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PZ Item 12 MemoM E M O R A N D U M August 3, 2018 To: City Council From: Ken Baker, AICP – Senior Director of Planning & Development Services Subject: CP18-0003, Ordinance No. 1196, adopting the City of Southlake Youth Master Plan, an element of the Southlake 2035 Comprehensive Plan Action Requested: Recommend approval of the Southlake 2035 Youth Master Plan. Background Information: The Youth Master Plan represents a brand new element in the Southlake 2035 Comprehensive Plan. The City of Southlake currently offers or supports a number of programs directly related to the serving the community’s youth; however, there is not a single unifying plan document tying all of these efforts together. The Youth Master Plan was written to not only capture many of the important initiatives underway currently, but also to plan for the future engagement of the City’s younger population. This plan does not provide a specific age range for “youth.” Yet, given the current broad provision of service offerings, and the identified recommendations within this plan document, programming for infants through high school is discussed. City staff held a number of internal meetings to gather examples of current youth programming before starting the process of crafting plan recommendations. In addition, a review of existing comprehensive plan recommendations related to youth initiatives was conducted. These identified programs and initiatives provided a background into the reach of the City’s youth programming. Based on this initial inventory of programming, staff separated the plan into three main categories, for which the plan would be structured, and any recommendations or research would be captured. These three categories are shown below. • Leadership & Engagement • Safety and Health & Wellness • Partnerships & Volunteerism A number of opportunities were outlined within this plan. In total, there are twenty-one (21) recommendations in the Youth Master Plan. The purpose of the Youth Master Plan is simple: establish clear goals and priorities for the next several years related to building up and encouraging youth in the community. More specifically, this plan will identify opportunities to engage with parents as well as business partners, educators and administrators, civic leaders and volunteers in the community on topics related to youth. Financial Considerations: None. The plan was developed with input from the Southlake Youth Action Commission (SYAC), the Community Engagement Committee (CEC) and Southlake Kids Interested in Leadership (SKIL). Strategic Link: The comprehensive plan falls in line with a number of strategic initiatives; specifically CBO5 (Improve quality of life through progressive implementation of Southlake’s Comprehensive Plan recommendations). Citizen Input/ Board Review: At their regular meeting on September 19, 2017, City Council adopted Resolution No. 17-038 which appointed the Southlake Youth Action Commission (SYAC) as the City board to oversee the development of the Youth Master Plan. In addition to making this appointment, City Council also encouraged staff to include the Southlake Kids Interested in Leadership (SKIL) in this process as well. The Community Engagement Committee also provided input at three (3) of their meetings. Between SYAC, SKIL and the CEC, the Youth Master Plan was either discussed or presented at nine (9) committee and group meetings. All Committee meetings were open to the public. A SPIN Town Hall Forum was held on June 12, 2018. Link to SPIN Meeting Report June 12th SPIN Video: http://southlaketx.swagit.com/play/06122018-1141/6/ Legal Review: None. Alternatives: Approved as presented or recommend modifications to the proposed Youth Master Plan. Attachments: Draft Ordinance 1196 Draft Youth Master Plan Presentation