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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
New Braunfels selects rm to update comprehensive plan
The city of New Braunfels is in the process of updating its comprehensive plan—Envision New Braunfels—as the city approaches full build-out. New Braunfels City Council approved a professional services agreement with MIG, Inc. on Aug. 25 to update the plan. MIG, Inc. is a national rm specializing in planning, design, communications, manage- ment, science and technology, according to agenda documents. “We are approaching full build-out here in New Braunfels,” Christopher Looney, director of planning and development services, said during a special City Council meeting Aug. 18. Looney said another reason prompting an update was due to changes by the state that all but eliminated the ability to annex territory. The overview A comprehensive plan is a policy document that guides community decision-making
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through various forms of community engage- ment. The city’s charter requires frequent updates to the comprehensive plan. This plan update will include public outreach to obtain the long-range vision and aspirations of residents, recording accomplishments and identifying new or updated goals and actions. The plan update would also use the city’s Land Use Fiscal Analysis and other completed plans since the adoption of Envision New Braunfels to inform data-driven updates to the Future Land Use map, according to agenda documents. Some context Envision New Braunfels was an update to the city’s 1999 Comprehensive Plan, according to agenda documents. The plan—which was adopted in August 2018— was developed using two years’ worth of data collection, trend analysis and multi-jurisdiction
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cooperation. Over 700 residents, property owners, business owners and other stakeholders served on plan element advisory groups, agenda documents state. The city received almost 1,500 written comments through 37 community input events and over 7,500 participants engaged online. The plan has 46 goals and eight strategies categorized into 287 actions.
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