DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide and City Council District 6
SUBJECT:
City's conditional consent to the creation of the Westpointe Special Improvement District and a Development Agreement between the City and the Westpointe PID and Westlake property owners.
SUMMARY:
A Resolution and public hearing regarding the City's conditional consent to the creation of a Public Improvement District (PID), the proposed Westpointe Special Improvement District generally located west of West Loop 1604 and north of Highway 90 West within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of San Antonio, by Bexar County; and a development agreement for the Westpointe PID and Westlake properties generally located south of US Highway 90 West and bisected by West Loop 1604 between the City of San Antonio (City) and the Westpointe PID property owners consisting of SPH Culebra, Ltd., Vise Oaks I, Ltd., Campbelton Road, Ltd., and Becker Ranch, Ltd. and the Westlake property owners, consisting of Peoples Verdes Ranch, Holding Co LTD and Vise SPH Ltd.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 382 allows for the creation of Public Improvement Districts (PIDs) and special purpose districts, by a city or county. PIDs are considered to be economic development tools used to pay or finance public improvements and economic development within (and that benefit) a defined geographical area which will ultimately become the PID. The general nature of the proposed work may include the improvement and construction of thoroughfares, collector and arterial roads, acquisition of right-of-way for road improvements, improvements to water, wastewater, and sanitary sewer facilities, drainage improvements, and/or trails, park and recreational improvements, located within the PIS boundaries. These PID or districts may levy a special assessment as a source of funding. Costs are apportioned and paid by land owners w...
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