2018-032 Attachment-Comprehensive Plan Update

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Step 1: Refer to the future land use plan text and map to ensure overall consistency of pending decisions with the plan; Step 2: Refer to the other elements of the plan that may affect their development decisions; Step 3: Assess the public interests, the technical nature, and/or time and market constraints of the issue under study; and, Step 4: Evaluate information and take appropriate planning and decision-making action, which includes early consideration with appropriate City of Paris staff. Used in this manner, Paris' Comprehensive Plan will aid in implementing a sound growth - management program. S. Brief History of Comprehensive Planning in Paris To place this updated 2018 plan in its historical context, the city staff is also describing previous comprehensive planning programs undertaken by Paris. Staff believes it is fair to state that the majority of municipalities in the United States do not have a history of comprehensive plans going back over one hundred years, yet Paris does. Below is the known chronology of comprehensive plans for Paris: 1915: The General City Plan for Paris, Texas. This plan was prepared by W.H. Dunn, a prominent landscape architect from Kansas City, MO. It stated that it was "submitted to the Public with the Official Approval of the City Council, the Board of Trade, and the Progressive Club." This plan addresses many components of modern day comprehensive plans. This plan also represents the "City Beautiful Movement" in city planning that was prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. The Paris Plan is highly representative of Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., who is one of the early leaders of the profession of city planning in America. Daniel Burnham's principles are also reflected in the Paris Plan; he is also one of the most important city planners of the twentieth century, and is the major author of the Chicago Plan (1909) a City Beautiful Movement based plan. 1966: Comprehensive Plan Report. This plan was prepared by Marvin Springer and Associates, Urban Planning Consultants, located in Dallas, Texas. 1981: A Comprehensive Plan for Paris, Texas. This plan was prepared by J.T. Dunkin & Associates, Landscape Architects and Urban Planners, located in the Dallas area. 2001: City of Paris, Texas Comprehensive Plan: This plan was prepared by Bucher, Willis, and Ratliff Corporation, City Planners, Architects, and Landscape Architects in Kansas City, Mo. The city staff believes that this is the most detailed and hence most "comprehensive" city plan ever prepared for Paris. Although it is now over seventeen years old, it still represents many current state of the art urban planning principles and practices, and contains many very relevant recommendations that are current for Paris. It is the presently adopted Paris Comprehensive Plan. 7