05-17-18 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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INTRODUCTION Executive Summary The 2018 Comprehensive Plan Update and Progress Report is a 5-year update to the City of La Porte’s 2012 Comprehensive Plan. This update provides guidance on moving forward with high capital improvements completed since 2012, and through the Progress Report, provides an im- plementation status summary as well as a new prioritization of the 2012 implementation actions. - partment heads met in December 2017 to evaluate and prioritize the 2012 Plan’s high priority implementation actions and provide feedback on the status of current and completed actions, projects, plans, and initiatives. The Plan Update process provided an opportunity for all depart- ments to meet together to discuss the importance of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of La Porte and to weigh-in on future priorities. As this interim Plan Update did not revise the 2012 Comprehensive Plan’s text, data, or other underlying items, the planning process did not include A major Plan amendment, such as occurred in 2012, should be undertaken with the aim of an adopted updated Comprehensive Plan in 2022, update should include extensive public engage- ment to ensure the updated vision, goals, and The results of the Comprehensive Plan Progress Photo: December 2017 City Department Head Meeting made by the City of La Porte toward implemen- tation of the 2012 Plan’s high priority action items, with 12 of the 16 items either completed or vacancies in key positions. The Progress Report results include a re-prioritization of the high pri- ority action items, based on Department Head input as well as Planning and Zoning Commission and a Public Open House held in March 2018. 4 | La Porte TX 2018 Comprehensive Plan 5-Year Update