CITY & COUNTY
News from Cibolo, Universal City, Bexar County & Guadalupe County
COMPILED BY JARRETT WHITENER
Schertz City Council will meet March 28 and April 4 at 6 p.m. 1400 Schertz Parkway, Bldg. 4, Schertz. 201-619-1030. MEETINGS WE COVER will meet March 28 and April 11 at 6:30 p.m. 200 S. Main St., Cibolo. 210-658-9900 • www.cibolotx.gov Selma City Council will meet April 13 at 6:30 p.m. 9375 Corporate Drive, Selma. 210-651-6661 • www.ci.selma.tx.us Universal City City Council will meet March 21 and April 4 at 6:30 p.m. 2150 Universal City Blvd., Universal City. 210-659-0333. www.universalcitytexas.com Live Oak City Council will meet April 5 at 7 p.m. 8001 Shin Oak Drive, Live Oak. 210-653-9140 • www.liveoaktx.net www.schertz.com Cibolo City Council HIGHLIGHTS UNIVERSAL CITY City Council on Feb. 7 approved an ordinance amending the Future Land Use Plan to change the designation of property at 2902 Pat Booker Road to high-density residential. Council also approved an ordinance amending the zoning map.
Bexar County moves forward with Precinct 4 commissioner’s building
Elbel Building project enters concept phase GUADALUPE COUNTY The commissioners court on Feb. 14 approved a contract with Debra J. Dockery, Architect, P.C. for architec- tural/engineering services for the renovation of a building located on Elbel Road. The contract covers the con- cept phase of the project, which has an anticipated timeline of four-six weeks. The contract is in the amount of $46,380. The commissioners court also approved an o ce space allocation form, which will relocate depart- ments housed in the building on Elbel to the Guadalupe County Services Center, located o FM 78. Departments will be relocated until the completion of the renovation. Precinct 3 Commissioner Michael Carpenter said the relocation option
Cibolo approves contract to update 2023 Master Plan CIBOLO City Council on Feb. 14 approved a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for professional consulting services for the 2023 Comprehensive Master Plan update. The cost of the contract is $324,975, for which the city has allocated funds. The project will be focused on updating the Comprehensive Master Plan, which was last updated in 2016. Community engagement will be one of the main elements of the project, with community meetings being planned to keep residents informed on the changes and updates to the plan before it is approved. The updated plan is expected to be a yearlong project estimated to be completed in spring 2024.
RELOCATING SERVICES During the renovation process, services at the Elbel Building will be relocated to the Guadalupe County Services Center, located o FM 78.
BEXAR COUNTY The com- missioners court on Feb. 7 took a step forward in building a new facility—at a maximum guaranteed price of $14,700,324—to house Precinct 4 services. In 2015, Bexar County purchased a 51.47-acre tract south of the intersection of Rocket Lane and Loop 1604, adjacent to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The commissioners court approved an amendment to its con- tract with Thos S. Byrne Inc., which was rst approved in April 2022, for construction manager at risk services for the new building, and the constructability review and full design documents were completed in January. The new facility will include drive-thru lanes and house ser- vices, such as the tax assessor and collector, the constable of Precinct 4, the justice of the peace of Precinct 4 and a satellite o ce for the Precinct 4 commissioner.
According to Precinct 4 Commis- sioner Tommy Calvert, the existing Precinct 4 building is being rented, and it will be more bene cial for the county in the long run to invest in the 51-acre property. “Instead of the county renting from another building, we are now going to invest in ourselves,” Calvert said. “And through this particular 51 acres, there are opportunities for the county to have the space for other businesses to actually give the county rent money and make money for the county.” The estimated completion date for the project is summer 2024. The commissioners court also approved an additional project con- tingency in the amount of $900,000 and a budgetary transfer. According to Bexar County sta , the transferred funds come from approximately 10-15 capital projects county o cials believe are nished or inactive. The contingency money is
A NEW COUNTY FACILITY The new county-owned facility will sit on a 51.5-acre tract of land north of Loop 1604 and house county services, allowing the county to stop renting a facility, and have additional room for other developments.
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SOURCE: GUADALUPE COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
The project is set to be completed in summer 2024. (Rendering courtesy of Bexar County)
will allow the renovation of the entire building rather than breaking the project into segments. “Having everything at [FM] 78, at least temporarily, allows for our constituents, the taxpayers who paid for this and are paying for the renovations, to only have to go to one place,” Carpenter said.
to be used in the instance of a budgetary overrun. This item passed in a 3-1 vote with Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody voting against the item. “I am open to a change order or coming back with the speci c bids
and everything,” Moody said. “I just wouldn’t feel comfortable right now supporting a contingency fund on top of another contingency fund when I don’t know speci cally what that is going to cover and what the cost will be.”
LIVE OAK 14623 IH-35 N (210) 651-1911
RECTOR 819 E Rector Dr (210) 340-2244 STONE OAK 23026 US Hwy 281 N (210) 497-1322
LEGACY 2003 N Loop 1604 E (210) 494-8600
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