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There’s no reason to grant Milestone an impervious cover variance from 15% to 25% because their only option is a COA SER/MUD: • No reliable water source to achieve anything close to 467,500 gallons/day (per BSEACD)… 55K gallons/day is current largest groundwater permit • Hays County Commissioners Court already rejected Milestone’s preliminary plat on environmental grounds (plat was based on TLAP for wastewater). TLAP = No Plat Approval • Hays County also requires minimum 3/4 acre lots for any development using groundwater… not the 1/8 to 1/5 acre lots currently proposed to COA Milestone’s argument that “they can’t make money” unless the SOS Variance is granted is FALSE They previously submitted a preliminary plat to Hays County which complied with SOS Ordinance (condo- based plat). Milestone may have gotten at the prospect of a COA SER/MUD based on high density development of single-family homes over the recharge zone Milestone would have trouble finding a decent $$ buyer for the land now because their plat rejection was all over the news: If the SOS Ordinance variance doesn’t make sense for COA, then initiating the process of the SOS Ordinance variance doesn’t make sense either