Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by the City of McKinney to Make Amendments to Various Sections of the Comprehensive Plan, Including References to the Northwest Sector Study Phase 1 Report and State Highway 5 Corridor Master Plan, and Minor Amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan and Corresponding Amendments to the Future Land Use Plan and Future Land Use Plan Module Diagram
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: May 12, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Steven Doss, Planner I
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this item. The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council on June 2, 2015.
ITEM SUMMARY: As stated in the Implementation Section of the Comprehensive Plan, periodic refinements are necessary to keep the Comprehensive Plan up-to-date and calibrated to community changes. The current Comprehensive Plan underwent a major update in 2003-2004 and has also undergone several amendments since that time.
Staff is proposing non-substantive minor amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, including updates to the Master Thoroughfare Plan, minor text amendments to refine outdated text, and integration of recently completed engineering/planning studies such as the Northwest Sector Study and State Highway 5 Master Plan. These minor amendments were not originally included in the May 5, 2015 Council action in order to minimize possible distractions from the important REC discussions happening at that time.
More information about the proposed minor amendments can be found in the attached Staff Report.