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San Antonio council rejects developer-backed MUD for Guadalupe Ranch after hours of testimony on aquifer risks
Summary
After more than five hours of public testimony and technical briefings, the San Antonio City Council voted down two developer-backed items that would have allowed creation of Bexar County Municipal Utility District No. 2 (the Guadalupe Ranch MUD) and an associated development agreement, citing widespread community and scientific concern about water quality in the Helotes Creek/Edwards Aquifer watershed.
San Antonio — The San Antonio City Council on Feb. 5 declined to give the developer consent needed to create a municipal utility district (MUD) to finance the proposed Guadalupe Ranch subdivision and also rejected an associated development agreement, after hours of public testimony calling the project a threat to the Edwards and Trinity aquifers.
Bridgette White, director of the city Planning Department, told the council the site is roughly 1,160 acres in Bexar County’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and that the developer planned up to 3,000 single-family homes and an on-site wastewater treatment plant. White said water-quality protections negotiated with the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) and terms from a 2024 settlement would remain in certain scenarios, but that several additional protections would be available only in a signed development agreement—which the developer had told staff it would not sign.
Residents, scientists and elected officials urged council…
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