After several months of planning and anticipation, the city of Colleyville hosted the first public workshop regarding its comprehensive plan on April 22 that used public involvement to help city officials begin to shape the future of the city.

Dozens of round tables topped with city maps, markers and electronic clickers filled the Colleyville Center meeting room and people filled nearly every table. Standing boards lined the back half of the room that displayed various maps of city land use plans and neighborhoods and citizens were also encouraged to post sticky notes with feedback regarding what they would like to see addressed in their neighborhoods.

Jim Carrillo of Halff Associates, the lead consultant for the city's planning process, kicked off the meeting with a presentation that explained the process of the public workshops, recapped the 2013 citizen's survey results and presented a market overview for the city.

Carillo said the citizen's survey garnered answers from 1,400 Colleyville residents and recorded a 98 percent community satisfaction rate, something that Carillo said he had never seen before.

After the presentation, the workshop utilized the electronic clickers for easy polling of the group, asking questions such as views on cluster, transitional neighborhood and mixed-use development, especially along Colleyville Boulevard.

As per the citizen's handwritten notes and polling throughout the evening, the workshop derived the consensus that Colleyville residents like the "country look" of the town and its quiet neighborhoods, and wants to see more destination shopping and dining outlets.

Carillo said the consultant team will review the suggestions and input that was laid out by the public during the workshop and return to the Colleyville Center, 5301 Riverwalk Drive, on April 24 to present ways to implement the ideas.