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14.

City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

12/19/2023

BACKGROUND

The City was contacted by the owner of an approximately 5.913 acre property located on the southwest side of FM 1518, at the intersection of FM 1518 and Nell Deane Blvd. about wanting to donate the property to the City. The property is vacant land and the owner has been trying to sell it for some time. The property is zoned GB-2 (General Business II) but is almost entirely in the regulatory floodway. The owner of the property is a former Parks & Recreation Advisory Board member and would like to see the land used as parkland and open space. The property is along the Cibolo Creek Trail corridor, which is a strategic area where future trails are planned to interconnect with the other bordering cities' trail systems.

Staff have visited the site and has started researching it. There appear to be some title issues and/or incorrect polygons on the Guadalupe CAD site and staff is engaging the city's real estate agent to work with the owner on correcting these before acceptance. To be clear, staff is still doing due diligence work and could decide not to accept it, but given the limited Council meetings with the holidays, Staff is seeking approval.

Staff did present the potential donation to the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board at their meeting on September 25, 2023 and the board recommended accepting the land donation.

GOAL

Acquire land that can be used in the future for uses appropriate to the area and needed in the community.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

Accepting donated land allows opportunities for the City to provide needed services and amenities to the community.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Approval of the resolution would authorize the City Manager to execute all documents to accept the property, should that be Staff's final recommendation after completing due diligence work.

FISCAL IMPACT

The property owner has offered to donate the land to the City with the City paying closing costs. The land has an assessed value of $179,047 by the Guadalupe County Appraisal District.

RECOMMENDATION

Approve Resolution 23-R-136.

Attachments
Resolution 23-R-136 with attachment