DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Outside City Limits (OCL) in Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)
SUBJECT:
Real Estate Acquisition: On behalf of City Public Service (CPS) Energy for the Shepherd Road Substation and Transmission Project
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance, on behalf of CPS Energy, authorizing the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation, of interests in land sufficient for project purposes, of privately-owned real property and easements and declaring the project to be a public use project and a public necessity for the acquisition of easements, for the Shepherd Road Substation and Transmission Project, located outside city limits (OCL), within the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), and nearest to Council District 4.
The public use project is necessary for the expansion and operation of the CPS Energy electric system. Pursuant to enacted Texas Senate Bill 18 (SB 18), these items require City Council to initiate a motion authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain, should it be needed.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The CPS Energy Shepherd Road Substation and Transmission Project includes a substation site along with related electric transmission and distribution lines west of Loop 1604 between IH-35S and U.S. Hwy. 90, running mostly along Shepherd Road to the south and Cagnon Road to the north in southwestern Bexar County, Texas as shown on Exhibit A-1. This Project is planned to avert electric reliability issues and provide service to the increasing number of customers requiring electric service in southwestern Bexar County.
Acquisition includes approximately 26 permanent easement parcels, two permanent access easement parcels and seven temporary construction easement parcels, involving 22 individual property owners located in County Blocks 4250, 4251, 4252, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4320, 5197, and 5737 to construct approximately 29,200 feet of tra...
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