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PZ Edited PHASE 1doc PHASE 1 - VISION, GOALS, & OBJECTIVES Planning and Zoning Commissions Recommendations November, 2003 Deleted: Draft Deleted: of the¶ Southlake 2025 Plan Steering Committee Deleted: October Southlake 2025 Plan Vision, Goals, & Objectives Last edited November 21, 2003 Draft Recommendations 2 II. SOUTHLAKE 2025 PLAN VISION STATEMENT “Southlake will continue to enhance its status as a desirable, attractive, safe, healthy, fiscally sound community with quality neighborhoods, while maintaining a high standard of living, learning, shopping, working, recreation, and open spaces. Southlake will continue to be a vibrant community that epitomizes both economic and environmental sustainability.” Deleted: I. OVERVIEW¶ ¶ The following is the Southlake 2025 Steering Committee’s recommended vision statement, goals, and objectives. A community’s vision is a desired end result as articulated by the residents after an appraisal of their community1. The vision represents a future which can be achieved through the community’s proactive policies and strategies.¶ ¶ The community’s goals and objectives help clarify the vision further. The goals are beginning points for policies toward which effort will be directed – they shall form the “framework” for the future of the city. The goals are general in nature to allow some flexibility in ways to achieve them. Together, the goals and objectives will serve as the structure for updating the city’s comprehensive plan (land use plan, master thoroughfare plan, etc.).¶ ¶ Deleted: October 2 Deleted: 6 ... [1] Southlake 2025 Plan Vision, Goals, & Objectives Last edited November 21, 2003 Draft Recommendations 3 III. SOUTHLAKE 2025 PLAN GOALS & OBJECTIVES Goal 1: Promote quality neighborhoods that contribute to an overall sense of place and community. Quality neighborhoods are the cornerstone of our community. Quality neighborhoods are well designed and maintained, attractive, pedestrian friendly and safe. Objective 1.1 Encourage the maintenance of existing neighborhoods in order to preserve property values and a sense of place. Objective 1.2 Promote the creation/preservation of attractive, pedestrian friendly streets with pleasing vistas that limit the visual impact of the automobile. Objective 1.3 Encourage neighborhood design that compliments existing development patterns while creating unique places. To this end, promote the creation of well-designed, appropriately-scaled residential neighborhoods. Objective 1.4 Encourage creativity in neighborhood design with special emphasis on environmental stewardship that conserves the city’s natural assets. Goal 2: Foster attractive and well designed residential developments to meet the needs of a diverse and vibrant community. Objective 2.1 Facilitate housing products that are consistent with Southlake’s vision for quality neighborhoods which emphasize design details for homes, streets, open spaces, recreational amenities, etc. Objective 2.2 Ensure that new growth is in accordance and in harmony with the Land Use Plan and population build-out numbers. Objective 2.3 Provide for the incorporation of high quality smaller-scaled single- family residential uses as a part of a planned development at appropriate transitional locations. Transitional areas are undeveloped or under-developed properties that are adjacent to established and/or future residential neighborhoods when such areas are adjacent to commercial development, and/or major roadways. Goal 3: Maintain a balanced approach to growth and development in order to preserve the city’s assets (schools, public safety, and competitive edge in the region) and its fiscal health. Objective 3.1 Promote the development of commercial and mixed-use development with an emphasis on design detail and performance standards such as building and street design, pedestrian/automobile orientation and transition to adjacent uses (staff added 11-21-03). Objective 3.2 Encourage a range of uses, including retail, office, hospitality, entertainment, industrial and residential, that is both responsive to Deleted: with Deleted: a Deleted: that contribute to the overall community. Deleted: is in Deleted: context Deleted: with Deleted: market driven Deleted: Objective 2.2 Ensure that new housing occurs in a manner which results in continued growth of school aged children, but at a rate that will not overburden any particular attendance zone, requiring a new school facility to be constructed. ¶ Objective 2.3 Allow for the development of smaller-scaled, low- maintenance, high quality single-family housing options at appropriate locations. ¶ Deleted: 4 Deleted: n overall mixed use concept Deleted: ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Inserted: ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Deleted: ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Deleted: Objective 2.5 Create a partnership between the citizens, the city and our school districts to address issues Deleted: to keep up with changes in market conditions. Deleted: October 2 Deleted: 6 ... [2] Southlake 2025 Plan Vision, Goals, & Objectives Last edited November 21, 2003 Draft Recommendations 4 changing market conditions and sustains growth in property values for the future. Objective 3.3 Support appropriate public-private financial partnerships that will help retain and enhance Southlake’s economic base. Objective 3.4 Continue active partnership that exists between the City and its school districts through joint use committees and the building of roads and infrastructure to accommodate school facilities; making sure that such partnership is mutually beneficial and thus to Southlake Citizens. Objective 3.5 Ensure that the character and quality of Southlake’s built environment, relative to commercial development, contribute to desired community character objectives and foster a positive