Description of a Neighborhood Action Plan
The Neighborhood Action Plan is the document created by the Planner, city staff, and area residents to focus attention on areas that need improvement or issues that need to be addressed in the neighborhood. The action plan will act as a guide to correct the discovered issues.
Two Types of Plans
Full-Scale Plans
A Full-Scale plan begins with a series of meetings. Staff conducts a visioning process with the neighborhood to establish how residents envision the future of their neighborhood. Recommendations generally represent the consensus of the stakeholders (residents, business owners, citizens, organizations and institutions, and City departments) who have participated in drafting the plan. The visioning process typically includes the following topics:
- Land use, zoning, and neighborhood character
- Transportation and traffic
- Housing
- Environment
- Crime and safety
- History
- Quality of Life
Through an intensive set of meetings, the neighborhood and their assigned Planner will develop a Neighborhood Action Plan. These plans generally target maturing areas of Plano that are experiencing a greater number of issues, problems, and concerns. The time frame for completing each Neighborhood Action Plan varies with the level of neighborhood participation and topics discussed; a typical plan is completed in approximately 4-6 months. NOTE: Full-Scale action plans are presented to the Planning & Zoning Commission and to City Council for approval and adoption.
Fast-Track Plans
The Fast-Track Plan, which was developed in 2005, is an alternative to the Full-Scale Action Plan. The Fast-Track Plan is an option for newer neighborhoods beginning to see some changes but not in need of a full-scale plan. Common concerns are typically associated with property standards, rental properties, disruptive street parking, stray animals, and traffic safety within the neighborhood. The Fast-Track process focuses on educating citizens and partnering with other organizations. The Fast-Track process generally lasts approximately 4-6 weeks. NOTE: Fast-Track plans are NOT presented to the Planning & Zoning Commission or to City Council.
The Fast-track planning process includes meetings to:
1. Assess the neighborhood and conduct surveys to identify concerns;
2. Compile the surveys and discuss the results;
3. Introduce City department representatives that will help resolve neighborhood concerns; and
4. Summarize and review concerns and solutions.
The end product is a summary report that provides the neighborhood with demographic data, survey results, City services descriptions, contact information, and reporting procedures.
Current Plans
1st Choice Neighborhoods launched a Full-Scale planning project for the Caddo Park Neighborhood, which is located at the southeast corner of Parker Rd. and Custer Rd. After a series of meetings, residents decided to transition to a Fast-Track planning process – a report, which was not presented to P&Z or City Council, was written in lieu of a Full-Scale Neighborhood Action Plan. The project was completed on November 12, 2009.
Completed Plans
To date, the 1st Choice Neighborhoods Program has completed 15 Full-Scale Plans and 8 Fast-Track Plans.
Action Plans List
Listed below are all completed Full-Scale and Fast-Track Action Plans that were produced at the end of each project. The Full-Scale and Fast-Track plans are all listed in chronological order. See the link (List of All Completed Plans) below for more details.
Completed Full-Scale Plans
Completed Fast-Track Plans
Resources
List of All Completed Plans
Neighborhood Plans Map
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