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The Guiding Principles PowerPoint in Outline
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Conducting a Successful
Comprehensive Planning Process
Recommendations by CANA
Comprehensive Plan Task Force
March 1, 2006
CANA Recognizes Potential
Need for Comprehensive Plan
... organizes its annual conference on the
topic of comprehensive planning.
Many plans but no city-wide vision or
comprehensive plan
A few examples:
Arbor Hill Neighborhood Plan
Midtown University Plan
Delaware Avenue C-1 Neighborhood Commercial
District Revitalization Program
Albany Convention Center Siting
Harriman State Office Campus Area Planning
Park South Specific Redevelopment Plan
Challenge for Albany: competing land use
objectives
• Growing interest in Albany as opportunity
creates growing needs of residents, businesses, and support services such as
school district, landfill (waste disposal), etc.
• Resulting in competing objectives for use of
land and locations.
CANA’s Neighborhoods Work VI
December 3, 2005
Major Topic: Should the City of Albany Have
a Comprehensive Plan
Guest Speakers: Planning Experts
Sign-Up Opportunity for 2006 Project to develop
recommendations for Comprehensive Planning for Albany
Comprehensive planning is key to regulating land
uses
"Among the most important powers and
duties granted by the legislature to a city government is the authority and
responsibility to undertake city comprehensive planning and to regulate land use
for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare of
its citizens." – Patricia E. Salkin,
Associate Dean and
Director, Government Law Center of Albany Law School
Mayor Proposes a City Comprehensive Plan
Initiative
on 12-30-05
CANA Calls for Action on Comprehensive Plan:
1-4-06
"Recognizing that the City of Albany does
not have a written Comprehensive Plan or Master Plan to guide development
within the community;
that the implementation of a Comprehensive Plan
for the City of Albany is desirable to provide maximum feasible resident
input into guiding patterns of growth, as well as making it clear to
anyone proposing new development what community expectations and standards will
have to be met;
and that CANA believes that the development of a
comprehensive plan will allow Albany residents to participate in planning for
future growth and revitalization in our community, and help spur that
revitalization activity."
Comprehensive Plan Task Force
Gets to Work:
Reviewed Neigh. Works Conference
Interviewed planning experts/NWC speakers
Researched other cities’
comprehensive/community planning programs
Applied professional experience with extensive
Task Force discussion
Collaborated as a Task Force to Create Guidance
Document
Proposal for a Process to Create a Comprehensive
Plan
A Comprehensive Plan Committee, on behalf of the
Common Council of the City of Albany, should lead a public-consensus-driven
planning process to identify a city-wide vision and major organizing themes for
city actions over the next 10 to 15 years.
The City Comprehensive Plan Committee will
prepare the draft plan report (with consultants actually creating the report),
and present the report and its recommendations to the Common Council and Mayor
for Common Council adoption.
Executive Summary
The Common Council directs the process.
Extensive public participation is the basis for the process.
The process takes existing neighborhood, civic and
institutional plans into consideration.
The committee determines the strategic actions and
organizations to carry out the Plan.
The plan includes a framework for periodic updates.
The City begins fully funding the process in its next annual
budget.
Common Council
Directs the Process
Council appoints a
diverse committee to develop the plan on its behalf, with staff and
consultant
By State law, the Common Council is the
governmental body that adopts the plan
Benefits of Council Involvement: The
Common Council is a diverse and representative body that is best suited to
provide leadership and creativity
Public Participation:
Foundation of the Plan Process
The public is integral at every step of creating
the plan, the vision, the themes, and developing strategic actions.
"The participation of citizens in an open,
responsible and flexible planning process is essential to designing the optimum
city comprehensive plan." --
Patricia E. Salkin, Associate Dean
and Director, Government Law Center of Albany Law School
Process Considers
Completed and Current Plans
Determine Strategic Actions
The Planning Process Identifies:
Major strategic actions
Priorities
Organizations and entities to take action
Costs and Time Frame for Actions
Framework for Periodic Updates
City is dynamic place, things change
Recommend mechanism for periodic Plan updates
Create framework for assessing implementation
progress
Fund the Planning Process
City begins fully funding the planning process in
its next annual budget
Establish budget adequate to conduct a successful
planning process
Plan funding for Strategic Actions
Request CANA
Vote of Support Tonight
Timing is Critical:
A Resolution (Held on Feb. 23, 2006) has been introduced already by Rosenzweig/Herring
03.12.06R* (referred to the Planning, Economic Development and Land Use
Committee) that reads:
"Resolution of the Common Council Calling
for the Development of a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Albany and
Designating the Planning Board as the Developing Agency."
Need to share CANA’s findings ASAP
with the Common Council, Mayor, and City Staff to Help Constructively Inform
the Decision-Making Process
Thank You!
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