CITY MAY AID SCHOOLS; COUNCIL MEMBERS PROPOSE SELLING DISTRICT'S LAND.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
At a meeting of the City Council/School District ad hoc committee ad hoc committee A committee formed with the purpose of addressing a specific issue or issues, which theoretically is disbanded once its raison d'etre is finished , council members suggested that the city would consider buying the school district's prime land near the Civic Center then sell it. The city can act as a go-between in selling the 36-acre parcel on Tapo Canyon Road and Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. Street so that the schools get needed funding quickly and the city can help guide development there. City officials said the idea came about as a way to cut through a lot of the restrictions placed upon the school district in selling land that the city doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. have. Before selling on the open market, the school board must first offer it to public agencies. After a months-long waiting period, the school district then can offer it to the public. ``These kids who belong to the school, they belong to everybody,'' said Councilwoman Barbra Williamson Wil·liam·son , Mount A peak, 4,382.9 m (14,370 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of east-central California. , a member of the committee. ``It is in our best interests to be sure that they get the best education, the most class space, the best textbooks, that they can. ``We can (sell this property) faster than the school district can,'' she added. ``And we can finally be able to see some development on that property.'' School board member Diane DIANE Diversified Information and Assistance Network (Tennessee Valley Authority) DIANE Direct Information Access Network for Europe DIANE Digital Integrated Attack and Navigation Equipment Collins said she was pleased that the city was trying to come up with a way to help the schools, but would not say whether the offer would be something the school district would consider seriously. ``This was really a good-faith effort on the city's part to do something helpful for the school district,'' she said. ``I was interested and appreciate the idea that they want to be helpful to the school district, that was very nice to hear. But I don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. have an opinion on it yet.'' The school board is expected to officially put the surplus land up for sale at its Jan. 25 meeting. Soon after, if the full council agrees to the idea, the city would present a formal offer and enter into negotiations with the district over the terms of the sale. The idea is that the city would purchase the land, then sell it on the open market. If the city receives more for the property than it gives the school district, the schools would get the difference. The school district then would pay back the amount the city would have earned in interest on the original funds had the city kept it in the bank. City officials said that issues to be resolved in negotiations include the amount of interest to be paid to the city and how the transaction would be affected if the city does not get as much as it paid for the land. Although the parcel, which has long been the subject of debate between the two agencies, was appraised at about $5 million, district officials are expected to put it up for sale at $10.5 million. The school district said the land is too small to be of any value for educational uses, and it will have to sell its surplus property in order to be eligible for state modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, funds. For their part, city officials have seen that land as an extension of their efforts to create a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. civic and commercial area. City officials have pushed for low-income and senior housing, as well as more commercial development there to complement those already at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. . CAPTION(S): Map MAP: School district property |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion