DEPARTMENT: Parks & Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2
SUBJECT:
Easement Exchange Agreement with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for Salado Creek Greenway
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes an exchange of easement for the City to accept a 7.973 acre easement (Exhibit "A") from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs located along Salado Creek in NCB 12175 in Council District 2 for the Linear Creekway Development Project, a 2010 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative funded project approved by voters in November 2010 and for the City to grant a 10.116 acre access easement (Exhibit "B") to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This property is within the San Antonio city limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, Bexar County, Texas and is primarily located within the 100 year floodplain.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The proposed easement acquisition is in support of an 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 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015. 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 residents and visitors.
The easement to be transferred from the VA to the City is located within the floodplain along Salado Creek and will be used for the Salado Creek Greenway trail extension from John James to Jack White Park. Said trail easement consists of approximately 7.973 acres as described in Exhibit "A".
In exchange, the City of San Antonio will dedicate a variable width access easement to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs along portions of the eastern and southern border of John James Park. The easement to be transferred from the City to the VA wi...
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