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rSQG 2 Seminole (Texas) Sentinel • Wednesday, February 13,2013
Subdivision Change
Completes 20
County Leaders Remove Portion of Development Hour Judge Class
Policy to Clarify Right-of-Way Issues
Gaines County Commissioners
made a minor change to their
recently revised subdivision guideline
policy, in action taken by county
leaders in their regular semi-monthly
meeting held Monday morning at
the Gaines County Courthouse.
At the request of Pet. 2
Commissioner Craig Belt,
members of the Court approved
the removal of "Page 15" of the 28
page subdivision guideline policy,
pertaining to easement requirements
for subdivision development.
Belt, following Monday's meeting,
told the Seminole Sentinel the
reasoning behind the approved
request was to help simplfy easement
requirements for landowners and
developers.
"Under the old guidlines, we
required a defined easement around
the property for utility companies to
have access to for the properties,"
said Belt "But, if you have someone
who may purchase two lots side-by-
side in a subdivision, and wants to
put their house in the middle of those
two lots, then they would have to go
back to the utility companies and try
to negotiate getting that easement
back. This just simplifies that."
Belt added the deletion of the
guidelines would now allow for
utilty companies and developers/
landowners to negotiate their own
specific easement terms for right-of-
way usage.
"The utility companies have right-
of-way access through the County's
(right-of-way), so this again just
simplifies the process said Belt.
In mid-January, Gaines County
Commissioners adopted three major
changes to it's subdivision guideline
policy, which include the following:
• Gaines County officials will
consider overtaking roadway
maintenance on subdivision roads
after they have been paved - to
Sandyland Meeting Set
for February 28th Locally
The annual Sandyland Agricultural
Conference will be held Thursday,
Feb. 28, at the Gaines County Civic
Building in Seminole.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m.
with the program beginning at 8:25
a.m. and concluding at approximately
3:45 p.m.
According to officials with the
Texas AgriLife Extension Service's
Gaines County office, this year’s
conference will focus on the
Production of Cotton and Peanuts
as it relates to minimum rainfall and
irrigation.
Irrigated & Dryland Cotton
Production, Peanut Fungicides &
Disease Control, Water Quality &
Quantity, Weed Control, Herbicide
Damage, Insect Management,
Variety Trials, and Fertility are just a
few of the cotton and peanut topics
that will be di scussed.
Those attending will also gain
infonnation on the Economic Timing
of Irrigation, Pesticide Applicator
License Requirements, Pesticide
Laws and Regulations, and industry
updates..
Program Presenters will include
Dr. Mark Kelley - Agronomist, Dr.
Jason Woodward - Plant Pathologist,
Charles Stickler - Retired Extension
Agronomist, Dr. Peter Dotray -
Weed Specialist, Dr. Dana Porter -
Agricultural Engineering Specialist,
Dr. Terry Wheeler - Plant Pathologist,
Dr. Jackie Smith - Extension
Economist, Management, Terry
Millican - Gaines County Agricultural
Extension Agent, Manda Anderson -
Gaines County IPM Agent, Jay Yates
- Economist/Risk Management, all
with the Texas AgriLife Extension
Service. Other Presenters include
Debbie Slocum - Texas Department
of Agriculture.
Licensed pesticide applicators
will receive Continuing Education
Units (CEU's) toward their Pesticide
License Requirements for attending
this conference.
Local and surrounding businesses
will be allowed to set up booths
with educational and promotional
information. Anyone wanting to
sponsor this program or reserve
a booth space should contact the
Gaines County Extension Office at
(432) 758-4006 ext. 140.
The Sandyland Ag Conference
is sponsored by The Texas A & M
AgriLife Extension Service and the
Agricultural Committees in Gaines,
Yoakum, Andrews, and Cochran
Counties.
county specifications -- and in place
for a two year period;
• All subdivision residences/
structures with septic systems
and water wells shall meet
the specifications of the Texas
Commission on Environmental
Quality, and if possible, the
recommended placement as
recommended by the South Plains
Public Health District (water wells
to the back of the property, septic
systems closer to the home site);
and
• Each tract of subdivided
land shall have at least 40 ft of
right-of-way access to a public or
private roadway (for emergency/
first responder access and 9-1-1
addressing).
Gaines County leaders, in
April 2006, first adopted a a 28-
page subdivision/rural housing
development policy for landowners
and developers for the establishment
of subdivisions or individual home
sites in the unincorporated portions
of Gaines County, and have made
minor adjustments to the policy
over the years.
Since the inception of the
subdivision policy guidelines in April
2006, Gaines County Judge's office
officials stated in November, that
45 application packets have been
picked up from the office, which are
signed for by the property developer
at the time of the pick-up.
County figures for the 2012
calender year show that 10 of
those packets were picked up
thus far, compared to a combined
five packets picked up through
the office in the 2010 and 2011
calender years.
