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File #: 18-3276   
Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/11/2018
Posting Language: Consideration, discussion, and make a recommendation on a request to amend the Major Thoroughfare Plan, a component of the City of San Antonio Master Plan, by removing a proposed segment of Real Road from Loop 410 to existing Real Road, located in the City of San Antonio’s Council District 2 and eastern Bexar County.
Attachments: 1. Proposed_Real_Map
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements

 

DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie

                     

COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide

 

SUBJECT:

Major Thoroughfare Plan Amendment - Real Road

 

SUMMARY:

 

Consideration of a request to amend the Major Thoroughfare Plan, a component of the City of San Antonio Master Plan, by removing a proposed segment of Real Road from Loop 410 to existing Real Road, located in the City of San Antonio’s Council District 2 and eastern Bexar County.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

The Major Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) adopted as a component of the City’s Comprehensive Master Plan generally identifies the location for major roads within San Antonio and its extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ).  The MTP assures an adequate transportation network that works to move people, goods, and services in an optimal and efficient manner through right-of-way dedication for future roads.  The MTP was adopted by City Council through Ordinance No. 49818 on September 21, 1978.  The MTP has been amended several times through the years to calibrate and realign the thoroughfares along with development of the greater San Antonio metropolitan area.  The MTP is generally built as development occurs.

 

The East/West Connector (later known as Real Road) was designated in 1986 as a Secondary Arterial Type A on the Major Thoroughfare Plan in 1986 by Ordinance No. 63551.

 

ISSUE:

 

The request is to remove a proposed segment of Real Road, a Secondary Arterial Type A requiring 86 feet of right-of-way, between Loop 410 and the existing Real Road. The western segment of the adopted alignment of Real Road, between Loop 410 and Foster Road, requires new right-of-way to be dedicated on currently undeveloped land.

 

Several developments in China Grove have been approved and built such that the eastern segment of the adopted Major Thoroughfare Plan alignment, between Foster Road and existing Real Road, can no longer be implemented. The presence of several large floodplains makes the segment unlikely to be constructed due to cost and stormwater concerns. Proposed alternate realignments do not allow for adequate spacing between adjacent thoroughfares, as required by the Major Thoroughfare Plan.

 

 

 

ALTERNATIVES:

 

The Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee could choose not to recommend approval of the Real Road removal amendment to the Major Thoroughfare Plan in favor of keeping the adopted alignment unchanged.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

There is no fiscal impact associated with this amendment.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

Staff recommends approval of a recommendation to the Planning Commission to amend the Major Thoroughfare Plan, a component of the City of San Antonio Master Plan, by removing the segment of Real Road between Loop 410 and the existing Real Road.