Supporting positions

1. Growth is a regional issue, thus planning and decision-making should be regional in nature.
2. BoerneTogether supports balanced residential and commercial growth in the City of Boerne to enable a sustainable city economy.
3. BoerneTogether supports smart growth with mixed-use development within close proximity of one another, promoting walkable, healthy, well-designed neighborhoods.
4. Growth policies and supporting ordinances should originate from citizen desires for growth, not private financial interests of developers and others.
5. Large annexations of County land for residential development and high-impact re-zonings within the City of Boerne should be temporarily halted until the updated master plan is complete. The current inventory of developable land in Boerne is adequate to support vigorous growth for several years.
6. Regional growth should be at a rate that is consistent with the continued development and maintenance of quality public education.
7. Taxes and other financial implications of growth must be clearly described to citizens before that growth is approved.
8. Future development must be adequately supported by necessary infrastructure, such as transportation, water, and waste water facilities. (See Conservation Positions for detail.)
9. Future development should provide ample space for quality recreational activities.
10. Hill Country roadways should be constructed for safety and scenic beauty, not as corridors to encourage new development.
11. Transportation planning needs to be put in the hands of its customers, embracing the communities it is meant to serve. Planning should be addressed as a regional issue, and should preserve unique scenic and historic characteristics in the area. These resources, the landscape and the cumulative environmental impact of road building should be inventoried, understood, and prioritized before engineering design is started.
12. Transportation planning should incorporate design elements that encourage reduction of traffic congestion and pollution. Efficient design approaches should be utilized. Residential developments and school building placement should be planned in a way that encourages bike and pedestrian travel and utilizes traffic calming roadway design.
13. Transportation planning should include zoning and adjacent land use regulations that will minimize increased traffic flow and congestion.
14. Because of the large area of impervious cover that roadways produce, all planning should be under the guidelines and consideration of relevant water quality and control authorities, (such as Cow Creek Groundwater District). Planning and Zoning laws should enable the creative use of alternative parking designs such as shared parking for businesses that function at different times of the day.