DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 6
SUBJECT:
Real Estate Acquisition: Westover Valley Phase II
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Westover Valley Phase II Project, authorizing the acquisition, through negotiation or condemnation, of approximately 4.704 acres for interests in land sufficient for Project purposes in a portion of two parcels of privately-owned real property located in NCB 17639 and declaring the Project to be a public-use project for the acquisition and authorizing expenditures not to exceed $240,000.00, payable to the selected title company, for land, litigation expenses and associated title fees, a 2016 Stormwater Regional Program-funded project located in Council District 6.
Pursuant to 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:
The Westover Valley Phase II Project was included in the FY 2016 City of San Antonio Annual Budget as a Stormwater Regional Project. The Project is designed to alleviate the risk of flooding to the Westover Valley Subdivision. Residents in the Westover Valley Subdivision experienced flooding on their properties in August 2007, prompting the City's Public Works Department to construct an emergency relief channel. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) notified the City that the emergency relief channel had been constructed through an undocumented landfill. The City and TCEQ reached an agreement for which the City is ready to move forward with the second phase of the improvements at Westover Valley. The proposed project will provide for the re-grading and concrete-lining of the existing channel to Culebra Creek and will capture runoff from upstream properties and convey it through a dedicated drainage easement out-falling at Culebra ...
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