DEPARTMENT: Public Works Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 6
SUBJECT:
Declaration of Surplus Property, Southwest Business & Technology Park
SUMMARY:
Resolution recommending City Council to authorize an Ordinance declaring as surplus to the needs of the City of San Antonio and authorizing the disposition by sale or conveyance of 56.934 acres being located within the Southwest Business and Technology Park.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Under Municipal Code, all city property must be declared as surplus prior to the disposition by sale or conveyance of the property. The request to declare property as surplus must be submitted to the Public Works, Real Estate Department, then the request and exhibits are sent to departments and municipal utilities that provide services to, or conduct infrastructure on the property. The departments and municipal utilities respond if there is a need for the property or if the property may be disposed of.
The 56.934 acres were acquired as part of the a compromise and settlement between the City of San Antonio and the Van De Walle Agricultural Properties, LTD., and Van De Walle Farms Inc., in 1995. Declaring the property as surplus would allow the city to sell or convey the property in the future.
ISSUE:
This resolution supports City Council's authority to issue an ordinance declaring as surplus to the needs of the City of San Antonio and authorizing disposition by sale or conveyance of City-owned property comprised of 56.934 acres located within the Southwest Business and Technology Park at Old US Highway 90 West and State Highway 151, described as Lots P-100, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, Block 9, NCB 11379 in Council District 6. Through this action, Council authorizes staff to determine the sale price and contract with a willing buyer. The property is currently zoned as industrial which is preferable, and to maintain that zoning classification going forwar...
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