DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 1
SUBJECT: Closing, vacating and abandoning unimproved right-of-ways in New City Blocks 7147 and 7160; and declaring as surplus and authorizing the sale of unimproved remnants in New City Blocks 7147 and 7610.
SUMMARY: Consideration of the following items related to city-owned property and public right-of-ways located near I-10 and Fresno, in Council District 1.
A. A resolution recommending the closure, vacation and abandonment of unimproved right-of-ways: a 0.223 acre unimproved portion of Warner Avenue between NCB 7147 and NCB 7160, a 0.046 acre unimproved portion of alley in NCB 7147 and a 0.047 acre unimproved portion of alley in NCB 7160, in Council District 1, as requested by Briarwood Commerce LLC.
B. A resolution recommending declaring as surplus a 0.456 acre unimproved parcel in NCB 7147 and a 0.088 acre parcel in NCB 7610, in Council District 1, and authorizing sale of the properties to Briarwood Commerce LLC.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio assisted the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDoT) in acquiring properties in the 1950's for Interstate Highway 10 (I-10). There is an approximate 1.7 acres south of Fresno and east of I-10 that has served as a traffic island since the 1950's. TXDoT declared the property as surplus in 2016 and put the property up for sale. During the buyer's due diligence phase, the title company identified approximately one-half of the property was under TXDoT, while the other one-half is owned by the City of San Antonio. Remnants of Lots 11-14, Block 56 in New City Block 7147 and Lots 3-4, Block 57 in New City Block 7160 are owned in fee by the City of San Antonio. In addition, there are two sections of an unimproved 10-foot wide alley; and an unimproved portion of Warner Avenue right-of-way that were platted as part of the Los Angeles Heights Subdivision...
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