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Opportunity. Diversity. Community. Home.

Final Report

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Houston:

Opportunity.

Diversity. Community.

Home.

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Introduction

Houston is a great city. From its winding greenways, to its thriving arts and cultural scene, to its bold entrepreneurialism, Houston is a city of opportunity. Houston is also renowned for its welcoming culture: a city that thrives on its international diversity, where eclectic inner city neighborhoods and master-planned suburban communities come together. Houston is a place where all of us can feel at home.

Even with our successes, Houston faces many challenges: from managing its continued growth, to sustaining quality infrastructure, enhancing its existing neighborhoods, and addressing social and economic inequities. Overcoming these challenges requires strong and effective local government, including a City organization that is well-coordinated, pro-active, and efficient. Having this kind of highly capable City is vital to ensuring our community enjoys the highest possible quality of life and competes successfully for the best and brightest people, businesses, and institutions.

In short, achieving Houston’s full potential requires a plan.

Realizing this potential is the ambition of Plan Houston. In developing this plan, the project team, led by the City’s Planning and Development Department, began by looking at plans that had previously been created by dozens of public and private sector groups. The team then listened to Houstonians themselves, who described their vision for Houston’s future. Finally, the team sought guidance from Plan Houston’s diverse leadership groups – notably its Steering Committee, Stakeholder Advisory Group and Technical Advisory Committee – to develop strategies to achieve the vision.

Plan Houston supports Houston’s continued success by providing consensus around Houston’s goals and policies and encouraging coordination and partnerships, thus enabling more effective government. Plan Houston charts a course to a healthy, prosperous future for our city for decades to come.

Plan Houston’s Components

Plan Houston begins with a vision and goals for the entire community. These statements – generated by Houstonians themselves – describe Houston’s preferred future. This definition of the community’s success lays a foundation for actions needed to achieve the vision.

In addition to the community vision and goals, Plan Houston includes 12 Core Strategies. These strategies, along with each strategy’s more specific Actions, describe the role the City plays in achieving the community’s vision and goals. Each

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strategy also identifies the community goals impacted by the strategy. The strategies represent an effective approach for the City to provide its core services and serve as the starting point for Plan Houston’s implementation.

Any plan must be acted upon in order to be effective, and Plan Houston includes two online tools to enable implementation:

• Performance indicators that track the community’s progress towards achieving the vision and goals and inform policymaking; and
• A planning coordination tool that displays local plans, helping neighborhoods, developers, and officials leverage planning efforts.

Implementing Plan Houston

Rather than an end in itself, Plan Houston is actually a starting point for better governance for the City of Houston. In addition to the online implementation tools, Plan Houston’s findings must be actively utilized and integrated into the City organization to fully realize the plan’s benefits. Plan Houston recommends an ongoing, organization-wide effort to implement the Core Strategies and achieve the community’s vision and goals. This effort will require recurring assessments of this achievement and decision-making on priorities and funding for next steps to fulfill the plan. These assessments will include a review of the City’s governance structure, including the Charter. Other elements, such as boards and commissions, ordinances, and recommendations to this structure that support community vision and goals, will be addressed in an annual work plan. Plan Houston should be a living document routinely utilized by future mayoral administrations, city councils, and City departments as an underlying framework for this decision-making. In this way, Plan Houston creates a strategic framework for a more effective organization and enables a path to a thriving, more successful Houston.

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Vision

After months of community dialogue, the Houstonians expressed a vision for their community, describing aspirations for Houston’s long-term future:

Houston offers opportunity for all and celebrates its diversity of people, economy, culture, and places. Houston promotes healthy and resilient communities through smart civic investments, dynamic partnerships, education, and innovation. Houston is the place where anyone can prosper and feel at home.

Houston: Opportunity. Diversity. Community. Home.

Goals

Houstonians identified a set of 32 goals, organized into nine categories, which further describe the community vision. The numbering of goals in this section does not indicate priority or importance. These goals are listed below.

