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Austin staff and AECOM outline Central City District scenario‑planning process
Summary
Austin planning staff and AECOM presented progress on the Central City District plan, explaining a 15‑year scenario‑planning process with a 2025 baseline, public engagement that includes 15 focus groups, and technical products (KPIs and an ArcGIS urban model) to test outcomes for housing, mobility and public safety.
City planning staff and consultants briefed the Planning Commission on the Central City District plan and a scenario‑planning approach meant to test long‑term choices for downtown, the UT West Campus and the South Central Waterfront.
Janisha Johnson, who said she leads Austin Planning’s district planning team, told commissioners that the project responds to a 2024 resolution and that an existing‑conditions draft is under interagency review. “The report will be available for public review through our Speak Up Austin project page in April,” Johnson said. She summarized phase 1 engagement and noted roughly 285 survey responses that flagged crime, personal safety and public behavior as top concerns downtown.
Johnson and Chris Ryerson, a division manager in Austin Planning, described the plan’s vision and eight goals — including housing affordability, multimodal mobility, arts and culture, heritage and identity, economic and social accessibility, parks and…
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