Planning Department

Forrest Cotten, Director

Goals

Annual Report of the Planning Commission.

The purpose of this effort is to provide an annual comprehensive reporting of the Planning Commission's accomplishments for the year to the City Council. This would include a reporting of annexations, rezonings, subdivision approvals, conditional use approvals, and any recommended changes to the Zoning Ordinance and Future Land Use Plan. This information can be of benefit to Commission, the City Council, city staff, and the citizenry. It can serve as a basis for discerning trends and tracking development activity.

• Publish first annual report (for FY 07) by December, 2007 (and annually thereafter).

The Department will examine the methods used in other college communities to address this issue, and make recommendations for change, if necessary, to current regulations.

• Make any recommendations for regulatory change by March 31, 2008.

The Department will sponsor and staff an organization designed to establish a core group of interested and knowledgeable citizens to provide support and act as a sounding board for the Planning Commission and the Department.

• Establish the Citizens' Planning Academy by September 30, 2008.