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Set a public hearing to consider an ordinance amending the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to include the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) Typologies. (Suggested date: May 30, 2024, Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2nd Street, Austin, Texas).
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Planning Department
Fiscal Note
This item has no fiscal impact.
Prior Council Action:
On March 9, 2023, City Council approved Resolution No. 20230309-016 accepting the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) Policy Plan; incorporating ETOD Policy Plan tools for the stations within the boundaries of the Northeast Austin District planning process; initiating amendments to Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to adopt elements of the ETOD Policy Plan; and initiating amendments to City Code Title 25.
For More Information:
Lauren Middleton-Pratt, Planning Department, (512) 974-1827, lauren.middleton-pratt@austintexas.gov Stevie Greathouse, Planning Department, (512) 974-7226, stevie.greathouse@austintexas.gov
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
To be reviewed by Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee on February 21, 2024
To be reviewed by Planning Commission on March 26, 2024
Additional Backup Information: As directed in Resolution No. 20230309-016, City of Austin Planning Department staff are working to deliver Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) to Austinites based on the policy guidance in the ETOD Policy Plan. City staff, Capital Metro (CapMetro) staff, and Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) staff have coordinated since the acceptance of the ETOD Policy Plan to develop a short-term implementation strategy for ETOD that prioritizes regulatory changes along the Phase 1 Light Rail investment alignment in order to increase Austin's competitiveness for federal infrastructure funding awarded by the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Capital Investment Grant New Starts program. ATP anticipates submitting FTA Capital Investment Grants New Starts require...
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