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........................................................................................................ Implementation Plan Chapter 13 OBJ.13.1a: Establish policies and procedures to annually review the Comprehensive Plan to ensure conformance with the goals, objectives, policies and specifically the implementation priorities. Policy 1: The City should utilize the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan to guide future development decisions, infrastructure improvements, and to adequately manage growth in a fiscally responsible manner. Action 1: Establish annual review procedures for individual City departments to prepare a report to City Council, concurrent with the annual budget process, on completed or initiated programs and improvements that are in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan. Action 2: Require the Planning and Zoning Commission to prepare an annual report and recommended updates to the Comprehensive Plan and amendments to the La Porte 2020 Land Use Plan and Transportation Thoroughfare Plan. GOAL 13.2: Establish and maintain strong citizen and organizational support of the La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update to ensure continued updating and implementation. OBJ. 13.2a: Establish a forum to maintain citizen involvement in the affairs of municipal government. Policy 1: The City should continue to actively involve the citizens of La Porte in the long range planning of the community to establish a partnership with the public, maintain consistency with community values, and to create a constituency of citizens as advocates of well managed and fiscally responsible development. Action 1: Establish an ongoing Citizen Action Committee (CAC) to undertake special projects and coordinate citizen activities towani implementation of the Comprehensive Plan. Action 2: Provide an annual report to the citizens of La Porte via the local newspaper or a newsletter regarding Comprehensive Plan accomplishments achieved in the previous yeaz, goals for the upcoming yeaz, and recommended refinements or amendments to the plan. Action 3: Provide a copy of the Comprehensive Plan to local civic groups and other organizations. Action 4: Cite references to the goals, objectives, policies and actions of the Comprehensive Plan in other reports and studies, capital improvement projects, city programs, and development and redevelopment projects. Page 13--1 c ...................................................................................... La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update