City of Kingsbury
Strategic Planning Workshop
Tues, Oct 15, 2024, 6pm
Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Dept, 1060 FM 1104
The Kingsbury City Commission will hold a public workshop next Tuesday, October 15th at 6pm at the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Department, 1060 FM 1104 (Official Meeting Notice Here)
We will be talking about Strategic Planning, working to identify the City of Kingsbury's Mission, Vision, and Goals. In talking about these big, broad issues, a lot of questions should arise about where city residents and the surrounding community's priorities lie. We are hoping to catalogue those questions into a public survey to get more input on these issues from the community.
Strategic planning can be intimidating (I know it is for me), but community input is important for our city government to understand the needs and desires of our community, and for our residents and surrounding community to understand the intentions, limitations, and potential of the city government. As the incorporated city nears its 10th birthday on May 19th, 2025, this is a great time to reassess, look at what has been built, and consider what priorities have changed and what have stayed the same.
I've written a few questions to help get your mind working on the kinds of issues we would like to discuss. Also, you can check out some drafts on these topics written by Commissioner Alison Heinemeier and Kingsbury Development Committee Facilitator Ellena E. Rodriguez here. These documents will be discussed at length in the workshop:
CoK Goals - KDC Facilitator Rodriguez
CoK Mission and Vision - KDC Facilitator Rodriguez
CoK Mission and Vision - Commissioner Heinemeier
Some Thinker Questions:
1. The City of Kingsbury was incorporated in 2015 under the principles of the Liberty City concept. (More info here: https://www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LibertyCity-CLG-1.pdf )
The key principles of a Liberty City are:
- Low regulation
- Low to no taxation
- Keeping government small
- Not taking on debt
- Protecting residents’ freedoms
- Offering necessary services for the safety of the residents
Do these principles speak to the priorities of the city’s residents now?
2. We are in a high growth area of the state and country. City officials and residents have expressed concern that with our lack of zoning, undesirable businesses, for example environmentally hazardous factories could move in. Would city residents be open to some minimal zoning ordinance in order to protect the city from potentially hazardous development? If so, what potential types of development concern our residents and surrounding community most?
3. As residents of the Kingsbury City Limits are very limited compared to the number of area residents who identify as being from Kingsbury, what do incorporated city residents feel the city government’s role should be in the larger Kingsbury area?
4. What are incorporated city residents’ expectations/ wishes for the city government? For the Kingsbury area as a whole?
5. What are area residents' desires and concerns in terms of business development in the Kingsbury area, and what should the city government's role be in it?
6. Properties are only incorporated into the Kingsbury City Limits voluntarily meaning that a property owner cannot be forced to join the city. Also, a new property cannot be incorporated unless it is already touching the city limits. What are the key issues that would influence a Kingsbury area resident's decision to join or not join the city? You can see a map of the Kingsbury City Limits here.
Thanks!
Jessica Gardner
Kingsbury City Clerk