City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, August 3, 2016

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building.

City Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call with the following Councilmembers present:

11 - Mayor Taylor, Treviño, Warrick, Viagran, Saldaña, Gonzales, Lopez,

Medina, Nirenberg, Krier, and Gallagher

PRESENT:

A Briefing on the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, Multimodal Transportation

Plan, and Sustainability Plan, and an update on the City's Annexation Program.

[Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Bridgett White, Interim Director, Planning and

Community Development; Terry Bellamy, Assistant Director, Transportation and

Capital Improvements; Doug Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]

1.

Bridgett White presented the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Plan, and

Sustainability Plan. She stated that the Planning Commission had recommended approval

of the Comprehensive Plan and Multimodal Transportation Plan with staff suggested

modifications. She noted that they recommended approval of the Sustainability Plan with

staff suggested modifications and two Commission Amendments.

Ms. White highlighted the Comprehensive Plan Refinement and Engagement Process

noting that the draft was released on May 2, 2016. She added that the Comprehensive Plan

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Goals to include revising the 1997 Master Plan Policies and re-affirming the Community’s

Vision for the future. She outlined the staff amendments noting that general amendments

included clarifications, additional text, and graphics. She stated that specific amendments

were related to the Regional Center, Neighborhood Planning, Neighborhood Engagement,

Historic Preservation, Historic Districts, and Neighborhood Conservation Districts. She

provided a General Implementation Assessment to include the Fiscal Impact to the General

Fund and Capital Budget.

Terry Bellamy presented information on the Multimodal Transportation Plan noting that it

considers all modes of transportation. He stated that it would create connections between

modes, provide choices, and promote sustainable methods. He spoke of the Vision Zero