Southlake 2030 PresentationThe main purpose of this presentation is to present the proposed scope of work
for the SL 2030 Plan. This includes reviewing proposed elements of for the SL
2030 Plan and the Committee Make up for each proposed element.
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Enabling Legislation –TLGC, City Charter Requirement
In terms of the presentation this eveningn, we’ll deal with an overview of the
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Some may or may not know we have 40 years of comp planning in Southlake …
1969 was the first comprehensive plan in Southlake.
Demonstration of value of Southlake 2025 plan implementations
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The 2030 plan will address many of the city’s focus areas
and corporate objectives. FOCUS AREAS such as quality
development, infrastructure, and mobility. The plan will be
strategically aligned with the City of Southlake Strategy Map
and the recommendations made in this plan will tie directly
back to this strategy map The 2030 Plan will play a major
role in implementing Southlake’s Strategic Management
System as this effort involves all city departments and the
plan will serve as a guide for many city decisions in the
future.
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1.(Technical) Overview of Comprehensive Planning –enabling legislation -
City Charter
2.Brief History of Comprehensive Planning in Southlake
3.Heart of the Presentation will be the proposed scope of work –a hand has
been provided that the City Council which outlines the proposed elements –
what they consist (components) and the Committee make up –which is
structured very similar to phase II of the SL 2025 plan
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Additional planning efforts come out of the use, parks, trail, water & wastewater, etc.The Southlake city charter requires that the Comprehensive Plan consist of land
-Enabling Legislation for the Comprehensive Plan is provided in Chapter 219 &
211 of the TLGC
-Rational Nexus, -Zoning (One way to implement the Comprehensive Plan)
There are other implement the Comprehensive Plan
-CIP Priority Projects (Parks, Sidewalks, Water and Sewer)
-Additional Planning Efforts (Urban Design Plan)
-Programs (Sidewalk Program-Safe Routes to School)
Chapter 219 of the Texas Local government code specifically authorizes
municipalities to “adopt a comprehensive pla for the long range development of
the community.”
There always has to be
You set the framework with your Comp plan and implement it with codified
ordinances, CIP projects (white chapel, roundabouts, medians, etc.), additional
planning efforts, and funding programs… use it to identify and prioritize
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projects… look at projects from a global perspective.
The charter also states that the Master plan shall consist of the following
components: Land Use, MTP, Parks Recreation and Open Space, Trail Master
Plan, water and waste water plan and stormwater drainage plan. It also permits
the city to add other elements as needed.
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We have a number of plans that make of the comp plan, including
Thse are
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We use maps to illustrate our illustrate our policies and desires
These are all components and tools we use to convey our policies, intent, and
vision to developers, prospective residents, etc.
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Physical development = resource allocation, location, design, scope of the
project
More speciically the comp pplan is a officall public document adopted by the lo
Phycical
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Great cities like Southlake just don’t happen –they start with a vision.
In Southlake that vision lives in the Comprehensive Plan. It allows
the City Council to establish a blue print for the city –a plan that
reflects the values and desires of the citizens. It guides growth and
development in the city, sets the city’s expectations for its quality of
life, determines level of services and prioritizes capital investment
projects. The plan will set out strategies for coordinating and
leveraging City investment, policy and programming to maximize
economic opportunity for Southlake over the next 20 years.
The plan covers many areas including land use, transportation,
community facilities, park services, environment protection, urban
design, historic opportunities, AND water and stormwater,
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The City of Southlake has rich tradition of planning. The
first comprehensive plan was developed in 1969 (over 40
years ago). This Plan projected a build-out population of
50,000 people; however, the plan does accurately reflect
some of Southlake’s current built environment including
grade separate interchanges along SH 114, an urban
commercial core along FM 1709 and SH 114, an abundance
of low density residential. but does reflect some of the the
plan reflects
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Formed the basis for current development regulations
From 1960 –1973, the City grew from a population of 1,023 to 2,465
1985 & 1988 Plan Goals
Foster innovation and flexibility in development within the commercial,
service, and retail categories (PUDs)
Emphasized ‘Quality of Life’ as an important goal with preserving
Southlake’s rural character as being important
Recognition of the need for a city center or ‘downtown’
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The next plan was developed in 1974 –Southlake
Comprehensive Plan
Early planning efforts included extensive analysis of
factors influencing growth
Plans included policy statements guiding all facets of
development (infrastructure, economy, schools,
recreation, and housing)
Formed the basis for current development regulations
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1985 & 1988 Plan Goals
THESE planning efforts fostered innovation and flexibility in development
within the commercial, service, and retail categories (PUDs)
Emphasized ‘Quality of Life’ as an important goal with preserving
Southlake’s rural character as being important
Recognition of the need for a city center or ‘downtown’
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Land Use Plan update of 1993
-The land use plan element was updated separately from other comprehensive
plan elements
-City was facing a lot of pressure from residential development
-Methodology involved a “problem identification” phase followed by an inventory
of existing conditions
The plan was the basis for the definition and allocation of land use categories
that are still in effect today
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The Southlake Corridor Study was one of the most important document in the
history. Many of the design requirements related to commercial and office
development were established in this plan. that you see today were derived the
corridor study .
