Legal Notices – Oct. 11, 2012: Lockhart and Caldwell County (Texas)

PUBLIC NOTICE

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Legal Notice

Tolls Announced for

SH 130 Segments 5 & 6

Beginning Sunday, November 11, 2012, toll collection will begin on the main lanes of Texas State Highway 130 Segments 5 and 6.  The project spans approximately 41 miles, beginning in Mustang Ridge, traveling through t

hree counties (Travis, Caldwell and Guadalupe) and connecting with Interstate 10 in Seguin.

Base toll rate for a light vehicle (such as a family car or pickup truck) will be 15 cents per mile or $6.17 to travel the entire length of the new roadway. The base toll rate for an 18-wheeler will be 60 cents per mile or $24.58 to travel the entire length of the new roadway. These base toll rates will be charged to vehicles using a TxTag device.

TxTag is an electronic toll collection sticker applied to the inside windshield of cars and trucks. Drivers can open a TxTag account at www.TxTag.org  or by calling the TxTag Customer Service Center (toll-free) 1-888-468-9824.

Drivers may also use a TollTag (issued by the North Texas Tollway Authority) or EZ TAG (issued by the Harris County Texas Toll Road Authority).  Drivers who do not utilize an electronic toll collection sticker can choose to Pay By Mail. Paying by mail adds a fee of no more than 33 percent to the base rate toll on SH 130 Segments 5 and 6.

The public can view a map of the nearly completed SH 130 Segments 5 & 6 toll road including entry and exit points and a complete toll schedule at www.mysh130.com. Customers may also contact the SH 130 Concession Company by calling (toll-free) 877-SH130TX or 877-741-3089.

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The Lockhart ISD invites interested parties to bid on an oil and gas mineral lease with no surface rights for the following:

4 Acres, More or Less, Being a Part of the John R. Miller Survey, A-195, Caldwell County, Texas and Being Further Described in that Certain Deed Dated July 10, 1953 from Lockhart Independent School District, as Grantor, to Brownsboro-Seawillow Community Center, as Grantee, Recorded in Volume 296, Page 89 of the Deed Records in Caldwell County, Texas.

For complete information on how to bid, go to the Lockhart ISD website at:  http://lockhartisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=132484&type=d&pREC_ID=260868 or email tina.knudsen@lockhart.txed.net. Sealed bids will be received until Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 2 p.m. CST at 105 South Colorado Street, Lockhart, TX 78644.

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NOTICE OF

REQUIREMENT TO

COMPLY WITH THE

SUBDIVISION SERVICE EXTENSION POLICY OF AQUA WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION

Pursuant to Texas Water Code, §13.2502, Aqua Water Supply Corporation hereby gives notice that any person who subdivides land by dividing any lot, tract, or parcel of land, within the service area of Aqua Water Supply Corporation, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 10294, in Bastrop, Caldwell, Williamson, Lee, Fayette and Travis Counties, into two or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or development, whether immediate or future, including re-subdivision of land for which a plat has been filed and recorded or requests more than two water service connections on a single contiguous tract of land must comply with the Rules and Regulations Concerning Aqua’s Service to Subdivisions (the “Subdivision Policy”) contained in Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s tariff.

Aqua Water Supply Corporation is not required to extend retail water utility service to a service applicant in a subdivision where the developer of the subdivision has failed to comply with the Subdivision Policy.

Applicable elements of the Subdivision Policy include:

Evaluation by Aqua Water Supply Corporation of the impact a proposed subdivision service extension will make on Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s water supply system and payment of the costs for this evaluation;

Payment of reasonable costs or fees by the developer for providing water supply capacity;

Payment of fees for reserving water supply capacity;

Forfeiture of reserved water supply capacity for failure to pay applicable fees;

Payment of costs of any improvements to Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s system that are necessary to provide the water service;

Construction according to design approved by Aqua Water Supply Corporation and dedication by the developer of water facilities within the subdivision following inspection.

Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s tariff and a map showing Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s service area may be reviewed at Aqua Water Supply Corporation”s offices, at 415 Old Bastrop Highway, Bastrop, Texas 78602 or on Aqua’s website at www.aquawsc.com.  The tariff and service area map are also filed of record at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and may be reviewed by contacting the TCEQ, c/o Utility Rates and Services Section, Water Supply Division, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087.

