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ANNEXATION AND Community Advisory Group #3 GROWTH February 4, 2020 POLICY STUDY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. 730 17th Street, Suite 630 Denver, CO 80202 T h e E c o n o m i c s o f L a n

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Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.

T h e E c o n o m i c s o f L a n d U s e

730 17th Street, Suite 630  Denver, CO 80202 303.623.3557  www.epsys.com

ANNEXATION AND GROWTH POLICY STUDY

Community Advisory Group #3 February 4, 2020

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT

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MEETING PURPOSE/AGENDA

This Meeting:

  • 1. Project Status Update
  • 2. Preview of Policy Paper
  • 3. Recommended Strategies/Policy Paper Discussion
  • 4. Next Steps
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PROJECT STATUS UPDATE

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STATUS

  • Finalized White Paper
  • Presenting to PLDC in February
  • Rough Draft of Policy Document to Staff
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PRIORITY ISSUES

  • Land U

Use Con

  • ntr

trol

  • ls in E

n ETJ

– Center of many issues – Coordinate growth and infrastructure – Protect assets: natural, cultural and historic, military

  • Infrastru

ructure re a and S Servic ice P Provis isio ion

– Keeping up with growth (infrastructure) – Maintaining or improving level of service

  • Funding,

g, F Finan ancing, F Fisc scal al I Impac acts

– Funding and financing tools for infrastructure and services – Special districts: conditions for use and approval/consent – Debt Obligation, impact to existing residents

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STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Create standard policies and procedures for each tool

– Annexation policy – Non-annexation agreements, development agreements – Special districts – Military facilities – Boundary adjustments

  • Regional land use plan
  • Encourage partnerships for coordinated growth

– Incentivize desirable annexation areas through use of tools – Use partnerships and tools in ETJ for areas that cannot be annexed when…

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POLICY PAPER OVERVIEW/DISCUSSION

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POLICY PAPER OUTLINE

  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Annexation Policy
  • 3. Military Facilities Policy
  • 4. ETJ Growth Policy
  • 1. Non-Annexation Agreements
  • 2. Special District Policy
  • 5. Boundary Adjustments and Releases Policy
  • 6. Regional Land Use Planning Policy/Strategy
  • 7. Annexation Program (Strategy)
  • 8. Definitions
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STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Encourage partnerships for coordinated growth

– Incentivize desired annexation areas through use of tools

  • Anne

nexa xation Po n Policy

– Use partnerships and tools in ETJ for areas that cannot be annexed through…

  • Milit

ilitar ary y Fac acilit ilitie ies Polic licy

  • ETJ Gro

rowth Polic licy

  • Boundary Adjustm

tments ts and Releases Policy

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ANNEXATION POLICY

  • Iden

dentify a and/ nd/or pr proactively anne nnex pr properties tha hat a are o

  • f hi

high v h value

  • r hi

high pr h priority

  • Prepare ETJ Land Use Plans to identify “Priority Growth Areas”
  • Evaluation Criteria (Purpose of each criteria)

– Protect natural, cultural, historic, military and economic assets; – Address service delivery needs;

  • Promotes or supports utility and municipal service plans/strategies

– Protect public health, safety, and welfare;

  • Prevent or address adverse impacts on city residents and businesses

– Intergovernmental relations;

  • Maintain control over boundaries and jurisdictions

– Economic and fiscal considerations; and

  • No fiscal burden
  • Expansion of tax and/or economic base

– Considerations for the development form within annexation areas.

  • Conformance with SA Tomorrow
  • Land use controls and infrastructure extension
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ANNEXATION POLICY DISCUSSION

  • What criteria are most important to address or are most valuable?
  • There are multiple policy statements for each criteria. Should these be

reduced to the most important?

  • Should the City be proactive in annexing “high value” areas?
  • Is full-purpose annexation necessary?
  • Should the City find ways to incentivize annexations for developments that

meet multiple criteria?

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ETJ GROWTH POLICY

  • Purpose

– Ensuring orderly development – Supporting efficiency in service delivery – Maximizing San Antonio’s economic opportunities – Protecting and preserving natural, cultural, historic, military and economic assets.

  • Policy Sections

– Non-Annexation Agreements – Special District Requests

  • County PID
  • Conservation and Reclamation Districts (MUD, WCID, FWSD)

– Strategic Partnership Agreements

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NON-ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS POLICY

  • Will

ill consid ider the issuance of non-annexation agreement when…

– Provides mutual benefits – Creates conformance with SA Tomorrow as well as Sector Plans and future regional plans – Increases land use controls – Is done in concert with special district (where applicable) – Consents to voluntary annexation at end of term – Does not create financial burden to City or utility providers

  • Creates public benefits

– Address public health and safety issues – Design quality, public amenities – Improve municipal or utility services – Improve or construct regional infrastructure – Protect assets

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NON-ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS DISCUSSION

  • What are the positives and negatives of using non-annexation

agreements? – (Development Agreements)

  • When can these agreements create benefits?
  • What public benefits are worth pursuing?
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SPECIAL DISTRICT POLICY

  • Will c

ill consid ider the approval or consent of district when…

– Creates conformance with SA Tomorrow – Project is financially viable – Increases land use controls and improved development standards including higher street ratio connectivity and street lighting – Requires development or non-annexation agreement – Allows annexation at end of development agreement – Consents to voluntary annexation at end of term – Does not create financial burden or financial risk – Does not limit or impact municipal powers – Has utility providers consent, coordinates utility service agreement for district, assume a large financial portion of infrastructure extension and – Provides an extra-ordinary benefit (public benefits) – Mitigates environmental issues (agrees to pays storm water fees, low impact development, etc.)

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SPECIAL DISTRICT DISCUSSION

  • What criteria MUST be met for approval?

– What was missing from the initial list?

  • Two categories of Districts

– County / “Super” PID – Conservation and Reclamation Districts – Is a separate policy direction needed for each?

  • What are extra-ordinary benefits worth pursuing/requiring?

– Examples:

  • Regional infrastructure improvement.
  • Funding for public facilities
  • Positive economic benefit or a project of economic significance
  • Protection of natural, economic, cultural, military, and/or historic assets.
  • Provides desired community infrastructure and/or amenities
  • Potential revenue source for City
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NEXT STEPS

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MAJOR TASKS FOR POLICY PAPER

  • New Policy Document
  • Recommended framework for regional planning

– Internal action steps

  • Recommended approach to measuring impacts of policy decisions

– Fiscal impact modeling

  • Standard Practice Research

– Fees for consent requests/project review – Process for reviewing consent requests

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NEXT STEPS/SCHEDULE

  • Community Advisory Group Mtg #3 – Today
  • Working Group Mtg #5 – Tomorrow
  • Council Planning and Land Development Committee Briefing – February 10th
  • Draft Policy Document Mid-April
  • Adoption Process – May through June

– Additional outreach to Working Group and CAG