Item 4BM E M O R A N D U M
August 14, 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: Approval on 1st Reading 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) proposed 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/
Planning & Zoning
Commission: August 9, 2018; Approved (6-0)
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