People

1. Equal access to opportunity and prosperity.
2. Engaged and informed residents.
3. Strong social ties supported by social, civic, and faith organizations.
4. Affordable, high-quality health care available to the community.
5. Supportive services for disadvantaged and at-risk groups.
6. An inclusive community that reflects our international heritage.
7. A diverse, welcoming culture that is celebrated and respected.

Place

8. A safe, secure community.
9. Inviting and accessible parks and public spaces that provide recreation experiences, respect the environment, and connect people and places.
10. Attractive streetscapes and public spaces.
11. Vibrant, enjoyable activity centers.
12. High-quality community facilities that provide for the diverse needs of residents.
13. A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles, and social well-being.
14. A community that respects our history.

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Culture

15. Unique and internationally recognized cultural and entertainment opportunities.
16. A thriving local arts and creative community.

Education

17. Quality learning opportunities from early childhood onward.
18. Schools and communities that invest in each other.
19. A skilled and talented workforce.

Economy

20. A thriving, resilient, and diverse economy.
21. An exemplary climate for business, with an entrepreneurial spirit, support for innovation, and world-wide competitiveness.
22. Job opportunities that support a good standard of living and financial stability.
23. A culture that encourages innovation.

Environment

24. Efficient use and reuse, and conservation of resources.
25. Clean, plentiful, and accessible water, air, land, and food resources.
26. Resilient man-made and natural systems that protect citizens and assets from disasters and other risks.

Public Services

27. Ample, efficient, and well-maintained infrastructure.
28. Fiscally responsible, accountable, and responsive public services and civic investments.
29. Active regional cooperation and collaboration among governments, community leaders, and residents.

Transportation

30. An affordable, multi-modal transportation network providing convenient access and mobility throughout the region for people and goods.

Housing

31. Attractive, walkable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character.
32. Sufficient quality, affordable housing options throughout the community.

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Core Strategies

Plan Houston proposes 12 Core Strategies for the City of Houston. These strategies identify City of Houston actions necessary to achieve the community vision and goals.

In order to achieve the community’s vision and goals and to provide for the needs of all Houstonians, the City of Houston will do the following:

• Spend money wisely.
• Grow responsibly.
• Sustain quality infrastructure.
• Nurture safe and healthy neighborhoods.
• Connect people and places.
• Support our global economy.
• Champion learning.
• Foster an affordable city.
• Protect and conserve our resources.
• Communicate clearly and with transparency.
• Partner with others, public and private.
• Celebrate what’s uniquely Houston.

Greater detail on each Core Strategy, including Actions necessary to implement each strategy, can be found on the following pages. The numbering of actions on the following pages does not indicate priority or importance.

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Spend money wisely.

The City must manage the public’s money wisely, using every means possible to provide the best benefit for each dollar. Prudent fiscal management requires the City to prioritize its investments and take advantage of cost-sharing opportunities. Further, the City should anticipate long-term fiscal challenges and identify the best strategies for overcoming them.

Actions:

1. Maintain a long-range fiscal plan for the City.
2. Fund essential programs and services according to prioritized community needs.
3. Institutionalize communication and coordination within departments and among partner agencies to increase efficiencies.
4. Encourage cost sharing among departments and partners agencies.
5. Adequately maintain City assets to reduce capital replacement expenditures.
6. Ensure that long-term growth supports the City’s fiscal viability.
7. Distribute services and investments equitably based on need and benefit.

Related goals:

• Fiscally responsible, accountable, and responsive public services and investments.
• Ample, efficient and well-maintained infrastructure.
• Active regional cooperation and collaboration among governments, community leaders and residents
• Equal access to opportunity and prosperity.

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Grow responsibly.

Houston is located in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. In order to sustain the City’s vitality, the City must balance the benefits of growth with the need to protect existing neighborhoods. The City should coordinate development with transportation and infrastructure investments. Finally, the City should encourage growth that supports the economy and quality of life.

