Planning
Matters
July 2008
A
publication of Blueprint Houston
Final Environmental Impact
Statement
SH 99 Grand Parkway Segment F-1 (From US 290 –
SH249)
View online at www.grandpky.com
Comments due July 10, 2008, prior
to 5:00 pm.
Submit by email to: segmentf1comments@grandpky.com
City of Houston Considers
Changes to Development Rules
The city of Houston is proposing amendments
to Chapter 42 that address a change in state law
affecting subdivision plats. Another ordinance under
consideration is the Airport Compatible Land Use
Regulation. To review these ordinances see www.houstontx.gov/planning/index.html
Rice Design Alliance Civic
Forum
Good City, Good Citizen: Vision
Wednesday, July 23, 2008; 7 p.m.
Museum of Fine Arts, Brown Auditorium
John Kaliski, Founder, Urban Studio,
Los Angeles
Stephen Klineberg, Professor, Sociology, Rice University
Save the Date: March 2 –
4, 2009
Transforming the Metropolis: Creating Sustainable
and Humane Cities
Rice University’s De Lange Conference
VII will invite some of the world’s leading
thinkers and practitioners of innovative urban solutions
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?
The conference is organized and
hosted by the Rice University Center on Race, Religion,
and Urban Life; Center for the Study of Environment
and Society; Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering; School of Architecture and the Rice
Design Alliance; Department of Sociology; and the
University of Houston College of Architecture.
Registration and program information
will be available in September, 2008. See the De
Lange Conference VII web site for more information
and updates: http://delange.rice.edu.
ULI Infrastructure 2008: A Competitive Advantage
In its recently published study of
infrastructure needs world wide, the Urban Land
Institute lists an action agenda for infrastructure;
Build a vision for the community
Invest strategically
Fix and maintain first
Reduce driving
Couple land use decisions with water availability
Break down government “solos”
Pay up
Keep score
For details and the full report, call
ULI Houston District Council 713-349-8821
