02-17-11 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Exhibit "A" Scope of Services Under contract to the Houston - Galveston Area Council (H -GAC) through their PlanSource Program, Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC) will assist the City of La Porte to prepare an update to its 2001 Comprehensive Plan. KKC will individually manage the requisite services, possibly with some limited technical services offered by KSA Engineers. This consultant involvement and facilitation will be carried out according to this Scope of Services and contingent upon the Support Services outlined in Exhibit "B." It is important to note that this is an update to the 2001 Comprehensive Plan and the amendment conducted by staff in 2005. As such, the plan document will remain as a firm foundation, with updates, revisions, and supplements as required to express the community's vision and planning objectives. We expect much of the content to remain, where appropriate, with added narrative and updated tables, figures, and maps. This approach is vital to make efficient use of the available project resources. Task 1 1 Citizen Involvement It is not expected that a full - fledged public involvement effort is necessary at this stage. However, it would be useful to facilitate several small group interviews to solicit community input. The purpose of these meetings is to understand current issues and discuss their priorities as to where the City should focus its planning efforts. The meetings would be arranged as follows: • Six, one -hour meetings with groups representing: 1) neighborhood associations, groups, and advocates; 2) business and industry owners and chamber representatives; 3) landowners and developers; 4) downtown area associations and property owners; 5) transportation officials and interest groups; and 6) those interested in community livability (concerning parks and recreation, beautification, civic spaces, etc.). • An invitation list of 10 to 15 persons each would be prepared by the City, with written invitations sent out three weeks in advance. The City would follow the letters with telephone calls to verify attendance, with a second call two days prior as a reminder and to get RSVPs. In addition to the small group interviews, the Planning and Zoning Commission would serve in an advisory capacity to oversee the plan development process. Generally, these meetings would be held concurrent with their regularly scheduled meetings on the third Thursday of each month. The meeting schedule for the update process would be as follows: • Meeting No. 1 would be a meeting to overview the plan development process with the Planning and Zoning Commission and to solicit their preliminary feedback on any new directions of the plan. This meeting would be held on the same day as the small group interviews. • Meeting No. 2 would be for the purpose of reviewing and discussing Chapter 1, Plan Context and Chapter 2, Land Use and Character and engaging the Commission in a future land use planning exercise. Chapter 3, Infrastructure and Growth Capacity would be previewed at this meeting. • Meeting No. 3 would be for the purpose of reviewing and discussing Chapter 3, Infrastructure and Growth Capacity and previewing Chapter 4, Community Mobility. The results of the land use planning exercise would be presented by the Commission to the consultant for consideration in developing the Future Land Use Plan concurrent with Chapter 4, Community Mobility. Exhibit "A" - Scope of Services (02/25/11) Page 1 of 8