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City Council B Session

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 · Government meeting record

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The San Antonio City Council reviewed the public engagement strategy for the new Parks System Plan, an 18-month project designed to guide future park improvements and programming. The city is gathering community feedback through workshops, online surveys, and stakeholder interviews to inform the plan, which will run through September 2018.

Why it matters

Residents will have opportunities to influence future park amenities, pedestrian access, and capital improvements in their neighborhoods through a series of public workshops and surveys conducted through September 2018.

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Minutes textCity Council B Session — Minutes

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, June 7, 2017

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

Deputy City Clerk Leticia Saenz took the Roll Call noting the following Councilmembers

present:

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

Sandoval, Nirenberg, Krier, and Gallagher

PRESENT:

A Briefing on the proposed public engagement process for the SA Parks System

Plan. [María D. Villagómez, Assistant City Manager; Xavier D. Urrutia, Director,

Parks and Recreation]

1.

Xavier Urrutia stated that engagement of a consultant for the SA Parks System Plan was

approved by the City Council on March 30, 2017. He noted that the primary consultant was

Bender Wells Clark Design and the sub-consultants were MIG and Ximenes & Associates.

He stated that the Parks and Recreation Department has had a System Plan in place since

1999. He noted that the purpose of the System Plan was to guide future planning decisions

included expansion, capital improvements, and programming. He stated that the System

Plan was consistent with the S.A. Tomorrow Plans and that an Urban Forestry Program

Evaluation was included in the System Plan. He stated that one of the benefits of having a

System Plan was that the city would receive priority scoring for State competitive grants.

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He noted that creation of the System Plan would be an 18-month process which would run

from April 2017 through September 2018.

Mr. Urrutia stated that the consultants were now completing their planning and inventory

assessments. He noted that internal and external partners would be included in the

community engagement. He stated that there would be a web page devoted to the SA Parks

System Plan which would include the System Plan description, frequently asked questions,

upcoming community input events, a contact/comment form, and bi-lingual surveys. He

noted that engagement would be accomplished through social networks, local engagement,

and city partners. He stated that five events-based activities would be held and the

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