relationship between the taxable value of real property and the corresponding cost of municipal services. Goal 4: Develop a transportation system that minimizes traffic congestion, provides alternatives to the automobile, promotes energy efficiency, and allows expanded opportunities for its citizens to meet some routine needs by walking or bicycling. The design of the transportation system should act as framework that gives the city “character and functionality”. Objective 4.1 The Thoroughfare Plan --a component of the Southlake 2025 Plan— should address safety, design, and aesthetics elements such as landscaping, street design, lighting, sidewalk design, traffic calming, signage etc. in order to provide a distinct image for the City. Objective 4.2 Provide a street network that allows residents/workers to travel effectively to shopping areas, schools and places of employment without having to travel on the city’s major arterials (FM 1709, FM 1938, or SH 114), while minimizing cut-through traffic in residential neighborhoods. Objective 4.3 Promote contiguous bicycle/pedestrian/trail facilities which are user friendly, efficient, safe, economical, and connect parks, shopping, schools, work and residential areas. Objective 4.4 Promote opportunities to link existing neighborhoods, shopping areas and employment centers to the existing/future trail system, as detailed in the Master Pathways Plan. Objective 4.5 Ensure that an adequate transportation system on-site and to the site is provided or planned prior to the approval of any land uses that create significant traffic demand. Objective 4.6 Mixed-use developments should encourage a pedestrian-friendly environment and minimize the need of the automobile for convenience shopping, work, or leisure trips. Objective 4.7 Encourage pedestrian and bicycle mobility on existing or when redesigning existing roadways or designing new roadways. Objective 4.8 Partner with adjoining communities and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) to study the impact of the future light/commuter rail corridor proposed along the Cottonbelt rail line, Formatted: Tabs: 1", Left + 1.75", Left Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.5" Deleted: Objective 3.3 Evaluate and then incorporate approved methods that will help retain and enhance Southlake’s existing economic base.¶ Deleted: 4 Deleted: . Deleted: ¶ ¶ Deleted: Investigate Deleted: and efficient Deleted: system both internally and externally to the Deleted: October 2 Deleted: 6 Southlake 2025 Plan Vision, Goals, & Objectives Last edited November 21, 2003 Draft Recommendations 5 adjacent to SH-26. Evaluate and determine appropriate land use designations along the rail corridor. Goal 5: Support a comprehensive integrated open space and recreation system that creates value and preserves natural assets of the city. Open spaces may include a combination of natural areas, parks, trails, and greens. A recreation system includes squares, educational and civic uses. Objective 5.1 Encourage developers to provide useable and functional open space that is integrated with new development. Access to such areas should be pedestrian friendly. Objective 5.2 Ensure that parkland and open spaces include a mix of developed and natural areas in order to preserve, to the greatest extent possible, wildlife habitats, plant communities and scenic areas while maintaining accessibility. Objective 5.3 Ensure that parkland accommodates both active activities such as organized sports and passive activities such as bird watching. Objective 5.4 Water conservation and reuse should be a priority in the design of parks and open spaces. Objective 5.5 Develop and utilize the city’s Storm Water Management Plan to protect against inundation from storm water runoff. Open space easements and corridors for preservation should be identified and integrated to this plan. Objective 5.6 The city should continue to investigate public-private partnerships to create open space and recreation facilities with other types of developments including residential, retail, and employment. Objective 5.7 Ensure that development is respective of and appropriately integrated with the natural physical geography of the land in Southlake by requiring environmentally sensitive development to eliminate “scrape and build” development. Goal 6: Preserve effective and efficient professional police, fire and communication services. Objective 6.1 Support the provision of facilities, equipment and roadways to achieve desired emergency response times throughout the city. Objective 6.2 Support the location of substations in areas of greatest need. Deleted: , Deleted: , or Deleted: should Deleted: maximized through Deleted: /bicycle improvements and connections. Deleted: Objective 5.2 Park and open space areas should conserve a property’s environmental features while maximizing accessibility and value to the development. ¶ Deleted: 3 Deleted: 4 Deleted: Objective 5.5 The city should continue to work with the various school districts to explore opportunities to provide open space and recreation amenities in conjunction with city facilities.¶ Deleted: Objective 5.7 Protect open lands, natural land forms, agricultural landscapes and scenic vistas that create and define Southlake’s unique community character and quality of life.¶ Deleted: 8 Deleted: Objective 5.9 Ensure that the character and quality of Southlake’s built environment, relative to commercial development, contribute to desired community character objectives and foster a positive relationship between the taxable value of real property and the corresponding cost of municipal services.¶ ¶ Deleted: ¶ ¶ ¶ Deleted: IV. STEERING COMMITTEE FINDINGS¶ ¶ Neighborhoods & Housing¶ ¶ Southlake has a range of attractive and valuable residential and commercial developments which make it a desirable place to live, work, and play.