Actions:

1. Engage with the community to identify local needs and pursue neighborhood goals.
2. Enhance tools that protect and preserve neighborhoods.
3. Anticipate growth and plan for it, ensuring that infrastructure and services accommodate growth.
4. Adopt policies supporting existing and future activity centers that enable a combination of live, work and play options.
5. Support community investment in public transit and adopt policies that coordinate transit with supporting land development.
6. Encourage development of a transportation network that considers all modes of transportation and context sensitive design principles.
7. Maintain transportation and infrastructure plans.
8. Encourage targeted development and redevelopment that support the City’s vitality.

Related goals:

• Inviting and accessible parks and public spaces that provide recreation experiences, respect the environment, and connect people and places
• Attractive streetscapes and public spaces
• Vibrant and connected activity centers
• A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles and social well-being
• An affordable, multi-modal transportation network providing convenient access and mobility throughout the region for people and goods
• Ample, efficient, and well-maintained infrastructure

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Sustain quality infrastructure.

Houston maintains vast infrastructure systems, including miles of streets, sidewalks, and utilities, as well as other facilities. These systems help move people and goods, enhance safety, and support the economy. Keeping these systems in good working order requires coordination, planning, and ongoing investment.

Actions:

1. Coordinate with partner agencies to plan for infrastructure needs in a comprehensive manner.
2. Adequately maintain existing infrastructure to reduce capital replacement expenditures.
3. Seek means to accelerate infrastructure repair and reconstruction.
4. Provide efficient, cost-effective infrastructure.
5. Coordinate with partners to improve drainage.
6. Ensure that infrastructure accommodates growth and meets the community’s changing needs.
7. Encourage development of green infrastructure and low impact development.
8. Align infrastructure investment with neighborhood needs.
9. Use infrastructure improvements strategically to enhance economic development.
10. Minimize risk of damages resulting from catastrophic events.

Related Goals:

• Attractive, walkable and bikeable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character
• Attractive streetscapes and public spaces
• Resilient man-made and natural systems that protect citizens and assets from disasters and other risks
• Ample, efficient, and well-maintained infrastructure
• Fiscally responsible, accountable, and responsive public services and civic investments

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Nurture safe and healthy neighborhoods.

Every Houstonian should have the opportunity to live in a safe and healthy community. The City should support residents with well-coordinated public safety and social services and ensure its neighborhoods foster healthy lifestyles.

Actions:

1. Provide responsive and efficient public safety services that use technology effectively.
2. Expand partnerships to support healthy neighborhoods.
3. Bolster awareness of public health and safety programs.
4. Provide coordinated supplemental services for those without access to adequate health care.
5. Use localized planning to help neighborhoods improve and maintain quality of life.
6. Encourage development that fosters healthy lifestyles for Houstonians of all ages.
7. Coordinate with partner agencies to maintain safe, healthy neighborhoods.

Related Goals:

• Affordable, high-quality health care available to the community
• A safe, secure community
• Supportive services for disadvantaged and at-risk groups
• Attractive, walkable and bikeable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character
• High-quality community facilities that provide for the diverse needs of residents
• A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles and social well-being
• An affordable, multi-modal transportation network providing convenient access and mobility throughout the region for people and goods

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Connect people and places.

Mobility is a chief interest for Houstonians. Houston’s rapid growth, however, presents an ongoing transportation challenge. Supporting Houston’s growth, while preserving quality of life, requires increasing reliance on creative transportation solutions. These solutions should include safe and efficient roadways, an effective transit system, and activity centers with housing, jobs and services.

Actions:

1. Develop and maintain a comprehensive mobility plan.
2. Encourage compact, pedestrian-friendly development around transit.
3. Support a well-connected transportation network that includes transit, bicycle and pedestrian options.
4. Work with partner agencies to increase transit ridership among all Houstonians.
5. Maintain a citywide plan for bicycling.
6. Maintain a parking strategy that supports economic development, protects neighborhoods, and achieves vibrant, walkable activity centers.
7. Enhance access to affordable transportation options.
8. Coordinate with partner agencies on regional transportation solutions.

