DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 4
SUBJECT: Real Estate Disposition: Release of three city drainage easements
SUMMARY:
Consideration of a resolution recommending the release of three city drainage easements being 0.05 of an acre, 0.02 of an acre and 0.12 of an acre located in New City Block 15228 along Ray Ellison Boulevard located in Council District 4 for a fee of $13,972.56 as requested by HDC Freedom Hills LLC.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio acquired real property interests to complete the 2012-2017 General Obligation Bond Project, Ray Ellison Blvd. (Loop 410 to Old Pearsall Rd). The project provided for the reconstruction and widening of approximately two miles of Ray Ellison Boulevard, from Loop 410 to Old Pearsall Road. It also included various Low Impact Development (LID) features and underground drainage. The city acquired permanent interests for infrastructure features and drainage easements to improve area drainage.
Freedom Hills subdivision will be a 157 lot single-family residential community when it is completed. The developers for this subdivision have completed the plats, recorded in county property records; constructed the streets, and then delivered (sold) the lots to home builders. The first 66 lots for Unit 1 were delivered in 2006.
HDC Freedom Hills, LLC (petitioner) took over as the developer in 2016 to complete the remaining 91 lots. The original developer sold permanent drainage easements to the City of San Antonio for its 2012-2017 Ray Ellison Bond Project prior to selling the property to HDC Freedom Hills, LLC.
The petitioner requested the city release a portion of drainage easement along Ray Ellison Boulevard that encumbers 12 residential lots in Freedom Hills Units 3 and 4. The request was reviewed by the Transportation & Capital Improvement's Storm Water Division (controlling department o...
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