Planning from the ground up.

Redwood Vista Water Supply Corporation

A member-owned nonprofit water board formed to bring wastewater and clean water service to Redwood and Rancho Vista, where nearly every household relies on an aging septic system. The board secretary keeps the records and meeting documentation and coordinates between the board, residents and project partners.

• Texas Water Development Board CWSRF funding applications, SFY2025 and SFY2026
• EPA CAWAG and Water Finance Exchange partnership
• Resident support letters and parcel outreach for member sign-up
• Texas Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act training (December 2025)

Personal portfolio. Nothing here is an official statement of the Redwood Vista Water Supply Corporation.

The Community of Redwood and Rancho Vista

A research presentation and annotated bibliography on how the two neighborhoods came to lack basic wastewater service: what the community, the county and neighboring developers did or did not do, drawn from UT Austin studies, census data, county records, public meeting video and a community interview.

Field photos from the study. Figures come from the cited studies, not new survey work.

Spruce Street Infrastructure Inventory

The county had repairs scheduled for Spruce Street, so this was a chance to record the street as it is before anything changes. The walk-through on September 4, 2026 followed the road from Redwood Road past the Centro Esperanza community center, photographing problems along the way and outlining the road, drainage and entrance areas on a GIS study-area map. The result is a short course memo, written in the format of a note to the county engineering department, that documents conditions before the repairs. It is student work and was not commissioned by the county.

Existing Homes, New Infrastructure

New subdivisions east of San Marcos are getting a regional wastewater plant, while the older homes next door still run on septic. This project asks a simple question: if Redwood and Rancho Vista were ever connected, where would the need be greatest, and which routes to new infrastructure would face the fewest obstacles from terrain, floodplain, roads and jurisdiction lines?

• Mapping the regional water and wastewater picture within about 15 miles, from Martindale to Staples.
• Reading the City's public plans for the new plant closely enough to separate what is planned for new development from what existing neighborhoods can actually expect.
• Next: score existing parcels by need, then compare candidate connection routes in a 3D terrain model.

Interactive model: the Rancho Vista street network traced over the subdivision plat in World Sim. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, click a street for details.

Following the Money and the Map

Two public meetings in September 2025, attended as a planning student and as a board member for Redwood and Rancho Vista. One decided what the City of San Marcos can pay for in the coming year; the other shapes where Guadalupe County roads can go for the next twenty.

Figures come from personal meeting notes. The City's adopted budget and the County's plan documents are the official record.

Plymouth Park Legacy Project

Student team project for the 2026 APA Texas Student Legacy Project, working from the City of Irving's brief. Team topic: governance, engagement and implementation. Role: website team, and modeling the site in World Sim from the team's master plan, first as an original concept and then as the final concept. The master plan itself is the work of the Plymouth Park student team.

The first model, kept for comparison. About 2 MB.

Buildings, open space and simulated traffic, modeled from the team master plan. About 16 MB, so it loads only when asked. Concept model, not surveyed.

Foundation Pier Layouts

Six years of residential foundation repair build the same habits planning needs: reading soils, drainage and access, working through permits, and explaining the work to the people who live there. Each job moved from a field layout to an estimate, a permit packet and a work plan for the crew. Layouts are now modeled in 3D so owners can see the work before it starts.

Interactive model of a pier and beam layout: every beam bears on the pier caps. Click a pier or beam for its size.

• 60 residential foundation projects coordinated from estimate to completion, 2018 to 2024
• Site visits, contracts, permit applications and scheduling with civil engineers and field crews
• Past job sites mapped in ArcGIS Pro with aerial imagery and terrain

Chapter 395 Impact Fee Policy Memo

A recommendation to the mayor and council of Clear Fork, a course case city, on water and wastewater impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395. Recommendation: adopt fees at 75% of the modeled maximum, so new development helps pay for growth-related capacity while the fee stays below the ceiling.

Figures come from the course dataset. The memo also flags the $6.9M left uncovered after credits and asks who would pay it.

Sink Creek Site Assessment

Capstone assessment of the Sink Creek property at the start of the San Marcos River. After a guided site tour, the team photographed 35 points across the property's ecological zones, mapped them in ArcGIS Pro, and presented their ecological value along with the water infrastructure on site.