Who is Sandy Oaks?

The city of Sandy Oaks is on the cusp of the Eagle Ford Shale area, with major industry players locating operating facilities in the nearby area, including Baker- Hughes, Weatherford, and Halliburton. Additionally, there are storage tanks for Calumet San Antonio which puts the new city within a 3-mile blast zone should there ever be a catastrophic event.

The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) recently announced the development of a desalination plant nearby, which will desalinate groundwater from deep in the Wilcox Aquifer in southern Bexar County.  Rail is also playing an important part in the energy industry with the recent opening of Alamo Junction The major intersection of Loop 1604 and I-37 is growing, with the opening of the Pilot Travel Center.  There is further development expected in and around this important intersection.  The City of San Antonio has reserved their right to annex this intersection.  In fact, notices have been sent to property owners notifying them of their intent to do so.

• The city of Sandy Oaks is comprised mostly of residential properties with an estimated 3,800 residents.  
• The average appraised property value is roughly $33,000*
• Of the approximated 1,900 properties, over 950 are appraised at $20,000 or less*  
• It is purported that more than 50% of the residents earn below the poverty level.  
• The residential properties consist of a mix of mobile homes and some site built homes, as well as vacant lots.
• There are many DIY-ers who are constructing their own homes.    
• There are an estimated 1,400 registered voters with an average age 46.  Female voters comprise 661, male voters total 581, and the remaining are listed as "unidentifed".  
• There are 14 known registered sex offenders in the community.

*Source:  Bexar County Appraisal District



On Saturday, August 9, 2014 the first city elections were held to elect the Mayor and five council members.
The initial vote counts were 149 early voting; 76 on voting day and 2 mail in ballots for a total 227 votes cast.   There were 8 candidates running for the 5 available positions.  82 under votes were cast; which is where a ballot is cast without fully choosing candidate(s), for example, not voting for the mayor but voting for alderman positions, or not casting a ballot for all five available alderman positions or any combination of the two examples..

The position for Mayor was unopposed; therefore the single candidate won with 144 votes.

Council Members by vote counts are as follows:

David K. Tremblay, 128 votes
Earnest D. Gay, 122 votes
Douglas Tomasini, 118 votes
Joel Ortego, 118 votes
Micki Ball, 114 votes

The Bexar County Elections Administrator will validate the results on Wednesday, August 13 with swearing in of the elected candidates to occur on the same day.