>> ASHLY: IN THE LAST CENSUS,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOERNE
RESIDENTS IS OVER 10,000.
>> MARK: BUT THE NUMBERS HAVE
EXPLODED IN THE LAST YEARS OF
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL
AND RESIDENTIAL.
JOINING US HERE, "GMSA" AT 9:00,
CHRIS SHADROCK WHO'S DONE AN
ON-LINE MINISERIES OF SORTS
HIGHLIGHTS BOERNE.
FULL DISCLOSURE, YOU LIVE UP IN
BOERNE, RIGHT?
>> I LIVE IN BOERNE.
WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE 2002,
WHILE.
>> MARK: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WHEN DID THE BOOM START.
HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN IN
THE MAKING?
>> TO THE CHAGRIN OF LONG-TIME
RESIDENTS IN BOERNE, WHEN MY
FAMILY MOVED OUT THERE, WE WERE
PART OF THE BOOM.
THE COOKIE CUTTER HOUSES STARTED
CREEPING OUT THAT WAY.
>> MARK: YEAH, SHERWOOD OAKS.
>> YEAH, IT DID SLOW DOWN IN THE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS NOT
ONLY IN TERMS OF THE MASTER PLAN
COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HAVE
BETWEEN 500 AND 2500 HOMES
PROPOSED AND PLANNED IN THEM,
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
COMMERCIAL END OF IT.
WE'RE SEEING BUSINESSES START TO
COME OUT TO BOERNE AND PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO SAY, OKAY, HOLD
ON, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET -- WE
STREET IS.
LOOKS LIKE.
IT.
>> MARK: SO WRESTLING WITH THE
IDENTITY IS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> MARK: BIG DOWNSIDES.
>> ASHLY: NOT JUST COMMERCIAL,
NOT JUST THE TRAFFIC.
BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ONE OF THE STORIES YOU REPORTED
SAID CRIME -- NOT VIOLENT CRIME,
BUT THE POLICE CALLS ARE UP 42%.
>> YEAH, IN THE PAST.
>> ASHLY: WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO
DO ABOUT THAT.
>> THE ONE THING THE CHIEF TOLD
ME IS THEIR PLAN IS TO ADD ABOUT
1 TO 3 OFFICERS THIS YEAR,
BUDGET PERMITTING.
I HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL TO
GET THE MONEY FOR ALL OF THAT.
AND THESE CALLS ARE -- I'M A
CASE POINT IN IT A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, I CALLED AND SAID,
HEY, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MY DAD
KNOCK ON HIS DAD.
THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
HE CALLLED ME AND SAID MY PHONE
IS BROKEN.
THEY'RE DOING CALLS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE APPROACHABLE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
DOING THAT.
SO THE CRIME RATE HAS STAYED
RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THE
YEARS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A HUGE
INCREASE IN ANY ONE OFFENSE FOR
OFFICERS TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO.
BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE THEY ARE
IS TRAFFIC.
TRYING TO GET FROM ONE SIDE OF
THE TOWN TO THE OTHER.
>> MARK: FROM TRAFFIC TO TALKING
ABOUT THE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT, I GUESS ONE OF THE
CONCERNS ALSO IS GOING TO BE
PROPERTY VALUES AND MAKING SURE
THAT BOERNE REMAINS AFFORDABLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE THERE FOR A
LONG TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SPIKE HERE
IF NOT ALREADY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AFTER SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I SPOKE TO.
60% OF THE HOMES RIGHT NOW
APPROVED FOR DEVELOPMENT,
THERE'S 5,000 HOMES APPROVE IN
THE BOERNE AREA, 60% ARE
$250,000 NORTH.
>> ASHLY: WOW.
>> THAT'S NOT ENTRY LEVEL BY ANY
STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
THEY HAD WRESTLED WITH THIS
ISSUE, HOW DO WE GET TEACHERS
WHO WANT TO TEACH IN THIS SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO
LIVE IN BORE KNEE?
NO ONE HAS THE ANSWER.
THERE'S NO ONE SOLUTION ON THE
TABLE THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT TO
DO TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
>> ASHLY: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
BUCCEES, CHICK-FIL-A, OTHER
DEVELOPMENTS.
>> THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF
RUMORED DEVELOPMENT, PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT'S COMING.
BUCCEES IS COMING.
CAPACITY.
THAT PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED
SOMEHOW.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TALK OF A
CHICK-FIL-A, THERE'S TALKS OF A
TARGET AND AN ACADEMY SPORTS.
>> MARK: SOME PEOPLE WANT THAT,
SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU TALK TO A LOT OF FOLKS IN
BOERNE, THEY'RE OKAY WITH
CHICK-FIL-A.
EVERYBODY LIKES THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MAYBE TAKE -- THAT
ADDS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE
VALUE.
WOULDN'T.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE
HORIZON.
CHICK-FIL-A IS ON THE RADAR.
AS I'VE BEEN TOLD.
SO I THINK SOMEWHERE PROBABLY IF
I HAD TO GUESS INTO SOHO, SOUTH
ONE DAY.
>> MARK: A LITTLE BUMPER STICKER
CAMPAIGN GOING ON.
BOERNE, TEXAS, BETTER THAN EVER.
BUT ONE YOU SAID YOU CAN'T FIND
ANYWHERE.
>> YOU CANNOT FIND DRIVING
AROUND THE BUSINESSES AND
FINDING ONE THAT SAYS BOERNE
GONE FOREVER.
YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE
AROUND, BUT THE MOMENT YOU GO
FIND.
YOU SEE THEM AROUND TOWN.
IT'S A BIG CAMPAIGN.
THE OLDER FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR A LONG TIME SAY THE
OLD BOERNE IS GONE FOREVER.
YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY WHO
WANTS TO SEE SOME OF THIS GROWTH
TO SAY, IT'S BETTER THAN EVER.
ISSUE AND THE GROWING PAINS