Title
Discuss the Potential Review of Policies, Capital Investments, and Regulatory Tools in Light of Recent Changes to State Law Regarding Municipal Annexations
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: December 4, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Nick Ataie, PE, CIP Engineering Manager
Brian Lockley, AICP, CPM, Director of Planning
Michael Quint, Executive Director of Development Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Discuss and provide direction to Staff.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The City of McKinney has consistently been one of the fastest growing communities in the country and this volume of growth is expected to continue over the next several years. As a result, pressures for development on the periphery of our city limits and into our extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) will become even more prevalent.
* Annexation, growth policies, capital investments, public-private partnerships, and regulatory authority are all ways in which a municipality can actively influence growth and development patterns over time. These tools provide an important mechanism for protecting a community's long term interests and vitality.
* Given recent changes in state law regarding annexations, the use of municipal annexation (involuntary annexation) to proactively influence development patterns will not likely be a viable tool for the City of McKinney. As such, the other mechanisms available to the city (i.e. policy, investment, regulatory tools, etc.) will become even more important for protecting the community's long term interests.
* With this in mind, Staff recommends a thorough review of existing city policies related to growth planning, capital investment planning and regulatory authority to identify any necessary changes or improvements that may better prepare the city for anticipated growth.
* Specifically, Staff recommends a review of the follo...
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