AGENDA - San Antonio Housing Authority

Prepared for: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Community Economic RevitalizationAgency, San Antonio Spurs, and the Arena District / Eastside CommunityTransportation Executive Summary Prepared for:San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning OrganizationSan Antonio Housing Authority Annual Moving-to-Work Plan FY 2011-2012 Page 1TRANSFORMATION PLANCONSISTENCY WITH OTHERPLANNING ACTIVITIESA number of planning initiatives havealready occurred that include the EastsideNeighborhood, and these efforts helpeddevelop a platform from which to begin theChoice Neighborhood planning process.SAHA and its planning partners worked toensure that the plan would be consistentwith each of the previous planning efforts.• SA2020 (Vision forthe future of SanAntonio, organizedby Mayor JuliánCastro). TransformationPlan implementsSA2020goals for inner-citygrowth, walkability,green space, and cohesive neighborhoods• Arena District / Eastside CommunityPlan (City of San Antonio PlanningCITY CITY OF OF SAN SAN ANTONIO, ANTONIO, TX TX December December 2003 2003ARENA DISTRICT / EASTSIDECOMMUNITY PLANDepartment).TransformationPlan implementsgoals for redevelopment(newhome construction)and land use(infill, attractivestreets, and support mixed uses alongNew Braunfels)• Eastside Promise Neighborhood (Education-focusedcollaborative led by UnitedWay). Transformation Plan supportscollaborativeEastside ReinvestmentSummit2nd Annual ReportMayor Julián CastroandCouncilwoman Ivy R. Taylor• San Antonio HousingAuthority’sMoving to WorkAnnual Plans.TransformationPlan implementsMTW self-sufficiencyand housingoptions goalsefforts to increaseaccessto early educationresourcesand coordinatedservicedelivery[Moving-to-Work 2011-2012 Annual Plan]Additionally, there are a number of developmentprojects, completed or currentlyunderway, which align with the ChoiceNeighborhood planning effort and willfurther support revitalization of the EastsideNeighborhood. These include:• Brewery & Hays Street Bridge. ProposedAlamo Brewery near Hays Street Bridgeto boost economic development on theCity’s eastside• Sutton Oaks Apartments and the Park atSutton Oaks. SAHA mixed-income developmentsto be Built to San Antonio Green(BSAG) Level II• Wheatley Heights Sports Complex. New$10 million sports venue on the eastsideof San Antonio• University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)Eye Clinic. 30,000-square-foot modernpublic health care facility to be built onthe City’s eastside, across from St. PhilipsCommunity College• Robert Thompson Transit Center. Part ofProposed Streetcar and Transit Improvement,located at the Alamodome on theCity’s eastside• Good Samaritan Hospital. ProposedBond Project that will offer resources forveterans• Community Gardens. Planned for vacantlots as health and beautification projectswithin the Choice neighborhood.EASTSIDE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION PLAN31