TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Eloise Sahlstrom, Urban Designer / Sr. Planner
Will Deaton, Comprehensive Planner / Sr. Planner
DATE: October 2, 2017
RE:
Title
Comprehensive Plan Next Study Areas
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and Secure Community - Be a safe and secure community.
Goal 2: Diverse and Viable Economy - Have a strong, diverse, and local viable economy.
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment - Be designed to include vibrant focal points, unique neighborhoods that are of high quality and effective infrastructure.
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate - Be a highly desirable place to live, work, and recreate with thriving neighborhoods, and high quality of life for all residents.
Goal 6: Citizen Engagement and Partnerships - Develop and maintain strong community connections.
Executive Summary:
City Council has directed staff to update the 2010 Plan as a Comprehensive Plan Update. This direction included studying specific areas of the City and its environs likely to see significant changes over the next 20-30 years. This item is to advise Council about the next areas to be studied.
Background:
City Council has directed staff to update the 2010 Plan as a Comprehensive Plan Update. This direction included studying specific areas of the City and its environs likely to see significant changes over the next 20-30 years. This item is to advise Council about the next areas to be studied.
To date, staff has completed the Cape Fear River Plan component and is ready to proceed with public hearings for the adoption of the Medical Village Plan and the Haymount Plan. The Shaw Heights area is uncertain depending on whether or not it is annexed.
Staff proposes that the next two areas to be studied are:
• Massey Hill
• Bonnie Doone
Staff will present the boundaries of these two study areas and propose that the boundaries of the Bonnie Doone area be extended to the All-American Freeway. If Council agrees that these areas will be the next two areas to be studied, staff will initiate the appropriate planning process.
The current status of the areas recommended to be studied is as follows:
Complete or Underway
• Cape Fear River (completed)
• Medical Village (Draft complete, next step would be public hearings with the Planning Commission and City Council. Following City Council consideration and direction, it would be adopted for implementation. Tentatively scheduled for a public hearing before Planning Commission in October 2017.)
• Haymount (Draft complete, next step would be public hearings with the Planning Commission and City Council. Following City Council consideration and direction, it would be adopted for implementation. Seek direction from City Council as to when to move the study forward for Planning Commission & City Council public hearings.)
Future Study Areas
• Bonnie Doone (seeking direction)
• Massey Hill (seeking direction)
• Shaw Heights (depends on annexation)
• Mall, Glensford Drive (future)
• Downtown (future)
• North Medical Village (future)
Issues/Analysis:
See Background Above
Budget Impact:
None
Options:
Receive report and provide desired direction.
Recommended Action:
Receive report and provide desired direction.
Attachments:
Massey Hill Study Area Map
Bonnie Doone Study Area Map