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Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive PlanCurrent InitiativesThe City Council adopted a resolution on December 13, 2007 authorizing an interim update to the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, and directed the City Manager to study alternative approaches to future comprehensive planning.
City Council Resolution on Comprehensive Plan Interim Update (.pdf)
Planning Commission Resolution on Comprehensive Plan Interim Update (.pdf) Timeline
March 26, 2008: City staff delivered a Draft Interim Update of Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, at special meeting of the Planning Commission. April 1, 2008: CPC discussed Draft Interim Update, and indicated several changes for staff to address. Committee and Public comments were requested by April 25th, with comments from the Bicycle and Pedestrian added April 10. May 6, 2008: CPC reviewed the second Draft Interim Update. The Committee and members of the public requested that staff to cite sources for policy changes that have occurred since the last plan. May 27, 2008: Planning Commission reviewed and recommended adoption of the Interim Update with some changes. June 18, 2008: City Council approved the Interim Update to the Comprehensive Plan on first reading, and may address the issue again at a future meeting. City Council Review Draft: Planning Commission Review Draft: Draft 2: Draft 1: The Draft City of Austin Growth and Development Policies 1979-2007 (.pdf) are not part of the Interim Update per se, but provide a useful guide to past policies. Comprehensive Plan Committee of the Planning CommissionThis committee usually meets the first Tuesday of each month at City Hall to discuss and take action on Comprehensive Planning issues. Please check the City Home page calendar to confirm meeting times. The public is encouraged to attend these meetings. If you would like to be on the email list to receive meeting notices, email Paul.Frank@ci.austin.tx.us. Meeting Notes are available by going here. Copy these documents to your computer before opening them. Existing Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive PlanLivability is the principal theme that governs the City’s planning processes for land use, transportation and economic growth. Managing physical growth and preserving the environment are key components of the Council’s vision for Austin. The oldest and most fundamental building block of our long-range planning is the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan (“Austin Tomorrow”) which was adopted in 1979 as a planning tool to guide development. The plan itself is required by the City Charter, which specifies that one responsibility of the Planning Commission is to “make and amend a master plan for the physical development of the city.” Aspects of the plan are timeless. For example, the first goal of the plan is to “assure that the development of the urban environment is compatible with the unique natural and constructed features of the Austin area. The second goal is to “protect and improve the desirable image and character of neighborhoods and districts.” Clearly these two goals remain relevant in our community today. A few elements of the plan are dated. For example, Austin Tomorrow states that most new residential construction would be low density single family units, which is not in line with the discussions of high-density building that are common today. However, the City Council has the flexibility, in adopting neighborhood plans, to amend elements of the comprehensive plan that no longer reflect our policy strategies and priorities, and has done so on many occasions. Austin Tomorrow was clearly intended to be implemented and ultimately, updated by a diverse set of specific plans and policies that would change over time. The City Charter also recognized this phenomenon, "The Council may also adopt by ordinance other elements as are necessary or desirable to establish and implement policies for growth, development and beautification within the city, its extraterritorial jusrisdiction, or for georgraphic portions thereof, including neighborhood, community or area wide plans." The plan had to be altered slightly to put it on the website. Some of the pages were reformatted, and some decorative pictures were deleted in order to make the document smaller. As a result, some of the page numbers are different from the original printed document. None of the wording has been altered. If you would like to see the original printing of the plan, please visit your local library.
Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan front cover to page 4 There are three (3) maps that are included in this plan. They are very large files, and must be downloaded from the City's ftp site.
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