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File #: Ord. 2023-71(d)    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/19/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/15/2024 Final action: 10/15/2024
Title: Consider approval of Ordinance 2023-71, on the second of two readings, adopting the "Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan" as the Comprehensive Plan of the City of San Marcos, adopting the Preferred Scenario Map therein as the future land use map of the city; repealing prior ordinances which adopted and amended the previous comprehensive plan, "Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us" and the associated preferred scenario map designations and providing new associated designations from the preferred scenario map; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date.
Attachments: 1. Presentation, 2. Ordinance, 3. Memo, 4. Staff Report, 5. Equivalency Table, 6. Citizen Comments, 7. VisionSMTX, 8. VisionSMTX Appendix, 9. Summary of Changes Table_CommitteeDirection, 10. Vision SMTX Final Draft Markup, 11. VisionSMTX Final Draft Appendix Markup
AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider approval of Ordinance 2023-71, on the second of two readings, adopting the "Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan" as the Comprehensive Plan of the City of San Marcos, adopting the Preferred Scenario Map therein as the future land use map of the city; repealing prior ordinances which adopted and amended the previous comprehensive plan, "Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us" and the associated preferred scenario map designations and providing new associated designations from the preferred scenario map; including procedural provisions; and providing an effective date.
Body
Meeting date: October 15, 2024

Department: Planning & Development Services

Amount & Source of Funding
Funds Required: n/a
Account Number: n/a
Funds Available: n/a
Account Name: n/a

Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: In 2020, City Council provided direction to rewrite the Comprehensive Plan. On October 17, 2023 City Council approved the Ordinance adopting the Comprehensive Plan on the first of two readings. Additional process summary can be found in the attached memo.

City Council Strategic Initiative:
Quality of Life & Sense of Place
Mobility & Connectivity
Environmental Protection

Comprehensive Plan Element (s):
? Economic Development - Choose an item.
? Environment & Resource Protection - Choose an item.
? Land Use - Choose an item.
? Neighborhoods & Housing - Choose an item.
? Parks, Public Spaces & Facilities - Choose an item.
? Transportation - Choose an item.
? Core Services
? Not Applicable

Master Plan:
Vision San Marcos - A River Runs Through Us


Background Information:
The City Council provided direction to rewrite the City's current comprehensive plan, Vision San Marcos, originally adopted in 2013. The Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan kicked off in 2020 and is a vision and policy document intended to guide the growth and evolution of the City for the next 20-30 years. The Draft Plan includes the community's vision for topics such as hous...

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