| 1970 |
|
TWQB issues first Edwards "Board
Order" for Aquifer protection. |
| 1971-1974 |
|
San Antonio Ranch Controversy and court
fights first raises the issue of possible pollution of the Aquifer
by development; Edwards Aquifer becomes a household word. |
| 1974 |
|
TWQB issues an amended "Board Order"
for Aquifer protection. |
| 1974 |
|
Local environmental groups form an Aquifer
Protection Association with the single purpose of raising funds
to purchase land on the recharge zone of the Aquifer. |
| 1974 |
|
Appeals Court hands down its decision
on San Antonio Ranch. The decision essentially stated that development
could go forward under the strict guidelines of the Texas Water
Quality Board. |
| 1974 |
|
Congress passes Public Law 93-943 authorizing
construction of Cibolo Reservoir. |
| 1974 |
Dec. |
City executes Sewer Service contract
with Denton Utility Co. for Encino Park MUD. City decides not to
oversize outfall line. |
| 1975 |
Aug. |
Representatives of Barshop Ent. file
Zoning case #6207 for 117.017 acres at southeast corner of US 281
N and FM 1604. They request a change in zoning to allow single family,
multi family and a shopping mall. |
| 1975 |
Oct. |
Council passes Ordinance #45792, establishing
the Edwards Recharge Overlay Zone as part of the Zoning Ordinance.
Council approves rezoning request for case #6207. City establishes
an Aquifer Protection Office within the Public Works Department
to review the type of development proposed over Recharge Zone. |
| 1975 |
Nov. |
Aquifer Protection Association begins
petition drive to ask council to overturn the mall zoning. |
| 1976 |
Jan. |
APA secures enough signatures to force
a referendum on the mall zoning. |
| 1975 |
Feb./March |
Referendum - Citizens vote heavily in
opposition to the mall. Zoning case is reversed. |
| 1975 |
April |
San Pedro North Ltd. files suit against
the City of San Antonio seeking to overturn Council's decision on
the mall. GBRA contract is finalized by CWB and transmitted to City
Council. |
| 1975 |
May |
Council retains firm of Metcalf and Eddy
to determine if the mall zoning endangers the Aquifer. Council votes
down CWB\GBRA contract. |
| 1975 |
Nov. |
Metcalf & Eddy issues first
phase of report - This report expands M&E's function to a consideration
of how much development over the recharge zone is safe. Council
approves the expansion of the Metcalf & Eddy report. |
| 1977 |
April |
First Council elections under 10-1 districting
plan. |
| 1977 |
June |
Council passes Ordinance #48106 banning
all further development over the recharge zone until the Metcalf
& Eddy study is complete. |
| 1977 |
June |
Due to passage of Ordinance #48106 the
Encino Park Venture et al sues City of San Antonio and Bernardo
Eureste, Rudy Ortiz, Joe Webb, Joe Alderte, Helen Dutmer, and Frank
Wing individually for at least $750,000,000 in damages; suit is
later dropped. |
| 1977 |
July
|
City retains the firm of Ross, Hardies,
O'Keefe Babcock, and Parsons to represent the City in the lawsuit.
|
| 1977 |
Sept. |
Ross-Hardies drafts, and Council
passes, Ordinance #48484, the Interim Development Ordinance. This
ordinance recognizes vested rights and permits some development
on the recharge zone. It also repealed Ordinance #48106 which precipitated
the $750,000,000 lawsuit. |
| 1977 |
|
The Texas Water Quality Board is disbanded
and the Texas Department of Water Resources is created. TDWR is
now charged with protecting the Edwards' quality. |
| 1978 |
Jan. |
Fourth court of Civil Appeals renders
its verdict against the City and Zoning by referendum in San Pedro
North Ltd. vs. City of San Antonio on the mall case over the Recharge
Zone. The decision is subsequently upheld by the Texas Supreme Court
and the Supreme Court of the U.S. |
| 1979 |
Feb. |
Planning Commission's Water Resources
Task Force issues its report, recommending several policies for
conservation, regional planning, and surface water management. |
| 1979 |
|
Metcalf & Eddy Study is released;
Interim Development Ordinance revoked. |
| 1979 |
July |
Council passes resolution #79-35-74 requesting
the CWB to proceed with Applewhite. |
