More than seven months after a key spillgate at Lake Dunlap’s dam failed, three propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot were approved by Comal County and Guadalupe County voters that will pave the way for the dam to be rebuilt.
Immediately following the spillgate failure, board members of the Preserve Lake Dunlap Association worked with local representatives to propose a water control and improvement district, or WCID, that would allow residents to tax themselves to pay for the improvements, said Doug Harrison, who serves as a special advisory board member for the PLDA.
On Feb. 7, 2020, the TCEQ approved the Lake Dunlap WCID, and a temporary board with five members was established to work with the GBRA to determine tax rates and develop a design for the dam.
Proposition A formed the Lake Dunlap WCID; Proposition B set an upper limit on the WCID maintenance and operation tax rate at $0.10 per $100 valuation; and Proposition C will give the WCID the authority to levy a tax to repay bonds issued by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority for the dam construction of up to $40 million.
