City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, February 1, 2017

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building.

City Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call and noted the following Councilmembers present:

11 - Mayor Taylor, Treviño, Warrick, Viagran, Saldaña, Gonzales, Lopez,

Medina, Nirenberg, Krier, and Gallagher

PRESENT:

A Briefing on the status of the City's Annexation program areas of IH-10 West and

US 281 North, and the draft Interlocal Agreement with the City of Converse

addressing the IH-10 East area. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Bridgett White,

Director, Planning and Community Development]

1.

Peter Zanoni reviewed the following benefits of Annexation: 1) Provides financial

resources to provide urban level services and capital projects to areas of need; 2) Provides

for economic growth and development; 3) Provides for orderly growth and development;

and 4) Protects our military installations and minimizes encroachment to their important

missions. He stated that in November 2016, City Council approved the annexation of 19.67

square miles on the south side and it was annexed into the city on December 31, 2016. He

noted that two recently constructed Fire Stations would service said area. He stated that the

annexation of land in the US 281 Commercial Corridor was also annexed in December

2016. He noted that said area was located approximately three miles north of the Loop

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1604/US 281 Interchange and was approximately four miles in length. He noted that City

Council approved a First Responder Contract with the Bexar County Emergency Services

District #3 to provide First Responder Services to said area with annual fees based on the

annual cost per incident. He stated that the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) would

provide all emergency medical treatment and transport services to the area. He noted that

Bexar County would follow City Guidelines to ensure that the service provided mirrored

that of the city.

Mr. Zanoni reviewed a timeline for the US 281 Residential Annexation noting that the City

Council would consider a 17-Year Non-Annexation Agreement on March 2, 2017. He