DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 10
SUBJECT: Declaring as surplus and authorizing the sale of city-owned property in NCB 15911 on Weidner Road and authorizing staff to initiate zoning as necessary for the conveyance of the property.
SUMMARY:
An ordinance declaring a 5.00 acre unimproved tract of city-owned property in NCB 15911 on Weidner Road in Council District 10 as surplus and authorizing its sale to Rockport Family Partnership, Ltd. for $217,800.00 and authorizing staff to initiate zoning as necessary for the conveyance of the property.
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 recently rezoned 21.23 acres from Industrial (I-1) to Multi-Family District (MF-33) and Commercial (C-3) to facilitate construction a 300-unit multi-family development and a facility to be leased to a Public Charter School. The Public Charter School, the School of Science & Technology, will relocate from its current location, on Crownpoint Drive Business Park off of IH-35, to the new site once the facility is ready to be leased.
A portion of the property was previously developed by the petitioner as the Crosswinds Business Park. An additional 12 acres is planned to be developed as flex office/warehouse space in the future.
The city acquired a 5.00 acre unimproved tract from the petitioner in 1999 with intent to construct a regional detention pond. The parcel is located in a low point of the area and it tends to flood during rain events. However, the detention pond was never constructed. TCI Storm Water reviewed the area and determined that under current conditions, a city constructed regional detention pond at this location would provide little benefit. The petitioner is proceed...
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