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VOLUNTEERS
Dripping Springs recognizes board & committee members BY MEGAN WEHRING DRIPPING SPRINGS – Volunteers dedicate their time and service to the community, and the city of Dripping Springs is recognizing that. At the Sept. 6 Dripping Springs City Council meeting, the city celebrated and thanked the outgoing board, committee, and commission members who have volunteered their time and service to help the city. “Thank you for all you do,” a city representative wrote in a Facebook post. “We could not do what we do without the more than 100 wonderful people who serve and volunteer for the boards, commissions and committees. You are a big part of what makes
Dripping Springs so great!” Not all attended the meeting but the following is a list of each individual who received a Community Service Award – many who have served for more than a decade. 11 Years • Jim Martin – Planning & Zoning Commission Vice Chair 2016 – 2022 • Patrick Rose – Economic Development Committee 10 Years • Eric Russell – Parks & Recreation Commission Vice Chair 2012 – 2021 Chair 2021 – 2022 9 years • Eric Henline – Parks & Recreation Commission Vice Chair 2021 - 2022 8 Years • Wade King – Parks &
Recreation Commission 6 Years • John McIntosh – TIRZ No. 1 & No. 2 Board Original Member • Jim Martin – Transportation Committee Vice Chair 2017 – 2021 Interim Chair 2021 – 2022 • Kay Allen – Emergency Management Commission 5 Years • Bruce Lewis – Historic Preservation Commission Chair 2019 - 2022 3 Years • Matthew Zarbaugh – Parks & Recreation Commission 2 Years • Tim Brown – Historic Preservation Commission • Barrett Criswell – Transportation Committee • Andrea Nicholas – Economic Development Committee
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Some of the recognized volunteers attend the Sept. 6 Dripping Springs City Council meeting. From left: Wade King, Matthew Zarbaugh, Andrea Nicholas, John McIntosh, Eric Henline, Eric Russell, Mayor Bill Foulds and Jim Martin.
REGULATIONS
City Council approves sign variance for Dripping Springs Elementary BY MEGAN WEHRING DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs Elementary School will be getting a new sign for the front of the campus. With a 3-2 vote, the Dripping Springs City Council approved a sign variance request from Dripping Springs ISD to replace the current sign outside of Dripping Springs Elementary School – council members Travis Crow and Geoffrey Tahuahua were the dissenting votes. The district’s request is to grant an exemption from Section 26.01.004(b)(3) which includes electronic signs as sign types that cannot be expressly authorized. The proposed new sign is an internally illuminated monument sign which includes an LED display screen. For a Monument Identification
Sign within a district such as a government utility institutional (GUI), the regulations are as follows: • Eight ft in height • Up to 48 sq. ft. of signable area • The sign may not be installed within any PUEs The sign is proposed to be eight feet in height and 32 square feet in overall
signable area (including the LED display). The city has requested that DSISD comply with the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) Texas Chapter’s Texas Model Sign Ordinance, according to building official Sarah Cole, leaving city staff to recommend approval of the sign variance request by the city council.
Council member Travis Crow questioned where to draw the limit for special cases like this. “If we have these ordinances, we have them for a reason,” Crow said. “We keep on granting this and people keep on coming in. Where
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TRAFFIC NEWS
One dead in fatal accident on Fitzhugh Road BY MEGAN WEHRING
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A comparison of the old sign and new sign at Dripping Springs Elementary School.
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DRIPPING SPRINGS – A fatal accident closed down Fitzhugh Road near Crossroads Drive in Dripping Springs over the weekend. At approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to the crash on West Fitzhugh Road. A 2009 Honda Civic was traveling eastbound (at 45 miles per hour) when it traveled off the road to the right onto the grassy shoulder and then back onto the road into the westbound lane of
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traffic. The Honda collided with a 2016 Toyota 4 Runner, which was traveling westbound around a curve at the time. The driver of the Honda, identified as Michael Faraj, 25, from Dripping Springs, was pronounced dead at the scene by JP John Burns. A copy of the crash record can be obtained once the investigation is complete at https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/ public/Purchase/app/ home/welcome. No other information is available at this time, as the investigation is still ongoing.