DEPARTMENT: Development Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon, PE, CBO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide, Bexar County, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)
SUBJECT:
Discussion and action on an Interlocal Agreement between the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to collectively implement management and monitoring requirements for the six (6) Karst Fauna Areas (KFAs) within Government Canyon State Natural Area (GCSNA).
SUMMARY:
The SEP-HCP provides for local administration of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and helps to streamline the process for achieving compliance for property owners, the City of San Antonio, Bexar County and anyone conducting non-federal activities within the jurisdiction of the plan area. An Interlocal Agreement is being pursued to continue the long term maintenance, management, monitoring of the endangered species.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio is home to several military installations. Implementation of recommendations made in 2005 by Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) transformed Fort Sam Houston into a leading military medical education training facility and made the military training missions at Camp Bullis are vital to national security. In August 2008, in an effort to support the military's mission City Council approved several initiatives based on the Joint Land Use Study that was created to address, support, and protect Camp Bullis.
The Joint Land Use Study was accepted by City Council in June 2009 to preserve and protect the quality and quantity of the training conducted at the military installation. Since then Development Services Department has coordinated and implemented several ordinances to support the Military's Mission, which included:
* Military Notification Area - Implemented December 2008
* Military Lighting Overlay District - Implemented December 2008
* Habitat Compliance Ordinance - Implemented August 2009
* Environmental...
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