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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8365 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 836r, December 4, 2001 ter , To the Mayor and Members of the City Council Page I of 3 SUBJECT: Progress Report On Proposed 2002 Comprehensive Plan This informal report provides a summary of the comments received on the public review draft of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan and outlines the next steps in the update process. On June 26, 2001, the City Council received a briefing on the plan update process and authorized staff to proceed on that process. On July 25, 2001, staff conducted a joint work session with the Plan and Zoning Commissions on the July draft of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan. Staff has also conducted a series of work sessions with individual Council Members and their respective appointees to the two commissions. On August 21, 2001, the City Council authorized staff to issue the public review draft of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan and to conduct a series of sector workshops to receive comments. Fourteen sector workshops and ten meetings with community groups were held from September 20 to November 10, 2001, with attendance listed below: Type of Meeting Number of Meetings Attendance Sector Workshops 14 223 Community Groups 10 150 (Estimated) Total 24 373 Attendance at each workshop varied from one sector to the next. Four workshops (Downtown, Eastside, Far South & Sycamore, and Far Southwest & Wedgwood) attracted more than 20 citizens each, while one workshop for Far Northwest drew fewer than 10 citizens. In view of the modest attendance at these sector workshops, the Plan Commission has recommended that the City Council consider conducting a single City-wide workshop featuring participation by the full City Council, Plan Commission, department heads, and cooperating agencies. A total of 203 comments were received from the sector meetings and comment cards. The majority of the comments were regarding transportation (24%), land use (22%), code compliance (13%) and park (12%) issues. Staff has identified six major policy issues based on comments received at more than one sector workshop: The first policy issue is the acquisition and development of parkland. Citizens expressed the need to acquire and develop parkland in developing areas, and expressed concerns about the need for additional parks and maintenance of existing parks within the central city. This policy issue was raised at the following sector workshops: Eastside, Far North, Far Northwest, Northside, Northeast, Southeast, and TCU/Westcliff. ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8365 December 4, 2001 rC. To the Mayor and Members of the City Council Page 2 of 3 41 5 a 1"a SUBJECT: Progress Report On Proposed 2002 Comprehensive Plan The second policy issue is the consistency of zoning districts with proposed future land use. Citizens expressed concerns that current zoning in many neighborhoods is not consistent with either the existing land use or the future land use maps in the Comprehensive Plan. For example, many single-family neighborhoods are zoned "B" Two-Family. This policy issue was raised at the following sector workshops: Eastside, Far Southwest & Wedgwood, Northeast, and Southeast. The third policy issue is the designation of appropriate areas for large-lot single-family residential development. Comments were made that the Comprehensive Plan future land use maps should contain an additional land use category so as to delineate appropriate areas for large-lot single-family development. The Plan Commission has requested that Planning Department staff conduct research on areas of the City and the extraterritorial jurisdiction that might qualify for designation as low density (i.e. less than two units per acre) and very low rXFdensity (i.e. less than one unit per acre) single-family residential. Staff will present the findings at the December 21, 2001 Plan Commission work session. This policy issue was raised at the following sector workshops: Eastside, Far South & Sycamore, and Far West. The fourth policy issue is the encroachment of commercial and industrial uses into single- family residential neighborhoods. This policy issue was raised at the following sector workshops: Northeast and Southeast. The fifth policy issue is the designation of additional high-priority commercial corridors and urban villages. Citizens indicated that the following areas should also be designated as high- priority commercial corridors: Far Northwest - Jacksboro Highway corridor, Northeast - Belknap Street corridor, and Southeast - Stop Six Village (East Rosedale Street corridor). Lastly, the sixth policy issue is the preservation of mature trees. Citizens stated that the City should develop regulations to protect mature trees on private property. This policy issue was raised at the following sector workshops: Eastside, Far South & Sycamore, and TCUMestcliff. ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8365 December 4, 2001 OF, To the Mayor and Members of the City Council Page 3 of 3 SUBJECT: Progress Report On Proposed 2002 Comprehensive Plan The next steps in the planning process are: December 14, 2001 Planning Department makes appropriate revisions, produces December draft, and distributes this draft to the City Manager's Office, department heads, and cooperating agencies for review and comment. January 9, 2002 Planning Department makes appropriate revisions and produces January draft. January 23 Plan Commission conducts public hearing on January draft and votes to recommend adoption of plan. February 12 City Council conducts public hearing on January draft. February 19 City Council discusses public hearing comments and City staff responses. February 26 City Council votes on ordinance to adopt plan. March Planning Department prints and distributes adopted plan. Should you have any questions, please contact Fernando Costa at 817-871-8042. -j Gary Jacks'6n City Manager 110 r, ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS