Title
Adoption of the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Action
Action:
Adopt the Plan Policy section of the Final Recommended Draft Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Taiwo Jaiyeoba, City Manager's Office
Alysia Osborne, Planning, Design, and Development
Explanation
* On October 31, 2020, the City of Charlotte released a draft Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan (Plan) for public review and comment.
* The Plan includes the Vision and Growth Framework for implementation of the city's goals into a living document that integrates community input and best practices that will guide the city's decision-making and investment in both the near and long term.
* This Plan addresses how the built environment can better reflect and advance community values around topics like equity, transportation, quality of life, economic development, jobs, affordable housing, health, safety, and sustainability.
* The Plan contains three sections: The Plan Policy, the Implementation Strategy, and the Manuals and Metrics.
* The Plan Policy is considered the main body of the Plan and includes the Plan's 10 Goals, supporting objectives, projects, programs, and introduces ten Place Types that set aspirational direction for how development will contribute to creating complete communities across the city.
* The Implementation Strategy provides actions for the policies, projects, and programs; strategies for integration with other Plans; a framework for Community Area Plans and mapping; guidance for the Unified Development Ordinance, recommendations for Capital Improvement Projects, and how to track progress.
* The Manuals and Metrics provide more detail and background on the Equitable Growth Framework's metrics and methodology, as well as more detailed guidance for the aspirational aspects of the ten Place Types. The Place Types Manual also provides guidance for Place Type Mapping and a community process for reviewing recommended Place Type...
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