DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT:
SEP-HCP Application 17-002 -Deer Canyon Phase I (17-002A - Deer Canyon Phase 1A and 17-002B - Deer Canyon Phase IB)
LOCATION:
This project is located in unincorporated Bexar County, within the City of San Antonio ETJ. The Deer Canyon Phase I project is located off of San Fidel Road, west of I-10, in San Antonio, northwest Bexar County, Texas.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Council District: Unincorporated Bexar County
Owner: HOB Partners, LLC
Consultant: Pape Dawson Engineers
Acreage: Deer Canyon Phase I - 62.6-acres (Deer Canyon Phase IA - 37.54 acres
and Deer Canyon Phase IB - 25.06 acres of the total 62.6-acre Project)
The Deer Canyon Phase I project will consist of the development of a residential subdivision. The Applicant has requested to participate in the SEP-HCP to mitigate impacts to the SEP-HCP Covered Species from construction activities. The draft mitigation determination detailing the Project is attached and a summary of the mitigation needs is included below.
The 62.6-acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project includes 48.68 acres of golden-cheeked warbler (GCW) habitat with the tract and 85.93 acres of GCW habitat within 300 feet of the tract. The Deer Canyon Phase I Project will require a total of 121 GCW conservation credits (direct impacts at 2 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 71.5 conservation credits and indirect impacts at 0.5 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 49.5 conservation credits).
The 62.6-acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project does not have any black-capped vireo (BCV) habitat and will not require any BCV conservation credits.
The 62.6 acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project is located over Karst Zone 2 and Karst Zone 3 and totals 60.6 acres (51.85 acres within Karst Zone 2 and 10.75 acres within Karst Zone 3). The Project is not located within any Critical Habitat Units nor is it within 750-ft of any occupied features.
Participation in the SEP-HCP for this project will require the following:
• Purchase of 121.0 GCW preservation credits from an approved 3rd-party mitigation bank at a total fee of $484,000.00
• Karst Zone 1 & 2 and Karst Zone 3 & 4 participation fee of $62,600.00
• Plan Administration Fee of $54,660.00
The Applicant requested that enrollment associated with this application be split into Phase IA and Phase IB. The partitioning of the overall 62.6-acre Deer Canyon Phase I project into Deer Canyon Phase IA and Deer Canyon Phase IB enrollment areas is depicted in the attached exhibit. The overall mitigation needs for the Deer Canyon Phase I project (as described above) have been allocated between Deer Canyon Phase IA and Deer Canyon Phase IB, and are summarized below.
The Deer Canyon Phase IA project area includes 29.79 acres of GCW habitat with the tract and 85.93 acres of GCW habitat within 300 feet of the tract. The Deer Canyon Phase IA Project will require a total of 89.0 GCW conservation credits (direct impacts at 2 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 41.5 conservation credits and indirect impacts at 0.5 credits:1 acre mitigation ration = 47.5 conservation credits).
The Deer Canyon Phase IA project area totals 37.54 acres (32.84 acres within Karst Zone 2 and 4.7 acres within Karst Zone 3).
Participation in the SEP-HCP for the Deer Canyon Phase IA portion will require the following:
• Purchase of 89.0 GCW preservation credits from an approved 3rd-party mitigation bank at a total fee of $356,000.00
• Karst Zone 1 & 2 and Karst Zone 3 & 4 participation fee of $37,540.00
• Plan Administration Fee of $39,354.00
The Deer Canyon Phase IB project area includes 18.89 acres of GCW habitat with the tract and 0 acres of GCW habitat within 300 feet of the tract. All GCW habitat within 300 feet of the Deer Canyon Phase I Project were included in the Deer Canyon Phase IA allocation in order to remain in compliance with the requirements of the SEP-HCP Permit. The Deer Canyon Phase IB Project will require a total of 32.0 GCW conservation credits (direct impacts at 2 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 30.0 conservation credits and indirect impacts at 0.5 credits:1 acre mitigation ration = 2.0 conservation credits).
The Deer Canyon Phase IB project area totals 25.06 acres (19.01 acres within Karst Zone 2 and 6.05 acres within Karst Zone 3).
Participation in the SEP-HCP for the Deer Canyon Phase IB portion will require the following:
• Purchase of 32.0 GCW preservation credits from an approved 3rd-party mitigation bank at a total fee of $128,000.00
• Karst Zone 1 & 2 and Karst Zone 3 & 4 participation fee of $25,060.00
• Plan Administration Fee of $15,306.00
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of application SEP-17-002 Deer Canyon Phase I project and issuance of the mitigation determination to the Applicant.