Responsible Conservation in Development Is ALL We Ask
WHAT IS COMFORT 590?
Lennar has proposed a 1,100-home development on 600 acres, referred to as "Comfort 590", with plans for an additional 1,300 units. To put this in perspective, the subdivision across the street, The Reserve, is 625 acres with 35 homes, and Falling Water, a mile north on HWY 87, is 900 acres with 125 homes. We are all subject to Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District and have been under Stage 4 water restrictions since July 2023, classified as Drought Emergency. "The water level in the Edward's Aquifer key well began the year at it's second-lowest January 1st reading ever recorded", according to SA Express News, January 2, 2025. Lennar's first step in this process is to get a permit for wastewater disposal from TCEQ.
Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, LTD and Wied, Laura and Jesse applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a New Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit to authorize the disposal of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 600,000 gallons per day via a discharge point that flows into an unnamed intermittent stream, thence to North Creek, thence to Segment 1806B of Cypress Creek of the Guadalupe River Basin. (Application number WQ0016644001).
The domestic wastewater treatment facility will be located approximately 5,140 feet southeast of the intersection of US Hwy 87 and Hughes Ranch Road, near the city of Comfort in Kendall County, Texas 78013. The permit application can be found in our documents page.
OPPOSITION TO COMFORT 590 (Lennar Project)
There is significant opposition to Comfort 590, as was demonstrated, at a Town Hall Meeting organized by Chad Carpenter, Kendall County Commissioner Precinct 4, on November 26, 2024. There were over 200 Comfort area citizens in attendance.
Comfort is a rural, small, unincorporated community. The citizenry of Comfort is not opposed to growth but believes that growth initiatives should be implemented responsibly, with ample consideration of both infrastructure and our scarce natural resources. Some of these include:
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Water Resources & Scarcity
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Dark Sky
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Rural life
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Texas Hill Country wildlife
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Texas Hill Country springs, creeks and rivers and corresponding wildlife and vegetation
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Basic utilities including Electricity, Gas
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Social services (schools, after-school care, summer care, fire department, law enforcement, parks, etc.)
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Noise/sound pollution
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Access to our roads without further impact to safety
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MOST IMPORTANTLY, we must retain the historical architectural character of Comfort and the vast Hill Country landscapes achieved with 170 years of focus on land stewardship.This is what makes Comfort special and valued.