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Staff urges council to consider updating the 2018 downtown master plan after staged progress and changing costs
Summary
City staff gave an update on the 2018 downtown master plan and related projects, noting successes (streetscape, vacant property registry, downtown grants) and obstacles (inflation increasing construction costs and slower TIF increment growth); staff recommended council consider whether to determine the need to update the plan.
Wichita Falls — City planning staff on May 20 briefed the City Council on accomplishments and remaining work from the 2018 downtown master plan and recommended the council decide whether to pursue an update given changed economic and budget conditions.
Staff summarized achievements tied to the 2018 plan: adoption of higher property-maintenance expectations downtown, a vacant property registry, streetscape and lighting work in the core, expanded downtown improvement grants (4B program), and steps…
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