Plan Sachse – Comprehensive Plan Initiative Town Hall

Plan Sachse – Comprehensive Plan InitiativeTown Hall

October 18, 2016

We understand Sachse’s OpportunityCity Leadership / Economic Development

Work Program

Community Engagement

• www.PlanSachse.com

• Online Surveys

• Interviews

• Initial Town Hall

• Catalytic Area Stakeholder Sessions

Community EngagementWhat We’ve Heard

• Desire for Sachse to be more than just a residential community

• Improved parks and open spaces (including, trails, water parks, recreation facilities, etc.)

• Healthy tax base and aging gracefully

• Do not want to always drive out of Sachse for daily life

• Improved roads, sidewalks, and infrastructure

Community EngagementWhat We’ve Heard

• Sachse cannot afford to wait for quality development

• Improved walkability and connectivity across the RR and SH 78

Community EngagementOnline Survey Results

• 94.25% of respondents would support the City making parks a higher priority.

• 82.1% of respondents believe Sachse could age more gracefully by being cleaner and nicer.

• 70% of respondents would like to see Bush Turnpike turned into a Mixed‐Use Destination.

• 90% of respondents support a review of the City’s development regulations to encourage high quality development.


• 78% of respondents envision Sachsehaving a Downtown area.

• Individuals indicated they would like to see more sidewalks, pedestrian lighting and street trees throughout Sachse.

• Majority of respondents (57) indicated Trails are the most important park facility for Sachse.


• 82% indicated they would support a single‐family residential rental inspection program.

• Respondents indicated they would like to see a variety of housing options in the Bush Turnpike area as long as they are “intelligently and appropriately located.”

• 82% of respondents believe Sachse should maximize the development potential on Bush.

Catalytic OpportunitiesKey Sites for Redevelopment

• SH 190 Corridor (3 concepts)

• “Industrial Park” Site (2 concepts)

• Old Town (1 concept)

Catalytic OpportunitiesSH 190 Corridor

• Capture regional retail demand

• Water feature/amenity with restaurants

• Retail‐oriented mixed‐use scenario

• Employment Center scenario

• “Big Box” / Medical scenario (work‐in‐progress)

SH 190 Catalytic Scenario #1Retail‐Oriented/ICSC Illustrative

SH 190 Catalytic Scenario #2Employment Center Illustrative

Catalytic Opportunities“Industrial” Area

• Currently in FLUP as industrial• Tough site constraints and visibility

• Directly adjacent to neighborhoods• Excess industrial supply and other

better locations

“Industrial Site” Catalytic Scenario #1Neighborhood

“Industrial Site” Catalytic Scenario #2Neighborhood

• Preliminary Catalyst Study

• Refined through Comp Plan Process

• Developed complementary strategy

Old Town Catalytic OpportunityA New Downtown

Old Town Catalytic OpportunityA New Downtown

Old Town Catalytic Opportunity

Old Town Catalytic Opportunity5th Street

Potential Cross Section

Current Cross Section

Broader Comp Plan Policies

• Infrastructure, Drainage, Utilities

• Parks and Recreation

• Trails, Open Space

• Zoning Policy

• Neighborhood Re‐Investment

Master Parks + Trails Plan (Draft)

Master Thoroughfare Plan (Draft)

• Zoning Ordinances and Overlay opportunities

• Identify parks and trails prioritization criteria for implementation

• Infrastructure prioritization – including realignment of Merritt Road and Woodbridge

Implementation StrategyPreliminary tools and steps to action

• 5th Street and Sachse Road improvements

• Neighborhood Integrity Policies (Code Enforcement, Rental Registration, Signage, Landscaping/Screening Incentives)

• City Management and Governance Structure

• Identify and prioritize major funding opportunities

Implementation StrategyPreliminary tools and steps to action

Fiscal Impact for Policy Decisions

• Relating catalytic sites to broader city context

• Development patterns, tax base revenues, cost of service

• Ability to look at scenarios

AnnualCost

ofService

IncreasedPopulation

(WorkforceAnd

Residential)

ScenarioFiscal Impact

Planning

Fiscal Impact AssessmentDynamic tool for testing scenarios

Dynamic Tool to assess scenarios for the Comprehensive Planning effort

Utilizes 3 scenarios for each model• Base (do nothing)• Infill (incremental residential)• Proposed program for each Catalyst

area

• Uses baseline of city budget

• Factors cost of service for office, retail, residential, multi‐family and industrial

• Calculates fiscal impacts from proposed program

• Analyzes 20 year horizon of estimated impacts to city for all scenarios dynamically


Allows for dynamic decision

making using outcomes of

each scenario and multiple combinations


• Aligns land use with economic development strategies

• Supports land use decisions

• Choices for future policy making


Discussion

Plan Sachse – Comprehensive Plan Initiative Town Hall

Documents

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