Related Goals:

• Attractive, walkable and bikeable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character
• A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles and social well-being
• Vibrant and connected activity centers
• A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles and social well-being
• An affordable, multi-modal transportation network providing convenient access and mobility throughout the region for people and goods
• Ample, efficient, and well-maintained infrastructure
• Active regional cooperation and collaboration among governments, community leaders, and residents

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Support our global economy.

Houston’s economic success is increasingly reliant on the community’s ability to reach a global audience. The City should partner with the corporate sector to support Houston’s ability to compete for customers, businesses, and workers. The City should also use its economic tools strategically to attract desired development and jobs.

Actions:

1. Leverage Houston’s international diversity to attract businesses, investors and tourism.
2. Develop and maintain a comprehensive economic development plan, including policies that identify both city-wide and localized strategies.
3. Support local and historically disadvantaged businesses.
4. Support long-term economic durability by encouraging industry diversity.
5. Improve and promote Houston’s quality of life to attract and retain talented and creative workers and businesses.
6. Strengthen efforts to identify and encourage emerging industries.
7. Develop, maintain, and implement a regional tourism plan.
8. Maintain a world-class airport network.
9. Develop and maintain state of the art convention and entertainment facilities.
10. Support initiatives that welcome newcomers and help them integrate into and succeed in the community.
11. Encourage programs that help job seekers connect with potential employers.

Related Goals:

• An integrated community that reflects our cultural diversity and heritage
• A skilled and talented workforce
• A thriving, resilient, and diverse economy
• An exemplary climate for all businesses, with an entrepreneurial spirit and world-wide competitiveness
• Job opportunities that support a good standard of living and financial stability
• A culture that encourages innovation

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Champion learning.

An educated, well-trained workforce is essential to thriving neighborhoods and a healthy economy. The City should play a strong supportive role to education providers to ensure a well-educated community. The City should also seek out opportunities to encourage innovation and broad use of technology by the entire community.

Actions:

1. Partner with organizations to improve education and related support services.
2. Expand out-of-school programs and resources.
3. Adopt policies to support education and provide learning opportunities for Houstonians of all ages.
4. Support mentorship and internship programs that teach applied skills.
5. Support efforts that foster new ideas, entrepreneurship, innovation and growth in technology-related businesses.
6. Support partnerships that provide adult education and job training at all skill levels.

Related goals:

• Equal access to opportunity and prosperity
• Engaged and informed residents
• Strong social ties supported by social, civic, and faith organizations
• Supportive services for disadvantaged and at-risk groups
• Quality learning opportunities from early childhood onward
• Schools and communities that invest in each other
• A skilled and talented workforce
• Job opportunities that support a good standard of living and financial stability

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Foster an affordable city.

A successful city should help provide access to quality housing for people of all income levels. Houston should sustain its historic affordability by encouraging mixed-income neighborhoods and enhancing access to quality affordable housing options.

Actions:

1. Develop and maintain a comprehensive housing policy to support access to quality, well-maintained, and affordable housing.
2. Adopt housing policies that support underdeveloped communities while also encouraging housing opportunities in high-opportunity areas.
3. Ensure that affordable housing is connected to the community and its services.
4. Provide options to make affordable, workforce and mixed-income housing development more attractive to private investment.
5. Support opportunities to improve affordability of targeted services based on need.
6. Provide incentives to replace affordable housing units lost through redevelopment and neglect.
7. Leverage external funds and incentives to build additional affordable housing.
8. Encourage mixed-income communities.
9. Work with external organizations to ensure permanent supportive housing is available for the homeless.
10. Ensure regulatory policies support housing affordability.

Related goals:

• Equal access to opportunity and prosperity
• Attractive, walkable and bikeable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character
• High-quality community facilities that provide for the diverse needs of residents
• A city that enables healthy, active lifestyles and social well-being
• Sufficient quality, affordable housing options throughout the community

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Protect and conserve our resources.

Great cities provide outstanding quality of life amenities, including opportunities for recreation and experiencing nature. Additionally, Houstonians increasingly support environmental responsibility and desire clean air and water. The City should pursue opportunities to provide open space, conserve resources and protect the environment.

