Northeast San Antonio Metrocom Edition | June 2025

Government

BY THOMAS LEFFLER

Parking improvements coming to Olympia Hills In a 4-1 vote, Universal City’s City Council awarded a contract to D&D Contractors on May 20 for Olympia Hills’ parking lot, sewer line and Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades. Council member Bernard Rubal was the lone dissenting vote. The overview D&D Contractors was the lowest of six bids at $579,222. A total of $565,000 of the improvements will be covered by the Olympia Hills Golf Course Budget, with the remainder covered from Venue Tax. Sewer work is estimated to cost $151,267 out of the $579,222 allocated for the project. Digging deeper Council authorized sta to obtain estimated costs of construction for the expansion of the golf course parking lot in September 2024. City Manager Kim Turner told council that there were

Universal City Council lls vacant seat In a 3-2 vote, Universal City Council appointed William Shelby—a former City Council member—to replace resigned Council member Ashton Bulman during a special meeting May 29. Council members Bernard Rubal and Phil Vaughan were the two dissenting votes. How it happened Shelby’s appointment came after two other motions to appoint potential Council mem- bers Patrick Day and Kenneth Mitts failed. How we got here Bulman resigned from her seat during a May 6 meeting, following claims that she was being bullied. The oce of mayor or a council member becomes vacant upon the death, resignation, recall or removal from oce in any manner authorized by law or forfeiture of oce. When a vacancy occurs on the dais, the remaining members must appoint a qualied person to ll the unexpired term within 30 days, according to the city’s charter. What the dais is saying Council member Bear Goolsby made the motion to appoint Shelby. “I do believe that Shelby has a vision for the city that moves along in the direction that I see the city going,” Goolsby said. Vaughan said he voted not to appoint Shelby because there were other candidates he would prefer to see on council.

Olympia Hill Golf and Event Center

OLYMPIA PKWY.

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issues with overow parking at the course going onto city streets and unapproved property. Council member Phil Vaughan said previous discussion centered on sewer line expansion because of the potential expansion of the course’s clubhouse. Public Works Director Randy Luen- smann told Vaughan that completing this work now would be much cheaper than at a future time. Stay tuned As of now, there is no completion timeline available for the project, according to agenda doc- uments. Council is also considering other future improvements to Olympia Hills and is currently waiting on an economic impact analysis of the venue to aid in its decision-making.

Comparing costs Universal City Council approved a contract with D&D Contractors for improvements to the Olympia Hills Golf and Event Center parking lot and sewer lines, according to agenda documents.

$864,528

$865,940

$844,945

$824,114

$773,719

$0 $200K $400K $600K $800K $1M

$579,222

West Hill Paving

D&D Contractors

Dirty Boys

Jerdon Enterprises

Slick City Contractors

Yantis Company

SOURCE: CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Live Oak’s 2022 bond projects nearing completion Live Oak City Council awarded a $391.8K contract to Clark Construction of Texas for the fourth and nal phase of its 2022 bond on May 27. In a nutshell pavement, according to agenda documents. How we got here Live Oak voters passed an $18 million bond in 2022 to be used for work on roads, bridges and

1 Baywave 2 Forest Ash 3 Forest Summit

4 Forest Stream 5 Fox Crest

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sidewalks. Next steps

BAYWAVE

Contract funds will be used for ve improve- ment projects on the following streets: Baywave, Forest Ash, Forest Stream, Forest Summit and Fox Crest. The cost will fund new concrete curbs, adjust existing manholes and adding new

WOODCREST PARK

The nal phase is anticipated to be completed by the end of July, Director of Public Works Mark Wagster said.

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FOX CREST

SOURCE: CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITYCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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