Council members applauded

Regarding comments made by a Mike Luckey in the 9/13/07 edition of Viewpoint: Council members Manning, Edmondson and Ziegler are to be applauded for voting against a plan to rezone properties in the South School Street area. One doesn't need a degree in traffic management to realize this area is totally unsuited for commercial use on any scale. Vehicular access is presently limited from the Interstate 10 and Hwy. 46 intersection at exit 540 and off of Main Street up through Highland St, a residential neighborhood.

The former is presently a traffic nightmare at all hours of the day. Try to imagine all of the additional traffic trying to get across this intersection to reach the south entrance to School Street No thanks.

I'll bet the residents on Highland Street would love all of the increased traffic such a development would bring. Enhancement to access in this area would be quite costly and take untold time, not to mention undue delays to citizens while the revamp was underway.

Boerne's infrastructure is tapped out. Residential areas in south Boerne experience frequent power outages. They are short-lived, but occur nonetheless.

I often times find myself wondering how much of Boerne's Master Plan was drafted with the interest of everyday citizens in mind by locals and how much has been altered by out-of-state influence looking to make a quick buck.

We need to focus on rebuilding our existing infrastructure before the developers suck anymore life out of what's left.

Thank God for the likes of Bob Manning, Judy Edmondson and Rob Ziegler.

Mike Murrell
Boerne

Cibolo Nature Center, please help

The (Boerne) City Council is currently searching for a new sewage treatment plant location, with costs that could potentially add up to $50 for each home in Boerne. After hearing the Herff family pleading to City Council not to condemn their land for this new treatment plant, Mr. Luckey brought to the attention of City Council that the Cibolo Nature Center had just purchased a large parcel of land in the area downstream from the City Park, which is near properties being discussed for the new treatment plant. He asked City Council if they had approached the Cibolo Nature Center to see if they were willing to donate the land needed to help the city since the city currently leases the park to them for only $10 per year. The location of this property appears to be excellent being much further downstream and if the CNC were to help the city it could potentially save up to $20 a month for each homeowner in Boerne. I thought this was a fantastic idea with people helping each other. The costs of a new sewage treatment plant have not been disclosed, but I’ve heard estimates as high as $50 million depending on where it is built. A gracious donation by the Cibolo Nature Center for the land needed would help solve the biggest problem; it would prevent the condemnation of anyone’s land and help each ratepayer in Boerne. The Cibolo Nature Center could literally save our behinds on this one!

Larry Bowden
Boerne