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Commissioners approve economic incentive for retail project and direct engineer to notify Canyon Lake Girls Softball Association of lease violation
Summary
After executive session, the court approved an economic development incentive—up to five years or $750,000—and discussed related transportation improvements; the court also directed the county engineer to notify Canyon Lake Girls Softball Association of a lease violation and request removal or relocation costs and a proposal.
Comal County Commissioners Court, meeting after an executive session, voted to approve an economic development incentive agreement tied to a retail project and later directed the county engineer to notify the Canyon Lake Girls Softball Association that it is in violation of its county lease.
A commissioner summarized the retail incentive as “up to 5 years or up to $750,000 in incentive,” and described transportation improvements tied to the project. The commissioner said the partnership would include roadway improvements intended to improve connections between US 281/CR 1101, I‑35, and local roads such as Watson Lane and Kollenberg, and that those transportation upgrades factored into the county’s decision.
“...the thing that I'm most excited about are the improvements... The transportation aspect of it was big for me,” the commissioner said during the public discussion.
Following that vote, under a separate instruction recorded after executive-session matters, a commissioner moved to direct County Engineer Robert Boyd to send a letter to the Canyon Lake Girls Softball Association notifying them that they are in violation of their lease with the county, that they must pay for removal of a structure per lease terms, and to provide a proposal to relocate the structure elsewhere. The court approved the direction by motion and second.
The economic incentive item was discussed in closed session per the court’s notice; the public record from the open meeting shows the approval motion and subsequent public remarks about traffic and retail impacts. The court’s direction to the county engineer on the lease matter appears in the open meeting minutes as an approved instruction; the transcript records the motion and its second.
