DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the Fiscal Impact of Residential Development Study
SUMMARY:
This item includes a briefing by Fregonese Associates, Inc. on the Fiscal Impact of Residential Development Study completed by them for the City of San Antonio followed by Subcommittee discussion.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On October 27, 2015, the Housing Commission to Protect and Preserve Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods established the Policy and Infrastructure Subcommittee in order to discuss relevant items on the Commission's Work Plan and to develop recommendations to bring back to the Commission for possible action. Two tasks were assigned to the Policy and Infrastructure Subcommittee for FY 2017: a Policy & Program Assessment and a Vulnerable Communities Assessment & Toolkit. As part of the Policy & Program Assessment, the Subcommittee requested that the City contract with a consultant to study the fiscal impacts of various types of residential development across the city.
The City executed a Professional Services Agreement with Fregonese Associates, Inc. on May 15, 2017 in the amount of $49,000.00 for a six-month term to conduct the Fiscal Impact of Residential Development Study. In November 2017, the contract was extended until December 22, 2017 and the budget increased to a total of $49,999.00.
ISSUE:
The Fiscal Impact of Residential Development Study provides an analysis of the factors that drive costs of providing and maintaining infrastructure and municipal services within the City of San Antonio by evaluating four scales of residential development: conventional single-family, compact single-family, low-rise multifamily, and mid-rise multifamily housing. The study focused on three geographic areas of San Antonio: the area within the Community Revitalization Action Group (CRAG), which covers approximately the original 36-square-mi...
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