Process
Guiding strategies and actions
- The plan guides strategies and actions for:
- orderly and coordinated physical development
- city service needs
- how services are delivered to residents and businesses
Plan development
- The plan is developed through:
- technical analysis
- citizen involvement and input
- policymakers recommendations and judgments
Guiding city decisions
- The plan is used to guide decisions for city decision-making documents:
- city service planning activities
- land development and redevelopment policies and ordinances
- natural resource protection management programs
- overall city budget and capital improvements program:
- roadways and utilities
- park, recreation and open space
- community services (fire, police, technology, administrative services, etc.)
Private and public decisions
- The plan affects private and other public decisions:
- location and amount of new development and redevelopment
- business vitality
- residential property investments
- school district and county investments, and other community agencies
Flexibility
- The plan is a flexible planning tool:
- updated every ten years
- “living”strategy that responds to local and regional changes in conditions and/or policies
