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➢ Keep total annual debt service payments below 20 percent of the City budget.
➢ Continue “pay-as-you-go” when possible.
➢ Regularly update the City's long-range financial plan.
➢ Maintain a high-quality bond rating.
➢ Hold the line on the current property tax rate and reduce future tax rates as prudently as possible.

The Big Picture

Our overall goal is to ensure Benbrook remains a city we can be proud of. For our citizens, this means we are
committed to:

• Providing excellent municipal services.
• Providing superb public safety and emergency response.

• Remaining fiscally responsible and preserving a strong economy.
• Being family-friendly, inclusive, diverse, and welcoming.
• Ensuring quality schools.
• Ensuring Benbrook is clean, well-maintained, and safe.

• Promoting recreational opportunities and healthy lifestyles, to include:
➢ Benbrook Lake
➢ Hike and bike paths
➢ Equestrian trails
➢ Green spaces
➢ Parks and recreation
• Supporting amenities, services, and opportunities to enhance our quality of life.
• Quality development and managed growth.
• Offering opportunities for civic engagement.

• Being transparent in governance.
• Being a Small Town, Big Backyard, with hometown spirit and community pride.
• Remaining a great place to live, work, and play.

Goals and Action Items: Land Use

Goal 1: Provide for adequate land area to achieve a desired development mix.

Action Items

1.1: Monitor land use and update the Future Land Use Map as necessary to ensure the plan maintains the
desired land development mix.

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