<P> In 2013, Wal - Mart announced that it purchased property within Cibolo to build a new Super Wal - Mart . Due to its location adjacent to a single family subdivision and elementary school, many local residents were outraged . During the initial development process, words often got heated . Additionally, there were accusations that the City Staff had cut corners in paperwork to include not following the City's development code or showing records that the property had been rezoned properly to allow for big box retailers . Eventually, the City staff was exonerated, but not after one member of the staff tendered his resignation and another was fired by the city manager . Moreover, this controversy led to the recall election of four Cibolo council men and women with two actually being recalled and an ordinance that banned alcohol near schools and churches . The Wal - Mart eventually opened up in January 2016 and has been an economic spur for the City . A positive outcome for Cibolo after the Wal - Mart ordeal was the demand of the citizens for more transparency . This demand led to the city live streaming, recording and posting almost all public meetings on its website . Though there were technical glitches in the beginning, this now has become a valuable tool to keep the City leaders in check and proceedings more transparent . Cibolo was the first small town in the San Antonio Metrocom to do this . </P> <P> In early 2017, the City of Cibolo signed a Development Agreement with the Texas Turnpike Corporation (TTC) to enter in a Public - Private Partnership to build a 7 - mile Cibolo Parkway that would create a direct route from I - 35 to I - 10 . The agreement included the City owning the road itself, while the TTC would build, operate, and maintain the road with no cost to the City . TTC would make their money via tolling the Parkway . Though there were many side arguments over the potential toll road, the biggest complaint of many citizens was that the communication of a greenfield project of this magnitude was lacking . (See the following reference and fast forward to the 1 hour, 59 minute mark of the referenced City Council Workshop video as one example of the citizen's complaints toward City communication .) This included not getting in contact with the approximately 40 to 50 landowners of the property that the road would potentially traverse . This land included some tracts that were not within City limits and would have to be annexed . Additionally, if the land was not sold to the City, the City said it would use eminent domain as a last resort to obtain the land . </P> <P> Cibolo is in western Guadalupe County, on the north side of Cibolo Creek . A small portion of the city, south of West Schaefer Road, crosses a bend of Cibolo Creek to enter Bexar County . Santa Clara and Marion border Cibolo to the east . New Berlin, Zuehl, and St. Hedwig border Cibolo to the south . Schertz borders Cibolo to the north and west . The city of New Braunfels is 14 miles (23 km) to the northeast, and downtown San Antonio is 21 miles (34 km) to the southwest . </P> <P> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cibolo has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.0 km), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km), or 0.07%, is water . </P>

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