The Comprehensive Planning process should and will involve people from all walks of life - regular folks, organized advocates, and people from nearby and overlapping jurisdictions will all play a part in the process over the next two years.

<< Partners in the process

City of Austin

The Austin City Council

The City Council has final approval over the planning process and the new Austin Comprehensive Plan. Like the Comprehensive Plan Citizen Advisory Task Force and Planning Commission members they appoint, members of the City Council are advocates for a plan that captures the vision and spirit of Austin.

Planning Commission

The Planning Commission is charged by the City Charter to recommend a Comprehensive Plan to City Council. It will oversee the process to ensure that the Plan adheres to the Charter requirements and provides a long-range perspective on the future of Austin.

Other Boards and Commissions

As citizens already closely involved with city issues covered by the new Comprehensive Plan, members of Austin's other Boards and Commissions are valuable resources for this process. They are encouraged to attend all Comprehensive Plan events, but will become especially important as the process moves into the parts of Phase 2 and Phase 3 that begin to deal with the plan elements. Many Boards and Commissions will be given an opportunity to formally review the draft Plan Framework and draft Comprehensive Plan.

City of Austin Staff

City staff will serve a number of functions, ranging from administration of the public process to data collection and analysis to facilitation at events. The Planning and Development Review Department manages the process with the consultant team. Other departments will provide staffing throughout the process, with their participation increasing as the process moves from Phase 2 (Plan Vision and Framework) to Phase 3 (development of the full Comprehensive Plan). Staff of the departments most directly associated with each element will work with technical and citizen committees to develop the Comprehensive Plan document from the Plan Framework.

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