DEPARTMENTS: Office of EastPoint and Real Estate, Parks and Recreation Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne, Xavier Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Renewal of Edwards Aquifer Protection Program and Linear Creekway Parks Development Program
SUMMARY:
City Staff will provide a briefing on the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program and Linear Creekway Parks Development Program, Sales Tax Venue Projects under Local Government Code Section 334. The briefing will allow City Council discussion on the reauthorization of these programs and future use of the 1/8-cent sales tax currently allocated to fund these venue projects.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In May of 2000, voters approved the first parks and aquifer protection program, a 1/8-cent sales tax venue up to $45 million, for the acquisition of lands and watershed protection over the Edwards Aquifer and for the development of Linear Creekway Parks. That program, referred to as Proposition Three, ran from 2000 through 2005.
In May of 2005, the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program (Proposition One) and Linear Creekway Parks Development Program (Proposition Two), were placed on the ballot as separate election items. Both initiatives were passed by voters, with the Edwards Program at $90 million and the Linear Creekway Program at $45 million.
In November of 2010, San Antonio voters passed an extension of the venue projects, again authorizing the collection of the 1/8-cent sales tax to be used toward aquifer protection and Linear Creekway Parks development.
The purpose of the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program (Proposition One) is to obtain property rights by fee-simple purchase, conservation easements or donations of land over the sensitive zones of the Edwards Aquifer to protect the quality and quantity of water recharging into the aquifer for the protection of San Antonio's primary drinking water source.
The purpose of the Linear Creekway Parks Development Program (P...
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