DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
A Briefing on the updated adoption timeline for the SA Tomorrow planning initiative, which consists of the following three plans:
a) Comprehensive Plan
b) Multimodal Transportation Plan
c) Sustainability Plan
SUMMARY:
SA Tomorrow is an innovative comprehensive planning initiative to guide the city toward smart, strategic growth. The SA Tomorrow planning initiative consists of a Comprehensive Plan, which will serve as the city's policy and land use guide; a Multimodal Transportation Plan and a Sustainability Pan, which will serve as implementation components of the Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
SA Tomorrow builds on the vision articulated by the community through the SA2020 process. SA Tomorrow will result in an innovative overall approach aimed at accommodating the city's projected growth by the year 2040 by providing the community with more choices for housing and transportation while preserving our resources and maintaining a high quality of life.
ISSUE:
By combining feedback from a diverse array of experts throughout the community and allowing constant public input, the SA Tomorrow plans will address the projected population growth by increasing options and moving towards strategic and efficient development patterns. Highlights of each plan are presented below.
Comprehensive Plan
The major "building blocks" of the Comprehensive Plan include:
* Regional Centers;
* Urban Centers;
* Corridors; and
* Neighborhoods
Each building block has a role within the greater San Antonio landscape.
San Antonio will build upon its polycentric pattern of regional development, which has resulted in the formation of 13 Regional Centers that are home to roughly 50% of all jobs in San Antonio. These regional cent...
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