DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 8
SUBJECT:
Disposition: Closure of unimproved Oakland Boulevard Right-Of-Way (ROW), declaring as surplus and authorizing the sale of unimproved city-owned property
SUMMARY:
Consideration of the following items related to a public right-of-way and a city-owned property located between Floyd Curl and Babcock, south of Huebner, in Council District 8:
A. A resolution recommending closing, vacating, and abandoning a 0.579 acre unimproved portion of Oakland Boulevard (between New City Blocks (NCB) 14691 and 14695), as requested by SA Rocking in the Free World, LLC.
B. A resolution declaring as surplus a 0.509 acre unimproved city property, New City Block (NCB) 14691 Block 7, Lots 2 and 17, and authorizing its sale to SA Rocking in the Free World, LLC.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Petitioner (SA Rocking in the Free World LLC) acquired approximately 22.9 acres of unimproved properties within the Babcock Acres subdivision, located between Babcock and Floyd Curl; Huebner and Hamilton Wolfe near the Medical Center. The petitioner plans to build between 110 - 145 units of medium density single family homes. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2019 and end in June 2023. The proposed level of investment is $22,550,000.
The City of San Antonio owns a portion of Lots 2 and 17, Block 7, NCB 14691 within the Babcock Acres subdivision. It was accepted in 1987, through Ordinance 65903, as part of a land exchange to realign Richview Street. Babcock Acres was platted in 1951; however the subdivision was never constructed. The petitioner would like to acquire the city-owned property and include it as part of the development.
The petitioner also requests the city close, vacate and abandon a 0.579 acre unimproved portion of Oakland Boulevard (between NCB 14691 and 14695). The petitioner plans to realign Oakland Boulevar...
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