HRA Meeting Date: February 1, 2024
To: Members of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority
From: Jake Reilly, Community Development Director
Title
Monthly 2045 Comprehensive Plan update
Body
Action Requested:
None.
Summary Report:
This report serves as an update to board and commission members on the status of the 2045-horizon Comprehensive Plan.
The first Steering Committee meeting was held on Monday, December 18th in the second-floor training room at City Hall. Meeting materials used at that meeting were included in the packet for the regular HRA meeting in January. City staff and the consultant team are starting to hold conversations with boards and commissions during standing meetings. The presentation and exercise for the February 29 HRA meeting was representative of the approach for those sessions and aligns with the approach taken with internal staff groups, most of the City’s standing boards and commissions, and several not-for-profit and educational partner groups.
Progress Update:
The consultant team from NEOO and Stantec, along with several City staff, have completed the “Discovery” phase of the planning process. The “Vision” phase is now underway and takes advantage of the engagement completed before the end of the year to craft a draft vision and guiding values document. The Vision phase will extend through March 2024 in order to account for additional engagement opportunities, including those with this group and each board and/or commission with interest. Additional engagement with an expanded set of community groups will allow the consultant team to “test” the vision and guiding values with stakeholders and ensure alignment with the broader community values. The attached Monthly Comprehensive Plan Update has additional detailed information from the consultant team.
As the comprehensive planning team works through the visioning phase and concurrent engagement Staff will provide monthly updates to each board and commission similar to the attached. If there are specific questions or concerns about the process, the monthly update, or other Comprehensive Planning issues, please do not hesitate to contact Jake Reilly, Community Development Director.
Alternative Options:
N/A
Financial Impacts:
N/A
Tentative Timelines:
• December 18, 2023 - First Steering Committee meeting held R
• December 20, 2023 - Northfield Youth on Boards/Mayor’s Youth Council R
• December 2023 - February 2024 - Enterprise convened Housing Solutions Teams
• January - March 2024 - Vision phase: Staff/consultant team meets with other boards/commissions for structured/facilitated conversations about desired outcomes of 2045-horizon comprehensive plan.
o Tentative draft schedule:
§ January 17, 2024 -Environmental Quality Commission R
§ January 29, 2024 - Housing & Redevelopment Authority work session R
§ February 5, 2024 - Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
§ February 7, 2024 - Heritage Preservation commission
§ February 14, 2024 - Library Board
§ February 26, 2024 - Economic Development Authority
§ February 28, 2024 - Human Rights Commission
§ March 4, 2024 - Steering Committee meeting #2
§ March TBD - Northfield Hospital and Clinics Board
§ March TBD - Northfield Area Transportation Advisory Committee
• January through April 2024 - Analysis Phase
• April through July 2024 - Plan Phase
• December 2024 - Adoption of final document