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<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br />Timely Planning Opportunity. The original 2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />was drafted with a 20-year planning horizon. To ensure that the <br />recommendations to undergo updates at five year intervals. Now, <br />over halfway through the 20-year planning horizon, it is both pr <br />and timely to take a more in-depth look at the planning <br />recommendations, the progress to-date, and to reassess the visio <br />he future <br />have changed in the past decade. <br />All combined, these influences and more, have the ability to cha <br />character and feel of La Porte. So why is this update important? <br />mid-plan, comprehensive update, allows the City to celebrate its <br />accomplishments over the past 10 years, determine major and mino <br />course corrections, and to proactively respond to (i.e., embrace <br />accommodate; or mitigate) changing influences, conditions, and <br />priorities; all to ensure that the quality of life continues to <br />sustain the citizens of La Porte. <br /> <br />The process required to create this comprehensive plan and its u <br />may prove more valuable than the plan itself since the documents <br />just snapshots in time. The planning process involves major comm <br />decisions about how much and where development and redevelopment <br />will occur, the pattern and character of that future development <br />services. This leads to the pivotal discussions <br />Cit <br />‘ $¤¬®¦± ¯§¨¢þ (¨²³®±¨¢ «þ  ­£ %¢®­®¬¨¢ 3­ ¯²§®³² <br />historical, and economic snapshot of the City of La Porte. <br />1.’ %­µ¨²¨®­¨­¦ ³§¤ &´³´±¤ <br />A vision is the first step toward understanding the past, recogn <br />circumstances, collectively deciding on a preferred scenario, an <br />course of action for realizing what is envisioned in the future. <br />community v <br /> <br />6 <br /> Michael Chandler is a planning consultant based in Richmond, Vi <br />former Professor and Community Planning Extension Specialist at <br />co-founder of the Virginia Institute for Planning Commissioners. <br />1.6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />