DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 1
SUBJECT:
Authorizing the sale of city-owned property near McCullough Avenue and Shannon Lee Street.
SUMMARY:
An ordinance declaring as surplus and authorizing the sale of a 0.156 acre (6,817 square feet) out of New City Block 12011, Block 3, Lot 19, located at 311 Shannon Lee in Council District 1, to C. Kenneth Parker for a sales price of $14,656.55.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
City Council authorized the Barbara Drive Drainage Project on May, 18, 2017 by Ordinance 2017-05-18-0336 and is funded by Bexar County Flood Control funds and FY 2014 Storm Water Regional funds. The project removes the existing concrete channel and underground box culvert drainage system and replaces it with a wider and deeper earthen channel, green space, lighted walkways and landscaping. As part of the City's preparation for the project, the City bought 34 homes within the 200 block of Barbara Drive and the 300 block of Shannon Lee between McCullough and Skipper Drive for the construction of the drainage channel. The properties on the northeast corner (Barbara and Skipper Drives) and the southeast corner, (Shannon Lee and McCullough Avenue) were outside the project limits, so the property owners were allowed to stay. All other structures on the City acquired lots were demolished as part of the Barbara Drive Project.
The petitioner is one of the remaining property owners and is concerned that the project's lighted walkway is too close to his property and intends to create a buffer. Petitioner coordinated with city Storm Water Engineering staff and identified a portion of the abutting property that was not required for the project, so he requested the city declare as surplus and sell that portion of the property to create a buffer between his property and the project's lighted walkway. Petitioner intends to fence and landscape the pr...
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