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Hernandez summarized progress on four policies the council adopted in 2024 and 2025 — the updated Vision Zero action plan, the Complete Streets policy, the transit-oriented development (TOD) policy framework and the city’s newly adopted bike network plan — and described ongoing project work and grant-funded initiatives.

Key items in the presentation

- Vision Zero and high-injury corridors: The Vision Zero update (adopted September 2024) identifies the city’s high-injury and high-risk corridors. Hernandez said the department is evaluating safety countermeasures on eight of the 20 highest-impact corridors and plans to evaluate three additional corridors in the next fiscal year. The department applied for federal Safe Streets and Roads for All funding to expand corridor evaluation.

- Safe Streets for All grant: San Antonio was awarded a $5,500,000 Safe Streets for All grant in 2023. Hernandez said that grant will fund eight midblock crosswalks on Zarzamora (a high-injury corridor) and a safety outreach and education campaign across 10 corridors; the grant also includes funding for a marketing/outreach piece (about $1.2 million of the award was described as the marketing/outreach component) and quick-build pilot projects.

- Complete Streets and design guidance: After council adopted the Complete Streets policy in September 2024, the department is drafting an implementation plan that includes updates to the city design guide and an open house for public input in September. Smart Growth America ranked San Antonio’s Complete Streets policy first nationally and the policy earned a CityHealth gold medal, Hernandez noted.

- Transit-oriented development and Via’s projects: The transportation director said the TOD policy framework aligns zoning, infrastructure and community priorities along advanced rapid transit corridors. Hernandez said Via’s Green Line is 100% designed and moving into construction (utility work beginning this month) with station-area sidewalk and intersection work anticipated in 2026; the Silver Line is at 40% design with construction expected to begin in 2027. The department is also conducting walk-zone analyses for initial Green Line stations and traffic calming studies near Hildebrand.

- Bike network plan implementation: The bike network plan adopted in January 2025 identifies a tiered, citywide approach to bicycle infrastructure. The department described plans to create a spine of Tier 1 bike facilities, evaluate citywide ordinances (including limiting parking on designated bike facilities), and deploy quick-build pilots. Staff said they will evaluate ordinance changes with public input and expect a 9–12 month process for an ordinance change, while noting the change will be applied contextually rather than citywide immediately.

Project portfolio and timeline requests

Hernandez presented a citywide map showing 53 ongoing departmental projects: 17 in pre-design, 22 in design, 9 under construction and 5 slated for completion this fiscal year. Council members requested completion timelines, crash-reduction statistics for Vision Zero projects, and corridor-specific implementation schedules; Hernandez and staff agreed to provide those materials.

Council concerns and follow-up direction

Council members and the mayor asked the transportation department to provide data showing how infrastructure safety investments — CPTED, Complete Streets, corridor improvements — affect police responses and crash rates before and after interventions. Multiple members requested lists of the 20 high-impact corridors and details about the 53 projects by district. Hernandez said staff would coordinate further, offering to accelerate some targeted “no parking in bike lanes” enforcement via signage and targeted outreach where immediate safety benefits are clear.

Ending

The transportation department described a mix of grant-funded and locally supported activities to move projects into design and construction. Staff committed to follow-up on timelines and data on safety outcomes, grant match requirements and corridor-level project lists for council offices.

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White said the department’s FY26 general-fund proposal is $4,400,000 with the same position count as FY25 (24 positions) and a modest contract-and-commodity reduction that staff called “rightsizing.” She said about 41% of the requested budget is tied to SA Tomorrow subarea planning work.

Why it matters

SA Tomorrow is the city’s long-range planning framework. The subarea plans, once complete, will create the city’s first consolidated future land-use map and inform rezoning and implementation decisions across San Antonio’s community areas and regional centers.

What the department described

- SA Tomorrow background: White noted the city adopted three SA Tomorrow plans in 2016 — a comprehensive plan, a multimodal transportation plan and a sustainability plan — and that the department is implementing those citywide policies through a phased subarea planning program. The subarea work is organized into 30 geographic plan areas (13 regional centers; 17 community areas).

- Progress and timeline: Eleven subarea plans have been adopted to date. Phase 1 includes five adopted plans with the final plan in that phase (West Side community area plan) expected next fiscal year. All six Phase 2 plans have been adopted; Phase 3 plans are forthcoming with the first anticipated for council adoption the next month. Phase 4 is under way.

- Implementation and rezoning: White said adopted subarea plans guide city-initiated rezoning to align zoning with the subarea future land-use designations. She described an upcoming city-initiated rezoning of parts of the Denman neighborhood within the adopted Medical Center Area Regional Center plan as an example of zoning aligned to subarea goals and neighborhood priorities.

