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, January 11, 2017

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

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

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

Medina, Nirenberg, Krier, and Gallagher

PRESENT:

A Briefing regarding the Proposed 2017-2022 Bond Program to include

recommendations from the Community Bond Committees. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy

City Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]

1.

City Manager Sculley stated that the Community Bond Process began in October 2016 for

the 2017-2022 Bond Program and was completed on December 15, 2016. She noted that

each Bond Program Committee met five times and took bus tours to review areas of interest

for the Bond Program. She stated that the five Bond Program Committee Categories

included: 1) Streets, Sidewalks and Bridges; 2) Drainage & Flood Control; 3) Parks and

Recreation; 4) Facilities; and 5) Neighborhood Improvements. She noted that more than

1,400 community representatives attended the Bond Program Committee Meetings and that

more than 350 Residents spoke at said meetings. She recognized the Tri-Chairs, Co-Chairs,

and Committee Members. She stated that the City Council would be asked to vote on the

final lists of projects to be included in the Proposed Bond Program on January 19, 2017.

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Mrs. Sculley noted that the Urban Renewal Plan for Neighborhood Improvements

recommendations for infrastructure improvements to support housing development would

be presented to the City Council on February 2, 2017 for consideration. She stated that the

final ballot language for the May 6, 2017 Election would be presented to the City Council

on February 9, 2017 for adoption. She noted that the Guiding Principles of the 2017 Bond

Program were utilized in the development of the recommendations. She stated that there

was no recommended property tax rate increase associated with the Bond Program. She

noted that 80% of the Bond Program recommendations were specific to Council Districts

and 20% were specific to the Downtown Area. She stated that the 2017 Bond Program