DEPARTMENT: World Heritage Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen Swain
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 3
SUBJECT:
City of San Antonio to close, vacate, abandon, and transfer ownership to the National Park Service the former road alignments and City-owned property at Mission San Jos?, and the City to accept property within the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park from the National Park Service.
SUMMARY:
Consideration of a resolution authorizing the City to: (1) close, vacate, abandon, and transfer ownership of the former road alignments of Napier Avenue, Mission Road, Woodhull Drive, and Trawalter Drive for a total of 2.1676 acres (94,409 square feet) and six tracts of adjacent City-owned property located near Mission San Jos? for a total of 10.6852 acres (465,447.3 square feet) to the National Park Service; and (2) to accept 0.1008 acres of property within the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park from the National Park Service to construct a turn lane on Napier Avenue.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On April 21, 1994, City Council passed Ordinance No. 80055 authorizing the closing, vacating, abandoning, and quitclaiming of improved Napier Avenue, Mission Road, and Woodhull Drive, as requested by the U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, in exchange for the relocation of Napier Avenue and Mission Road for the construction of a new San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Visitor Center located at 6735 San Jos? Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78214. The former Napier Avenue, Mission Road, and Woodhull Drive sections closed accounted for a total of 1.5235 acres (66,349.8 square feet). Additionally, the National Park Service has operated and maintained the former road alignment of Trawalter Drive (0.6441 acres or 28,059.2 square feet), north of Mission San Jos?.
Since the construction of the Visitor Center, the National Park Service has operated the center for over 20 years on the site of the former road alignments and other...
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