Community Agenda for the 2028 Comprehensive Plan

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Community Agenda for the 2028 Comprehensive Plan

• Implementation Program

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Community Agenda

• Consists of the Following
• Future Policy Map
• Identifies Character Areas
• Establishes Policies for Future Growth
• Future Land Use Map
• Issues Opportunities
• Implementation Program

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The Big Decisions

• Strengthen Citys Capacity for Revitalization
• Focus resources on Targeted Redevelopment Areas
• Make Regulatory and Zoning Changes
• Rethink Transportation
• Pursue Additional Financial Resources

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Implementation Program Components

• Three Components
• Implementation Strategies
• Citywide Policies
• Short Term Work Program

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Comprehensive Plan Goals

• Community Revitalization
• Quality Community Infrastructure
• Balanced Transportation
• Protection Enhancement of the Natural
  Environment
• Managing Impacts of Growth
• Regional Coordination and Local Partnerships

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Implementation Strategies
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Example Issue and Opportunities
Goal Community Revitalization

• Opportunities
• A-1 New Growth is Coming
• A-2 Changing Demographics
• A-3 Developable Land in In-town Neighborhoods
• A-4 Preservation of Existing Housing Stock
• A-5 Mixed-Use Development Opportunities

• Issues
• A-8 Effects of Continuing Current Growth Trends
• A-10 Barriers to Redevelopment

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Example Implementation Strategies Matrix
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Community Revitalization

• Implementation Strategies
• Designate Targeted Redevelopment Areas (TRAs)
• Create a Mayors Council on Revitalization
• Encourage in-town housing attractive for seniors
  and young adults
• Organize a Council of Neighborhoods
• Modify UDO for bonus density incentives for
  in-town development
• Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Department
• Prepare detailed Master Plans for TRAs
• Designate Quality Redevelopments within TRAs
• Increase funding for housing rehabilitation and
  neighborhood preservation
• Prepare Zoning Overlay Districts for TRAs

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Quality Community Infrastructure

• Implementation Strategies
• Establish Priority Growth Areas
• Develop a Strong Capital Improvements Program
• Consider Using Performance-based Land Use
  Controls
• Upgrade Existing Infrastructure and Public
  Facilities in TRAs
• Incorporate Principles of Crime Prevention
  Through Environmental Design in UDO
• Develop Parks Services Master Plan that
  identifies level of service

PRIORITY
Capital Improvements funds
LEVERAGE
General Operating funds
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Redevelopment Focus

• Coordinate actions of all departments to improve
• communication and focus on redevelopment areas.
• - Mixed-use development
• with density bonuses
• - Public safety improvements

- Streetscape and sidewalk improvements
- Parks, greenways and trails
- Tax incentives
- Housing preservation efforts
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Balanced Transportation

• Implementation Strategies
• Prepare a Comprehensive Transportation Plan
  consistent with the 2020 Comp Plan
• Continue coordination with Fort Benning on BRAC
  related transportation issues
• Create a School Siting Master Plan for future
  school locations
• Update Greenway Master Plan to connect
  neighborhoods with new and existing trails
• Implement Transportation Systems Management
  techniques formalized policy
• Address needs for transit service improvements
• Initiate a Travel Demand Management to promote
  air quality and reduce congestion
• Improve the connectivity of streets and sidewalks
  between neighborhoods, schools, and activity
  centers

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Protection of the Environment

• Implementation Strategies
• Increase trail connections between the Columbus
  Riverwalk and adjacent parks and neighborhoods
• Prepare and adopt quality development corridor
  overlay districts along transportation corridors
• Purchase sensitive lands for conservation and
  public recreation
• Work with Fort Benning on noise reduction and
  mitigation
• Strengthen existing tree ordinances
• Encourage use of conservation subdivision
• development

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Managing Impacts of Growth

• Implementation Strategies
• Maintain salary study
• Educate the public on potential funding
  mechanisms
• Implement public marketing campaign
• Work towards passing Tax Allocation Districts
• Work toward renewal of Special Purpose Local
  Option Sales Tax
• Establish level of service measures for City
  facilities and services
• Incorporate recommendations of Fiscal Impact
  Study

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Regional Coordination and Partnerships

