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GROWTH POLICY Working Group #4 STUDY November 13, 2019 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 d U s e 303.623.3557

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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

GROWTH POLICY STUDY

Working Group #4 November 13, 2019

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT

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Economic & Planning Systems San Antonio Annexation and Growth Policy Study | 1

MEETING PURPOSE/AGENDA

This Meeting:

  • 1. Review of Last Meeting
  • 2. White Paper Overview
  • 3. Recommended Strategies Discussion/Policy Paper Approach Overview
  • 4. Next Steps
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MEETING 3 REVIEW

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PRIORITY ISSUES TO ADDRESS

  • Land Use Controls

– Center of many issues – Need expectations of future land use to coordinate growth and infrastructure

  • Infrastructure and Service Provision

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

  • Funding, Financing, Fiscal Impacts

– Funding and financing tools – Conditions for use and approval – Debt Obligation, impact to existing residents

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FEEDBACK

  • General agreement on priority issues to address
  • Desire for a more coordinated and formal process for review and approval of

Special Districts

  • Concerns about the powers given to Special Districts

– Limit powers in development agreements

  • Interest in Special Districts being required to provide a higher level of service

than what is there now

  • Identified need for better education to average resident or home buyer

– Level of service / City services provided – Actual cost of living (taxes) in the unincorporated area

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WHITE PAPER OVERVIEW

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WHITE PAPER OUTLINE

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Existing Conditions
  • 3. Issues Definition and Analysis
  • 4. Tools in ETJ
  • 5. Best Practices
  • 6. Policy Approach Recommendations
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PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK

  • Each issue area is influenced

by an entity or stakeholder group

  • How we work together

defines the outcomes

  • Focus on policies and

procedures for partnerships

San Antonio Bexar County Real Estate Developers Property / Business Owners Military Facilities Neighboring Jurisdictions Special Districts

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DEVELOPMENT CONTEXTS

Annexation Undeveloped Developed ETJ No Special District With Special District 5-Mile Military Buffer

Within Existing Policy Potential Revisions to Policies and Procedures

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CONDITIONS IN THE ETJ

Issue ETJ Special District 5-Mile Military Buffer

Land Use

  • Subdivision Regulations
  • Edwards Aquifer Recharge

Zone overlay district

  • City consent for district

formation

  • Can require conformance with

desired land use through development agreement

  • Military lighting – dark

skies

  • Noise Attenuation
  • Opportunity to control use

through JLUS Infrastructure

  • City development standards
  • Roads in project limits
  • Contribute to Major

Thoroughfare Plan

  • Utilities Service Agreement
  • City development standards
  • Roads in project limits
  • Development agreement may

include:

  • City inspections
  • Conformance with City

Codes

  • City development

standards

  • Limited residential

inspections Financial

  • Platting and MDP fees,

Transportation

  • Water/sewer tap fees
  • Platting and MDP fees,

Transportation

  • Water and sewer fees
  • Potential Revenue sharing

through SPA

  • Platting and MDP fees,

Transportation

  • Water/sewer tap fees
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PROS AND CONS OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS

  • Positives

– Infrastructure financing tool – Allows for growth to pay its own way – Allows for public-private partnerships for addressing growth issues – Localized or neighborhood control – Annexation: “Positive tool for guiding development”

  • Concerns

– Fragmented community and governance – Privatization of public services/infrastructure – Equity and level of service – Transparency on taxation and debt – Financing tool for urban sprawl – Growth related issues – Loss of municipal powers

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CASE STUDY FINDINGS

  • Annexation policies are similar to San Antonio
  • Each community has some level of policy guidance for use of various districts

– Tied to most commonly requested tools

  • Control of land use is important in Austin and Fort Worth
  • Funding of infrastructure outside project boundaries is also a common use
  • Greater use of Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs) with Water Districts in

Houston

  • Clear and deliberate policies and procedures in Fort Worth and Austin
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STRATEGIES DISCUSSION

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POLICY DOCUMENT RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Utilize existing framework from Annexation Policy
  • Revise annexation policy to address legal changes
  • Develop policy based on development “context”

– Annexation - developed or undeveloped – ETJ - special district, military buffer area, other unincorporated areas

  • Use annexation when areas meet policy evaluation criteria
  • Create standard policy and procedures for use of tools
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GROWTH POLICY TOOLBOX

  • Annexation
  • Development (Non-Annexation) Agreements
  • Military Protection Areas/Military Annexation Areas
  • Special Districts
  • Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPAs)
  • Joint Planning Efforts
  • Municipal Boundary Adjustment or ETJ Release with other cities
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REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN

  • Create a regional land use plan(s) for the ETJ

– Provide land use guidance for development – Aid development of Joint Land Use Studies (JLUS)

  • Land use be enforced through JLUS

– Supports development standards in military buffer areas – Basis for annexation, development agreements, special district consent, etc...

  • Discussion

Discussion

– What challenges and opportunities need to be addressed to develop a regional land use plan(s)?

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PARTNERSHIP TOOLS

  • Encourage partnerships for coordinated growth

– Incentivize desired annexation areas through use of tools

  • Development agreements
  • Special Districts
  • Strategic Partnership Agreements with Water Districts

– Use partnerships and tools in ETJ for areas that will not be annexed

  • Participation in infrastructure development and land use conformance from private sector
  • City to consent to use of tools to address issues
  • Discussion

Discussion:

– What concerns must be addressed in terms of use of development agreements, special districts, and strategic partnership agreements?

  • What is most important issue to address in agreements?

– Land use – Infrastructure – Financial

– What limits are needed on powers of districts?

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COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP FEEDBACK

  • Interest in regional land use planning

– The upcoming regional JLUS was mentioned – 2017’s SB6 allows for CoSA to regulate land use around military bases after elections but gives no guidance for how to implement

  • Need clarification from the legislature
  • Interest in use of partnerships to address issues

– The conditions vary in different portions of Bexar County so the needs and interests

  • f different areas are different

– A standard process for agreements and guidelines are needed but flexibility is also needed to address different issues

  • Added importance of protecting natural assets and environmentally sensitive

areas is needed

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MAJOR TASKS FOR POLICY PAPER

  • New Policy Document
  • Recommended framework for regional planning

– Developing land use guidance for ETJ – 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

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NEXT STEPS/SCHEDULE

  • Planning Commission Check-in – October 23rd
  • Working Group Mtg #4 – Today
  • City Council PCD Committee Briefing– December 9th
  • Draft Policy Document Mid-December
  • Working Group #5 and Community Advisory Group #3 in Mid-January