DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Homer Garcia III
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 6
SUBJECT:
Acquisitions of Property for Linear Creekways Development Project
SUMMARY:
Consideration of the following Ordinances related to the Linear Creekway Development Project.
A. This ordinance authorizes the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation of approximately 6.94 acres at or near the 5800 block of the westbound U.S. 90 access road, (NCB 13951) along Leon Creek in Council District 6 for the Linear Creekway Development Project, a 2015 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative funded project; property being in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; declaring the Leon Creek Greenway Trail project to be a public project for public use; declaring public necessity for the acquisition of privately owned real property; and authorizes the City Attorney and/or designated special counsel to file eminent domain proceedings. The estimated fair market value for this land acquisition is $88,900.00.
B. This ordinance authorizes the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation of approximately 15.545 acres of property in NCBs 15091 located along Culebra Creek east of Oscar Perez Park between Timber Wind and Meadow Rise in Council District 6 for the Linear Creekway Development Project, a 2015 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative funded project; property being in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; declaring the Culebra Tributary Greenway Trail project to be a public project for public use; declaring public necessity for the acquisition of privately owned real property; and authorizes the City Attorney and/or designated special counsel to file eminent domain proceedings. The estimated fair market value for this land acquisition is $155,450.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The proposed land acquisitions will become part of a growing network of interconnected hike and bike trails, known as the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trail system, which ...
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