Purpose of the Comprehensive Plan A comprehensive plan guides land use and development in a city. We use the term “comprehensive” because it is just that—a thorough and overarching plan for what Pearland will look like in the future in terms of where neighborhoods, retail, parks, and all the important places of a city are located. This Pearland 2040 Comprehensive Plan is both an update to the 2015 Comprehensive Plan and a map for the future of Pearland. This document is to be used as planning strategy and not a budgeting plan. As “The Community of Choice,” the City made sure to engage members of the community in the process and create a Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) that considers their wishes for the future of the community. A FLUP does not constitute zoning regulations or establish zoning district boundaries, only serves as a visual guide for future decision making in terms of land development. The City’s six strategic priorities (listed below) provide a background of what would eventually become the priorities for this comprehensive plan.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW The Pearland 2040 Comprehensive Plan was created through a process that combined input from Pearland’s community, vetted with professional expertise, with decisions by a Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) and Pearland’s elected and appointed leaders.
MEETINGS INCLUDED: Î Four CPAC meetings and two CPAC workshops Î Nine stakeholder meetings Î Seven community input sessions
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
INTERNET-BASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Online public engagement was sourced via a Social Pinpoint website that was active from October 2021-May 2022. Over the course of the project, there were 7,730 visits to the website from 2,194 users. The website received 295 comments and 73 survey responses. After the initial public engagement efforts, City staff was directed by City Council to gather additional feedback between November 2023 to January 2024. A web survey that contained six open-ended question received 8,079 responses. Please see Appendix B for the survey responses and word clouds.
Executive Summary
SOCIAL PINPOINT MAP OF SURVEY RESPONSES
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Î Trusted Government Î Strong Economy Î Safe Community Î Sustainable Infrastructure Î Resilient Finances Î Connected Community
PEARLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040
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