• Implementation Strategies
• Work with Ft. Benning to monitor BRAC
  implementation as it evolves
• Work across government lines to recruit more jobs
  
• Work with neighboring jurisdictions to promote
  tourism
• Engage in extensive coordinated planning with
  Muscogee County School District
• Work with neighboring cities and counties to
  discourage sprawl
• Combat the loss of young professionals
• Continue to address the concerns of air quality
• Work with Ft. Benning to mitigate noise impacts

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Citywide Policies
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Citywide Policies

• Community Revitalization
• We will give priority to targeted revitalization
  areas when locating new and improved public
  facilities and services
• We will seek opportunities for new economic
  generators that would build economic vitality of
  in-town neighborhoods
• We will play an active role in preventing
  deterioration of housing stock and promoting
  rehabilitation of existing homes in in-town
  neighborhoods
• We will help protect and encourage safety of
  neighborhoods through Crime Prevention Through
  Environmental Design
• We will target code enforcement efforts in areas
  of the city where a cycle of disinvestment and
  deteriorating housing conditions makes them more
  vulnerable to vandalism, drug-use and other crimes

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Citywide Policies

• Quality Community Infrastructure
• We will minimize inefficient land consumption and
  encourage more compact urban development to help
  improve the cost-effectiveness of the provision
  of services and facilities
• We will give top priority to repairs and
  reinvestment in existing infrastructure and
  facilities by fixing and maintaining what already
  exists
• We will work with the Muscogee County School
  District to locate schools in-town in support of
  the Future Land Use Plan
• We will invest in parks and open space to
  encourage private reinvestment in urban centers
• We will protect existing infrastructure
  investments by encouraging infill, redevelopment,
  and compact development

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Citywide Policies

• Balanced Transportation
• We will provide a network of pedestrian pathways,
  greenway trails, bike paths and transit services
  to allow for an efficient multi-modal
  transportation network throughout the city
• We will continue working with Fort Benning to
  identify traditional and innovative solutions to
  address their growing transportation needs
• We will reduce congestion and promote air quality
  by encouraging alternative commute options for
  our staff and area businesses, including car
  pooling, transit, alternative work schedules and
  telecommuting

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Citywide Policies

• Preserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment
• We will promote the land use policies of the
  Future Land Use Plan
• We will support the Comprehensive Plan by being
  consistent in making decisions regarding future
  land use
• We will promote Quality Development Corridors
• We will protect the tree canopy throughout the
  city
• We will actively work towards linking the
  Columbus Riverwalk to neighborhoods, community
  centers, schools, shopping, etc through our own
  efforts and public private partnerships
• We will develop incentives to encourage green and
  sustainable development

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Citywide Policies

• Managing Impacts of Growth
• We will promote ongoing education of the public
  regarding capital expenditures, potential new
  funding sources, and other funding sources
• We will encourage infill development as a means
  to concentrate development and lower service
  costs
• We will seek efficiency in all city operations to
  ensure the greatest return on the citys tax
  dollars (Capital Improvement Program)
• We will promote transparency in the budgeting
  process and funding of capital investments
• We will seek ways for new growth to pay for
  itself

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Citywide Policies

• Intergovernmental Coordination and Regional
  Partnerships
• We will engage in cooperative planning between
  Columbus Consolidated Government and the Muscogee
  County School District
• We will work jointly with neighboring governments
  on developing solutions for shared regional
  issues
• We will work collaboratively with surrounding
  governments to help address issues that may arise
  from BRAC related growth
• We will support regional economic development
  efforts to promote the sustainability and growth
  of our economy

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Short Term Work Program
Activity
Responsible Department or Agency
Time Frame
Funding

• Drawn from Implementation Strategies
• Fine-tuned with Action Planning Workshop
• Lists Citys Priority Projects for the first five
  years (2009-2014)

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Next Step

• Adopt the Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance
• Establishes requirements for planning department
  to maintain document
• Requires that UDO and Comprehensive Plan are
  coordinated
• The city's capital improvement plan and its
  capital budget shall be consistent with the Plan
• All land-use actions by any agency or board of
  this government body shall be consistent with the
  Plan, as well as amendments to the Plan