City of San Antonio - File #: 16-3425

• File #: 16-3425
• Type: Real Property Acquisition
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 6/9/2016
• Posting Language: An Ordinance authorizing the real property acquisition from Boulders Mosaic, LLC on an approximate 9.727 acre tract of land known as the Boulders at Canyon Springs located in Bexar County, Texas at a cost of $1,014,458.00 funded from the Proposition 1 Edwards Aquifer Protection Sales Tax Fund. [María Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Janet A. Martin, Acting Director, Parks and Recreation]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/9/2016	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Janet A. Martin, Interim Director


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide


SUBJECT:

Edwards Aquifer Protection Program - Land Acquisition


SUMMARY:

This ordinance authorizes payment in the amount of $1,014,458.00 to First American Title Company, LLC as escrow agent for title of real property acquisition and closing costs on an approximate 9.727 acre tract of land known as the Boulders at Canyon Springs, commonly known as Canyon Creek, located in Bexar County, Texas for the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program, a Proposition 1 Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue funded Project. This ordinance also authorizes the execution of documents to accomplish said acquisition, necessary under the Proposition 1 Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue Project.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The purpose of the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program is to obtain property rights by fee-simple purchase, conservation easements or donations of land over the sensitive zones of the Edwards Aquifer. This program was initiated in May 2000 when voters approved Proposition 3, a 1/8-cent sales tax venue up to $45 million for the acquisition of lands over the Edwards Aquifer for parks and watershed protection. Proposition 3 ran from 2000 through 2005 and was limited to Bexar County.

The Proposition 1 program is an extension of the initial voter-approved Edwards Aquifer protection endeavor and was extended by voters in 2010 and renewed again in 2015. Due to a change in the state legislation the scope was narrowed to watershed protection and activities expanded outside of Bexar County.

The proposed purchase of the Boulders at Canyon Springs property under the November 2010 Proposition 1 Edwards Aquifer Protection Venue Project would bring the total of protected lands under the City's aquifer protection program to 140,172 acres. This property is located entirely over the Recharge Zone in Bexar County and is surrounded e...