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New Braunfels adopts roadway fee study, approves Barbarosa land spending

A new roadway fee framework and up to $3.1 million for Barbarosa Road land now shape street planning and development costs for New Braunfels residents.

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After a public hearing, the council adopted the 2026 roadway impact fee study update, including the land use assumptions, the roadway impact fee capital improvement plan and the maximum assessable fee. The official recording is the primary route for checking that action.

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New Braunfels City Council meeting, Oct. 26, 2026. Watch on YouTube ↗

  1. 1:29:48Northwest Park master plan presentation
  2. 3:16:46Rezoning for manufactured homes at Sun Retreats RV park, 141 Rueckle Road
  3. 4:30:01Roadway impact fee collection rate and effective date

The adopted study establishes New Braunfels' roadway impact fee planning basis and maximum assessable fee. It does not, by itself, describe in this verified outcome what a particular applicant will pay. The amended agenda identifies the separate fee-collection presentation.

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Verified council outcomeRoadway impact fee study adopted
After a public hearing, the council adopted the 2026 roadway impact fee study update, including the land use assumptions, the roadway impact fee capital improvement plan and the maximum assessable fee.
New Braunfels official meeting recording ↗
The verified outcome records adoption of the study framework; the separate fee-collection details remain a follow-up question.

Road spending and the fee framework

New Braunfels City Council met Oct. 26, 2026, at 6 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers, 550 Landa St. The amended agenda proposed an update to the roadway impact fee study and listed separate actions on road land, zoning and rentals. The agenda was amended on Oct. 20; its later version is the posted scope used for this guide.

The council approved spending up to $3.1 million to acquire right-of-way and utility easements for the Barbarossa Road lane improvements project, and authorized the city manager to sign the conveyance documents. That authorization concerns land needed for the project; the stated ceiling is an acquisition authorization, not a reported final purchase price. The verified outcome records a unanimous vote on this action.

The amended agenda listed a presentation about collected roadway impact fees and an effective date. That presentation is a distinct topic from the adopted study. Readers assessing development costs should check the implementing fee record for the amount and timing that apply to a particular project; adoption of a maximum assessable fee alone does not supply that project-level answer.

A manufactured-home request denied; other land-use requests advance

On first reading, the council denied Sun Communities' request to rezone about 11.44 acres at 141 Ruekle Road from C-3 to C-3 with a special use permit, which would have allowed manufactured homes. The recorded roll call was 5-1, with Council Member Edwards against the motion to deny. The decision leaves that requested zoning change unapproved at this reading.

On first reading, the council approved rezoning about 2.6 acres at 1283 State Highway 46 South to commercial office (CO-AH), requested by Quentin Santiago, for a small counseling office. The verified outcome records a unanimous vote. Because this was a first reading, readers should distinguish the council's initial approval from any later final ordinance action.

On first reading, the council approved a special use permit for a short-term rental at 242 East Austin Street, requested by Jeremy Coburn. On first reading, the council approved a special use permit for a short-term rental at 1064 Comal Avenue, requested by Blackbird Development Group on behalf of the property owner. Both verified outcomes record unanimous votes. Each property had its own action; neither initial approval should be read as an already completed final reading.

Consent business and software condition

The council approved the consent agenda except Item F, which had been pulled for separate discussion. This was approval of the remaining consent block, not a set of separately verified votes on each printed consent proposal. The amended agenda identifies that block as Items 1A–1E and 1G–1K, covering routine municipal business.

The council approved buying an annual software subscription from QuickBase Inc., on the condition that city staff confirm there are no HIPAA compliance issues. This separately reviewed consent Item 1F has a condition attached to the purchase. The supplied outcome does not provide a subscription price, so the useful next check is the resulting contract or purchasing record.

Citizen comments

The posted agenda provided a general Citizens' Communications period and opportunities to speak on specific items, including the roadway fee hearing. The retained decision summaries establish the council's actions but do not provide a speaker-by-speaker account of general comments, item-specific testimony, residents' requests or officials' responses. The official recording is the record to review before attributing those views or any response; the summaries cannot establish whether anyone spoke or remained silent.

Other listed business and what comes next

The amended agenda also listed four proclamations, presentations 3A–3C and executive-session notices 4A–4B. Presentation 3B concerned entertainment or tour buses and mobile medical units; 3C concerned roadway fees collected and an effective date. Those listings describe the posted subjects, not verified public decisions. The executive-session notices and their legal-authority language are likewise outside the public-action inventory in this recap.

The next records to check are the implementing roadway fee schedule, the Barbarossa conveyance documents, the QuickBase purchasing record and later readings of the zoning and rental measures. Residents can use the council's official recording to verify the actions reported here and the posted agenda to identify the original item numbers before checking subsequent council records.

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