Selma City Council unanimously adopted a comprehensive parks master plan, added Live Oak Hills to its truck-restricted areas, approved removal of 11 trees for Chick-fil-A and signed three county election-service contracts on March 12. The city’s approved minutes record each of those votes as 5-0.
For Selma residents, the recorded actions set a new parks-planning framework, expose certain Live Oak Hills truck violations to fines up to $500 and advance the May 2 election through Guadalupe, Comal and Bexar county contracts.
The outcome record also shows where council stopped short of a decision: it did not award the Lookout Road improvement contract because the partly federally funded project still required Texas Department of Transportation concurrence requirements.
A parks plan and two neighborhood rules
Burditt Consultants representative Scott Perry presented the comprehensive parks master plan. Council then adopted the plan on a motion by Ken Polasek, seconded by Kevin Hadas, with all five members voting in favor.
Council separately approved Ordinance 031226-01, granting Chick-fil-A a variance from city landscaping and screening requirements so 11 trees could be removed. Hadas made the motion, Mayor Pro Tem Noah Washington Jr. seconded it, and the recorded vote was 5-0.
Ordinance 031226-02 added the Live Oak Hills subdivision to Selma’s list of areas where certain trucks are restricted. The ordinance provides for fines of up to $500 for violations. Hadas moved for approval, Polasek seconded the motion and council adopted it 5-0.
The Lookout Road award waited
The March 12 agenda had put an award of the Lookout Road pedestrian, on-street bike-lane and vehicular-lane improvement contract before council.
The Lookout Road contract remained unawarded after staff said Selma was waiting for Texas Department of Transportation concurrence requirements because the pedestrian, on-street bike-lane and vehicular-lane project was partly federally funded.
City Administrator Johnny Casias and consulting engineer Stephen Stokinger told council that bids had been received. The minutes record no vote on the award, making a later contract action and the required TxDOT concurrence the key records for tracking the project.
Three counties assigned election work
Council approved separate contracts with the election administrators of Guadalupe, Comal and Bexar counties to administer Selma’s May 2 general election. Each contract received its own motion and its own 5-0 vote.
Council also accepted the Selma Police Department’s 2025 Tier One Annual Racial Profiling Report after a presentation by Police Chief Darrell Volz. Jim Parma moved to accept the report, Becky Harris seconded the motion and council voted 5-0.
Updates, prior minutes and closed-session business
Retama Park Vice President and General Manager Bryan Pettigrew briefed council on spring and summer activities and a restaurant called The Hitching Post. The minutes classify the presentation as informational and record no council action.
Council approved the minutes of its Feb. 12 regular meeting and public hearing by a 5-0 vote. The earlier meeting’s decisions are detailed in Comal.News’ February council recap.
Council entered executive session at 7:21 p.m. for a listed legal consultation and reconvened at 7:39 p.m. The minutes record no action during the closed session. The meeting then adjourned at 7:39 p.m.
What to inspect next
The most useful follow-up records are a later Lookout Road contract award, the adopted parks plan and implementation schedule, the final tree-variance ordinance, the Live Oak Hills truck-restriction ordinance and the executed election contracts. Readers can compare the proposed business in the official agenda with the outcomes recorded in the approved minutes.