DEPARTMENT: Capital Improvements Management Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Edwards Aquifer Protection Program - Conservation Easement Acquisitions
SUMMARY:
Consideration of the following ordinances associated with 10 conservation easements totaling 6,787 acres over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge and Contributing Zones for a grand total of $7,058,524.93.
A) An Ordinance authorizing payment in the amount of $752,150.23 to Texas Heritage Title Company, as escrow agent for title on a conservation easement, for land, due diligence and closing costs on a 792-acre tract of land known as the McNair Ranch located in Uvalde County, Texas.
B) An Ordinance authorizing payment in the amount of $2,398,755.55 to Mission Title Company, as escrow agent for title on a conservation easement, for land, due diligence and closing costs on a 2,057-acre tract of land known as the Dehnisch Ranch located in Uvalde County, Texas.
C) An Ordinance authorizing payment in the amount of $1,544,267.31 to Mission Title Company, as escrow agent for title on a conservation easement, for land, due diligence and closing costs on a 2,015-acre tract of land known as the Concan Ranch located in Uvalde County, Texas.
D) An Ordinance authorizing payment in the amount of $2,363,351.84 to Mission Title Company, as escrow agent for title on conservation easements, for land, due diligence and closing costs on seven (7) tracts of land, totaling 1,923 acres, known as the Story Ranch parcels, situated in Uvalde County, Texas.
This Ordinance, necessary under the Proposition One Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue Project, authorizes the execution of documents to accomplish said acquisition.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In May of 2000, City of San Antonio voters approved the first program, a 1/8-cent sales tax venue up to $45 million, for the acquisition of lands over the Edwards Aquifer, for parks and watershed protection. That ...
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