Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization,12/16/19

Monday, December 16, 2019 ▪ Shopping for the holidays? Thank freight. ▪ San Antonio is NACTO's 6th Climate Challenge Accelerator City ▪ Walkabil

Web Version   Preferences   Unsubscribe   Monday, December 16, 2019 ▪ Shopping for the holidays? Thank freight. ▪ San Antonio is NACTO's 6th Climate Challenge Accelerator City ▪ Walkability assessment takes next step ▪ Your Alamo Commutes trips could score you Spurs tickets ▪ Resolve to get back on a bike. Request a Street Skills class! ▪ Work with us! ▪ Upcoming AAMPO committee meetings ▪ Shopping for the holidays? Thank freight. ▪ San Antonio is NACTO's 6th Climate Challenge Accelerator City ▪ Walkability assessment takes next step ▪ Your Alamo Commutes trips could score you Spurs tickets ▪ Resolve to get back on a bike. Request a Street Skills class! ▪ Work with us! ▪ Upcoming AAMPO committee meetings We wish you a joyful New Year and remind you that the MPO will be closed Wednesdays, December 25, 2019 and January 1, 2020 Shopping for the holidays? Thank freight. As of December 3, the holiday season has generated a record $81.5 billion in total online sales so far. Source: Forbes.com San Antonio is NACTO's 6th Climate Challenge Accelerator City On the heels of passing SA Climate Ready, San Antonio announced a partnership with NACTO through the American Cities Climate Challenge. Working with VIA Metropolitan Transit, San Antonio is tapping into the rich technical network offered at NACTO (the National Association of City Transportation Officials) to rapidly build out 2-3 high-quality transit corridors. First up: S. Zarzamora Street. Read full story. Staff from the City of San Antonio and VIA Metropolitan Transit work collaboratively to discuss opportunities and constraints along the project corridor, and identify design elements that can address them (Courtesy: NACTO) Walkability assessment takes next step New Braunfels Senior Planner Jean Drew crosses Main Plaza in New Braunfels Through our Walkable Community Program, the MPO is working with the City of New Braunfels to assess walkability of its downtown. On December 11th, staff from both agencies walked routes around Main Plaza to collect photos and document challenges to walking and biking in the area. MPO staff will provide the City of New Braunfels with a report in early 2020 that captures input from the public and agency staff. Find out more. The MPO's Walkable Community Program helps build a safer, healthier, and greener transportation system to improve our community's quality of life. For more information or to request a Walkable Community Workshop for your own school, neighborhood or community group, contact Joey Pawlik, the MPO's Active Transportation Planner, at pawlik@alamoareampo.org MPO and City of New Braunfels staff walked three routes in and around the downtown Your Alamo Commutes trips could score you Spurs tickets Record your smart transportation trips on Alamo Commutes through January 5 to qualify for the drawing Resolve to get back on a bike. Request a Street Skills class! We can take our Street Skills class to your employer Work with us! Résumés will be accepted until position is filled. Apply today. AAMPO is looking for a regional transportation planner to join our staff Upcoming AAMPO committee meetings The Alamo Area MPO has four regular meetings that occur each month. All our meetings are open to the public and all agendas for our meetings are posted on our website, www.alamoareampo.org The next Technical Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Friday, January 10, 2020, at 1:30 PM at the TxDOT District Office in the Building 2 Hearing Room, 4615 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas 78229. The next Transportation Policy Board will be held on Monday, January 27, 2020, at 1:30 PM at VIA Metro Center, 1021 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78212. The next Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 9:00 AM at the MPO Office located at 825 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205. The next Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at 3:00 PM at the MPO Office located at 825 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205. As a reminder, you can watch meetings of the Transportation Policy Board live online at alamoareampo.org/mpolive. Meetings are also indexed the following day and available for you to view 24 hours a day 7 days a week after the meeting concludes. © 2019 Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization | Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization | 825 S. St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX 78205 | Phone 210.227.8651 Like   Tweet   Preferences   Forward     Powered by Mad Mimi® A GoDaddy® company