Gaines County's growth in
subdivisions in unincorporated
areas of the county can directly be
contributed to the county's growth
over the past several years.
According to April 2010 census
figures, Gaines County boasted
a population of 17,526 persons,
which was a 21.14 percent increase
-- or a growth of 3,059 persons
- from April 2000's population
county of 14,467 for the county.
In March 2010, officials with
the United States Census Bureau
released preliminary figures which
showed Gaines County - as a
whole - was experiencing growth
in population. In their report,
Gaines County, as a whole, was
estimated to have 15,382 residents
inside its county boundaries as of
July 1,2009.
That figure is up from 2008
estimate of 15,071 and well above
a base count of 14,467 from
the county's 2000 official census
figures.
According to the latest Census
estimates, Gaines County saw an
estimated decline in its population
in the 2000 through 2002 calender
years - where the estimated
population total was quoted at
14,074.
Begnning in 2003 however,
estimates began to see an upward
trend, with gradual population
increases through this week's July
2009 estimate.
Between the 2008 and 2009
estimates, which saw Gaines
County's 2008 total quoted at
15,071, the county saw a 2.06
percent population increase.
In other action Monday morning,
Gaines County Commissioners
approved of the following agenda
items:
• a request from Pet 3 and Pet.
4 commissioners Blair Tharp and
Biz Houston to purchase a new
chip spreader, which will be shared
between the two maintenance
bams, through a governmental buy
board;
• a pair of requests from Pet. 1
and the county's IT department to
declare items as surplus;
• a request to seek bids for 5/8ths,
Grade 3 rock for Pet. 2;
• approval of the Greenwell
Estates subdivision and a first
reading of Camp No. 6 and
Highland Hills subdivisions; and,
• routine items pertaining to
regular Gaines County business.
SAN ANTONIO-The
Honorable B.W. Bacucum, Gaines
County Justice of the Peace,
Pet. 2, recently met certification
requirements following completion
of a 20-hour Justice of the Peace
siminar held in late January and
hosted by the Texas Justice Court
Traning Center, a division of Texas
State University - San Marcos.
The seminar was held for elected
Justices of the Peace, so they could
fulfill their continuing judicial
education requirements, as set
forth in Article 27.005 of the Texas
Government Code.
The seminar addressed topics
such as enforcing criminal
judgements, tenants' remedies,
criminal procedure, civil procedure,
technology and soci al media,
evictions, civil online resources,
enforcement in juvenile cases and
juvenile case managers, service and
return of process, pretrial motions,
commercial motor vehicle offense,
inquests, contract law, administrative
hearings, evidence, traffic law, credit
card cases, personal injury and
property damage, family violence
and magistration, and reducing
the incidence of driving while
intoxicated.
Applications for
'14 Farm to School
Grants Available
WASHINGTON - US Dept,
of Agriculture Deputy Secretary
Kathleen Merrigan announced
recently the release of a request for
applications (RFA) for the latest
round of USDA's Fann to School
grants.
These grants help eligible schools
improve the health and wellbeing of
their students and connect with local
agricultural producers.
"USDA's Fann to School
grants connect schools with
their local fanners, ranchers and
food businesses, providing new
economic opportunities to food
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producers and bringing healthy, local
offerings into school cafeterias,"
said Merrigan. "USDA continues
to make improvements to the
nutrition of food offered in schools,
and investing in fann to school
programs is yet another important
opportunity to encourage our nation's
kids to make lifelong healthy eating
choices."
This year, three different kinds of
grants will be available.
Planning grants are intended
for schools just getting started on
fann to school activities, while
implementation grants are available
for schools seeking to augment or
expand existing efforts. Additionally,
eligible non-profit entities, Indian
tribal organizations, state and
local agencies, and agriculture
producers or groups of producers
may apply for support service
grants in order to conduct trainings,
create complementary curriculum,
or further develop supply chains,
among other activities. Proposals are
due at midnight EST, April 24,2013.
To assist eligible entities in
preparing proposals, USDA will host
a series of webinars related to the
application process:
• March 5,2013,1:00 EST -
Planning Grants
• March 6,2013,1:00 EST-
Implementation Grants
• March 7,2013,1:00 EST-
Support Service Grants
The Fann to School Grant
Program is part of the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act, which
authorized and funded USDA
to assist eligible entities, through
grants and technical assistance,
in implementing fann to school
programs that improve access to
local foods in eligible schools.
The Act provides $5 million
annually to support grants,
technical assistance, and the federal
adiTiinistrative costs related to
USDA's Fann to School Program.
In this funding cycle, USDA
anticipates awarding up to $5 million
in grants.
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Wright, Dustin. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 13, 2013, newspaper, February 13, 2013; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth786710/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.