1995 Corridor Plan
1) Provided guidelines to the City on issues relating to development of the City’s
prominent roadways
2) Analysis and urban design recommendations on three transportation corridors
(S.H. 114, F.M. 1709, and F.M. 1938)
3)Recommended a system of portals along major entry ways
4) Recommended specific strategies to provide visual unity and order to
corridors
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“Preserve the rural environment and scenic character of the city with a specific recommendation to
conserve environmentally sensitive areas”
“Maintain and enhance the quality of life with a specific objective of protecting residential neighborhoods
from negative impact of commercial development”
“Promote compatible and orderly development with specific objectives of balancing land uses and
minimizing conflicts between them”
Recommendations
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The 2025 was truly a coordinated effort between staff, PZ
Commission and City Council. Detailed sector plans were created
for the city, traditional elements were updated (LU, MTP, Parks and
Open Space) but much detail or meat was provided in the plan.
Market driven or flexible land use categrories such as the Town
Center LU Plan which was used by the Shops of Southlake and the
Employment Center utilized by Carillon were developed. New plan
elements were created such as the sidewalk element, the urban
design element and the natural resource element. The plan served
as a catalyst for many significant ordinance changes addressing
sidewalk provisions, corridor development, median designs, tree
preservation, mobility (roundabouts/pedestrain connectivity/median
plan) and sign appearance. The plan served as an catalyst for a
series of new policies and ordinances that have shaped the city’s
development that past four years (Sidewalk ordinance, PUD –1acre
& open space, For Lease –signage, tree preservation plan (green,
yellow, red), OSSF ordinance, SE quandrant study.
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Today Southlake is one of America’s Outstanding Communities. I
know you many of you travel across the United States and as I travel
I am always amazed that someone in New Mexico, Virginia or even
KY is familiar with Southlake. At last year’s APA conference –Town
Square was a breakout session topic and approximately 800 people
attended that session-which was one of the highest break out
session for the entire conference. The reason that Southlake is
such an outstanding success is the the hard work and dedication of
past and present City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission and
citizens. It is the citizen’s commitment to excellence and desire that
makes this community special. That being said, we as a community
can not rest on our past accomplishments and laurels. The city and
region face many daughting challenges in the next 25 years as a
result of changing ecomonmies, market conditions, demographics,
traffic congestion, water avaliability and enviromental concerns. As a
city we must be prepared to address these challenges and continue
to be the marque city in the Metroplex and the country. The
Southlake 2030 Plan will serve as a tool to address these challenges
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On this slide are the elements recommended for inclusion in the Southlake 2030
Plan. Staff has developed a preliminary scope and schedule which has been
handed out this evening. It is staff’s recommendation that committees be set up
to review and or develop each of the elements listed on this slide.
It is our recommendation that the committees for the majority of the econsist of
the PZ Commission + 2 the staff work through the various elements with the PZ
Commission (Vision, Goals and Objectives, Land Use, Mobility,
Waterwastewater, sustainability, economic development. Park Board
(Community Plan), Kid’s Plan (SYAC, Sparks). In addition it is recommended
that at least two City Council members be appointed to develop the element in
conjuction with the PZ, or Park Board or SYC. These next slides will provide a
brief scope of work for each of the elements + staff’s recommendation for
appointment to the committee. If CC approves of this approach an action item
will appear on a future agenda appointing the members. All elements will be
developed in a public meeting
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Promoting the preservation, understanding and appreciation of Southlake
history
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If you have any questions, please contact Ken Baker.
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