Actions:

1. Preserve open space for recreation, habitat, and other uses.
2. Maintain a comprehensive plan for acquiring, developing and maintaining parks and open space.
3. Encourage reduced consumption of natural resources.
4. Support recycling throughout the city.
5. Expand education for waste management and conservation programs.
6. Encourage green building and sustainable energy practices.
7. Limit the City’s impact on the environment.
8. Preserve and enhance the public tree canopy.
9. Adopt policies and coordinate with partner organizations to improve air and water quality.

Related goals:

• Inviting and accessible parks and public spaces that provide recreation experiences, respect the environment, and connect people and places
• Attractive streetscapes and public spaces
• Efficient use and reuse, and conservation of resources
• Clean, plentiful, and accessible water, air, land, and food resources
• Resilient man-made and natural systems that protect citizens and assets from disasters and other risks

Communicate clearly and with transparency.

The City communicates with Houstonians every day as a means to inform, educate, and listen. The City should strengthen its ability to connect to diverse audiences and provide convenient ways for people to find accurate information quickly. Further, the City should engage in a dialogue with its residents in order to develop policies that reflect the interests of the community.

Actions:

1. Provide information to the public in formats they can use and understand.
2. Leverage technology effectively to engage the community.
3. Develop and maintain a comprehensive citywide public engagement policy.
4. Use public engagement to better understand community needs and interests in order to develop sound public policy.
5. Use metrics to gauge success in achieving community goals.
6. Enable individuals with diverse backgrounds to fully participate in City activities.
7. Partner with surrounding communities to provide seamless regional communication.

Related goals:

• Engaged and informed residents
• Strong social ties supported by social, civic, and faith organizations
• An integrated community that reflects our cultural diversity and heritage
• A diverse, welcoming culture that is celebrated and respected
• Attractive, walkable and bikeable neighborhoods with diverse housing types, values, and character
• Inviting and accessible parks and public spaces that provide recreation experiences, respect the environment, and connect people and places
• Fiscally responsible, accountable, and responsive public services and civic investments
• Active regional cooperation and collaboration among governments, community leaders, and residents

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Partner with others, public and private.

Partnerships between the City and other organizations enable Houston to achieve greater results. The City should strengthen ties to public and private partners as a means to share resources, expand programs, and enhance civic investment.

Actions:

1. Coordinate with other governmental entities to ensure policy alignment, identify overlapping services, and find efficiencies.
2. Ensure coordination among City departments to identify efficiencies and share facilities and resources.
3. Collaborate with partner organizations on infrastructure solutions, economic development and other opportunities.
4. Expand opportunities for non-profits to provide services at City-owned facilities.
5. Use public-private partnerships to generate funding for civic investments.
6. Promote shared use of City-owned facilities to provide opportunities for community interaction.

Related goals:

• Strong social ties supported by social, civic, and faith organizations
• Supportive services for disadvantaged and at-risk groups
• High-quality community facilities that provide for the diverse needs of residents
• Unique and internationally-recognized cultural and entertainment opportunities
• A thriving local arts and creative community
• Schools and communities that invest in each other
• A skilled and talented workforce
• An exemplary climate for all businesses, with an entrepreneurial spirit and world-wide competitiveness
• Active regional cooperation and collaboration among governments, community leaders, and residents

Celebrate what’s uniquely Houston.

Houston is a unique and exciting city. The City should reinforce and highlight its distinctive elements, including areas of character and identity, historic resources, arts, special attractions, and events.

Actions:

1. Maintain a plan for supporting arts and culture.
2. Seek additional means to support and promote arts and culture organizations locally and internationally.
3. Ensure that all Houstonians have access to art and culture attractions.
4. Celebrate Houston’s past and present diversity and culture through City activities, events and publications.
5. Encourage and support attractive public spaces and roadways.
6. Preserve historic resources.

