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Dec 11, 2021 <br />Dear Mayor, City Council and Staff, <br />I am writing to urge you to wait until we can complete a Historical Survey on South Main before <br />adopting the new General Plan. Without a Historical Survey, we can't identify the antique structures <br />which give South Main Street much of its charm. <br />Way back this past Spring, in April or May, staff from Planning contacted myself and fellow <br />neighborhood leader Ginelle Hardey to ask that we stop plans on conducting a community -led historical <br />survey because the City was going to contract a consultant to research all the buildings on the South <br />Main Corridor. We have the largest concentration of Streamline Modern, Googie, Craftsman and other <br />regional forms of architecture in the whole county right on South Main Street dating back to it's time as <br />a part of historic Route 101, a sister highway to Route 66. <br />At the November 4 Historical Resources Commission meeting, Ginelle and I asked the status of this <br />Historical Survey and staff could not provide an answer. <br />If no Consultant has been contracted or if the Survey can not be completed, I ask that the City partner <br />with existing South Main Neighborhood Alliance, a coalition of South Main residents, neighborhood <br />leaders and businesses to complete this important endeavor. <br />Approving a General Plan that does not protect our important historical structures will ensure their <br />destruction as development rushes forward on this important corridor. <br />As a guide to the kind of partnership that would be ideal, I ask you to review the City of San Antonio's <br />proposed Historic Buena Vista District which includes a video presentation and multi-lingual flyer <br />campaign for local residents: <br />hit s: www.sananion!o. ov historic scouisa II i!sior!cD!sir!cis BuenaV!sta <br />Looking forward to working together to preserve our historic heritage! <br />Sincerely, <br />--- Sandra Pena Sarmiento <br />Pacific Park / Eastside Neighborhood Leader <br />cc Ginelle Hardey, Henninger Park Neighborhood Leader <br />Irma Jauregui, South Main Neighborhood Alliance <br />