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Comprehensive Land Use Plan revision: <br /> <br />We need to revisit our Land Use plan, as it has been about 7 years since the last revision. <br />My initial reaction is that we won't have to do a total rewrite; instead, we should focus on <br />the sections that may need revisions due to the changes in the city over the past few <br />years. <br /> <br />Process: <br />· Public Input - I think we should solicit the opinions of our citizens. We should <br /> include people from all phases from high school students through senior citizens; <br /> long-time residents of the city as well as newcomers. We need to structure the <br /> process for this input. Whether we target certain individuals and have them respond <br /> with a questionnaire, I don't know. <br />· Input Summary - We need to boil the data down to key objectives in the planning of <br /> the city. <br />· Compare - We then need to look at what gaps exist between out land use plan and the <br /> feedback we get from our citizens and determine what to do with that information. <br /> <br />Scope: <br />We should review the plan at a fairly high level and keep in mind the other plans and <br />needs of the city. For example: <br /> Park Plan <br />· Traffic Plan <br />· Pavement Rehab plan <br />· Strategic Industrial Marketing plan <br />Every one of these plans has an affect on land use planning and vice versa. <br /> <br />Then we will have to determine which detailed objectives do we want to meet. Such as: <br />· Do we want to make provisions for affordable housing? <br />· What standards do we want to set relative to density? <br />· How are we going to define and enforce tree preservation? <br /> <br />Anyway, those are my initial thoughts to the process that we are about to undertake. I <br />regret that I am not able to make the meeting on Monday. <br /> <br />Thanks, <br />Dan Tveite <br /> <br /> <br />