DEPARTMENT: World Heritage Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen Swain
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3
SUBJECT:
City of San Antonio to quitclaim an approximate 6.147-acre tract of land formerly owned by the City of San Antonio and to be conveyed to the United States Department of the Interior-National Park Service via the San Antonio River Authority.
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes the City of San Antonio to quitclaim an approximate 6.147-acre tract of land previously owned by City of San Antonio, currently owned by the San Antonio River Authority and to be conveyed to the United States Department of the Interior-National Park Service as part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On May 10, 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) entered into a Programmatic Agreement to provide ecosystem restoration and recreation opportunities along the eight-mile Mission Reach portion of the San Antonio River, in a project known as the Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project. The project included various restoration features, such as utilities, storm water outfalls, roads, sidewalks, parking lot relocations, bridge modifications, channel slope and over-bank erosion protection, planting native vegetation, and approximately 55,800 linear feet of multi-purpose trail, shade shelters, and picnic tables.
In an effort to support the Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project, the City of San Antonio (City) conveyed City property from Alamo Street to Loop 410 to the SARA, which took the lead as project manager for the endeavor. As a condition to the cooperation and funding required for the project, the USACE required that the SARA have fee title to all real property involved in the project. Through Ordinance 2009-11-19-0937, the City Council authorized the conveyance of 10 parcels of City land to the SARA for the development of Phase III and ...
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