Title
Briefing on Action Plan Partners
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Receive briefing from staff; provide guidance on next steps.
Report
Issue:
Staff has begun work on developing a Draft Action Plan for carrying out the goals and policies in the Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this agenda item is for Land Use and Environment Committee members to receive a briefing and provide staff with direction on a Public Involvement and Communication Strategy and Action Plan Partner Work Group Charter.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s):
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner
Background and Analysis:
In 2014, Olympia adopted a new Comprehensive Plan with updated goals and policies that reflect our community's vision. Early in the Imagine Olympia process, the City Council identified a vital next step: ensure the goals and policies become reality and have real "on the ground" impact by creating an Implementation Strategy or Action Plan.
In November 2013, the Council Land Use and Environment Committee (LUEC) provided staff with direction to begin work on an Action Plan, and some initial draft concepts were reviewed and approved by the full City Council at their 2014 retreat in January. Staff returned to LUEC in February to introduce the interdepartmental staff team formed to develop a draft Action Plan.
In April, LUEC directed staff to move forward with a comprehensive and collaborative approach to participation. Additionally, LUEC said to move forward with five Action Areas that summarize goals and policies in the Draft Comprehensive Plan: Neighborhoods, Downtown, Environment, Economy, and Community.
* Performance Measures
In June, LUEC provided staff with direction to move forward in using a Performance Measure Criteria Checklist. Performance measures represent data the City or a community partner will collect to help us better understand if we are making real progress in ac...
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