The San Antonio City Council overwhelmingly quashed two items on the agenda on Thursday related to a controversial proposed subdivision in northwest Bexar County.
The council unanimously voted no on consent for the creation of a Municipal Utility District, or MUD, which would have created a taxing district to finance a water treatment plant on the proposed Guajolote Ranch Subdivision.
Several citizens and experts lined up to speak in opposition to creating the utility district, many citing concerns about previous statements from SAWS on the impact on the Edwards Aquifer.
Geoscientist Stuart Birnbaum is a retired associate professor at UTSA’s Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences…