HomeMy WebLinkAbout#17 Comp Plan Advisory CmteSTAFF REPORT
DATE: April 4, 2017
REGULAR
ITEM #: 17
AGENDA ITEM: Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel
SUBMITTED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
BACKGROUND:
In March, the City entered into a contract with SHC to perform the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update.
As part of their proposal, they suggested establishing an Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel will serve
as the principal working group through the Comprehensive Planning process. The Advisory Panel will
have a variety of responsibilities, and will be expected to participate and provide feedback throughout the
process, with meetings and event attendance mostly occurring between April and November of this year.
Representation is proposed as follows:
1-Planning Commission member
1-Parks Commission member
1-EDA member
1-Environmental Committee member
1-Public Safety Committee member
2-4 Public at large, may include high school students and business representatives
Staff worked with the identified committees/commissions to select a representative(s). In order to solicit
the at large members, notices were placed in the FRESH for several weeks and word of mouth
recruitment.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL:
Who should the Council appoint to the Comp Plan Advisory Committee?
PROPOSAL:
Commission/Committee selections are as follows:
• Planning Commission: Jess Hartely
• Parks Commission: Mary Fricke
• EDA: TBD
• Environmental Committee: Bev Schwalbach/ Dominic Travis (back up)
• Public Safety Committee: Lisa McGinn/Cullen Case (back up)
Applications were received from the following public members (listed in order received):
• Kathy Weeks
• Terry Emerson
• Barbara Birschbach
• Madison Bergmann
• Brooke Knoll
• Susan Dunn
• George Johnson
• Neil Krueger
Staff would recommend that the commission/committee volunteers be approved as suggested. In addition,
staff would recommend the appointment Madison Bergmann and Brooke Knoll as they are students and
can provide a perspective not often included in the public participation process. Lastly, Terry Emerson has
been appointed to the Planning Commission after submitting this application, staff would not support his
appointment to the Advisory Panel since there is already a Planning Commission representative.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NA
OPTIONS:
Any of the individuals listed above may be appointed to the Advisory Panel.
RECOMMENDATION:
“Move to appoint commission/committee representatives listed above and Madison Bergmann, Brooke
Knoll, ___________, and ____________ to the Comp Plan Advisory Panel.”
ATTACHMENTS:
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