EDA Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
To: Members of the Economic Development Authority
From: Jake Reilly, Community Development Director
Title
Comprehensive Plan Update and engagement exercise
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 are included in this packet. City staff and the consultant team are holding conversations with boards and commissions during standing meetings. The presentation and exercise for the February 26, 2024 EDA meeting is 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 Partners, Inc. 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 Updates (Attachments 1 and 2) has additional detailed information from the consultant team.
Staff will lead the members of the EDA through an exercise based on the attached, "Stakeholder Interview guide" (Attachment 3). Please review the guide prior to the meetin...
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