DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 10
SUBJECT: Declaring as surplus and authorizing the sale of city-owned property in NCB 15911 in NCB 15911 on Weidner Road.
SUMMARY:
A resolution recommending the declaration as surplus of a 5.00 acre unimproved tract of city-owned property in NCB 15911 on Weidner Road in Council District 10 and authorizing its sale to Rockport Family Partnership, Ltd.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Petitioner (Rockport Family Partnership, Ltd. and its affiliates) has multiple property interests near Crosswinds Way, Wurzbach Parkway and Weidner Road in the northeast section of the city. Petitioner developed a portion of the property as the Crosswinds Business Park. Petitioner recently rezoned 21.23 acres from Industrial (I-1) to Multi-Family District (MF-33) and Commercial (C-3). The rezoning was necessary for the petitioner to proceed with a new (approximate) 300-unit multi-family development and an (approximate) 800-student charter school. The petitioner plans to start construction on the charter school in the Fall, 2018; and the multi-family project early 2019. Petitioner owns an additional 12 acres that will be developed as flex office/warehouse.
The city owns a 5.00 acre unimproved tract in the area that was intended for use as a regional detention pond. Recent reviews of the property determined there would be minimal benefit on a regional basis, so the property was presented to the Department of Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI), Real Estate Division to coordinate a review by city departments and utilities to determine if the property can be declared as surplus and disposed of in accordance with Municipal Code. The review was completed, and the request was conditionally approved. The city will retain easements for CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System and TCI's Traffic Engineering division. The city utilized broker services under Lo...
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