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City of Floresville

 

25 miles SE of San Antonio (SA)

 
   

Map of Floresville

 

 
   

Population

 

                                  City                        

County
2002                          6,000                       33,000
1990                          5,247                       22,650
1980                          4,381                       16,756
   

Tax Rate (per $100 assessed value)

 

County                                                      

$0.4554

City                                                             

  0.3227

ISD                                                            

  1.6274

Hospital District                                          

  0.1503
Water Conserve District                                  0.0170

Total                                                         

$2.5728
   
Municipal Sales Tax:                                         1%
State Sales Tax:                                             6.25%
Economic Development Sales Tax                     1/2%
   
Type:                                       General Law Municipality
Number on Council:                                             6
Municipal Police:                                        14
Volunteer Fire Departments:    In city                  
                                  Throughout county        10
City Zoning Body:                                              Yes
Master Plan:                                                       Yes
   

Electric Power

 
   

Floresville Electric Light and Power Systems

 

(FELPS)

 
Reliability:                                                      .9885
Total Capacity:                                              91.75 MW
Reserve at System Peak:                                    49%
Transmission Voltage:                                        138 KV
Service Voltage:       120/208, 120/240, 240/480,
  277/480, 13.8/7.62 KV
   

Natural Gas

 
   

Center Point Gas Company

 
BTU Content Per Cubic Foot:                                  1000
El Paso Gas 20" Natural Gas Pipeline
   

Telephone

 
Verizon  
Digital:                                                                   Yes
Make and Model:                                            DMS 100
Software Level:                                                     400.1
Fiber Optics:                                                          Yes
Switched 56 KBPS:                                                Yes
High Capacity digital (T-1):                                       Yes
Digital Data Service:                                                Yes
911:                                                                       Yes
Internet:         TopGunTelecom
  Communications, FELPS

Water

 
   
Supplied by:                                                           City
Source:                                       Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer
Maximum System Capacity:                      5,400,000 gal
Maximum Daily Use:                                 1,800,000 gal
Pressure on Mains:                                       30 - 58 psi
Storage Capacity:                                     1,040,000 gal
Size of Mains:                                          2 - 12 inches
System Looped:                                                     90%
   

Sewer System

 
   
Type Treatment Plant:                      One Oxidation Ditch
Maximum Allowable Capacity:                   910,000 gal
Maximum Daily Use to Date:                  575,000 gal

Health Care

 
   
Total Hospital Beds in City:                                     30
Total Full Time Physicians in City:                           9
Total Full Time Dentists in City:                               3
   

Other

 
   
Public Libraries:                                                      1
Hotel Rooms:                                                       0
Motel Rooms:                                                     100
Apartment Complexes:                                            4
Bed and Breakfast:                                                 1
Antique Shops:                                                       6
Daycare Centers:                                                   8

Education

 
   

                     Public School Budget:   

$19,100,000

                            Schools                 Enrollment  
Pre-K & K                   1                             262  

Grades 1 - 2                1                             447

 
Grades 3 - 6                1                             975  
Grades 7 - 8                1                             525  
Grades 9 - 12              1                             915  
Private                        1                             100  
   

Area Colleges/Universities

 

(11 in 25 mile radius)

 

Alamo Community College District

(4 colleges in SA)

Coastal Bend Community College

 

Incarnate Word University

 

Our Lady of the Lake University

 

St. Mary's University

 

Texas Lutheran

 

Trinity University

 

University of Texas at San Antonio

 
   
State Industrial Job Training:                                 Yes
Vocational-Technical Education Programs              Yes
   

Air Service

 

Nearest airport for commercial air service: 

 

San Antonio International Airport

 

Distance:                              

35 miles/40 minute drive
   

Freight Carriers

 
   
Central Transport, Consolidated Freightways,  
Federal Express, Lange Truck Lines, SMT Lines, United Parcel Service, Yellow Freight System.  
   

Media

 
     Newspapers:                               2 - weekly/1 SA daily
     Radio Stations:                                                  1
     TV Stations:  (5 in SA)     0
     TV Cable:                                                       Yes
   

Churches

 
   
Baptist, Catholic, Church of Christ, Jehovah's Witness, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal.  
   

Incentives

 
Tax Abatement:                                                No
Enterprise Zone:                                               No
Industrial Foundation:                                        Yes
Foreign Trade Zone:                                             No
Reinvestment Zone:                                               No
Freeport Exemption:                                              No
   

Climate

 
   
Annual Average Temperature:                                 70°
July Mean Maximum temperature:                          96°
January Mean Minimum Temperature:                     36°
Annual Average Precipitation:                              29.4"
Annual Average Snowfall:                                      0"
Elevation:                                                            389'
   

Financial

 
   
Wells Fargo Bank  
First National Bank  
Randolph Brooks Credit Union  
   

Area Attractions

 
   
Market Days - April  
Peanut Festival - October  
Courthouse Lighting - November - December  
   

Recreation

 
   
Parks Totaling 42 acres:                                         3
Area  Lakes:                                                        2
Country Clubs:                                                      0
Health Centers:                                                     0
Public Golf Courses:                                             0
Movie Theaters:                                                     1
Tennis Courts:                                                       2
Public Swimming Pools:                                         1

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