Development Corporation Returns Unauthorized Dump to City of San Angelo

Assistant City Manager Michael Dane advised the Development Corporation Board to give back the land housing the City of San Angelo's former unauthorized dump.  The Development Corporation Board entertained purchasing the land in September 2017.  San Angelo City Council approved the deal during an October 2017 meeting.

The words "unauthorized dump" were never mentioned by staff or board members.  The Development Corporation did not share the history of the property under city ownership during their approval of property purchase.  City Council's October 2017 agenda packet made no mention of the city's using the land as an unauthorized dump for a decade.

The Development Corporation board heard of environmental concerns and undertook the following studies:

Phase 1 and 2 Environmental Site Assessments and the Remediation Cost Estimate for the Real Property regarding 17.58 acre parcel of real property fronting on Houston Harte Expressway, within an area bounded by Southwest Boulevard, Sherwood Way and Sunset Drive. 

Mr. Dane recommended the Development Corporation hand the land back after a potential development opportunity failed to materialize.   Dane did provide results of environmental studies or the potential cost of remediation.  He did not say if environmental problems at the site impacted economic development prospects..

It's interesting how few words have been spoken by public officials regarding the city's former unauthorized dump, the Real Property regarding 17.58 acre parcel of real property fronting on Houston Harte Expressway, within an area bounded by Southwest Boulevard, Sherwood Way and Sunset Drive. .