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IMAGINE AUSTIN
A New Comprehensive Plan For AustinMark Walters, Principal PlannerPlanning and Development Review DepartmentCity of [email protected] (512) 974-7695
•Austin Over Time
•What is a Comprehensive Plan
•Questions to Ask When Creating a Comprehensive Plan
•The Power of Plans to Shape the Future
•The Comprehensive Planning Process
•Next Steps
Presentation Overview
5th best city in America for couples (2008)
# 3- Top 10 Cities for Jobs (2008)
#2 Dog-friendly City (2005)
Ranked 2nd on Top 10 cities to buy a home (2008)
#2 City for relocations (2009)
Among Top 5 cities for young singles (2007)
# 1 Metropolitan location for future businesses (2006)#1 City for beating the recession (2009)
2nd Best Place to live for Moviemakers (2005)
Top Ten Greenest Cities (2009)
Best Place to Live in America for Hispanics (2004 & 2005)
3rd Smartest City in the country (2006)
Austin Over Time
Austin Residential and
Commercial Growth
Source : TCAD 2009
Congress Avenue - 1913
Guadalupe Street – 1920s
http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-19237
Austin Municipal Airport – 1930s
East Avenue – 1950s
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US 183 / Mopac – 1966
http://www.texasfreeway.com/austin/historic/photos/loop1/images/183_balcones_looking_east_11_14_1966.jpg
http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-33282
Ben White Boulevard – 1977
http://www.texasfreeway.com/Austin/historic/photos/360/images/360_const_N_jul_80_lres.jpg
Loop 360 / Lake Austin – 1980
Downtown andUT/West Campus - 2008
Source: Census Data, and Ryan Robinson, City Demographer, City of Austin
How Has Austin Grown?
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How Much Could Austin Grow?
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What is the
Comprehensive Plan?• General; not specific
• Establishes common ground and a long-term vision
• Addresses growth and development
• Fosters coordination and integration
What the Comprehensive
Plan is Not?
• A neighborhood, corridor or other small area plan
• A change of land use or zoning
Questions to Ask Ourselves When
Creating a Comprehensive
Plan
What sort of city do we want to become?
How can we preserve and enhance our quality of life
as we grow?
How will we locally define and achieve sustainability?
How can open space and farmland be preserved?
How will we get around?
How will our commercial areas look and feel?
How will our new neighborhoods look and
feel?
What will we do to preserve and enhance established
neighborhoods?
The Power of Plans to Shape
the Future
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Chicago Plan - 1909
City of Skyscrapers
Public Space Along the Waterfront
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Waller Plan for Austin, 1839
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The Comprehensive
Planning Process
Economic Developmen
t Comprehensive
Plan
Health and Human
ServicesDrainage, Water
and Solid Waste
Environment
Parks and Open SpaceHousing
Public Buildings
Future Land Use
Transportation
Austin City Charter
Public Services
Implementing the Comprehensive Plan
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Relationship Between the Comp
Plan and other Plans
Parks
Plan
Transport PlanNeighborho
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Comp Plan is a Living Document
City Charter Requirements
• Reviewed every year and a report issued
• Updates required every five years
The Community Will Provide the Plan’s
Direction
Comprehensive Plan Overarching Themes
Community Engagement
Sustainability
Implementation
2Vision and Plan
Framework
Where are we going?
1Plan Kick Off
Conduct research and develop the planning process
3Comprehensiv
e Plan
How are we going to get there?
• Web Site
• Media Outreach
• Facebook and Twitter
• Newsletters, Updates and Fact Sheets
• Speakers Bureau and Presentations
• Austin Public Library System
• Email Blasts
• Lectures and Discussion Events
• Brochures & Flyers
• Community events such as farmer’s markets
Public Participation: Spreading the Word
SURVEYS—Online surveys throughout the process
COMMUNITY FORUM SERIES MEETINGS—Public meetings held at specific points in the process
MEETING-IN-A-BOX—People can hold their own community forums
Public Participation: Opportunities for
Participation
What Have We Heard So Far in the
Process?
• Educated Austin• Creative Austin• Engaged Austin• Affordable Austin• Safe Austin• Fiscally Responsible Austin
• Multimodal Austin• Compact Austin• Green Austin• Healthy Austin• Prosperous Austin• Recreational Austin
12 themes emerged from the Community Forum Series #1:
Milestone/Important Dates
• October 12—Kick Off
• November 9-12—Community Forum Series #1
• Meeting-in-a-Box and Surveys—Nov. thru Jan.
• Spring 2010—Community Forum Series #2
24 Months from Kick Off to adoption process
How to Get a Meeting-in-a-
Box? Kathleen [email protected]
•Deadline to request a box is January 22nd
•Results must be returned by January 29th
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IMAGINE AUSTIN
A New Comprehensive Plan For AustinMark Walters, Principal PlannerPlanning and Development Review DepartmentCity of [email protected] 974-7695