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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Circle C Ranch

| settlement_type = Master-planned community

| image_map = {{maplink-road|from=Circle C Neighborhood (Austin, Texas).map}}

| map_caption = Map of Circle C Ranch in Southwest Austin

| pushpin_map = Texas

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States

| coordinates = {{coord|30|11|15|N|97|53|27|W|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Texas

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Travis

| subdivision_type3 = City

| subdivision_name3 = Austin

| established_title = Developed

| established_date = 1983

| founder = Gary Bradley

| area_total_sq_mi = 7.244

| population_total = 15,197

| population_density_sq_mi = 1,826

| timezone = CST

| utc_offset = −06:00

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = −05:00

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 512

| postal_code_type = Zip code

| postal_code = 78739

| website = {{URL|www.circlecranch.com}}

}}

Circle C Ranch (also known as Circle C) is a large master-planned community in southwest Austin, Texas, USA. Development of Circle C Ranch began in 1982, with the first homes in the community in built in 1986. During development, the subdivision was featured prominently in a long and contentious environmental legal battle regarding urban development in the vicinity of Barton Springs and over Edwards Aquifer. The controversy surrounding its development and later annexation by the city of Austin was a landmark in municipal annexation rights in Texas. Today, Circle C Ranch includes more than 5,620 homes.

History

File:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Circle C Ranch.jpg, located in the eastern portions of Circle C Ranch]]

Development of Circle C Ranch began in 1982 when Gary Bradley, at the time a part-owner of the Schlotzsky's restaurant chain, and his development partners began to earn development permits and acquire land in southwest Austin, Texas. However, several local environmentalist groups including the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS) were strongly opposed to the development due to the subdivision's planned location over the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer. Despite the strong opposition, the first homes in Circle C were built in 1986. In 1988, the Save Barton Creek Association filed a lawsuit against the Texas Highway Department in order to stop the extension of Texas State Highway Loop 1 into southwest Austin and to halt further development of Circle C Ranch. However, the subdivision's homeowner association was able to defend its rights to the land, and thus development continued.{{cite news|title=Circle C Ranch|url=http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/southwest-austin/circle-c-ranch/|access-date=24 June 2013|newspaper=Community Impact|date=September 27, 2012|author=Fontenot, Kelli|agency=Community Impact Newspaper|location=Austin, Texas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914223628/http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/southwest-austin/circle-c-ranch/|archive-date=14 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

By 1990, Circle C Ranch was considered the top selling subdivision in Central Texas. However, in the same year, the Gibraltar Savings and Loan bank based in California failed to pay off its debts, and all of its assets were transferred; at the time, this was one of the largest insolvencies in American history. Since the savings and loan company was the source for much of the money and resources involved in the development of Circle C Ranch, the subdivision went bankrupt and entered Chapter 11 reorganization status; reorganization was completed in 1992. Over the following years, several ordinances and lawsuits were filed in relation to Circle C Ranch and its environmental implications, resulting in the creation of the Southwest Travis County Water and Reclamation District in 1996 and the Slaughter Creek Water Protection Zone the following year. However, both the water district and protection zone were found unconstitutional because they were located within the City of Austin's extraterritorial jurisdiction and conflicted with the City's powers.{{cite court |litigants= Southwest Travis County Water District v. City of Austin|vol= |reporter= |opinion= 03-97-00736-CV|pinpoint= |court= Supreme Court of Texas|date= 2000-02-10|url= https://casetext.com/case/southwest-travis-cty-v-aus|access-date= 2022-01-24|quote= |postscript= }} On December 18, 1997, Circle C Ranch was involuntarily annexed by the City of Austin after roughly 15 years of development.

