DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT:
SEP-HCP Application 17-002 -Deer Canyon Phase I (17-002A - Deer Canyon Phase 1A and 17-002B - Deer Canyon Phase IB)
LOCATION:
This project is located in unincorporated Bexar County, within the City of San Antonio ETJ. The Deer Canyon Phase I project is located off of San Fidel Road, west of I-10, in San Antonio, northwest Bexar County, Texas.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Council District: Unincorporated Bexar County
Owner: HOB Partners, LLC
Consultant: Pape Dawson Engineers
Acreage: Deer Canyon Phase I - 62.6-acres (Deer Canyon Phase IA - 37.54 acres
and Deer Canyon Phase IB - 25.06 acres of the total 62.6-acre Project)
The Deer Canyon Phase I project will consist of the development of a residential subdivision. The Applicant has requested to participate in the SEP-HCP to mitigate impacts to the SEP-HCP Covered Species from construction activities. The draft mitigation determination detailing the Project is attached and a summary of the mitigation needs is included below.
The 62.6-acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project includes 48.68 acres of golden-cheeked warbler (GCW) habitat with the tract and 85.93 acres of GCW habitat within 300 feet of the tract. The Deer Canyon Phase I Project will require a total of 121 GCW conservation credits (direct impacts at 2 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 71.5 conservation credits and indirect impacts at 0.5 credits:1 acre mitigation ratio = 49.5 conservation credits).
The 62.6-acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project does not have any black-capped vireo (BCV) habitat and will not require any BCV conservation credits.
The 62.6 acre Deer Canyon Phase I Project is located over Karst Zone 2 and Karst Zone 3 and totals 60.6 acres (51.85 acres within Karst Zone 2 and 10.75 acres within Karst Zone 3). The Project is not located within any Critical Habitat Units nor is it within 750-ft of any occupied features.
Participation in the SEP-HCP for this project will require the following:
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