At 725 pages, the UDO is twice is complicated as we thought it would be and has taken twice as long to get to this point as originally thought. The big question is WHY are they rushing the adoption of this document at the same time they will be all of sudden rushing the 5 year update to the Comp Plan? I do like the requirement for pre-application community meetings - that idea has been needed for years. It would be best that they should be held in proximity to where a development is proposed for. However, developers do not know those neighborhoods nor do they care to know them from what I have observed in the past 7 years, so whose responsibility would it be to find a location for the meeting? I cannot see a developer being willing to contact a church or a school... To solve this, the Council rep in the district that the development is proposed for will need to get involved and find the location and of course, attend the meeting. Do you see this as doable?
I think it would take some communication channels to be set up so that council didn’t have to seek out every development. If there was a portal where all the districts info would go, that would be a good start. It would require quite a bit of time to attend every single meeting that could drastically take away from the councils other daily functions. I am also not positive that would work considering how many committee meetings we have during the week. But the representative could and should be in touch with developers as much as possible.
As far as locations, I think great alternatives would be more public well known central locations such as community centers or churches.
Thanks for taking the time to apply critical thinking to a massive endeavour. The growth plan designs our future neighborhoods; future zoning and planning controls are our guidelines to insure we live in our communities as a stable, safe and predictable place to call home. Thanks again for your help.
Another excellent and thoughtful message on an important topic ! Well done sir!
At 725 pages, the UDO is twice is complicated as we thought it would be and has taken twice as long to get to this point as originally thought. The big question is WHY are they rushing the adoption of this document at the same time they will be all of sudden rushing the 5 year update to the Comp Plan? I do like the requirement for pre-application community meetings - that idea has been needed for years. It would be best that they should be held in proximity to where a development is proposed for. However, developers do not know those neighborhoods nor do they care to know them from what I have observed in the past 7 years, so whose responsibility would it be to find a location for the meeting? I cannot see a developer being willing to contact a church or a school... To solve this, the Council rep in the district that the development is proposed for will need to get involved and find the location and of course, attend the meeting. Do you see this as doable?
I think it would take some communication channels to be set up so that council didn’t have to seek out every development. If there was a portal where all the districts info would go, that would be a good start. It would require quite a bit of time to attend every single meeting that could drastically take away from the councils other daily functions. I am also not positive that would work considering how many committee meetings we have during the week. But the representative could and should be in touch with developers as much as possible.
As far as locations, I think great alternatives would be more public well known central locations such as community centers or churches.
As always, you are getting ahead of the issue and keeping your electorate informed. A big thanks for your leadership and insight!
Thanks for taking the time to apply critical thinking to a massive endeavour. The growth plan designs our future neighborhoods; future zoning and planning controls are our guidelines to insure we live in our communities as a stable, safe and predictable place to call home. Thanks again for your help.