HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 9314INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
No. 9314
October 19, 2010
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SUBJECT: 2011 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS
The purpose of this report is to provide the City Council with information about the update
process for the 2011 Comprehensive Plan.
Beginning in 2011, the Planning and Development Department will update the full text of the
Comprehensive Plan biennially, while continuing to annually update the Population Trends,
Economic Trends, and Financial Trends chapters, and the appendices containing the future land
use maps, annexation program, and capital improvement program. During the next few months,
City staff will meet with interested neighborhood associations and community groups to discuss
these updates.
The 2011 Comprehensive Plan update process will also cover some new ground. New to the
Comprehensive Plan for 2011 will be mobility project prioritization goals and criteria to guide
capital investment decisions that effectively implement the Comprehensive Plan. The mobility
project prioritization criteria will be selected based on their ability to help achieve the City
Council's adopted strategic goals and to promote a sustainable Fort Worth. Also new for 2011,
the Comprehensive Plan will have a shorter biennial companion document, the 2011 Progress
and Priorities Report, which will summarize the City's progress in implementing key objectives
from the 2010 Comprehensive Plan, as well as contain a short description of City priorities for
2011 and 2012.
In January 2011, the City Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2011
Comprehensive Plan and vote to recommend adoption of the updated plan. After the
Commission endorses the plan, the City Council will conduct a work session and a public hearing
in February, and vote to adopt the plan later that month.
The Planning and Development Department will proceed with the update process as outlined in
Exhibit A unless directed otherwise. Should you have any questions, please contact Dana
Burghdoff, Deputy Director of Planning and Development, at 817- 392 -8018.
A. Fisseler, P.E.
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Date
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
No. 9314
October 19, 2010
Page 2 of 2
SUBJECT: 2011 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS
EXHIBIT A
Sept. — Dec. 2010 Planning and Development Department prepares draft of 2011
Comprehensive Plan and Progress and Priorities Report.
October 27 City Plan Commission receives briefing on plan update process.
Planning and Development Department conducts district- specific work
Oct. — Nov. sessions with City Council, City Plan Commission, and Zoning
Commission members.
Oct. — Nov. Planning and Development Department briefs business organizations,
neighborhood associations, and other community groups upon request.
January 26, 2011 City Plan Commission conducts public hearing on draft plan and votes
to recommend adoption of plan.
February 25 I Planning and Development posts adopted plan on City's website and
distributes plan on CD.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS