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Preliminary Work Program and Timeline Little Canada 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update January — February 2008 Planning Task 1.0 PROJECT INITIATION / START UP MEETING At the beginning of the comprehensive planning process, we propose a start up meeting with the City Council, Planning Commission, and City staff. The purpose of the "start-up" meeting will be to refine the scope of the project and gain an understanding of the primary issues affecting Little Canada for the planning horizon through 2030. The Start Up meeting will define the roles of the participants, identify available resources, and finalize a project schedule. We will attempt to define the following items: 1.1 Identify planning issues 1.2 Familiarize everyone with the Comprehensive Plan tasks and schedule 1.3 Set meeting calendars and benchmarks for work progress '1.4 Examine existing planning documents (i.e., Comprehensive Plans, Development Regulations, Transportation Plan and studies, utility maps and plans, etc.). January — March 2008 Planning Task 2.0 ISSUES IDENTIFICATION AND INVENTORY Areas of concentration for the Comprehensive Plan update will be identified during this initial phase of work. The product resulting from the Issues Identification phase, in combination with the Planning Inventory, will lay out a "strategic plan" for the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan program. This strategic plan will guide the remaining work program, both in content and format. In addition, it forms the first section of the Comprehensive Plan document. To complete the Inventory, we anticipate that data will be gathered and incorporated into a summary of existing community conditions. Both the planning issues and inventory will be presented at a public open house to solicit public comments prior to finalization of this chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. The Metropolitan Council has a specific set of data that they will require as a part of the planning update which will be collected and reported as a part of this task. Because the City has addressed a number of issues through the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance update, it is expected that the scope of the plan will incorporate much of that process into the City's land use policies. 2.1 Identification of additional public participation needs. 2.2 Coordination with City Engineering, Public Works, Parks, and other staff on various elements of the Comprehensive Plan required by Met Council. 2.3 Collect maps, records, and other data available through the City, County, State Agencies, or other sources. 2.4 Highlight noteworthy issues apparent from the collected Inventory. 2.5 Cross check the physical inventory information with issues and information collected through the community interviews. 2,6 Deliverables: Summary report with comments on the relevant topic areas raised by the Inventory analysis. 1