The San Antonio City Council on Oct. 2 adopted the Goliad Road Revitalization Plan for an area roughly within 850 feet of Goliad Road between I‑37 and Lyric Avenue, approving the plan after an amendment removed a single “preferred” street design and retitled the design options.

Councilmember Villagran, who led the item’s presentation, said the plan was developed with input from residents, workers and a project steering committee and involved bilingual surveys, pop‑up events and two open houses. Villagran moved an amendment to remove the document’s designation of a single preferred street design on page 7 and to rename the plan’s alternatives (the transcript records the redesignations to “option 3,” “option 2a,” “option 2b,” and “option 1”) and to reconcile those changes across the document.

Several members of the Highland Hills Neighborhood Association and San Antonio Independent School District officials spoke during public comment. Andrew Janowski, vice president of the Highland Hills Neighborhood Association, said neighbors oppose reducing Goliad from four travel lanes to three, citing existing heavy traffic and local bus stops that create backups. "We need to keep 4 lanes," Janowski said.

George Hinojosa, also representing Highland Hills Neighborhood Association, said the area is tight‑knit and growing, and he welcomed revitalization but expressed concern about lane reductions as traffic increases near Brooks and the Arboretum.

Ana Alicia Romero, San Antonio ISD director of legislative and external affairs, said the district favors a design that maintains current lanes in the school zone near Kate Schenck Elementary School. Romero said adding bicycle lanes along Goliad could worsen congestion during student drop‑off and pick‑up, and that surrounding residential streets are narrow and could face similar bottlenecks if pickup were redirected.

The council voted to adopt the plan as amended. The amendment and the main motion both carried after council discussion; the transcript records the motion carried but does not provide a roll‑call tally in the meeting text. No separate budget appropriation was recorded on the floor during the vote; the ordinance adopts the plan document and directs implementation steps consistent with the amended language.