DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, ACIP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Two Municipal Boundary Adjustments to release the Northampton subdivision from the City of San Antonio to the City of Converse.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing two municipal boundary adjustments, releasing a total of approximately 293 acres in the Northampton subdivision from the City of San Antonio to the City of Converse. The subject area consists of two independent Municipal Boundary Adjustments, both 236 acres and 57 acres respectively, that are located south of the intersection of Gibbs-Sprawl Road and Crestway Road, west of Salitrillo Creek and north of FM 78 within the City limits of San Antonio in eastern Bexar County, Texas. The resulting action would place the entire neighborhood within the City of Converse by the end of January 2018.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On March 9, 2017, the City Council of San Antonio approved a multi-phase Interlocal Agreement in which San Antonio would release approximately 12 square miles from San Antonio's unincorporated Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) area for future annexation by Converse and also transfers approximately 3.6 square miles from the City limits of San Antonio to the City limits of Converse. The purpose of the Agreement was to ensure that underserved areas in the fast growing unincorporated area would receive urban level services, provide growth opportunities to neighboring cities, and increase the revenue opportunities of a partnering city to support the delivery of public services.
The terms and timeline in the City of San Antonio (COSA)-Converse Interlocal Agreement were in accordance with the existing State annexation procedure at that time. State law allows Texas cities to mutually adjust their municipal boundaries that are less than 1,000 feet in width. In addition State law allows cities to seek the release of another city's ETJ area with the written consent from the releasing c...
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