SAN ANTONIO – City officials are asking for public input about land use plans for the area surrounding four of the San Antonio missions.
Starting on Wednesday, the San Antonio World Heritage Office and the Department of Planning and Community Development will host a series of open house meetings to discuss land use plans in the World Heritage Site buffer areas.
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Citizens can also submit comments at six locations listed below. Comment cards will be available during business hours.
The San Antonio Missions was added to the list of World Heritage sites in July 2015.
With that status came the introduction of new plans to manage the land surrounding the missions, known as the "buffer zone."
The buffer zone includes a strip of land that extends from Cesar Chavez Boulevard downtown to a few miles south of Loop 410.
Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan and Mission Espada are located on the land.
In May, the area was also selected, along with 19 other national parks, in the first round of a national preservation contest.
Five winners will share $2 million in grants for preservation projects.
Map Below: Proposed future land use amendments in World Heritage area and legend
Current plans include adding more parks and open spaces and discouraging high-density residential areas on the land.
Open house meeting times and locations to find comment cards are included below. See table.