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102 RESOLUTION NO. 2000_127R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPOSITION OF AND THE CHARGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REVIEW TASK FORCE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RECITALS: 1. The City Council created the Development Ordinance Review Task Force (the "Task Force") in Resolution 1998-243R, and revised the composition of the Task Force in Resolution 1999-7R, and extended the duration of the Task Force in Resolution 1999-248R to December 31,2000. 2. The City Council wishes to restate and revise the resolutions pertaining to the Task Force. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS. TEXAS: PART 1. Back2round: Creation of Task Force. (a) The City is in the middle of the most rapid period of growth in its history. New building permits have averaged over a million dollars per week for the last four years. Approximately 1,000 persons are added to the City's population annually. Given the City's strategic position between two of the fastest growing major cities in the country, Austin and San Antonio, this growth can only be expected to intensify over coming years. The question for San Marcos is not whether we will grow, but how well we will grow. (b) Growth brings both opportunities and challenges to a community. The opportunities include increased economic prosperity in the form of new jobs, additional tax base and increased housing, shopping and employment choices for the citizens of the community. The challenges include keeping up with the demand for new roads, new infrastructure and new services, while, at the same time, protecting the unique quality of life and environmental resources that makes San Marcos a very special place to live. (c) Recognizing both the opportunities and challenges of growth, the City Council establishes the Development Ordinance Review Task Force as a temporary committee to examine the quality of the community's growth and to recommend policy changes that will help the commtmity grow in ways that will be economically, environmentally and socially responsible. PART 2. Char2e to the Task Force. The Development Ordinance Review Task Force is charged with the following duties: 1. To wrap up existing work of the Task Force on revisions to the subdivision and flood damage prevention ordinances; and to promptly forward those ordinances, along with the task force's recommendations, to the appropriate adopting bodies. 2. To focus on the general ways, from a "big-picture" perspective, in which development policies or development processes can be changed to improve community outcomes - such as policies or processes that would result in more affordable housing (including the appropriate role for manufactured housing), better environmental protection, more meaningful dialogue between developers and neighborhood groups, more predictable development processes, reinvestment in the downtown area, and such other related issues as deemed appropriate by the Task Force. PART 3. Duration of the Task Force. The Task Force shall submit a report to the City Council (not to exceed 30 pages) by September 30, 2000 listing the Task Force's recommendations for general improvements to City development policies or processes. The report should give a priority ranking to ordinances most urgently in need of revision to meet the Task Force's expectations for improved development outcomes. Upon acceptance of the report by the Council, the City staff shall develop a work program and time lines for the completion of ordinance revisions.