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CITY OF LOCKHART

PUBLIC BID FOR FUELS

The City of Lockhart is accepting annual supply bids for approximately 40,000 gallons of unleaded plus gasoline and 26,000 gallons of No. 2 dyed diesel fuel. A minimum of two-thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons would be ordered at any given time. The price of fuels may increase or decrease based on the weekly average Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) price published each Thursday from the Austin, Texas, Rack. The amount designated as the supplier’s profit margin per gallon must include delivery and must remain the same during the term of the contract. The contract term will be from one year from the date of approval by the City Council. Bid award may be separate for each fuel. Required forms for bid submittal are available from the Public Works Office at 705 Wichita Street during normal business hours.

Bids must be received by 2 pm, Monday, October 29th, 2012 at City Hall, 308 W. San Antonio Street, Lockhart, Texas 78644. Bids not received by this time and date will be rejected. Bid envelopes should be externally marked to indicate “Fuel Bids”.

The City of Lockhart reserves the right to reject any and all fuel bids.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

CITY OF MARTINDALE

TEXAS COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM

The City of Martindale is giving notice of the City’s intent to submit a Community Development Fund application for a grant from the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program.  The grant application request is for $275,000 for first time sewer service along Skyline Drive.  The sewer interceptor line will be brought from an existing sewer line on County Road 103 across S.H. 80 to Skyline Drive.  Details of the application will be available for review at City Hall during regular business hours.

For further information, contact Nancy Hempel,

City Secretary,

at 512-357-2639.

Doyle Mosier

Mayor

City of Martindale

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF

TEST OF

AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT FOR

NOVEMBER 06, 2012 ELECTIONS

(AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAR EL EQUIPO PARA

TABULAR

AUTOMATICAMENTE PARA LAS ELECCIONES DEL 06 DE

NOVIEMBRE 2012)

Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used in the elections held on Tuesday, November 06, 2012, will be tested on Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 2:00 PM at the Caldwell County Election’s Office, 1403 Blackjack St., Lockhart, Texas to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures.

Advierta por la presente es dado que el equipo automático que tabula que será utilizado en las elecciones tenidas el martes, el 06 de noviembre de 2012, será probado el jueves, el 18 de octubre de 2012, a las 2:00 de la tarde en la Oficina del Caldwell Elección de Condado, 1403 S. de Blackjack, Lockhart, Tejas para acertar que contará exactamente el reparto

de votos para todas las oficinas y en todas las medida

Pamela Ohlendorf,

Elections Administrator

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Caldwell County

Constable Pct. 1

Notice of Sale

Notice of sale of Real Property, State of Texas, County of Caldwell. By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued by the County Court at Law of Caldwell County, Texas, in Cause number 5546 Styled: Juan Villanueva, Plaintiff vs. Valdo Castillo, Jr. and Olivia Castillo. On a judgment rendered against Valdo Castillo, Jr., and Olivia Castillo. I did on September 19, 2012 levy upon as the property of Valdo Castillo, Jr. and Olivia Castillo the following described real property: Locally known as Property, Legal Discription: A157 JACKSON ISAAC, TRACT PT 6, ACRES 0.783.

NOVEMBER 6, 2012 being the first Tuesday of the month, beginning at 10:00 AM, at the Caldwell County Courthouse, 110 South Main St. Lockhart, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest Valdo Castillo, Jr. and Olivia Castillo in and to the real property described above. Dated at Lockhart, Caldwell County , Texas, September 19, 2012, Victor S Terrell Constable Pct. 1, Caldwell County, Texas/ is/by Jim Parker, Chief Deputy.

Notice to bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the debtor has in the property. Purchase of the debtor’s interest in the property may not extinguish any leans or security interest held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including  but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor:  If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately. Bidders shall present an unexpired written statement issued to the person in the manner prescribed by section 34.015, Tax Code, showing that the Caldwell County Tax assessor-collector has determined that there are no delinquent ad valorem taxes owed by the person. In addition, an individual may not bid on or purchase property in the name of any other individual.