07/05/2026, 11:56

Included more information about the animal control facilities.


New title: Protect Kyle Vista Park — Stop the Hays County Eastside Campus at This Location

New justification:

The city of Kyle in conjunction with Hays county wants to place an animal control facility here, besides the Eastside county office building. This is not a small neighborhood office. The proposed county facility has been described as a large, three-story, approximately 72,000-square-foot government campus with a minimum of 26 different county offices consisting of: court-related functions, sheriff and constable operations, and adult and juvenile probation services to name a few. Discussions surrounding the broader project have also included animal-services facilities and infrastructure associated with Kyle Vista.

This location is wrong.

A county campus of this size will bring substantial increases in traffic, noise, congestion, lighting, security activity, and other impacts that fundamentally change the character of nearby neighborhoods. Residents also have legitimate concerns regarding probation-related and supervised-offender traffic being placed near homes, parks, walking trails, and two schools attended by Kyle children.

In addition, any animal-services or animal-control operations associated with this project could introduce ongoing noise from barking dogs, vehicle activity, kennel operations, and related disturbances that nearby homeowners would be forced to live with every day. Anyone who has lived near a kennel, shelter, or animal-control facility understands that persistent barking can significantly impact quality of life, outdoor enjoyment, and neighborhood tranquility along with attracting vermin.

Many residents purchased homes in this area with the expectation that Kyle Vista Park would remain focused on parks, recreation, open space, trails, athletic facilities, and family-oriented community uses. Instead, residents are now facing the possibility of a large regional government complex adjacent to neighborhoods, schools, and future parkland.

Kyle residents support needed county services. However, those services belong in an appropriate governmental or commercial location—not on land long associated with Kyle Vista Park and not immediately adjacent to family neighborhoods and schools.

We respectfully call upon the City of Kyle and Hays County to abandon plans to locate the Eastside Campus at Kyle Vista Park and to permanently protect this property for parkland, recreation, open space, trails, athletic facilities, and other community-serving uses consistent with public expectations and the City's long-term park vision.

By signing below, I support protecting Kyle Vista Park and oppose the placement of the Hays County Eastside Campus and animal control facilities at this location.