Related goals:

• Engaged and informed residents
• Strong social ties supported by social, civic, and faith organizations
• An integrated community that reflects our cultural diversity and heritage
• Attractive streetscapes and public spaces
• A community that respects its history
• Unique and internationally-recognized cultural and entertainment opportunities
• A thriving local arts and creative community

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Acknowledgements

City of Houston

Annise D. Parker, Mayor

City Council

District A - Brenda Stardig
District B - Jerry Davis
District C - Ellen Cohen
District D - Dwight Boykins
District E - Dave Martin
District F - Richard Nguyen
District G - Oliver Pennington
District H - Ed Gonzalez
District I - Robert Gallegos
District J - Mike Laster
District K - Larry Green
At-Large 1 - Stephen Costello
At-Large 2 - David Robinson
At-Large 3 - Michael Kubosh
At-Large 4 - C.O. "Brad" Bradford
At-Large 5 - Jack Christie

Planning & Development Department

Patrick Walsh, PE, Director
Jennifer Ostlind, AICP, Project Manager
Lynn Henson, Assistant Project Manager
Margaret Wallace Brown, Deputy Director
Brian Crimmins, Chief of Staff
Suzy Hartgrove, Chief Information Officer

Houston Planning Commission

Mark A. Kilkenny, Chair
Sonny Garza, Vice Chair
Susan Alleman
Kenneth J. Bohan
Fernando L. Brave
Antoine Bryant
Lisa Clark
Algenita Davis
Truman C. Edminster, III, PE
The Honorable Ed Emmett
The Honorable Robert Hebert
James R. Jard
Paul R. Nelson
The Honorable James Noack
Linda Porras-Pirtle
Shafik Rifaat
Patricio Sanchez
Mark Sikes
Marty Stein
Eileen Subinsky
Patrick Walsh, PE, Secretary
Shaukat Zakaria

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Steering Committee

Susan Alleman, Planning Commission Minnette Boesel, City of Houston, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs The Honorable Peter H. Brown, FAIA Antoine Bryant, Planning Commission Jane Cahill West, Super Neighborhood Alliance David Crossley, Houston Tomorrow Robert M. Eury, Central Houston Lance Gilliam, Houston Housing Authority Ashlea Graves, Houston Independent School District Guy Hagstette Lisa Hall, Houston Endowment Bob Harvey, Greater Houston Partnership Mary Lou Henry, Vernon G. Henry and Associates, Inc. Mark Kilkenny, Planning Commission Stephen Klineberg, PhD, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University Carol A. Lewis, PhD, CTTR, Texas Southern University Casey Morgan, Greater Houston Builder's Association Catherine Mosbacher, Center for Houston's Future Laura Murillo, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Roksan Okan-Vick, Former Executive Director, Houston Parks Board Sanjay Ramabhadran, The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston Joshua Sanders, Houstonians for Responsible Growth Jeff Taebel, FAICP, Houston-Galveston Area Council Ann Taylor, Urban Land Institute Amanda Timm, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Linda Toyota, Asian American Chamber of Commerce Joe Webb, Blueprint Houston Mark Witte, Houston Real Estate Council

Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Mary Abshier, Greater Heights Super Neighborhood Cyrus Bahrami, Houston Apartment Association Tamaro Bell, MacGregor Super Neighborhood Merriann Bidgood, Second Ward Super Neighborhood Minnette Boesel, City of Houston, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Cornelius Booker, Houston Commission on Disabilities John R. Breeding, Uptown Management District Jamie Brewster, Upper Kirby TIRZ Peter H. Brown, FAIA, Houston Tomorrow Chris Browne, American Planning Association Ed Browne, Spring Branch West Super Neighborhood Joan Buschor, BBBPOA, Mid-West Super Neighborhood Jane Cahill West, Super Neighborhood Alliance Laurette Canizares, Museum District Association Cindy Chapman, Westbury Super Neighborhood Madyson Chavez, Working Partner LLC Homer Clark, Five Corners Management District The Honorable Stephen Costello, Houston City Council At-Large Position 1 The Honorable Jack Christie, Houston City Council At-Large Position 5 Maureen Crocker, Gulf Coast Rail District Mark Cueva, Mayor's Youth Council The Honorable Jerry Davis, Houston City Council District B Tanya Debose, Independence Heights Redevelopment Council Tom Dornbusch, Washington Avenue Coalition/ Memorial Park Super Neighborhood Becky Edmondson, Westbury Super Neighborhood Robert M. Eury, Main Street/Market Square TIRZ Bolivar "Bo" Fraga, Second Ward Super Neighborhood Rosa M. Guzman, Second Ward Super Neighborhood

