Northeast San Antonio Metrocom Edition | January 2025

Government

BY JARRETT WHITENER

Live Oak parks master plan approved Live Oak City Council approved a reso- lution to adopt the 2024 Parks, Trails and Open Spaces Master Plan on Dec. 10. This plan will serve as a guide for city leaders to determine future parks and recreation needs. Breaking it down The plan serves as a tool to apply for grant funding and account for future budget expenses, but it does not allocate any fund- ing to listed projects. Funding for projects will have to be brought back to the appropri- ate commissions before being approved by City Council. The potential costs for each park and its improvements is as follows: • Main City Park: $8.79 million • Live Oak city pool complex: $1.26 million • Woodcrest Nature Park: $1.92 million • Montanio Park: $245,563 • Trail system additions (not within parks): $820,649

Roberts wins Cibolo election, Schertz to have runo Results from the Cibolo City Council runo elec- tion and the Schertz City Council special election are in, showing one new city council member in Cibolo and an upcoming runo election in Schertz. Breaking it down Election results Cibolo Place 6 Winner Headed to runo

66.5% Donetta Roberts 33.5% Charles Ruppert

In the Cibolo race, Donetta Roberts ran against Charles Ruppert. The Place 6 council seat is a newly created at-large seat meant to represent all Cibolo residents. According to totals from Guadalupe County, Roberts received 66.5% of votes while Ruppert received 33.5%. In total, 412 ballots were cast during the election period. For the Schertz race, the Place 4 special election was called after Tiany Gibson resigned from the seat in September. The candidate lling the vacancy would serve on City Council for the remainder of the term, which will end in 2026. Five candidates applied for the City Council, Place 4 seat: Benjamin Guerrero, Tyrone Taylor, Timothy Dusek, Heather Stamper and Paula Del Toro. The top two vote-getters were Tim Dusek with 29.1% of votes and Benjamin Guerrero with 22.34% of votes. A total of 981 votes were cast. The election will be hosted on Jan. 18 by

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29.1% Tim Dusek 22.34% Benjamin Guerrero 17.52% Paula Del Toro 16.8% Heather Stamper 14.24% Tyrone Taylor

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Guadalupe County, and each Schertz resident will use the same polling location, regardless of which county they live in. According to Guadalupe County’s election web- site, the main polling location will be the Schertz Community Center at 1400 Schertz Parkway.

100-acres rezoned for light manufacturing district

New Cibolo Economic Development leader begins role

Schertz City Council approved an ordinance to rezone approximately 100 acres of land at Schwab Road to be used as a light manufacturing district and multifamily residential district on Dec. 3. The overview Majority of the property is planned to be used for industrial development, according to agenda documents. With the property being across Schwab Road from Sysco, it matches the city comprehensive plan, which highlights sections of northern Schertz as areas for commercial development. The multifamily residential development would take up about 19 acres of the property to allow for an estimated 350-unit apartment complex, according to agenda documents. During the meeting, the applicant said that the property owner has 120 acres, and plans to leave 20 acres as general business, which would allow for retail opportunities along I-35.

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As of Jan. 2, Rick Vasquez is the new direc- tor of economic devel- opment and planning for the city of Cibolo. Notable quote Vasquez said he was “thrilled” to join the city of Cibolo.

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Moving forward City Council approved the resolution in a 5-1 vote, with council member Paul Macaluso voting against the rezoning due to the lack of general business opportunity in the area. With the approval of the rezoning, the appli- cant can begin the development process for the proposed project.

Rick Vasquez

“I look forward to collaborating with cit- izens, board members and elected ocials on transformative projects like the Old Town Master Plan and economic development initiatives like the upcoming rewrite of the 2025 Unied Development Code,” Vasquez said in a Dec. 12 news release.

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