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UDS UDS<br />
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO<br />
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
STRATEGIC HISTORIC PRESERVATION<br />
PLAN<br />
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #1<br />
MARCH 11, 2009<br />
THE LAKOTA GROUP<br />
Planning — Landscape Architecture — Urban Design<br />
— Historic Preservation —Community Relations<br />
Chicago, Illinois<br />
URBAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES<br />
San Antonio, Texas
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Why A Strategic Plan?<br />
■ Plan for the<br />
preservation of<br />
important historic<br />
resources<br />
■ Maintain & enhance San<br />
Antonio’s strategic<br />
advantage<br />
■ Maintain & enhance<br />
neighborhood identity &<br />
character<br />
■ Promote a preservation<br />
ethic<br />
■ Assess and strengthen<br />
current historic<br />
preservation program
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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■ Strengthen current<br />
program:<br />
– Enhance operations<br />
of the HDRC<br />
– Build partnerships<br />
– Encourage<br />
economic<br />
development<br />
– Integrate<br />
preservation within<br />
planning processes
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Project Team<br />
■ <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lakota</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
– Project Manager<br />
– Preservation<br />
Planning<br />
– Research<br />
– Community<br />
Relations<br />
■ Urban Development<br />
Services<br />
– Urban design<br />
Management<br />
– Research<br />
■ Strategic Plan<br />
Steering Committee<br />
■ City of San Antonio<br />
– Historic Design and<br />
Review Commission<br />
– Other City<br />
Departments<br />
■ Partners<br />
– San Antonio<br />
Conservation Society<br />
– Other Organizations<br />
& Entities
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Strategic Plan Elements<br />
■ Preservation<br />
Planning<br />
– Survey & Historic<br />
Contexts<br />
– Designation<br />
Process<br />
■ Incentives<br />
Program<br />
■ Education &<br />
Advocacy
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Strategic Plan Elements<br />
■ Building Code,<br />
Planning &<br />
Zoning<br />
■ Economic<br />
Development<br />
■ Sustainability<br />
■ HDRC<br />
– Enhancing<br />
Operations<br />
– Outreach
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Project Approach<br />
■ Comprehensive & Visionary (Consensus<br />
Vision)<br />
■ Community Engagement & Participation<br />
■ Assessment of Current Preservation<br />
Activities<br />
■ Planning, Zoning, & Historic Preservation<br />
Integration<br />
■ Research & Comparative Analysis<br />
■ Partnership Building<br />
■ Innovative & Practical Strategies &<br />
Recommendations
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Work Program<br />
■ February – March<br />
2009<br />
– Assessment<br />
Phase<br />
• Stakeholder<br />
Interviews<br />
• Reconnaissance<br />
Tour<br />
• <strong>Workshop</strong> One<br />
• Research<br />
• Assessment<br />
Report &<br />
Preliminary<br />
Strategies\Project<br />
Review
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Work Program<br />
■ April – May 2009<br />
– Visioning-<br />
Strategy<br />
Development<br />
Phase<br />
• Stakeholder<br />
Interviews<br />
• <strong>Workshop</strong> Two<br />
• Research<br />
• Preliminary<br />
Strategic Historic<br />
Preservation<br />
Plan\Project<br />
Review
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Work Program<br />
■ May – June 2009<br />
– Final Plan<br />
Development<br />
• Stakeholder<br />
Interviews<br />
• <strong>Workshop</strong> Three<br />
• Plan revisions<br />
• HDRC Hearing<br />
• City Council<br />
Hearing.
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
UDS Community <strong>Workshop</strong> #1<br />
■ <strong>Workshop</strong><br />
Format<br />
–Brief<br />
background of<br />
work completed<br />
to date<br />
– Break out<br />
groups<br />
– Report back<br />
session
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Visit #1 Background<br />
■ February 11-13,<br />
2009<br />
– Stakeholder<br />
Interviews<br />
• HDRC<br />
• Downtown<br />
Operations<br />
• Planning &<br />
Development<br />
Services<br />
• Capital<br />
Improvements<br />
Management-<br />
Public Art Program<br />
• Development<br />
Services<br />
Department<br />
• Housing &<br />
Neighborhood<br />
Services<br />
• River Commission<br />
• Parks &<br />
Recreation<br />
Department<br />
• Public Works<br />
• City Manager’s<br />
Office<br />
• San Antonio<br />
Conservation<br />
Society
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Historic resources<br />
– Strengths<br />
• 22 locally<br />
designated districts<br />
• Extensive surveys<br />
resources<br />
– Challenges &<br />
Opportunities<br />
• Additional surveys<br />
needed<br />
• Cultural contexts<br />
• Community<br />
outreach on<br />
meaning of historic<br />
districts<br />
• “demolition by<br />
neglect”
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Managing change<br />
in historic districts<br />
– Strengths<br />
• Basic guidelines in<br />
place<br />
• View shed<br />
protections<br />
– Challenges &<br />
Opportunities<br />
• Need more tailored<br />
guidelines in<br />
districts<br />
• More streamlined<br />
COA review<br />
process
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Planning &<br />
Economic<br />
Development<br />
– Strengths<br />
• Strong tourism<br />
attractions<br />
• Successful Main<br />
Street district-<br />
Southtown<br />
– Challenges &<br />
Opportunities<br />
• Priority neighborhood<br />
investment<br />
• Need to promote<br />
“preservation as<br />
economic<br />
development”
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Outreach &<br />
Partnerships<br />
– Strengths<br />
• Conservation<br />
Society- strong<br />
partner<br />
– Opportunities<br />
• Partnership<br />
opportunities<br />
• 2020 Mission<br />
founding<br />
• “Value of<br />
preservation has<br />
been forgotten”
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Incentives<br />
– Strengths<br />
• Tax abatement<br />
incentives<br />
• Other incentives &<br />
resources<br />
– Challenges &<br />
opportunities<br />
• Increased use of<br />
existing incentives<br />
• Redirecting other<br />
resources<br />
• Need for additional<br />
incentives
City of San Antonio Strategic Historic Preservation Plan<br />
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Challenges & Opportunities<br />
■ Building Codes &<br />
Enforcement<br />
–Strengths<br />
• IEBC in place<br />
– Challenges &<br />
Opportunities<br />
• Avoiding<br />
demolitions<br />
• Need for more<br />
inspectors?<br />
• Assisting<br />
property owners
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QUESTIONS?
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