DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Dugan, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
A briefing on the current status and workplan for the City of San Antonio's three growth-related plans.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio is currently in the process of creating three growth-related plans that will provide policy direction for how the City's will accommodate a projected one million additional residents twenty-five years from now, or by 2040. These plans include the Comprehensive Plan, the Strategic Multi-Modal Transportation Plan, and the Sustainability Plan.
City Council approved funding in the FY 2013, FY 2014, and FY 2015 Budgets and the FY 2016 Budget-Plan for professional services to assist in the development of the three growth-related plans. Funding for the Comprehensive Plan includes $250,000 in both the FY 2013 and FY 2014 General Fund Budgets. Funding for the Transportation Plan includes $500,000 of General Fund funding in both the FY 2015 Budget and FY 2016 Budget-Plan. In addition, the Metropolitan Planning Organization awarded the City of San Antonio $2 million for the Transportation Plan. Lastly, funding for the Sustainability Plan in amount of $200,000 was included in the FY 2015 Budget from the Sustainability Restricted Fund.
Mayor Taylor on August 1, 2014 convened the Comprehensive Planning Committee (CPC). The charge of the Committee, chaired by Councilman Nirenberg, is to establish and oversee a community-based process to guide the delivery and implementation of a Comprehensive Plan for the City of San Antonio. The City Council Comprehensive Planning Committee has held three meetings since its formation on August 28, September 25, and October 23, 2014. During this time they have discussed the roles and responsibilities of the Committee, the oversight structure for the Comprehensive Plan effort, and the progress of the established workpl...
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