DEPARTMENT: Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
A briefing and possible action regarding a request from the City of Kirby to the City of San Antonio to adjust its municipal boundary by releasing approximately 93.1 acres to the City of Kirby.
SUMMARY:
This item is a briefing and possible action by the Neighborhood and Livability Committee regarding a request from the City of Kirby to the City of San Antonio to adjust its municipal boundary by releasing three tracts of land (totaling approximately 0.145 square mile or 93.1 acres) to the City of Kirby.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On July 28, 2016, the City of Kirby City Council approved a resolution requesting a Municipal Boundary Adjustment from the City of San Antonio. The request consists of 36.4 acres along Springfield Road; 32.6 acres of industrial property between Gibbs Sprawl and Seguin Road; and 24.1 acres along Binz Engleman Road east of Ackerman Road. [See attached map.] These tracts are currently located within the city limits of the City of San Antonio and are adjacent to the city limits of Kirby. State law authorizes adjacent municipalities to make mutually agreeable changes in municipal boundaries as long as the areas are less than 1,000 feet in width [Sec.43.031 of the Texas Local Government Code].
Tract 1 (36.4 acres) consists of five vacant lots and 107 residential lots located between Springfield Road and Buzz Aldrin Drive to the south of Binz-Engleman Road. The residential properties, which are part of a larger subdivision, most fall within the City of Kirby. The City of Kirby will deliver municipal services to the residential properties along Springfield Road, which is part of a larger subdivision inside Kirby. Although most of the properties have single-family homes, the largest parcel is vacant and has become a nuisance property that requires regular mowing and clean-up. The ad valorem val...
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