Williams Drive Gateway Redevelopment Master Plan
The City of Georgetown identified the Williams Drive Gateway area as a high priority planning and economic development project in 2004. City staff completed an existing conditions report of the area in the spring of 2005. The City Council allocated funds in its fiscal year 2006 budget to complete a redevelopment master plan for the Williams Drive Gateway area.
To assist the City in the redevelopment master planning process, Civic Design Associates, in partnership with Land Design Studio, was hired to conduct a public planning process and to develop a master plan document for the Williams Drive Gateway.
In early December 2005 a week-long planning charette process was completed wherein the public was invited to share their ideas and vision for the redevelopment of the Williams Drive Gateway area. The charette process began with a community image survey that gauged the public's preferences for different types of development. By a wide margin the public preferred images of human scale, pedestrian-oriented, well landscaped, mixed use developments and disliked development images that were auto-oriented, visually chaotic, with excessive pavement and garish signage. The public participants were then given the opportunity to sketch out their vision for the Williams Drive Gateway area.
Upon receiving the public's input, Civic Design Associates developed a conceptual land use and transportation plan along with a phasing strategy for the Williams Drive Gateway area. The plan was then presented to the public for comments and questions. The presentation provided below summarizes the charette process.
Civic Design Associates presented the final draft of the master plan to the City Council on April 24, 2006 in a workshop meeting. The Council adopted the plan at their April 25, 2006 meeting and directed City staff to begin implementing the plan. For more information, please contact Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager, at (512) 930-8486 or tky@georgetowntx.org.
If you would like to receive a hard copy of the plan please contact Andy Combs at Document Engine. He can be reached via phone (512) 310-8228 and email andy@documentengine.com. There is a cost of $75 for each copy requested to cover printing charge (additional charge for mailing).
Williams Drive Gateway Redevelopment Master Plan
- Cover (6.6M .pdf)
- Table of Contents (150K .pdf)
- Chapter I - Executive Summary (590K .pdf)
- Chapter II - Background and Existing Conditions (784K .pdf)
- Chapter III - The Planning Process (273K .pdf)
- Chapter IV - The Redevelopment Master Plan (926K .pdf)
- Chapter V - Redevelopment Programs and Financial Model (851K .pdf)
- Chapter VI - Implementation Plan (179K .pdf)
- Appendix A - Community Image Survey (2.91M .pdf)
- Apprendix B - Community Attendance (656K .pdf)
- Appendix C - Gateway Zoning Guidelines (172K .pdf)
Williams Drive Gateway Study - April 2005
Below is listed the original Williams Drive Gateway Study and presentation that was prepared for the City in 2005.
- Cover (191K .pdf)
- Table of Contents (63K .pdf)
- Introduction (12.5M .pdf)
- Land Use (2M .pdf)
- Environment (124K .pdf)
- Economic Development (1.0M .pdf)
- Real Estate Sales and Business (83K .pdf)
- Transportation (821K .pdf)
- Wastewater and Drainage (1.5M .pdf)
- Electricity (1.0M .pdf)
- Conclusion (56K .pdf)
Presentation of Preliminary Master Plan
- Civic Design Presentation, December 8, 2005 (3.7M .pdf)
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