DEPARTMENT: EastPoint and Real Estate Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 6
SUBJECT: Disposition of four vacant tracts of City-owned property
SUMMARY:
Consideration of ordinances to declare surplus and authorize the disposition of four vacant City-owned housing lots to Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation, for construction of infill affordable housing in the Edgewood REnewSA target area, located in Council District 6. The properties are located at 526 Erline Avenue, 211 Coopwood Avenue, 526 Laverne Avenue and 507 Moselle Avenue, in City Council District 6, as shown on the attached Exhibit "A."
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Under Municipal Code, all City property must be declared as surplus prior to the disposition of the property. Under this process, a request to declare property as surplus is submitted to the Office of EastPoint and Real Estate Services. The request and exhibits are then sent to City departments and utilities which provide services or construct infrastructure on the property. The departments and utilities respond if there is a need for the property or if the property can be disposed. Appraisals and surveys are completed if the property is determined to be surplus. The property is then presented to City Council for final authorization to declare the property as surplus and dispose of the property in accordance with Chapter 272 of the Local Government Code.
Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation, (Petitioner) is requesting that the City of San Antonio declare as surplus and dispose four vacant parcels of City-owned real property located at 526 Erline Avenue, 211 Coopwood Avenue, 526 Laverne Avenue and 507 Moselle Avenue, in City Council District 6, as shown on the attached Exhibit "A."
All four properties are within the REnewSA Edgewood Target Area. REnewSA is a new initiative for organizing and strat...
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