¶ ¶ Residential development is occurring at a decreasing rate. ¶ ¶ Southlake’s housing stock is 99% single family homes. The average home size is approximately 3,700 square feet.¶ ¶ Southlake provides limited choices in smaller scaled quality detached single family homes. ¶ ¶ Deleted: October 2 Deleted: 6 ... [3] Page 2: [1] Deleted Ken Baker 11/21/2003 8:37 AM I. OVERVIEW The following is the Southlake 2025 Steering Committee’s recommended vision statement, goals, and objectives. A community’s vision is a desired end result as articulated by the residents after an appraisal of their community1. The vision represents a future which can be achieved through the community’s proactive policies and strategies. The community’s goals and objectives help clarify the vision further. The goals are beginning points for policies toward which effort will be directed – they shall form the “framework” for the future of the city. The goals are general in nature to allow some flexibility in ways to achieve them. Together, the goals and objectives will serve as the structure for updating the city’s comprehensive plan (land use plan, master thoroughfare plan, etc.). Steering Committee members at work during a planning workshop in May 2003. The Southlake 2025 Plan Steering Committee’s recommendations are prefaced by their findings after an intensive nine (9) month review and analysis of relevant background information about the city. The findings represent a broad range of interrelated factors affecting growth and development in the city as well as in the Metroplex. Page Break Page 3: [2] Deleted council 11/6/2003 8:25 PM Objective 2.5 Create a partnership between the citizens, the city and our school districts to address issues (i.e. revenue enhancement, education, facilities management) facing the community. Page 5: [3] Deleted Ken Baker 11/21/2003 8:38 AM 1 Planning for the Future: A Handbook on Community Visioning, Second Edition, Center for Rural Pennsylvania. IV. STEERING COMMITTEE FINDINGS Neighborhoods & Housing Southlake has a range of attractive and valuable residential and commercial developments which make it a desirable place to live, work, and play. Residential development is occurring at a decreasing rate. Southlake’s housing stock is 99% single family homes. The average home size is approximately 3,700 square feet. Southlake provides limited choices in smaller scaled quality detached single family homes. The Southlake area, including surrounding municipalities (Keller, Trophy Club, Grapevine, Colleyville and Westlake) that fall within a 5 mile radius of its boundaries, provides diverse housing opportunities with diverse home prices. Demographic Trends Southlake’s population is primarily composed of children (38%) and adults between the ages of 35 and 54 (48%). The percentage of persons over 55 is 9%. Under the 1998 Land Use Plan scenario, current population build-out projection is approximately 30,000 persons. Under current city policies that are based on the 1998 Land Use Assumptions report (Impact Fee Ordinance), infrastructure is being designed to meet a build-out population of 35,841 persons. School District The Carroll Independent School District (CISD) is one of the city’s most important assets in attracting quality development. In order to maintain a fiscally sound school district, CISD requires sustained student enrollment and property values. Growth & Fiscal Health Southlake is 23 square miles in area and cannot expand its municipal boundaries. Twenty (20) percent of Southlake’s land has the potential for development (2,900 acres). The largest concentration is located predominantly along S.H 114 (1,120 acres). Southlake presently has 6.3% (900 acres) of its land with potential for redevelopment based on an analysis of land to current improvement value ratios. A number of undeveloped parcels in the city face development challenges due to 1) incompatible adjacent uses, 2) environmental limitations, or 3) airport noise contour (75 L.D.N.). Certain types of office development (campus/corporate) are stagnant due to market conditions. Southlake faces regional competition for new retail/office development (Circle T Mall, Las Colinas, etc.). 5. Location, Access, & Mobility Southlake’s geographic location between DFW and Alliance airports gives it an unique economic advantage over other cities in the Metroplex. Southlake is flanked by the burgeoning communities of Grapevine (current pop. 42,700) to the east, Colleyville (current pop. 20,000) to south, Keller (current pop. 29,900) on the west, as well as Westlake and Trophy Club to the northwest (current pop. 300 and 6,850 respectively). Traffic volumes (vehicle trips per day) on the City’s streets are increasing annually and are projected to continue to increase in the future, specifically with the completion of SH 114 and the construction of the FM 1938 extension. Commuting times to employment centers (Las Colinas, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington, etc) will continue to increase (Mean travel time to work 30.8 minutes – Census 2000 data). 6. Recreational & Natural Amenities Natural amenities, parks, and open spaces are important assets that attract people to Southlake. The U.S. Army Core of Engineer (COE) property (700 acres) provides the largest contiguous open space in the city. The city currently leases 218 acres for passive recreational use. The city currently provides 17 acres of open space per 1,000 persons (not including the leased COE property) with a future goal of providing 21 acres per 1,000 persons under build-out projection of 35,841 persons. 7. Public Safety Southlake’s excellent public safety record makes it a safe and desirable community in which to live and conduct business. Public safety requires three (3) DPS facilities in order to meet desired emergency response times and to provide service for future growth. Insert Signature Affirmation Pages at the end of the document.