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Suggested Planning Process/Timelines Lakewood Comprehensive Plan December, 2006 |
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Task |
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Timeline |
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Meet with Town Board for pre-planning ® Discuss planning process, decision-making, and detailed scheduling for process. ® Discuss coordination and implementation with St. Louis County and City of Duluth. ® Discuss coordination with adjoining townships, North Shore Management board, Lake Superior costal program and others identified by Town board. ® Discuss the establishment and selection of a Steering Committee. |
December 4, 2006
Schedule another meeting in December to decide on details of the process. |
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Gather, analyze and prepare report on current resource conditions in Town. ® Lakewood Township Comprehensive Plan ® Additional Lakewood township resource data ® 2002 Comprehensive Land Use Survey
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Identify and start collecting data in December, 2006 have complete report for Open House in February |
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Publicize process: Coordinate and provide materials for involving citizens through the media. ® Newsletter ® Letter to Township residents ® Web – page ® Other |
January, 2007
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Conduct a focus group with the Planning and Zoning Commission to identify issues in the township ® Review 2002 Comprehensive Land Use Survey
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January, 2007 |
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Conduct community-wide Open House to kick-off the process. ® Presentation of resource information at meeting ® Provide informational stations displaying pertinent information about Town’s resources. ® Visioning process: Solicit written input on issues, opportunities, and visions ® Solicit Steering committee members if decision is to open to public |
Town board schedule Open House first week in February; Steering Committee selected second week in February |
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Annual Meeting ® Introduce Steering Committee members ® Present overview of planning process ® Summary of issues identified to date ® Seek additional input/issues by end of March |
Second week in March |
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Workshop for Steering committee on: ® Effective tools for civic engagement, conversations, and conflict resolution, conducting effective meetings, and effective decision making. ® Basic concepts of community planning ® Basic Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and maps ® Collect additional issues and concerns for survey |
Schedule for the first week in March |
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Steering Committee Organizational Meeting ® Review existing comprehensive Plan, resource information, issues identified to date ® Review decision-making process ® Initiate visioning process: Members look at their community and come to next meeting prepared to discuss community assets and special places, things they want to maintain or enhance, and issues they foresee. |
Schedule for third week in March
Recommend Steering Committee met 2/month from April - June |
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Conduct a survey (by mail) of all property owners in the Township. ® Develop survey, print and mail survey, compile data, prepare report and analysis for Steering Committee. ® Review 2002 Comprehensive Land Use Survey
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Finalize survey and mail out third week in March, 2007; analyze results and have ready by second week in April |
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Steering Committee Meetings ® Review survey results ® Vision for the Town ® Creating goals and policies to achieve vision ® Projects identified to implement plan ® Evaluate current Comprehensive Plan and revise to match visioning and goals and policies. ® Prepare first Draft Plan |
April - July |
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Steering Committee Meeting ® Review the first draft Community Comprehensive Plan with Town Supervisors ® Make changes to Draft Plan as appropriate ® Prepare for community-wide open house ® Discuss preparation for Public Hearing
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September |
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12. |
Community-Wide Open House ® Review “Draft Community Comprehensive Plan” ® Steering committee will be there to answer questions |
Schedule for mid-October |
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Hold Public Hearing |
Second week in November |
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14. |
Incorporate Testimony from Public hearing and publish final Community Comprehensive Plan ® Provide 25 printed copies of comprehensive Land use Plan and copy friendly (CD) for web-site loading and printable from Town’s web site. |
December |