District 10 Update 12 Dec 2019

District 10 Newsflash Brought to you by Councilman Clayton H. Perry December 13, 2019 Howdy Neighbors, I look forward to seeing you all at our Holiday Gathering on Monday, December 16 at Morgan's Wonderland from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We'll be joined by Gordon Hartman, Blue Santa, MacArthur High School's JROTC, CoolCat Caricatures and Magic and Mentalism by James Arthur. If you are able, please bring a new, unwrapped toy for donation and a dessert for our dessert potluck. The toys we collect will be distributed to children in our area by Blue Santa. We really look forward to hosting this free dinner every year and are so grateful for your company. More information can be found on a flyer below. If you have any questions regarding this event, please email Landry.Stafford@SanAntonio.gov for assistance.  As always, thank you for being active community members and leaders here in District 10. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if we can be of any assistance to you.  - Clayton Upcoming Community Meetings District 10 Holiday Gathering December 16, 2019 - 6 PM at Morgan's Wonderland ‌ ‌ ‌ Community Spotlight | Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas Unfortunately, one in eight children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before the age of 25. For students, grades, emotional and physical health can suffer. Depression, anxiety and feelings of hopelessness can occur, leaving the family at a loss for how to cope.  In San Antonio for the past 22 years the Children’s Bereavement Center has provided age appropriate grief support programs and counseling at no charge to children, teens, young adults and their families. With a beautiful home-like Center, school-based programs, and camps for grieving children our community can help assure that no child will have to walk the painful journey of grief alone. For additional information, contact Children’s Bereavement Center at 210-736-4847, go online at www.cbcst.org, or take a tour of the Center at 11am on the First Friday of each month.   NE Loop 410 and I-35 Regional Center Plan Questionnaire  The City of San Antonio's Planning Department is gathering community feedback to improve the draft recommendations that have been developed related to land use, housing, and economic development for the NE Loop 410 and I-35 Regional Center Plan ("Plan") . The Planning Department is also requesting input related to mobility in the Plan area. To learn more about the NE Loop 410 and I-35 Regional Center Plan, please visit: https://nei35.sacompplan.com/  . To participate in the survey, click here. Boards and Commissions Vacancies Disability Access Advisory Committee: The Disability Access Advisory Committee is comprised of 11 members for two-year terms of office. To work closely with the Disability Access Office as part of San Antonio’s efforts to provide accessible services and facilities for citizens with disabilities. Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month at 3:00 PM at the Lion’s Field Senior Center, 2809 Broadway. For more information, please click here. Building Standards Board: The Building Standards Board is a citizen-based board and has 14 members appointed by City Council: two panels of seven members each. Appointed by the City Council with each City Council member appointing their own representative to the board. Members serve overlapping two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms that may be served. Each panel holds a hearing twice per month unless otherwise indicated. Meeting dates are the first and third Thursdays for Panel A, and the second and fourth Thursdays for Panel B. Meetings are held at the Cliff Morton Development and Business Services Center, located at 1901 S. Alamo St., at 9:00 a.m. Please contact the liaison for more information. For more information, please click here. San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation: The Pre-K 4 SA Board is comprised of 11 members serving staggered two-year terms of office. There is no limit to the number of terms that may be served. Representatives from Business and Education Communities. The mission is to provide strategic direction for Pre-K 4 SA to develop a highly-skilled workforce in one generation through quality early childhood education for all children in San Antonio. Meeting Schedule & Location: Unless otherwise posted, meetings are typically held on the first Tuesday of every month at 2:00 p.m. at a Pre-K 4 SA Education Center. For more information, please click here. Big thank you to our outgoing Boards and Commissions members: Claudia Rodriguez, Joe Nix and Jenni Laster. You are true stewards of the community and we are so grateful for the time and energy you dedicated to making San Antonio a great place to live. Project Trackers

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