Planning
Matters
August 2008
A
publication of Blueprint Houston
Urban Corridor Planning Website
Available for Review
After two years of study and multiple public meetings,
the Planning Department has posted recommendations
that cover elements of development appropriate for
the transit corridors served by Metro’s light
rail lines. To review the recommendations, see:
(http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Urban/urban_cor.html
Proposed Airport Compatible
Land Use Regulations
To review see www.houstontx.gov/planning.
Click on Read Proposed Ordinance.
City’s Plans Available
to All Online
See
www.houstontx.gov/planning/General Plan/GPHome.html
for direct access to adopted plans, including the
Major Thoroughfare Plan, the Parks Plan, the Library
Plan, and the City’s 5-year Capital Improvement
Programs. The site contains links to the ordinances
and policies that govern land use and development
within Houston. The site will be updated as plans
are revised.
Final Environmental Impact
Statement for Grand Parkway Segment F-2
The FEIS for Segment F-2 (from SH249-I45) is available
for review and comment at www.grandpky.com.
Submit comments to segmentf2comments@grandkpy.com.
Comments due: September 17, 2008 before 5 PM.
Some dates to remember:
Regional Recycling Roundtable:
TV Digital Conversion—Are You Ready?
August, 14, 2008
1:30 – 4:30 pm
H-GAC Conference Room C
For more information and to register: gena.mckinley@h-gac.com
ULI Suburban Marketplace
August 21, 2008
10 am – 6:30 pm
Woodlands Waterway Marriott
For information and to register: www.uli.houston.org
Food and Sustainable Prosperity for the
Houston Region
September 4, 2008
8:30 am – 5 pm
A conference on farming, land use, community food
security, and local food.
For information and to register: http://agrilifevents.tamu.edu/events/details.cfm?RegistrationID=170
DeLange Conference VII Film
Series
7 pm
Rice Media Center
January 12, 2009: Metropolis, 1927
January 19, 2009: Chinatown, 1974
January 26, 2009: City of God, 2002
February 2, 2009: A Night on Earth, 1991
February 9, 2009: Social Life of Small Urban Spaces,
1988
Transforming the Metropolis:
Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities
March 2 – 4, 2009
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Auditorium, Shepherd
School
The DeLange Conference will gather many of the world’s
leading thinkers and practitioners to discuss these
questions:
What does our urban future promise?
How can urbanization provide answers to the ecological,
social and economic issues of the 21st century?
For more information and to register: www.delange.rice.edu
