DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Dugan, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 6
SUBJECT:
Preparation of a Voluntary Annexation Service Plan for the Government Canyon State Natural Area
SUMMARY:
This Resolution directs the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) to prepare a Service Plan regarding the annexation, as requested by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, of approximately 1,905 acres of Government Canyon State Natural Area (SNA), which are adjacent to the City limits and generally located in northwestern part of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Bexar County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) requested the annexation by the City of San Antonio of approximately 1,905 acres of the Government Canyon SNA. The subject property of consisting of the following six properties including Lowder (461 acres), Ma-Be Canyon Ranch (421 acres), Laredo-Culebra (Dreiss/Laredo-Culebra) (172), Schuchart (91acres), Hampton (50 acres), and Gallagher (710 acres). Presently these Government Canyon SNA properties are adjacent to the City limits and within the City of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The purpose of TPWD's petition is to bring all of the recently acquired properties into the City of San Antonio limits, ensure an equivalent level of public safety services for the entire Government Canyon State Natural area, and thus maintain consistent site management practices for TPWD across the entire natural area.
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