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:
An ordinance authorizing 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 Boulevard (Loop 410 to Old Pearsall Road). The project provided for the reconstruction and widening of approximately two miles of Ray Ellison Boulevard, from Loop 410 to Old Pearsall Road. The project also included underground drainage and Low Impact Development (LID) features which required the City to obtain easement interests to install the drainage improvements and maintain the LID features.
The Freedom Hills subdivision will be a 157 lot single-family residential community when fully developed. The original developer for this subdivision completed the plats, recorded the plats in County property records, constructed the streets, and then delivered (sold) the lots to home builders. The original developer also sold the 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 first 66 lots have been developed with homes. HDC Freedom Hills, LLC (petitioner) took over as the developer in 2016 to complete the remaining 91 lots in Freedom Hills.
The petitioner requested the City release a portion of the drainage easement along Ray Ellison Boulevard that would allow the development of 12 out of the 91 remaining residential lots in Freedom Hills. Releasing these portions of the easement would ...
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