DEPARTMENT: Parks & Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council Districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
SUBJECT:
Acquisitions of Property for Linear Creekways Development Project
SUMMARY:
A. This ordinance authorizes the acquisition through condemnation of approximately 9.3 acres in NCB 10845 located along Salado Creek in Council District 3 for the Linear Creekway Development Project, a 2010 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative funded project approved by voters in November of 2010. The property is located within the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. This ordinance also declares this acquisition to be pursuant to a public project for public use and declares a public necessity for the acquisition of privately owned real property and authorizes the City Attorney and/or designated special counsel to file eminent domain proceedings. The property is located primarily within the 100 year floodplain.
B. This ordinance authorizes the acquisition of approximately 37.0 acres of land along San Antonio creekways in Council Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 by donation and/or good faith negotiations for the Linear Creekway Development Project, a 2010 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative funded project approved by voters in November 2010. These properties are within the San Antonio city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, Bexar County, Texas and are primarily located within the 100 year floodplain.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The proposed land acquisitions will become part of a growing network of interconnected hike and bike trails, known as the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails system, which is funded through sales tax initiatives approved by voters in May of 2000, May of 2005 and November of 2010. The objectives of the program are to acquire and preserve open space along San Antonio creekways and to develop multi-use hike and bike trails, trailheads, signage and associated amenities for use by San Antonio resident...
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