Jennifer Hadayia, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services Dexter Handy, Citizen's Transportation Coalition Stephanie Haynes, Hotel and Lodging Association of Greater Houston Brenda Hellyer, Chancellor, San Jacinto Community College System Doris Hinson, Spring Branch East Super Neighborhood Robin Holzer, Citizens’ Transportation Coalition Don Huml, Memorial City TIRZ Stephanie Jones, Preservation Houston Mark Klein, Central Northwest Super Neighborhood The Honorable Michael Kubosh, Houston City Council At-Large Position 3 Mary Lawler, Avenue CDC Greg LeGrande, President, Neartown/Montrose Super Neighborhood Chris Lindsay, American Council of Engineering Companies of Houston Beth Martin, Office of the Honorable Gene Wu, Texas House of Representatives, District 137 Justin McMurtry, Northside Village and Northline Super Neighborhoods Ronnie McNab, AARP Amar Mohite, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department The Honorable Richard Nguyen, Houston City Council District F John Nienhuser, Braeswood Super Neighborhood Wayne Norden, Near Northwest Management District Ann Olson, Buffalo Bayou Partnership Kathleen O'Reilly, Museum Park Super Neighborhood Steve Parker, Greater Eastwood and Lawndale/Wayside Super Neighborhoods Kathy Payton, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation Marcia Peary, Citizen's Transportation Coalition Theola Petteway, OST/Almeda TIRZ

Kelly Porter, American Planning Association, Houston Section Barbara Quattro, Alief Super Neighborhood Rebecca Reyna, Greater Northside Management District The Honorable David Robinson, Houston City Council At-Large Position 2 Judson Robinson, III, Houston Area Urban League Marisol D. Rodriguez, AARP Hector Rodriguez, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Irma H. Sanchez, Westchase District Diane Schenke, Greater East End Management District Linda Scurlock, South Houston Concerned Citizens' Coalition Dr. Robert B. Sloan, President, Houston Baptist University Charles Smith, Houston Community College System Nicole Smothers, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department The Honorable Brenda Stardig, Houston City Council District A Misty Staunton, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Melissa M. Stewart, Greater Houston Restaurant Association Doreen Stoller, Hermann Park Conservancy Jesse Thornsen, American Planning Association, Houston Section Anibeth Turcios, Greater Northside Management District Sherry Weesner, Scenic Houston Mark Williamson, President, Greater Heights Super Neighborhood Ed Wolff, Houston Association of Realtors Gerald Womack, The Houston Black Real Estate Association Shondra E. Wygal, AARP Susan C. Young, South Main Alliance Travis Younkin, Upper Kirby District

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Technical Advisory Committee

Marie Anderson, City of Houston, Houston Airport System Dave Benson, Finance Department, City of Houston Chris Andrews, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Bala Balachandran, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Deborah Banerjee, City of Houston, Health Department Kim Bowie, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Kevin Calfee, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Donna Capps, City of Houston, Legal Department Mejin “Jane” Chen, City of Houston, IT Department Veronica R. Chapa, City of Houston, Housing and Community Development Department Marlon Conley, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Devin Crittle, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department David Cutler, City of Houston, Houston Emergency Center Charles O. Dean, P.E., Harris County PID Mario Diaz, City of Houston, Houston Airport System Kelly Dowe, City of Houston, Finance Department Nelson Espitia, City of Houston, Department of Neighborhoods Muxian Fang, City of Houston Planning and Development Department Shan Gao, City Of Houston, Planning and Development Department Terry Garrison, City of Houston, Fire Department Renissa Garza Montalvo, City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department Teresa Geisheker, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Tory Gunsolley, Houston Housing Authority Carol Ellinger Haddock, PE, City of Houston, Public Works and Engineering Clint Harbert, METRO

