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Cibolo delays public‑improvement agreement for Schlatter/Slaughter Ranch; council to workshop trail, parkland and floodplain issues
Summary
Council reviewed a public improvement agreement (PIA) for a proposed 115‑acre residential subdivision that would provide right‑of‑way dedications, a 30'×3,000' trail easement and a 6‑acre park addition in exchange for credits against tree‑mitigation and parkland fees; council agreed to continue the item in a Feb. 24 workshop to resolve floodplain, parkland‑credit and maintenance funding questions.
Councilmembers spent substantial time Feb. 10 reviewing a proposed public improvement agreement (PIA) tied to a new private‑street subdivision (described in staff materials as roughly 115 acres, 106 half‑acre lots). City staff said the PIA package includes right‑of‑way dedications (including a proposed Bentwood Pass realignment), a Town Creek regional‑trail easement, a proposed 6‑acre Schlatter Park expansion and developer cash toward Wiener Road widening.
Staff (Project Manager/Presenter Mr. Vasquez) summarized how the UDC and the PIA tool work: parkland dedication is calculated as 8% of gross area (≈9.2 acres for this project) and developers may offer land dedication, pay a fee in lieu ($600 per lot, $63,000 in this case), or receive credit for certain facility improvements (up to a 20% cap for amenity credits). Vasquez also described a tree‑mitigation fee that the applicant would otherwise pay (staff cited a $573,000 net figure after tree‑planting offsets) and a nonrequired cash contribution of about $217,000 for Wiener Road pavement widening.
Council members raised three recurring themes in the discussion: (1) the submitted parkland package did not meet the UDC’s raw 8% acreage requirement as proposed (staff confirmed the offered 6 acres is less than the 9.2‑acre requirement and that much of the offered acreage lies in floodplain), (2) the city’s operational capacity to maintain additional parkland and a 30‑foot easement/trail (staff noted public‑works constraints), and (3) the need for a clearer, implementable trail alignment and funding plan before the council accepts land as credit against mitigation fees.
Councilwoman Cunningham and other members said they supported elements such as the Wiener Road right‑of‑way and the multi‑use trail in principle, but asked staff to return with clearer designs, maintenance commitments and a method for valuing the 6‑acre parkland (given its floodplain location). Several members proposed and the council approved sending the PIA back to a workshop (to be scheduled for the Feb. 24 meeting) so the city and developer can refine park/trail alignments, valuation comparables and maintenance responsibilities before any final PIA approval.
Next steps: council directed staff to bring the PIA back to a Feb. 24 workshop/agenda item with clarifying analyses (acreage and floodplain breakdowns, trail cost estimates, maintenance burden, and possible funding commitments).
