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Staff outline Imagine Austin comprehensive-plan update and new place-types mapping

City of Austin Planning Commission · March 24, 2026
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Planning staff briefed commissioners on an update to the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan, describing a citywide place-types map, a 45-member community working group and a refocused consultant scope driven by budget changes; staff emphasized iterative community engagement and alignment with implementation programs.

City planning staff on Wednesday presented an update to Imagine Austin, the city’s comprehensive plan, outlining a two-year update process that will produce a citywide place-types map and a set of priority programs to guide implementation.

Evelyn Mitchell, principal planner and project lead, and Chris Ryerson, division manager for long-range planning, told the Planning Commission that rescoping was necessary after the council reallocated part of the consultant budget. The team kept the consultant-led work that required…

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