Reporting from Bulverde
Council and commission decisions, development, roads, public services, and community news in Bulverde.
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Bulverde residents now have a failed Flock cancellation motion, a denied industrial rezoning and a street repair plan delayed until December. Council also added a city position with a $50,000 budget amendment.
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Bulverde residents will continue to encounter the city's Flock cameras after a motion to cancel the contract failed Monday. Three council members supported cancellation, but one abstained; the mayor said all four had to agree.
3 min read · Motion failed; contract remains in place
Residents near FM 1863 can weigh in Monday on a proposed change from residential to industrial zoning. Bulverde council will also consider next year’s street maintenance plan and animal-control service.
4 min read · Meeting preview; decisions pending
Residents near Roadrunner Way can comment on proposed industrial zoning for a Dawn View Acres lot at Bulverde’s next council meeting. A decision is still ahead.
3 min read · Meeting scheduled
Bulverde commissioners recommended denying an industrial rezoning near FM 1863. Nearby residents now await City Council’s decision on the zoning request and companion land-use change.
3 min read · Commission recommendation; council decision pending
Residents near FM 1863 have two land-use hearings next week; Bulverde council may also act on cameras, street maintenance and a $350,000 appraisal district property purchase resolution.
3 min read · Meeting preview
Bulverde residents now have two new business permit listings to track. The state filings identify addresses and first-sales dates, but do not verify openings.
1 min read · Permit filings documented
Bulverde residents now have measurable targets for city management in 2027, including staff turnover below 8% and quarterly capital-project updates. The targets are not achieved results.
1 min read · Council action verified
Bulverde has asked its current legal-services firm to provide two attorneys for 90 days, keeping city legal service in place while the council interviews candidates. A final selection comes next.
1 min read · Verified council direction
Bulverde residents have a chance to ask Mayor Helen Hays questions and share feedback at a Nov. 2 town hall in Spring Branch.
1 min read · Scheduled
Bulverde residents can weigh in Nov. 3 on a proposed industrial rezoning near FM 1863; approval could allow more uses than the applicant’s planned warehouse.
4 min read · Hearing scheduled
Bulverde residents can weigh in Tuesday as council considers limits on planned development districts, a legislative committee’s work and its next city attorney.
3 min read · Meeting preview
Bulverde residents can follow a proposed temporary judge appointment for the Oct. 28 court setting; council action is next.
2 min read · Meeting scheduled
Bulverde drivers face changed city-street speed limits after council adopted two ordinances; residents also gained approval for up to $7,000 in community park equipment.
5 min read · Verified Oct. 13 actions
Residents who use Bulverde parks could see changes to planting and seating after the board’s next discussion of a contribution-wall tree, red yucca and benches.
3 min read · Meeting scheduled
Bulverde taxpayers face a new city rate and a budget that adds property-tax revenue while shifting public-safety, public-works and contract-service allocations.
2 min read · Adopted budget and tax rate
Residents near Goldsmith, Bergwald and Bulverde Crossing now have several development applications to track; the city lists them as under review.
3 min read · Applications under review
Two proposed ordinances would lower Bulverde’s general city-street maximum from 35 to 30 mph and set a 25 mph limit on public streets in Edgebrook. Council will also consider park requests and committee assignments Oct. 13.
3 min read · Meeting preview
A landowner seeks industrial zoning for a Dawn View Acres tract, with a livestock-show-supply facility proposed. Residents can speak at Thursday’s Planning and Zoning Commission hearing.
3 min read · Hearing scheduled
Bulverde council focused on lower-cost speed-limit signs while discussing a delay for a $35,000 raised crosswalk near the Edgebrook pool and playground.
2 min read · Verified from city packet and meeting review
Youth, high-school and college baseball players could gain an appointment-based Highway 46 training site, while its customers would share parking with two neighboring buildings.
2 min read · Permit conditions discussed
Park users would face new two-hour prices, while nonresidents would pay an added $35 per reservation. The reviewed council outcome records discussion only.
2 min read · Verified proposal; outcome records discussion only
Residents near the Highway 281 tract will remain under existing development standards after council rejected requested exceptions involving streets, grading, trees and riparian buffers.
3 min read · Verified from the official packet and recording review
Bulverde adopted a 0.295343 property-tax rate. Its budget packet projects a $247 increase for the median-home example but contains conflicting tax and spending figures.
2 min read · Verified council action
Bulverde rejected a 387-acre development plan whose grading, tree and water-facility exceptions would have remained binding during later review.
2 min read · Verified from city packet and recording review
A traffic study recommended replacing Barton Hill Drive’s yield control with a stop sign while keeping Casey Road traffic free-flowing.
1 min read · Verified council action
The council rejected the McCarti Ranch development district, adopted a 0.295343 property-tax rate and reviewed park fees, street controls and city-manager compensation.
3 min read · Verified meeting recap
Winding Branch Ranch says a new Kubota award will expand its Farm in Motion agricultural-education project at its Bulverde ranch.
1 min read · Verified recipient and program records
Council faces proposed budget and tax-rate adoption, a 387-acre development request, park fees and four traffic-rule changes Sept. 22.
3 min read · Decision scheduled
People planning to use Bulverde Community Park could lose access to reserved facilities during two proposed fundraisers that still require city action.
2 min read · Advisory-board review scheduled
Bulverde residents can weigh in on a proposed $10.6 million general-fund budget and higher tax rate before council considers conference-center negotiations and the city manager’s review.
4 min read · Agenda verified
Residents can comment Sept. 8 on Bulverde’s proposed $10.3 million general-fund budget and a city tax bill projected to rise $247 for the median-value homestead.
2 min read · Public hearing Sept. 8
The council could authorize negotiations for a three-year extension of the Hampton Inn conference center lease before an Oct. 1 renewal window opens.
2 min read · Proposed negotiation authority
The revised 387-acre plan substitutes cash for replacement trees while retaining requests for road, slope, cut, fill and riparian-buffer exceptions.
2 min read · Proposal scheduled for Sept. 1 hearing
People who live, work or own property near 120 Bulverde Crossing are part of the city’s required review of a proposed 7.037-foot excavation for a commercial building.
1 min read · Advance
The proposed city rate would add $35.55 annually per $100,000 in taxable value. Council considers it Tuesday before a scheduled Sept. 22 vote.
2 min read · Proposal posted
A newly posted Bulverde notice fixes the time and Spring Branch location for the next Highway 46 event while leaving the project and traffic details unresolved.
2 min read · Verified city notice
A newly registered state record lists a 3,000-square-foot bank with a drive-through and a November construction start.
2 min read · Verified state filing
A one-item Aug. 19 workshop will focus on evaluations of Bulverde’s city manager, city attorney and municipal court judge, but the agenda supplies no criteria or proposed changes.
1 min read · Agenda verified
A newly posted agenda pairs Community Park survey results with possible action on remaining Parks Fund money; the amount and options are not disclosed.
1 min read · Agenda posted
Council will review recommendations for a uniform 30 mph limit on Wiley Road, a school-zone radar sign and intersection-control changes Tuesday.
2 min read · Council review scheduled
After tabling the case in July, Bulverde’s Planning and Zoning Commission will again consider a 387-acre planned development with residential and commercial areas.
2 min read · Public hearing scheduledCounty Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
