DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 6
SUBJECT: Disposition: Sale of city-owned property located at the corner of Richland Hills and Ingram Road
SUMMARY:
Consideration of a resolution supporting the declaration as surplus and sale of approximately 5.8 acres of unimproved property located at the corner of Richland Hills and Ingram Road (NCB 15329, BLK, Lot P-24D) for the development of a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Senior Independent Living Facility.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Under Municipal Code, all city property must be declared as surplus prior to the disposition of the property. The request must be submitted to the Department of Transportation & Capital Improvements, Real Estate Division, and processed under Local Government Codes and Municipal Code.
In May of 2012, voters approved the 2012-2017 General Obligation Bond Program which included a project titled the Northwest Area Recreation Center in Council District 6. Funds were also designated for a Library site in Council District 6. To implement the program, the City entered into a funding agreement with the YMCA to use the Bond funds to fund a portion of the renovation of a YMCA owned building located at the corner of Potranco Road and Highway 151. In this agreement, the YMCA designed and constructed a 5,000 square foot San Antonio Branch Library and 40,000 square foot YMCA recreational center that includes an indoor pool, gymnasium, exercise rooms and locker rooms. The new Mays Family YMCA and Potranco Branch Library opened in November 2016.
The City purchased a nearby 12.31 acre site from SAWS in 2015 for future phases of the Northwest Area Recreation Center project. The City is finalizing a P3 Development Agreement to construct a Senior Independent Living Facility and multipurpose athletic fields which could not be constructed without a P3 partnership. Approximately 5.8 acres will b...
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