KPZC Meeting Minutes

Hello,

Due to reaching this folders' attachment capacity and to minimize confusion and clutter of creating another folder I've included below are the recent KPZC meeting minutes presented to City of Kingsbury Commission (9/18/23) and for your convenience. Our next meeting will be Oct. 10th, 2023, 6:30pm - 7:30pm at KFVD on FM 1104. The committee hopes you will consider attending and look forward to your participation.

Best,
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COMMITTEE’S REPORT

A. Comprehensive Planning:

• Comprehensive Planning for Small Texas Cities from the Office of Rural Community Affairs training and education manual. The manual does four things;
1) it describes the elements of comprehensive planning;
2) it suggests an organizational structure for developing and implementing a planning program;
3) it describes the necessary procedures for drawing up a comprehensive plan; and
4) it summarizes the planning process step-by-step.

• Why Plan? All too often, residents of a community will express the need for planning only when they see changes that they perceive as detrimental occurring in their neighborhood.

1) Orderly development can help a community absorb population growth while preserving the quality of life. In addition, good planning saves city money by increasing the efficiency of decision making. Small cities and towns that have incorporated planning into their city management practices provides elected officials and administrators with a solid basis for policy decisions, while encouraging community residents to become involved in the processes of city government.

2)Once a planning program is put in place, a variety of policy decisions can be made in a careful and rational manner. One of the main decisions governed by planning concerns alternative to uses of land. Subdivision of land for residential development is likewise guided by the comprehensive plan.

3)The plan, in addition, guides the capital improvements portions of the city budget. Texas law authorizes cities to spend money for planning purposes but does not require it. (Texas Local Government Code “LGC”, Chapter 371) Further, the statutes give to a city authority to adopt a comprehensive plan and to define the content and design of a comprehensive plan, (Chapter 219, LGC), but any map of a comprehensive plan must contain a clearly visible statement that “A comprehensive plan shall not constitute zoning regulations or establish zoning district boundaries.”

B. DRAFT Kingsbury Comprehensive Plan Scope Framework
• The Scope Framework outlines a process for developing a Comprehensive Plan.
1) Plan Kickoff
2)Vision and Plan Framework
3)The Comprehensive Plan
• Work In Progress (WiP)
1) Project Team Organization Chart
2)Planning Process Chart
• KPZC members will provide their input (edits, comments, suggestions and or concerns) before next monthly meeting, Oct. 10, 2023, to committee facilitator.

C. Planning Consultant
• The committee discussed the need for a professional consultant/planner and best method to approach the Commissioner's for funding.
• Discussed and identifying professional consultant/planners listing in no order of preference:
1) TX A&M Master of Urban Planning
2) Wilbur Smith Associates Consulting Engineers and Planners
3) Freese and Nichols, Inc.
4) TXP, Inc.
5) AWR Designs, LLC.

E - I have scoured all of my email accounts and cannot find the email from you with the plan and framework that you sent a while back. Can you please resend a copy to mayor@kingsburytexas.org, please?

Thanks

Kingsbury Development Committee Meeting Minutes November 2023

Action Items:
A. Committee Name Change
    •    Kingsbury Development Committee (KDC)
             Revision to Mission & Vision statement in progress, due 1/9/2024

B. Jurisdiction, City of Kingsbury
    • Raise citizen awareness of 88th TX Legislative Session SB 2038 – relating to the release of an area from a municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) by petition or election. ETJ Open Data (Seguin, Texas) | ETJ Open Data (Seguin, Texas) | Open Data Seguin, TX (arcgis.com)

    • Incentives to increase City of Kingsbury jurisdiction and or ejection from another’s ETJs.

    • Assist in the development of Education/Outreach materials.

    • Participate in Education & Outreach Activities/Events/Workshop(s)


New Business:
Hot Chocolate Social, tentative: Jan. 13th, 2024

Kingsbury Development Committee Meeting Minutes January 2024

Action Items:

A. 2024 Key Thoughts and Mindset
1. Deliver Value to Kingsbury Residents (Communications/Info/etc. ...)
2. Engage (education/outreach) Kingsbury residents.
3. Eliminate low value / no value activity(ies).
4. Automate and or simplify everything.

B. Committe Name & Role Change
1. NEW, Kingsbury Development Committee (KDC)
2. Revised Mission and Vision Statements, 1/9/2024 - completed.

C. Jurisdiction, City of Kingsbury, Campaign
1. Raise resident awareness of 88th TX Legislative Session SB2038 - relating to the release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) by
petition or election. ETJ Open Data (Seguin, TX) Seguin GIS website,
open-data-seguin-utility.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/583d2dc39c814edfbbe84c8f0be78bd7_0/explore?location=29.623067%2C-97.952535%2C12.64
2. Incentives to increase City of Kingsbury jurisdiction and or ejection from another's ETJ.
a. Waste Management incentive updates - Shirley Nolan
b. Rainwater Collection incentive update - Tyler White + Sam Drugan
c. Recycling Center incentive update - Alison Heinemeier + Tyler White + Udo Stockdreher
3. Education/Outreach
a. Hot Chocolate Social by 12/15/23 - Completed.
b. EDD Mailers approval and sent out - Completed.
c. KDC will attend & participate in HOT CHOCOLATE SOCIAL, Feb 10th, 2024
d. 2024 Calendar planning coordination; Jan 2024.

Note/Update: Shirey reported that the steady stream of petitions to be removed from Seguin ETJ has resulted in the Seguin City Council moving the granting to a consent
agenda item.

New Business:
1. 2024 Calendar planning and coordination, 180-day. Lupe Saenz
2. Communications platform inventory. Jessica Garnder

Announcements:
1/15/24 is MLK, Jr. Birthday - Federal & State Holiday - Offices Closed.
"Shout Out" to Udo for an excellent Commissioner Waste Mgmt update to include cost estimates and point of contact, Dec. 2023!

Next Meeting:
Tuesday 13th Feb 2024 6:30pm at the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Dept @fm1104.

Meeting adjourned at 7:30pm, CST.