Schools

All of Circle C Ranch is served by the Austin Independent School District. Portions of the Avaña section in Hays County are located in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District, but students there are allowed to attend AISD schools.{{Cite web |title=2022-23 School Zone Finder |url=https://portal.metrostudygis.com/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f4732c8495049ab836a18b4debf72e1 |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Austin ISD}}

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|+Circle C Ranch Zoned Public Schools

scope="col" | School

!District

! scope="col" | Established

! scope="col" | Principal

! scope="col" | Enrollment

! scope="col" | Coordinates

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | Bear Creek Elementary

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 2020

| align="center" | David Crissey

| align="center" | 603

| align="center" | {{coord|30|10|16.13|N|97|54|36.24|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|title=Bear Creek Elementary School|url=https://www.austinisd.org/schools/bearcreek|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Austin ISD|language=en}}

scope="row" | Clayton Elementary

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 2006

| align="center" | Karen McCollum

| align="center" | 718

| align="center" |{{coord|30|11|42.24|N|97|54|23.51|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|title=Clayton Elementary School|url=http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=157|work=AISD Elementary Schools|publisher=Austin Independent School District|access-date=24 June 2013|location=Austin, Texas|date=May 24, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Clayton History|url=http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=157|work=Clayton Elementary School|publisher=School in Sites|access-date=24 June 2013|author=Clayton Elementary School|location=Austin, Texas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908091941/http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=157|archive-date=8 September 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Clayton Elementary School|url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/0894011061/school.aspx|publisher=SchoolDigger|access-date=24 June 2013|author=SchoolDigger}}

scope="row" | Kiker Elementary

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 1992

| align="center" | Cory Matheny

| align="center" | 789

| align="center" | {{coord|30|11|29.59|N|97|52|53.49|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|title=Kiker Elementary School|url=http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=75|work=AISD Elementary Schools|publisher=Austin Independent School District|access-date=24 June 2013|location=Austin, Texas|date=May 24, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Kiker Elementary School|url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/0894002776/school.aspx|publisher=SchoolDigger|access-date=24 June 2013|author=SchoolDigger}}

scope="row" | Mills Elementary

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 1997

| align="center" | Angela Frageman

| align="center" | 776

| align="center" | {{coord|30|12|39.52|N|97|52|41.62|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.austinisd.org/schools/mills|title=Mills Elementary School|last=Mills Elementary School|date=6 February 2017|publisher=Austin Independent School District|location=Austin, Texas|access-date=22 October 2017}}

scope="row" | Gorzycki Middle

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 2009

| align="center" | Cathryn Mitchell

| align="center" | 1,286

| align="center" | {{coord|30|12|51.84|N|97|53|30.86|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.austinisd.org/schools/gorzycki|title=Gorzycki Middle School|last=Gorzycki Middle School|date=6 February 2017|publisher=Austin Independent School District|location=Austin, Texas|access-date=22 October 2017}}

scope="row" | Bowie High

| align="center" | Austin ISD

| align="center" | 1988

| align="center" | Mark Robinson

| align="center" | 2,782

| align="center" | {{coord|30|11|13.44|N|97|51|31.44|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.austinisd.org/schools/bowie|title=Bowie High School|last=Bowie High School|date=6 February 2017|publisher=Austin Independent School District|location=Austin, Texas|access-date=22 October 2017}}

scope="row" | Carpenter Hill Elementary

| align="center" | Hays CISD

| align="center" | 2010

| align="center" | Ginger Bordeau

| align="center" | 606

| align="center" | {{coord|30|5|48.85|N|97|53|47.77|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=Administration / Principal's Message |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/domain/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hayscisd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D459 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hays CISD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=105906115&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Texas Education Agency}}{{Cite web |title=Carpenter Hill Elementary School Building Overview |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/cms/lib/TX02204837/Centricity/Domain/49/Carpenter%20Hill%20Elementary%20School.pdf |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Hays CISD}}

scope="row" | Dahlstrom Middle

| align="center" | Hays CISD

| align="center" | 1985

| align="center" | Dedrah Ginn

| align="center" | 955

| align="center" | {{coord|30|5|51.69|N|97|52|55.08|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=About Our School / School History |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/Page/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hayscisd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FPageID%3D1410 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hays CISD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Administration / Principal's Message |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/domain/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hayscisd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D764 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hays CISD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=105906043&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Texas Education Agency}}

scope="row" | Johnson High

| align="center" | Hays CISD

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | Brett Miksch

| align="center" | 2,452

| align="center" | {{coord|30|5|57.29|N|97|53|33.37|W|region:US}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=Administration / Principal's Message |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/domain/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hayscisd.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D3108 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hays CISD |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=105906006&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Texas Education Agency}}{{Cite web |title=Our District / Johnson High School |url=https://www.hayscisd.net/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hayscisd.net%2Fsite%2FDefault.aspx%3FPageID%3D448 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hays CISD |language=en}}

