DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning & Community Development, Department of Transportation & Capital Improvements, and Office of Sustainability
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP, DPCD Interim Director; Terry Bellamy, TCI Assistant Director; Doug Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
A public hearing and consideration of an ordinance adopting the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, Multimodal Transportation Plan, and Sustainability Plan as components of the San Antonio Master Plan; directing city staff to implement SA Tomorrow, and directing staff to update references to the City's Master Plan by amending Chapter 35, Unified Development Code, of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas.
SUMMARY:
SA Tomorrow is an innovative planning initiative to guide the city toward smart, strategic growth. SA Tomorrow consists of a Comprehensive Plan, which will serve as the city's policy and land use guide; a Multimodal Transportation Plan and a Sustainability Plan, 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 provides an innovative approach aimed at accommodating the city's projected growth by the year 2040. This approach will provide the community with more choices for housing and transportation while preserving our resources and maintaining a high quality of life.
Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider resolutions adopting the SA Tomorrow Plans on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Planning Commission took the following action:
* Comprehensive Plan - Adopted with staff's recommended revisions.
* Multimodal Transportation Plan - Adopted with staff's recommended revisions.
* Sustainability Plan - Adopted with alternate revisions.
City Council held a public hearing on the SA Tomorrow Plans on Wednesday, August 3, 2016.
ISSUE:
The SA Tomorrow draft plans have been dev...
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