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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Staff Report <br /> <br />October 16,2000 <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />CITY COUNCIL REVIEW <br />AND RECOMMENDATION FROM <br />PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION <br /> <br />Iatroduetion: <br /> <br />The 2000 - 2020 La Porte Comprehensive Plan is nearing adoption. <br />Citizens, staff, planning consultants, the Steering Committee, and Planning <br />and Zoning Commission have all played a part in developing this document. <br />At this and future Council meetings, the planning consultants, staff, and <br />P & Z will present the draft document for your consideration. <br /> <br />Baelmround: <br /> <br />The Comprehensive Plan Update was initiated with the Community Forum <br />that was held at the Sylvan Beach Pavilion in October 1998. Citizens <br />attending the Forum were asked to provide their thoughts and comments <br />about La Porte. <br /> <br />A Steering Committee was appointed by City Council that reviewed the list <br />of comments generated from the Forum. With the help of a facilitator, the <br />comments were divided into cotnmon themes. Staying with these themes or <br />chapters, the Steering Committee prepared Goals and Objectives that <br />addressed different areas of concern within the community. <br /> <br />The city's planning consultant, Wilbur Smith Associates., took the goals and <br />objectives prepared by the Steering Committee and began fonnulating the <br />different chapters that make up the Comprehensive Plan. Each chapter <br />contains Goals, Objectives, Policies, and Actions. <br /> <br />As the planning consultant prepared chapters of the Plan, the Steering <br />Committee would review the documents and make comments. Additionally, <br />the City's Executive Staff would review the chapters as they became <br />available. The task of reviewing the chapters was completed by December, <br />1999. The consultant incorporated comments from the Steering Committee <br />and city staff and submitted a second draft of the Plan by the end of <br />February, 2000. <br /> <br />The Planning and Zoning Commission began their formal review of the <br />document on March 9, 2000. Members of the Steering Committee were <br />present and provided comments to the Commission. Staff and the consultant <br />were on-hand to present the following Chapters to the Commission. <br />1. Introduction <br />2. Community Vision <br />3. Community Profile <br />4. Land Use <br />After review of these chapters the Commission recommended an additional <br />Objective under Chapter 4, Land Use. The new Objective would be to <br />