Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Annual Budget to Conduct the 2015 Comprehensive Plan 10-Year Update
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Financially Sound Government
MEETING DATE: June 16, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Rick Leisner, AICP, Assistant Director of Development Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approve the Ordinance.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• At the February 23, 2015 City Council Work Session, Council discussed and considered the potential need for a 10-Year Update to the Comprehensive Plan. Following this supportive discussion by the Council, Staff moved forward with a formal RFQ process and project approach for a Comprehensive Plan Update.
• Through the formal RFQ process, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. was selected as the most qualified firm to complete the 2015 Comprehensive Plan 10-Year Update.
• Staff has reached an agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. on professional services in support of the Comprehensive Plan Update.
• In an associated item on tonight’s agenda, Staff is requesting approval to execute a Professional Services Contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for professional services in support of the 2015 Comprehensive Plan 10-Year Update in an amount not to exceed $648,400.
• Staff estimates that additional City Expenses and Project Contingencies in the amount of $50,000 will be needed to help carry out the professional, technical, support, outreach, and marketing activities necessary to complete a successful Comprehensive Plan process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• A Comprehensive Plan is a statement of the community’s vision for today and tomorrow. It represents the desires of the citizens and their goals for the community.
• A Comprehensive Plan focuses on outlining a physical plan and business plan for the city. It is typically comprised of a number of interrelated elements such as land use, transportation, utilities, public services, socio-economic, and open space elements.
• Upon adoption, a Comprehensive Plan provides the basis for Zoning and Subdivision Regulations. The plan should also be referred to in Capital Improvement Planning, Zoning Changes, Annexation Actions, and other choices made by the city.
• The current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2004 after a lengthy public input process and planning effort.
• The 2004 Comprehensive Plan recommends that an update be performed at the earliest occurrence of the following criteria:
o McKinney population reaches 150,000
o An additional 7,000 acres are developed
o Seven years following the 2004 Plan
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• The proposed budget for expenditures is an amount not to exceed $698,400, which includes the following:
o $648,400 for Professional Services provided by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; and
o $50,000 for City Expenses and Project Contingencies for professional, technical, support, outreach, and marketing activities.
• Funding for this project is proposed to come from the General Fund Balance.