls and
boys games, look in today’s
sports section, pages 7A-9A.
Zone change, sign
variance granted as
City, H-E-B agree
on plan additions
By Dave Pasley
Staff Writer
...Birthday
Dec. 21
Emma Werner
Dec. 22
Michelle Horstman
Dorothy Schweizer
Shirley Steitle
Joe Swinger
Dec. 23
Bill Allen
Mary Ingram
Tommy Martin
Belated birthday wishes to
Dusty Fisher, Dec. 20.
...Anniversary
Dec. 21
Bo & Martha Graves
Terry & Marilyn Taylor
Deaths
in the original site plan.
Council members also voted 4-0 to
approve a sign variance for H-E-B.
When it was constructed the exist-
Zoning for a new H-E-B super- ing 40-foot-tall H-E-B sign with a
market on West Bandera Road face of 240 square feet complied
was unanimously approved by with the city ordinance. Subse-
the Boerne City Council Tuesday, quently, the sign regulations have
However, the approval came with been amended and the maximum
some concessions from the grocery height is now 20 feet and maximum
chain. , face area is 128 square feet. The
H-E-B agreed to make several current sjgn ordinance allows the
improvements that were not con-, existing sign to remain where it is
templated in the original plans, now, as a non-conforming sign,
including adding a deceleration However, the ordinance requires
lane on West Bandera at the main that any sign that is moved must be
entrance to the store, something brought into compliance with the
that was suggested by District 2 new height and size standards.
Councilman Ron Warden in an ear- H-E-B sought the variance so
lier meeting. , the sign could be moved from the
H-E-B officials also agreed southwest portion of the property
to construct sidewalks along all further east along Bandera Road to
perimeter streets that do not have a new location that is closer to the
sidewalks; maintain existing foli- main entrance to the site. Minor
age along Wanda Street and the modifications to the face, which
north property line; and construct a will slightly reduce the size of the
concrete fence along one portion of sign, were also allowed,
the property line. , District 4 Councilman Bob Man-
Several council members and ning, an H-E-B employee, recused
Rufus Stephens, a nearby resident himself and did not participate in
Canto Ariyno o onhoo Ano who said he represented several either the zoning or the sign vari-
vanla a rives a scnooi OUS E B ence discussions or the subsequent
Boerne ISD bus driver George Giddings donned the persona of Santa Claus to spread officials for their willingness to lis- h-E-B plans to demolish the
Christmas cheer Friday as he drove his route on the last day of classes before the ten to the residents and the city, and existing 80,000 square-foot grocery
holiday break. Classes resume Jan. 5. to respond to requests for changes See H-E-B, page 2A
Gerald R. Bradley
David Henkel Owen
Charles Eugene Jackson
Kathryn Watson
For complete obituaries, see
page 2A. Latest obituaries are
posted at www.boernestar.com.
MeadowLand campus, charter school adding new building
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in a racketball room of the campus 0
gymnasium.
“A gym is probably not the most
, ideal space to have a cafeteria. It’s
A new building on Old San just a more comfortable place for
Antonio Road represents not only our children to be” Kellv said
ongoing growth and development "The main thing is that it’s an addi-
for the Roy Maas Youth Alternatives tion to our children’s program.”
MeadowLand campus and charter MeadowLand’s charter school is
school, but it s also being presented still expanding, according to act- ,
as a gathering place for groups ing principal Kristen McKee, who
not necessarily affiliated with the pointed out that a new temporary
MeadowLand organization. „ building has been added to the
"It’s 3 community center, Roy school to accommodate growth, a
Maas public relations coordinator The charter school now serves 55 1
Lisa Brothers explained. Its not middle and high school students. 2
just for the school, it will be open Twelve students are not Mead- g
for civic and community groups to owLand residents and represent a j
come and use it as well. “real mix" from the surrounding €
The 9,000-square-foot structure community, according to McKee,
is at least partly the result of stress School officials also hope to expand
experienced by the greater Mead- the campus to include elementary
owLand campus as the charter classes next year so the need for
school has grown. an additional meeting space has g
When the charter school came become even more critical, Kelly g
up we ran out of space, in effect, aid
for a cafeteria, Bart Kelly, senior The charter school, now in its Star photo by Elena Tucker
director of clinical services sai , third year, exists to meet the unique A new building is going up on the MeadowLand campus on Old San Antonio Road. The
noting that MeadowLendechildren ------see SCHOOL oaneM 9,000-square-foot structure is designed to meet the growing needs of the Roy Maas
currently eat many of their meals see SCHOOL, page 2A youth facility, its charter school and for the community at-large to gather.
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