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17.

City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

02/20/2024

BACKGROUND

Discussion occurred at the January 24, 2024 Northeast Partnership Mayor's Workshop regarding support for a resolution from the Northeast Partnership (NEP) that supports its member cities in opposition to the Heidelberg Servtex rock crushing quarry expansion, urges elected officials and citizens of NEP cities, San Antonio and Comal county to work together to oppose the expansion and urges NEP member cities to submit comments to their State Representatives and State Senators to oppose the expansion.

The resolution lists the following reasons for the opposition:

the negative impacts it will have on the health, safety, and welfare of citizens; water quality and availability; the watershed and floodplains; air quality; traffic flow; roadway safety; cultural and archaeological resources; wildlife habitat; and property values in the region; and
increased heavy truck traffic that will be generated by the quarry expansion will ultimately have a significant impact on the high traffic congestion currently experienced in the NEP region along with increased noise, exhaust emissions, and dust pollution generated by the increased truck traffic, the deterioration and destruction of roadway infrastructure caused by the overburdening of the roadways from increased heavy truck traffic and the safety impacts it will have on the public traveling these roadways on a daily basis, and
noise, air pollution, and disturbance to the peace, quiet and serenity of the residential areas of our communities caused by the expansion of rock crushing and quarrying operations as well as the negative effects that ground vibrations, air overpressure, and blasting activities will have on residential, commercial, and public properties in proximity to the quarry operations.

Heidelberg petitioned the City of Schertz in late January to remove an approximately 47 acre tract from Schertz' ETJ something that is allowed with the recent change in State Law and is something the City could not stop in this case. Additionally, a concrete batch plant is proposed in Schertz' ETJ just off of FM 2252. It moved to this location after the City of Garden Ridge Board of Adjustment denied a variance request to increase the height allowed. Both of these tracts are shown on the attached exhibit.

Attachments
NEP Resolution Quarry
ETJ Quarry Map