City of San Antonio - File #: 17-2673

• File #: 17-2673
• Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
• In control: City Council B Session
• On agenda: 4/19/2017
• Posting Language: A Briefing on the current implementation status of the three SA Tomorrow Plans: the Comprehensive Plan, the Multimodal Transportation Plan and the Sustainability Plan. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning; Arthur Reinhart, Assistant Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Sustainability]
• Indexes: Comprehensive Planning, SA Tomorrow

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/19/2017	1	City Council B Session

DEPARTMENT: Planning


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide


SUBJECT:

Update on implementation of the SA Tomorrow Plans


SUMMARY:

A briefing and discussion on the implementation of the SA Tomorrow Plans


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The City of San Antonio is projected to grow significantly over the next two decades and developing a plan to accommodate that growth was the driving objective for the development of the SA Tomorrow Plans. All three SA Tomorrow component plans (Comprehensive Plan, Multimodal Transportation Plan, and Sustainability Plan) were adopted by City Council in August 2016.

The Comprehensive Plan identifies three types of sub-area plans: Regional Center Plans, Corridor Plans, and Community Plans. Regional Centers are one of the key building blocks of our City's future. In order to leverage their potential to help absorb a significant portion of San Antonio's projected growth, a clear vision and strategic plan for each is needed. These regional center plans will refine each center's boundaries, identify areas of change and stability, and develop a detailed land use plan that prioritizes infrastructure, policy, and program improvements. It is important to note that the centers are not homogenous places; each one includes multiple place types, urban forms and land uses.

The Community Plan areas include the existing neighborhoods, corridors, and urban centers that complete the fabric of our City. Our existing neighborhoods are treasured assets that will continue to play a critical role in our future planning efforts. The growth strategies recommended in the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan protect and enhance these valuable parts of our city by focusing many of the new housing units and jobs along corridors and into urban and regional centers. By focusing our planning efforts on neighborhoods, corridors, urban centers, and regional centers, we ensure the ability to create and support complete com...