Remarks by Lawrence Spradley
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“Please stand with me. Gracious Heavenly Father, we come before you today with grateful hearts. We thank you for giving us this day and the opportunity to serve the people of New Braunfels. May your Holy Spirit guide our council and every city employee with the responsibilities entrusted to us. As we discuss and set the tax rate and the city budget, grant us the wisdom and discernment to make this heavy decision. Help us balance the needs of our growing city with our responsibility to be good stewards of our taxpayers' money. Give us courage when difficult decisions are necessary, humility to…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you for the presentation. Looking at the application itself on exhibit B with the Department of Housing from the state of Texas, this was, I guess, approved July 25th of 2024. And according to what I read, it expired November the 1st of 2024. Can you talk to that?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And when was the last time this was brought in front of city council, this item?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“No, I think this came to council two or three weeks ago. Oh. And we pushed it back, right?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Did they have the letter at that time or is that why they pushed it back?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so- the developer didn't even show up that day, correct? And so without that letter of extension, right, to me that would make sense not to show up that day. And then the only thing in my packet is this information that is not even valid. I have no information that it's valid from the state of Texas at all. In no way would I send it to MBU Board for approval if I don't have the proper paperwork myself. We do need housing as this, but not like this. If you're asking for a half a million dollars, I think you should have all your ducks in a line. That's just me. I don't know how my other…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“One more follow-up question. Has the city already waived the park impact fees or the roadway impact fees?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Can I ask for a quick clarification? Is that up to $500,000 or is it $500,000 or what?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“It is also the maximum allowed by Texas state law, correct?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So it's the maximum we can charge the developer to help their part to build roadways.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But also we adopted a tax rate lower than that last year.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'm just gonna ask you to restate the cost for the average homeowner.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi, I move to approve ordinance number 2026-51, levying a property tax of .415613 per $100 of assessed taxable valuation comprised of .193921 cents for debt service and .221692 cents for operations and maintenance. I'll second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you very much for the presentation, sir. So I'm just curious, what is the SRO's responsibility? And we have a SRO at this high school? Right. Okay, and I know we have rovers that go from place to place, but what is their responsibilities as far as it goes to traffic”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But they don't do traffic enforcement during the normal...”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“On her coattails, you live over there somewhere, right? You mind telling us what you've seen? Have you seen that?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi, if you don't mind, I would like us to consider moving item J for the next item because the MBU staff's been sitting here the whole entire time. There's no need to keep them waiting.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yep, thank you for the presentation. Do you mind going to the slide where it shows the neighborhood? Oh. I guess where the smells are coming from.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So the eminent domain's not taking the entire yellow block, correct?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But it's not gonna be fenced off or anything like that. And so my other question is, when y'all start the construction, what time of the year do y'all anticipate that to happen? The winter would be the best because I'm pretty sure the residents there would be during the summer, right? So. And you work with her to schedule or work that out between them? It's yours? It's her district, and you can smell it?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think it would be thoughtful if we push the project back at least until the beginning of the school year rather than the middle of summer. That's just my thought. I don't live there, but if I did, I'd want access to the river during the summer for sure. But if you push it back till, when does school start? Someone that has. August. August, yeah. August, just a thought.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So the ordinance by this virtue would be superseded?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, and also I'd like to mention that if we're gonna move forward with temporary bus parking or large vehicle parking of whatever the source is, that it shouldn't be free, right? And it shouldn't be, how much does it cost to park a day downtown? $10? Maximum of $10. Yeah, a bus should not be paying $10.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026