DEPARTMENT: Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
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 (0.145 square miles) to the City of Kirby.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a municipal boundary agreement with the City of Kirby for the City of San Antonio to adjust its municipal boundary by releasing three tracts of land (totaling approximately 93.1 acres or 0.145 square miles) from the corporate area of the City of San Antonio to Kirby with certain conditions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On July 28, 2016, the City Council of the City of Kirby approved a resolution requesting a municipal boundary release 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 as described in Exhibit I and depicted in Attachment II .These tracts are currently situated within the corporate area 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 (approximately 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, mostly 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 ...
Click here for full text