- Revitalization and targeted programs: White highlighted the Northeast Corridor Revitalization Program, including an enhancement grant program and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) No. 30-driven projects for streetscape and wayfinding. She said northeast corridor design standards are slated for council consideration next month and that staff is updating earlier market studies and revitalization plans.

- CPTED and safety integration: The planning department is coordinating with the Office of Integrated Community Safety and police on crime-prevention-through-environmental-design (CPTED) analyses that will feed into revitalization plans.

Council questions and requests

Council members asked for more implementation-level detail and tracking. Council Member Munguia asked staff to track instances where approved land-use plans are later changed through zoning approvals so council can see how often adopted plans are revised in practice. Council Member Galvan asked for clearer accountability and coordination between planning and economic development for implementation of adopted plan recommendations. White said the department is revising plan formats for Phase 3 onward to identify implementation priorities and potential funding sources.

Other items

White said the department is preparing its first extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) land-use plans for areas near Camp Bullis and Lackland that were designated for military protection. She also described corridor-specific work such as the Goliad Road Revitalization Plan and Bandera Road Corridor Phase 2.

Ending

Council members requested more accessible public communications about subarea plan timelines and status; White suggested using council-office newsletters and committed to broader outreach. Staff said the planning department will continue to integrate adopted citywide policies (such as transit-oriented development and affordability strategies) into subarea plans as those policies and the subarea maps are finalized.

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Brenda, the city’s economic development director, told the City Council during the budget work session that the department’s proposed general fund for FY26 is $8,900,000 — a 19.8% reduction from the FY25 adopted general-fund total. She said restricted funds total $9,700,000 and that overall staffing would drop from 42 to 40 positions.

The proposed reductions occur amid continued work to implement the Economic Development Strategic Framework that the council accepted in October 2022, Brenda said. “I’m incredibly grateful for their efforts day in and day out,” she said of department staff while previewing the spending plan and specific program changes.

Why it matters

City leaders said the changes refocus limited general-fund dollars while maintaining tools that officials said support business retention, corridor revitalization and company attraction.

What’s in the proposal

- The draft budget eliminates a $1,400,000 line that previously funded a small-business construction grant program (a one-time allocation that had been supported with ARPA funds in prior years). The department said the program was not included in FY26 because there were no new corridors that met the program’s timing eligibility.

- The construction-mitigation program is reduced from $500,000 to $350,000; other supports tied to that program — such as signage, free Visit San Antonio memberships, activation funding and the Buy Local savings pass — are retained, Brenda said.

- The administration proposes a $500,000 allocation for a 0% interest loan program operated with LiftFund to provide interest-free capital to eligible small businesses. The department said the loan program has been augmented in previous years with ARPA funds and partner contributions and that since 2016 about 380 businesses have used the program; in the last two years combined, matching funds and ARPA augmented loans that totaled more than $5,000,000 and served 161 recipients.

- A $250,000 investment is proposed to continue the Revitalize SA quarter leadership program (a placemaking and corridor leadership pilot developed with Main Street America). The department said 32 participants across corridor cohorts have completed the two-year pilot and that projects produced through the program will seek outside resources for implementation going forward.

- The proposal preserves funding for targeted supplier-engagement staffing (two positions supported through restricted funds) and continued use of the city’s Economic Development Incentive Fund for company recruitment, growth-stage grants and programs such as LaunchSA and SupplySA.

Questions from council members and staff responses

Council members pressed department staff for more outcome data and return-on-investment information. Mayor Jones asked for analysis showing how city dollars translate into sustained business outcomes (for example, whether recipients remain in business, grow revenue or hire employees years after assistance). Brenda said staff would provide follow-up materials on outcomes and suggested the city tracks program outcomes through periodic surveys and monitoring.

Several council members, including Council Member Munguia and Council Member Galvan, asked for further review or reconsideration of the construction mitigation grant cut. They cited examples of major construction projects that will affect downtown and commercial corridors and asked staff to explore eligibility changes or additional funding sources so businesses affected by upcoming projects (such as Marbach and Market Square-area construction) could be eligible.

Council members also asked for clearer performance metrics that link incentive monitoring to tax and job outcomes; Brenda said the department conducts semiannual monitoring of incentive agreements and periodic outside economic-impact assessments of the incentive portfolio.

Context and constraints

Brenda said one ongoing shift affecting local attraction work is Greater SATX’s change to a per-capita funding model; the city’s contribution will decrease as Greater SATX’s model moves to a 35-cent-per-capita structure, reducing the city’s annual payment by about $70,000. She also noted the department plans an update of the Economic Development Strategic Framework during FY26 to assess the last four years of investments and identify priorities going forward.

Ending

Council members asked for more written follow-up on program outcomes (including case examples of businesses helped by the construction mitigation grants and the 0% loan program), and staff agreed to provide further materials. No formal budget vote took place at Tuesday’s work session; the presentation and council questions were part of the budget development process ahead of formal council decisions.

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