DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Acquisition: Real Property for the (SAWS) Huebner Creek Enhanced Conveyance LC-17, Phase III Project.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance, on behalf of San Antonio Water Systems, authorizing the acquisition of interests in land sufficient for project purposes, in approximately 12 parcels of privately-owned real property at County Block 5955, 4430A and 4430, generally located along Huebner Creek between Bandera Road and Ingram Road, for the Huebner Creek: LC-17, Phase III Project through negotiation or condemnation,; and declaring it to be a public use project necessary for the expansion and operation of the SAWS sanitary sewer infrastructure system.
Pursuant of enacted Texas Senate Bill 18 (SB 18), this item requires City Council to initiate a motion authorizing the use of power of eminent domain, should it be needed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In order for the SAWS recycle and wastewater infrastructure system to avoid conflicts with proposed Bexar County Flood Control drainage improvements and to provide sufficient sewer capacity as identified by San Antonio Water System's (SAWS) Master Planning, SAWS will be adjusting the 36-inch recycled water main and replacing the 24-inch sanitary sewer with 42-inch sanitary sewer main. The Bexar County Flood Control drainage improvements consist of widening and realigning the channel to reduce floodplain limits in surrounding residential areas. The project is generally located along a 0.9 mile alignment beginning near the intersection of Huebner Creek and the southern city limits of the City of Leon Valley, generally following in a northerly direction the course of Huebner Creek, terminating approximately 0.2 miles north of Bandera Road. The general route for the Project pipeline is included herein as an attachment. The design phase of this project began in late 2013....
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