Fair Oaks Ranch Advanced Dietz Elkhorn, Filed Water-Tank Grant

The contract package covered 4,565 feet of new 12-inch water main and a 365-day construction period, with one eastbound lane maintained and westbound traffic detoured during phased work. The bid design included dedicated left-turn lanes at Chartwell Lane; a four-way stop with flashing beacons and a lower school-zone speed were presented as options for council consideration.

Item 6 proposed authorizing an application to the Texas Water Development Board for up to $10 million toward the elevated storage tank. The packet said filing the application created no direct fiscal commitment and warned that the city’s adjusted median household income could make the request less competitive. By Aug. 31, the city said its application was one of 676 received by the board.

The July 2 preliminary utility budget compared $7,986,042 in operating revenue with $6,279,286 in operating expenses and projected a $21,337,419 year-end net position. Against the adopted 2025-26 budget, preliminary operating revenue was $87,234 lower and operating expenses were $181,976 higher.

The preliminary water capital plan assigned $4,803,674 of 2026-27 spending to the elevated storage tank, bringing the project’s multiyear total to $11,712,154. Separate attachments documented an $11,311.66 grinder-pump estimate and a $7,156.49 utility-trailer quote; those records establish quoted costs, not completed purchases.

Comal.News later tracked Spectrum’s right-of-way work and the revised construction date in its Dietz Elkhorn project update. The June 18 meeting breakdown provides the immediately preceding council record reviewed for this account.

The city expected grant decisions in fall 2026 and set Dietz Elkhorn construction to begin Sept. 8 to allow Spectrum to complete its relocation work. Readers can inspect the July 2 packet for the bid table, construction phases, grant terms and utility-budget tables; the next checks are the notice to proceed, executed contract, first-phase traffic plan, grant disposition and adopted utility budget.