CITY & COUNTY
News from San Marcos & Kyle
San Marcos City Council will meet June 6 and 20 at 6 p.m. 630 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos 512-393-8000 www.sanmarcostx.gov Kyle City Council will meet June 6 and 20 at 7 p.m. 100 W. Center St., Kyle 512-262-1010 • www.cityo yle.com Buda City Council will meet June 6 and 20 at 6 p.m. 405 E. Loop St., Buda 512-312-0084 • www.budatx.gov Hays County Commissioners Court will meet May 23 and June 6 at 9 a.m. 111 E. San Antonio St., San Marcos 512-393-2205 www.hayscountytx.com MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS SAN MARCOS Police Chief Stan Standridge presented the newly negotiated police contract between the city of San Marcos and the San Marcos Police O cers’ Association to City Council on May 2. The previous contract was repealed following a petition e ort led by local activist group Mano Amiga. Council was scheduled to vote on it at the May 16 meeting, which was after press time.
SMART Terminal development set to add acreage, draws community opposition BY ZARA FLORES & ERIC WEILBACHER decent working conditions, and not all pay well.” On May 11, Texas-based Scarborough Lane
Rezoning retail to townhome request denied
REZONE PENDING While the request to rezone to townhomes was denied, city sta will work to come to an agreement.
INDUSTRIAL HUB MOVING FORWARD
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
McAllister and Associates Real Estate Services to bring back a proposal for a combination of townhomes for own- ership as well as retain retail units. Collins noted that it had been challenging gaining retail develop- ers’ interest in the property due to visibility concerns. “If you don’t have visibility, retail- ers don’t do very good,” Collins said. In 2020 an application for residen- tial condos was denied because of tra c congestion on Bebee Road.
KYLE A request to rezone 4.68 acres of land from retail to townhomes for property located at 1290 Bebee Road was rejected. Although the rezoning request was denied April 18, Kyle City Council directed sta to work with the applicant—Vincent Huebinger, owner of Vincent Gerard and Associates Inc., an Austin-based land, planning development and zoning consultant company—and Spencer Collins with
With the development, the company seeks to attract corporate tenants that would utilize it as a central hub for a railway-served industrial park.
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SAN MARCOS The San Marcos Air Rail and Truck Terminal development took another step forward toward o ering new manufacturing jobs after City Council approved plans to annex around 620 acres into the city; its subsequent zoning change to heavy industrial was postponed to July 3. The vote came after more than 3 1/2 hours of citizen comment and council discussion April 18 in which residents of San Marcos, Martindale, Maxwell and surrounding areas spoke in opposi- tion to it. At the following May 2 meeting, City Council voted to initiate a review of the development agreement as residents took issue with the lack of transparency on the developer’s part. “Besides revenue, the second good reason to support SMART Terminal is because it will bring good jobs to town,” San Marcos resident Ana Juarez said. “How do we know this? We knew what type of industry and what types of jobs the original SMART [Terminal] was bringing, but new SMART [Ter- minal] has provided no details about this. Not all manufacturing jobs are good jobs; not all provide
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Union Pacic Corp. railroad would connect to the project. Aviation Partners so the terminal can partner with the nearby San Marcos Regional Airport to potentially attract air cargo distribution companies. The developer is working with the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas AXIS Logistics Park—formerly known as the SMART Terminal—will be a railroad- serviced industrial park that will have about 15 business facilities with access to trucks as well as air cargo and rail transportation.
Development and Partners Real Estate announced the SMART Terminal was renamed as AXIS Logis- tics Park. The rst phase of the development will consist of the roughly 850 acres that lies between FM 1984, Hwy 80, the San Marcos Regional Airport and a railway line adjacent to the airport. Most of the opposition at the May 2 meeting and worries surrounding the development revolve around harm to the existing but frail infrastructure and the environment as well as risks to nearby resi- dents. The city will meet with the developer on how to move forward and address community concerns. The SMART Terminal has been in the works since 2018 and has more than doubled in size since its inception. The company applying for the amend- ment to the SMART Terminal agreement is seeking to add an additional land to the already existing area that would increase its size from 890 acres to more than 2,000 acres. The company wants to attract corporate tenants that would utilize it as a central hub for a rail- way-served industrial park.
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Kyle selects new city manager
and I look forward to working with the mayor, council and our dynamic sta to serve this community,” Langley said in a news release. Council selected Langley as the lone nalist for the position during its special meeting April 14.
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
KYLE City Council announced Bryan Langley’s appoint- ment to city manager at its regular meeting April 18. The city had been without a permanent city manager for about eight months since former City Manager Scott Sellers resigned in September. Assistant City Manager Jerry Hendrix had been acting city manager since July. “I am thrilled to become a part of the Kyle team,
About 15 miles of track would be laid within the terminal property for loading and unloading railway cargo.
Bryan Langley
Mayor Travis Mitchell noted Langley has an “adept understanding” of what the Kyle community needs, noting his knowledge of municipal government.
SOURCES: TEXAS TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE, UNION PACIFIC CORP., BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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