The time has come for us to work together to define a shared vision – a comprehensive plan - for the future of our city.

It’s time to create the future we want by coordinating plans for transportation, revitalization of neighborhoods, flood management, land development, stewardship of our cultural heritage and natural resources, and many other issues.

Citizens of the City of Houston should immediately begin a meaningful and comprehensive planning process with broad community participation, as mandated in the City Code of Ordinances (Chapter 33, Sec.33-22)

The City should join with local philanthropic foundations to sponsor the creation of a Houston plan.

A Draft Plan should be completed, submitted to an extensive public hearing process, and adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council by December 15, 2002.

Council should then instruct the Planning & Development Department to create a new development code based on the plan. The new code should be optional for private development but mandatory wherever public assets are at risk.

The Plan and the Code should be offered to the voters in the 2003 elections.

If approved, Comprehensive Plan and Code should go into immediate effect in the public realm, and work should begin on a new incentives program to encourage use of the Code in the private realm.

The Comprehensive Plan should be reviewed annually.