Author: City Administrator

The May City Council Meeting has been postponed until May 10th.

PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF UHLAND TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

The City of Uhland is giving notice of the city’s intent to submit a Planning and Capacity Building Fund application for a grant from the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program. The grant application request is for $36,180.00 for citywide planning activities named in the application. The application is available for review at City Hall during regular business hours. Para obtener una copia en espanol, comuníquese con más información en español, comuníquese con Karen Gallaher at (512) 398-7399.

To whom it may concern,

 My name is Margo Blevins, and I work for the Texas German Dialect Project (www.tgdp.org) based at UT Austin. The TGDP strives to record and preserve the Texas German dialect and to pass Texas German history, culture, and language on to future generations. As part of this, we are working to interview people who still speak the German that has been passed down over generations.

 My question for the Uhland City Hall is this: do you know of anyone who remembers any of the German their ancestors spoke? People do not need to be perfect German speakers (i.e., remember everything) — we’re just doing our best to preserve what’s left. 

I would be more than happy to talk with you on the phone, answer questions via email, or meet with you in person. Please feel free to contact me by replying to this email, or by calling me at work (512- 910-5047) or on my personal phone (512-803-8288).

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to hearing from you.

 Best,

Margo Blevins

Texas German Dialect Project Research Assistant

Commissioner Jones would like to extend the invitation for you to attend the public hearing for the FM 2001 Realignment project. It will be held on March 28th at Studio Estates Club House. The Open House will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a presentation at 6:00 p.m. If you have any questions please contact the office at 512-262-2091. Please see the link from TXDOT as well as the attachments above.

http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/get-involved/about/hearings-meetings/austin/032817.html

Thanks to the support of our Partnership and contributions from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the City of Kyle, sampling is currently underway in the Plum Creek watershed to better understand the complexity and primary sources of bacteria loading in Plum Creek.

A 12-month bacterial source tracking study will be examining the DNA signature of fecal bacterial found in Plum Creek.

HERE IS WHERE YOU COME IN!

We need fecal samples from a variety of animal species (including Homo sapiens) in the watershed to refine our DNA library. Lucas Gregory, a research scientist with the Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will be leading a team to collect samples.

We need volunteers to allow the team access to collect fecal samples from the following:

Human – Wastewater Treatment Facility (8)
Human – Septic System (8)
Cattle (6)
Horses (2)
Sheep (1)
Goats (1)
Chickens (2)
Turkeys (2)
Feral Hogs (10)
Various small and medium mammals (10)
NOTE: Sampling will be completed discretely and your privacy will be protected. Due to laboratory processing times, sampling needs to take place on Mondays.

SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT STUDY TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF WATERSHED PROTECTION IN PLUM CREEK, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL WITH:

(1) YOUR NAME
(2) BEST WAY TO CONTACT YOU
(3) TYPE OF SAMPLE YOU COULD PROVIDE
Thank you so much for your continued support!

Sincerely,

Nick Dornak
Plum Creek Watershed Partnership
http://plumcreek.tamu.edu/
(512)213-7389