BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A majority of San Antonio planning commissioners voted against recommending a financing model application for the proposed Guajolote Ranch project.
In a Friday hearing, planning commissioners voted down the measure 5-4 for Lennar Corporation’s municipal utility district (MUD) application.
This after opponents of the development packed the meeting, and for three hours gave public comment. Not one of them supporting the project nor the MUD.
“The CEO of Lennar Homes, Stewart Miller, lives on an estate in Florida. He’s not a Texan,” Elaine Milam Vette said. “He doesn’t drink our water, or worry about his family getting sick from a polluted water source.”
Mark Dorazio, the Republican state lawmaker who represents the area where the project is proposed in District 122, also made an appearance.
“Never once had I heard a single person that I represent advocate for this development,” Dorazio said. “I have never heard anyone advocate for this MUD.”
The vote creates a potential roadblock for the developers behind the northwest Bexar County project.
The MUD now heads to the San Antonio City Council for a final vote on Feb. 5.
MUD is a different type of financing and governance structure which, if approved, would shape how the project’s infrastructure is built and paid for.
A MUD is a separate political entity that can issue bonds and levy taxes to fund utility infrastructure — commonly water, wastewater and drainage — particularly in areas not served by a city’s utility system.
In this case, Guajolote Ranch is located in San Antonio’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, meaning it is outside city limits but within an area where San Antonio has limited authority.
Therefore, the city must formally consent before a MUD can be created there.
The proposed development would create approximately 3,000 homes on 1,100 acres of land, which is located north of Grey Forest.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved a wastewater facility permit for the proposed development last October.
Opponents, with the help of some state lawmakers, called for a rehearing on the permit, but TCEQ denied it.
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