DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 8
SUBJECT:
Acquisition of Property for Protection of the Edwards Aquifer
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acquisition of approximately 23.2 acres of land adjacent to Friedrich Wilderness Park in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 in closing costs and $750,000.00 payable to Alamo Title for a total of $755,000.00 from the Parks Development and Expansion Venue Projects fund approved by the voters in 2000 and 2005 located in Council District 8.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The proposed acquisition is part of the Proposition 3 Parks Development and Expansion Venue Project approved by voters in May 2000.
This acquisition is consistent with policy adopted by the City Council for the acquisition of properties on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge and Contributing Zones as funded by sales tax initiatives and the adopted Parks and Recreation Strategic System Plan. The acquisition is also consistent with Natural Resource and Urban Design Goals of the San Antonio Master Plan Policies.
ISSUE:
This ordinance will authorize the acquisition through negotiated sale of approximately 23.2 acres of land in one parcel contiguous with Friedrich Wilderness Park and the Woodland Hills addition in Council District 8. This acquisition achieves protection of additional watershed draining to the nearby Recharge Zone as well as protecting known, occupied Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
ALTERNATIVES:
This acquisition is beneficial to the goals of the Edwards Aquifer Protection initiative, control and reduction of sky lighting in the vicinity of Camp Bullis, limited development of steep slopes and preservation of the federally listed endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. It will also act as a buffer for the proposed five miles of new pedestrian trails within Friedrich Wilderness Park that are being developed by the Friends of Friedrich Wilde...
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