In popular culture

The reality television series Welcome to the Neighborhood was set in Circle C Ranch, in which five families competed to win a house in the neighborhood.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/garden/in-this-neighborhood-reality-tv-falls-short.html|title=In This Neighborhood, Reality TV Falls Short|last=Gillette|first=Felix|date=July 14, 2005|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026092151/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/garden/in-this-neighborhood-reality-tv-falls-short.html|archive-date=October 26, 2021|url-status=live}}

References

Sources

  • [http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-regional-local/7135882-1.html FM Properties Inc. comments on Texas state legislature actions]
  • [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1996/07/29/story1.html Bradley adds {{convert|976|acre|km2}} to Circle C]
  • [http://www.makegarypay.org/ Gary Bradley Will Not Get Away With Taking $73 Million from the Taxpayers to Build Circle C]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A527877 Houston's Long Shadow - Austin-Bashing: It's Not Over Yet]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:518445 Chasing Gary - To Annex or Not to Annex]
  • [http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/minutes/mincy97/mn121197a.htm Ordinance annexing for full purposes the CIRCLE C ANNEXATION AREA - Austin City Council 12/11/97 Meeting item]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060928082133/http://www.hro.house.state.tx.us/interim/interim3.pdf Hearing Reviews Limits on City Annexation and Development Powers - Texas House of Representatives]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A520964 Annexed citizens vs. City of Austin]
  • [http://www.txpeer.org/Bush/Local_Control.html "Local Control"- Texas Style]
  • [http://www.informaworld.com/index/787395894.pdf Boomtime in Austin, Texas: Negotiated Growth Management]
  • [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1999/10/11/story1.html Bradley, city compromising]
  • [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1999/10/18/story7.html City to pay about $10M in Circle C dispute]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A147081 A Revolt Brews Among the Circle C Masses]
  • [http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/news/bsa_cc_agree.htm Circle C Homeowners Association and City of Austin Settlement Agreement]
  • [http://www.secinfo.com/drZxb.6a.c.htm Reimbursement Claim Agreement between Circle C Land Corp. and City of Austin]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002022911/http://www.austinconcerns.org/battle_for_the_springs.htm The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:519285 Dotting i's, Circling C's - Simplifying the Tortured History of Circle C]
  • [http://www.makegarypay.org/Bradley's_broken-promises.htm Austin developer Gary Lee Bradley - A Comprehensive Annotation]
  • [http://www.secinfo.com/drZxb.7c.htm Legal Proceedings - FM Properties Inc. Form 10-Q]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717150257/http://www.3rdcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?OpinionId=12770 Save Our Springs Alliance and Circle C Neighborhood Assn v. City of Austin, Circle C Land Corp, and Stratus Properties]
  • [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A532385 Back In Black - SOS Is Arisen: Let the Confetti Rain Down]
  • [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/12/10/smallb1.html Circle C golf club reinvents itself]

External links

  • [http://www.circlecranch.com/ Circle C Ranch Homeowners Association Website]
  • [http://www.jbhs.org/ Bowie High School Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028170405/http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=158&lang= Gorzycki Middle School Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081017083249/http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=075&lang= Kiker Elementary School Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028170339/http://www.austinisd.org/schools/details.phtml?id=157&lang= Clayton Elementary School Website]
  • [http://www.greyrockgolfclub.com/ Grey Rock Golf Club Website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100226131839/http://www.ccrseals.org/ Circle C Swim Team Website]
  • [http://weather.jkm.net/ Circle C Weather Website]
  • [http://www.moonshinejeff.com/ Circle C Weather Website]

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