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. An ordinance 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, for a fee of $4,539.78.
B. An ordinance 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 for a fee of $3,991.00.
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 and 145 units of medium density single family homes. Construction is anticipated to begin in June 2019 and estimated for completion in June 2023. The proposed level of investment for the development is $22,550,000.00.
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 Bouleva...
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