DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John M. Dugan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Municipal Boundary Adjustment with the City of Shavano Park
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance approving a Municipal Boundary Adjustment with the City of Shavano Park for an exchange of territory, with the City of San Antonio receiving 31.81 acres and the City of Shavano Park receiving two tracts totaling 6.24 acres, adjacent to Salado Creek.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On July 22, 2013 the City of Shavano Park Council, by resolution, requested a municipal boundary adjustment along a portion of the Salado Creek. The City of Shavano Park is ceding 31.81 acres of floodplain located along Salado Creek to the City of San Antonio for the purpose of San Antonio continuing and building the Salado Creek Greenway trail project. The City of San Antonio will adjust its city limits by transferring 1.88 acres and 4.36 acres to the City of Shavano Park for a trail head and garden office lots.
Under State law, Sec.43.031 of the Texas Local Government Code provides authority for adjacent municipalities to make mutually agreeable changes in their boundaries of areas that are less than 1,000 feet in width. The request was evaluated based on the City's adopted Annexation Policy and criteria provided in the Texas Local Government Code, with feedback incorporated from other City Departments and agencies.
The municipal boundary adjustment supports the acquisition of approximately 73.5 acres of land that will be used in the development of the Salado Creek Greenway trail project (W Loop 1604 to Huebner Road), part of a growing network of interconnected hike and bike trails now known as the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails system (Ordinance 2012-09-20-0731).
This project and the associated land acquisitions are funded through sales tax initiatives approved by voters in November of 2010. The objectives of the program are to ac...
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