The City of Palm Coast is thrilled to announce the completion of the review of the last three chapters of the Imagine 2050 Comprehensive Plan update. This significant milestone represents a culmination of our residents’ aspirations and a collective vision for the future of Palm Coast. It is a vision shaped by extensive community feedback gathered during various public engagement meetings and events.
Future Land Use: Shaping Tomorrow
The Future Land Use Element is one of the Comprehensive Plan’s ten elements. It contains Goals, Objectives, and Policies (GOPs), which set up the fundamental elements of the City’s growth management regulations, and a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to establish the City’s future development pattern. The Future Land Use Element is written to promote the City’s Vision and the Guiding Principles developed in 2024. Key initiatives include the establishment of future land use designations and zoning districts, emphasizing the innovative Master Planned Mixed Use (MPMU) Future Land Use designation. This integrates diverse land uses and greenways, fostering mixed-use development and job opportunities supported by a robust transportation network. Economic Development efforts under Goal 1.4 target sectors like Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare Training & Research, aiming to diversify employment and expand the tax base. These initiatives prioritize infrastructure enhancement and regulatory streamlining to attract and retain businesses, ensuring sustainable growth while maintaining a high quality of life and community engagement.
Transportation: Enhancing Connections: Palm Coast’s Bold Transportation Plan
The City of Palm Coast is launching an ambitious strategy to enhance transportation infrastructure and connectivity for residents, businesses, and visitors. Consistent with the guiding principles developed by our citizens, “Enhance Traffic Circulation,” the plan aims to maintain safe accessibility while managing growth effectively. Key objectives include developing and maintaining standards for road capacity, enforcing concurrency management to align transportation services with new developments, and updating traffic analysis tools in collaboration with regional partners. The plan outlines short- and long-range transportation improvements, including the expansion of east-west connections and feasibility studies for new Interstate 95 interchanges. Additionally, the city is prioritizing multi-modal transit options, expanding greenway trails, and ensuring the maintenance of roads and drainage facilities to support safe travel and evacuation routes during emergencies. This comprehensive approach underscores Palm Coast’s commitment to sustainable growth and community resilience.
Capital Improvements: Linking Goals for Fiscal Responsibility and Safety
The Capital Improvements Element (CIE) is a budgetary policy and a planning tool for capital expenditures and improvements. It is the precursor to the Capital Improvements Plan for the city and is one of the best ways to implement the goals, objectives, and policies established in the Comprehensive Plan. Consistent with the community’s Guiding Principles, the CIE summarizes the capital improvements identified in each Plan Element and establishes a coordinated linkage between these improvements. The Element aims at enhancing public facilities and services in a fiscally responsible manner while ensuring the safety and well-being of residents. The plan prioritizes efficient and timely corrections to existing deficiencies, replacement of obsolete infrastructure, and accommodation of new growth. Objectives include maintaining adopted levels of service (LOS), aligning land use decisions with capital improvement schedules, and implementing a user-pay principle to fund necessary facility improvements. This integrated approach highlights Palm Coast’s commitment to balanced development and community welfare through strategic capital planning and management.
Join Us: July 23, 2024 at 9 a.m. for the City Council workshop meeting
Palm Coast residents are invited to participate in the review of these comprehensive plan elements, which will be presented to the City Council on July 23, 2024, at 9 a.m. The workshop will be held in person at 160 Lake Avenue in Palm Coast and will be streamed live on the City’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@palmcoastfl
To review the elements further in advance of the meeting and provide direct feedback to city staff, visit the interactive Imagine 2050 webpage at: palmcoast.mysocialpinpoint.com
The Imagine 2050 plan is your vision for Palm Coast’s future, and we are dedicated to bringing it to life.
