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San Antonio Council Unanimously Rejects MUD for Guajolote Ranch

State regulators still control whether a district is created, sending the dispute beyond City Hall.

Randy Neumann, a leader of the Scenic Loop-Helotes Creek Alliance, speaks outside San Antonio City Hall on Thursday after the City Council voted against the creation of a municipal utility district for Lennar's Guajolote Ranch project. 
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San Antonio City Council hears from opponents of the Guajolote Ranch Subdivision
After more than a year of community opposition and state-level approvals, San Antonio City Council is expected to vote Thursday on whether to approve a key piece of a controversial northwest Bexar County housing development.

Overview

  • The council also voted down a development agreement that addressed potential annexation, added fees, road access and higher standards outside city limits.
  • The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has already permitted average discharges of about 1 million gallons per day of treated wastewater into Helotes Creek.
  • Opponents filed a Jan. 21 lawsuit in Travis County seeking to overturn TCEQ’s wastewater permit, alleging numerous errors in the approval process.
  • Lennar can negotiate wastewater service with SAWS; if no agreement is reached within 120 days, it can ask TCEQ to approve the district without city consent.
  • Hydrologists including Ronald Green challenge SAWS’ aquifer-safety assurances, while SAWS defends its negotiated wastewater conditions as among the state’s most stringent.