Amenities Master Plan Eagleland Reach

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Eagleland AmenitiesMaster Plan

• Bender Wells Clark Design

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Overview

• Projects in the reach
• General recommendations
• Specific recommendations
• 4 Sites
• Costs
• Priorities

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Eagleland Area Projects
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San Antonio River Improvement Projects

• The Eagleland reach of the San Antonio River has
  undergone many changes since the founding of the
  City of San Antonio. One of the most dramatic
  alterations to the river channel was undertaken
  in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the interest
  of flood control, by the U. S. Army Corps of
  Engineers. Below South Alamo Street the banks of
  the river were straightened and re-graded and a
  pilot channel was cut into the bottom of the
  river channel.

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San Antonio River Improvement Projects 

• Today, the citizens of San Antonio have expressed
  a strong desire to re-create a beautiful and more
  natural setting along the river. In July of 2001
  a Concept Design for the river was prepared by
  SWA Group, laying-out a vision for a more natural
  southern portion of the river.

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Project Area

• The Eagleland Amenities Master Plan includes the
  area within the bed and banks of the San Antonio
  River from South Alamo Street to the tie-in to
  The Historic Mission Trails project, near the San
  Antonio River Tunnel Outfall at Lonestar
  Boulevard.

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Eagleland Projects

• A number of projects are either underway, or
  planned within the Eagleland Reach of the San
  Antonio River.
• These include

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Pilot Channel Armoring

• A project providing for the re-shaping and
  armoring of the river pilot channel. by the U.
  S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Pilot Channel Re-vegetation

• A project currently underway providing for a
  restoration of the channel vegetation and
  regrading of the banks of the river by the U. S.
  Army Corps of Engineers

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Hike Bike Connection to Historic Mission
Trails

• A system of Hike Bike paths will be constructed
  as a part of the Historic Mission Trails Project
  from Mission Espada at the south, to the Alamo at
  the north. These will be supplemented with
  additional trails along the river and on streets
  within the river corridor south of downtown.

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Hike Bike (Cont.)

• Within the Eagleland reach, a Hike Bike path
  will be constructed as a part of the Historic
  Mission Trails Project from Mission Espada to
  Eagleland Street, on the east river bank, where
  the path will connect to bike lanes on the
  street. As a separate project, a Hike Bike path
  will cross the river to the west bank with a
  pedestrian bridge at Eagleland Street, and
  continue northward along the west bank to South
  Alamo Street near the Bluestar Arts Complex. This
  construction project will soon be under contract.
  by the City of San Antonio

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Pedestrian Path Connection to Riverwalk

• The existing Riverwalk reaches its southern limit
  at Guenther Street, in front of the San Antonio
  River Authority Headquarters Building. Design has
  been completed on a separate project to provide
  the construction of a pedestrian pathway linking
  the Riverwalk, near Guenther Street to South
  Alamo Street and the previously mentioned
  Connection to the Historic Mission Trails Hike
  Bike Path.

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Pedestrian Path (Cont.)

• The connection takes place near the Bluestar Arts
  Complex. This project provides a pier-supported
  walkway in the river from Guenther Street along
  the west bank of the river, crossing under South
  Alamo Street. The removal of one gate in the
  South Alamo Street Dam allows for the path to
  descend below the dam, surrounded by a white
  water cataract, called the Alamo Cascades. by
  the City of San Antonio

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Plunge Pool Wall

• A construction project tied to the previously
  mentioned project will place a wall below the
  South Alamo Street dam, termed a Plunge Pool
  Wall to armor the east bank in this area from
  erosion, protecting the roots of a grove of large
  old Cyprees trees by the San Antonio River
  Authority

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Public Art Master Plan

• The creation of an overall Public Art Master Plan
  for the entire river from the headwaters to
  Mission Espada by the San Antonio River
  Authority

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Amenities Master Plan

• Provides an overview of the Eagleland Reach
• Coordinates projects into a cohesive package of
  work, and supplies additional amenities to the
  River Projects from Alamo Street to Lone Star
  Blvd.
• Serves as a guide for future projects
• Includes funding for initial projects

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Amenities Master Plan

• Develops Site Plans for Key Sites
• Considers Overall Amenities improvements, site
  furniture and materials
• Considers Public Art

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Amenities Master Plan

• This plan is based on community input from a
  number of public meetings, and from interviews
  with stakeholders and neighborhood groups,
  adjacent landowners and others.

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Amenities Master Plan

• In addition, Bender Wells Clark Design met with
• The San Antonio River Oversight Committee (SAROC)
  Design Sub-Committee
• The San Antonio River Oversight Committee (SAROC)
  Eagleland Sub-Committee
• City of San Antonio (COSA) Public Works staff
• COSA Parks Recreation Department staff
• COSA Historic Design Review Commission staff
• Mission Trails Oversight Committee representatives

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Amenities Master Plan

• Inventory of Existing Conditions
• General recommendations for Amenity Improvements
• Site Specific Plans for Amenity Improvements

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Amenities Master Plan

• Identifies 4 Key Sites for amenities and
  improvements, based on Public Input
• South Alamo Street Bridge
• Crofton Constance Street End
• Big Tex Grain near Blue Star Street
• End of Eagleland Street

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Site A South Alamo Street Bridge Site
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Site B Crofton ConstanceStreet EndSite
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Site C Big Tex Grain Site
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Site D EaglelandStreet EndSite
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Plans for Key Sites
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Plan for Alamo Street Site

• Pocket Park
• Overlook
• Bridge Improvements
• River Access

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Plan for Crofton Constance Street End

• Pocket Park
• Overlook
• River Access

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Plan for Big Tex Site

• Picnic Area
• Shade Structure
• Overlook

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Plan for Eagleland Street Site

• Plaza
• Overlook

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Key Site Cost Data

• Opinions of Probable Costs

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Costs for Alamo Street Site

• 779,301.00

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Costs for Crofton Constance Street End

• 147,169.00

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Cost for Big Tex Site

• 62,475.00

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Cost for Eagleland Street Site

• 42,810.00

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Prioritization

• Site B
• Site D
• Site C
• Site A

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Discussion