DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the SA Corridors Strategic Framework Plan as a component of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan
SUMMARY:
This item includes a staff briefing on the SA Corridors Strategic Framework Plan as a component of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
SA Corridors is a partnership with VIA Metropolitan Transit to study the twelve (12) primary transit corridors outlined in the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan and in the VIA Vision 2040 Plan. This collaborative effort is one of the initial steps to implement the Transportation Element of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan by creating a framework that lays out the future urban form for San Antonio that is equitable, sustainable, and efficient.
On November 18, 2014 the VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Trustees authorized the use of $250,000 to grant to the City's Planning Department to contribute to the development of the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan. The funds were used to support the development of a transit-supportive land use plan for key arterial corridors and activity centers. Through City Council Ordinance No. 2018-05-19-0370, which was adopted on May 19, 2016, the City Council authorized the Planning Department to execute a professional services agreement with Fregonese Associates, Inc. for consultant services to conduct a citywide corridor land use planning study to optimize land use and transit investments to support implementation of SA Tomorrow and VIA Vision 2040 planning efforts.
The scope was developed in concert with VIA and was designed to implement both the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan and the VIA Vision 2040 Plan. The SA Corridors project is guided by the following principles:
* Provide a clear path forward for achieving SA Tomorrow goals and objectives
* Clearly demonstrate implementation of SA Tomorrow
* Engage the public throughout t...
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