Harry Hayes, City of Houston, Solid Waste Department Alfred ‘Doc’ Henson, PhD, City of Houston, Housing and Community Development Department Kenneth Hoglund, City of Houston, Fleet Management Department Mohdudul Huq, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Maria Irshad, City of Houston, Administration and Regulatory Affairs Omar Izfar, City of Houston, Legal Department John Jackson, City of Houston, Police Department Thomas Jennings, City of Houston, Police Department Jimmy Keyes, City of Houston, Office of Emergency Management Gregory Knight, Centerpoint Energy Rupesh Koshy, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Rhea Brown Lawson, PhD City of Houston, Library Department Mark Loethen, PE, City of Houston, Public Works and Engineering Department Kurt Luhrsen, METRO Andrew Mao, Texas Department of Transportation Dipti Mathur, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Catherine McCreight, Texas Department of Transportation C. A. McClelland, City of Houston, Police Department Ryan Medlen, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Annette Mitchell, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Carra Moroni, City of Houston, Health Department Larry Nierth, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Tina Paez, City of Houston, Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department Deidra Penny, City of Houston, Legal Department Dorianne Powe-Phelgm, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department

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Neal Rackleff, City of Houston, Housing and Community Development Department Gary Readore, City of Houston, Solid Waste Department Robert Roy, City of Houston, Department of Neighborhoods Timothy Rychlec, Texas Southern University Dale A. Rudick, PE, City of Houston Public Works and Engineering Department Nelly Santos, City of Houston, Municipal Courts Department Tonya Sawyer, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Marcus Sheppard, City of Houston, General Services Department Greg Simpson, City of Houston, Houston Public Library Jose Soto, City of Houston, Municipal Courts Department Christa Stoneham, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Mike Talbott, PE, Harris County Flood Control District

Landon Taylor, City of Houston, Department of Neighborhoods Charles T. Thompson, City of Houston, Information Technology Department Gwendolyn Tillotson, City of Houston, Mayor’s Office Katye Tipton, City of Houston, Department of Neighborhoods Joe Turner, City of Houston, Parks and Recreation Department Michael Walter, M.P.S.A. City of Houston, Emergency Management Department Cynthia Vargas, City of Houston, Fire Department Josie Warren, City of Houston, Planning and Development Department Lindsey Wiginton, City of Houston, Health Department Stephen L. Williams, MEd, MPA, City of Houston, Health Department Mimi Xi, City of Houston, Finance Department Larry Yium, City of Houston, Police Department

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Indicators Committee

Lilibeth André, Rice University Shell Center for Sustainability Dave Benson, City of Houston, Finance Department Jesse Bounds, City of Houston, Finance Department Betsy Breier, Center for Houston's Future, Inc. Jay Crossley, Houston Tomorrow Meredith Dang, Houston-Galveston Area Council James Hill, Blueprint Houston Lester King, PhD, Sustainability Fellow at Rice University Steven Scarborough, Center for Houston's Future, Inc. Robert Stein, PhD, Rice University Baker Institute John Wilburn, Center for Houston's Future, Inc. Mimi Xi, City of Houston, Finance Department

Consultant Team

Rebecca Leonard, AICP, PLA, LEED-AP, CNU-A, Design Workshop, Inc. (Lead Consultant) Amy Benoit Harbert, LEED-AP, Design Workshop, Inc. Emily Risinger, LEED-GA, Design Workshop, Inc. John E. Fernsler, AIA, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC Silvia E. Vargas, AICP, LEED-AP, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC Julie Donofrio AICP, LEED-AP, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC Jeff Reichman, January Advisors Monica Danna, The Black Sheep Agency, LLC Aimee Woodall, The Black Sheep Agency, LL

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