Title
Agenda Item:
Comprehensive Plan Implementation Approaches
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Issue:
The Scope of the Update for the Comprehensive Plan includes an "Implementation Strategy" or "Action Plan" to include performance measures. City staff seeks direction regarding how and when this plan should be developed.
Committee Recommendation:
N/A
City Manager's Recommendation:
Discuss issues presented with staff, provide direction to staff, and schedule a return date in October to continue the discussion.
Staff Contact:
Keith Stahley, Director, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8227
Stacey Ray, Associate Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s): Keith Stahley, Director, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The Imagine Olympia Comprehensive Plan Update process began with an extensive scoping phase and a series of community conversations in 2009. This initial phase generated thousands of community comments, and it became clear early on that much of the community felt the existing Comprehensive Plan was a good plan. However, many comments highlighted the need for a tool or performance measures that could demonstrate what goals or policies in the Plan had been successfully implemented.
Based on public input, the Planning Commission and the Land Use and Environment Committee (LUEC) recommended, and on June 21, 2010, the City Council affirmed the Scope of the Comprehensive Plan Update (Attachment 1). Included within the Scope was development of an "Action Plan" or "Implementation Strategy" to include performance measures. (For the purpose of discussion, staff will use the name "Action Plan," however the title may be determined later.)
On November 21, 2011, staff presented LUEC with a proposed framework for an Action Plan. LUEC asked that staff seek Planning Commission input on the proposal; subsequently, Commissioners provided comments on the proposed framework at the January 26, 2012, Comprehensive...
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