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• • • Growth Management Policy In addition to the tools described above, the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee discussed the development of a revised Growth Management Policy for the city. The Growth Management Policy should provide a clear basis for efficient development staging as well as flexibility to respond to market conditions. The new policy must work in conjunction with the staging plan to establish the criteria for moving from one staging area to another. The 2009 Growth Management Policy will include the following elements: 1. The City will create a fully integrated Comprehensive Plan and keep it up to date with biannual reviews. 2. The Comprehensive Plan will include a staging plan defining development staging areas sized to accommodate forecasted growth. 3. The City will monitor the staging areas and annually determine if adequate land remains available. 4. All development must be located within the current staging area unless a Comprehensive Plan amendment is approved that redefines the current staging area. 5. Prior to reaching the time threshold for the next staging area depicted on the staging plan, the City Council will determine by resolution if the next area is to be opened to development. The following criteria will be used to determine where and when to open up the next staging area in accordance with the timing indicated on the staging plan: a. Adequate infrastructure must be available to support development. Appropriate analysis will determine if adequate infrastructure is available and what utility extensions and transportation improvements are required to support new development. If infrastructure is not available and cannot be made available in a timely manner to support expanding into the next staging area, the city may refrain from opening up the next staging area, or portions thereof. b. Different areas of the city can be considered independently. A decision to open one area of the city to development does not automatically open a different area of the city. Decisions to open new areas to development should clearly define and map the area being opened. c. This process does not require a comprehensive plan amendment because it is in accordance with the timing indicated on staging plan. 6. The following criteria will be used to determine if the city should allow a specific development project to occur early in a staging area prior to the timing indicated on the staging plan. a. A Comprehensive Plan amendment is required to redefine the current staging area. b. The proposed development must be located within both the current and the next staging area or located adjacent to the current staging area. c. The proposed development must be master planned. Small, piecemeal developments do not justify redefining the staging area. 3 -25