DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements, Department of Planning and Community Development, and the Office of Sustainability
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: Briefing on the SA Tomorrow Initiative
SUMMARY: Briefing on the SA Tomorrow Initiative
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The SA Tomorrow Initiative began with a public Kick-Off meeting on April 11, 2015. Since the Kick-Off, the planning effort has included several Plan Element Working Group Meetings, Partner Agency Meetings, and Sustainability Steering group meetings. Public engagement has occurred through "go-to-them" meetings including presentations to various professional, community and student organizations, and a Sustainability Forum.
ISSUE:
This item will provide a briefing on the SA Tomorrow initiative that includes the Comprehensive Plan, the Transportation Plan, and the Sustainability Plan. The Comprehensive Plan has been developing policies that will serve as the broad picture that brings together the technical work of the Transportation Plan and Sustainability Plan. The work to date has focused on Transportation, Natural Resources & Environmental Sustainability, Housing, Jobs and Economic Competitiveness (including the Military); and how San Antonio's future Growth and Urban Form will affect Public Facilities and Community Safety, Historic and Cultural Preservation, and Community Health and Wellness.
The next phase of the Comprehensive Plan will expand the public outreach to review the policy work to date and introduce Emerging Neighborhood and Center "Types" that provide a visualization tool to help all involved imagine the future of San Antonio through 2040 within the current City limits, and within San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. Annexation will also be included in the discussion of San Antonio's future. A draft of the Comprehensive Plan is anticipated in early 2016.
The Sustainability Plan is in the fina...
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