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

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• Meeting No. 4 would be for the purpose of reviewing and discussing Chapter 4, Community Mobility and previewing Chapter 5, Economic Development. Submitted concurrently with Chapter 4, Community Mobility will be the Future Land Use and Thoroughfare Plans. This meeting will be coordinated to occur on the day of a City Council meeting allowing a briefing of the Council on the plan status and emerging outcomes. • Meeting No. 5 would be for the purpose of reviewing and discussing Chapter 5, Economic Development and Chapter 6, Implementation. This meeting would be held jointly with the City Council to facilitate a priority setting exercise. • Meeting No. 6 would be a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission at which time public comment may be accepted. Following the close of the hearing the Commission may recommend the plan for the consideration of the City Council subject to warranted changes resulting from the hearing. City staff would present the final draft plan for the consideration and acceptance of the City Council. KKC participation would be on an additional services basis. Task 2 1 Existing Information Review KKC will conduct a review of the City's current planning documents and other relevant materials to understand the recent history of planning efforts since the original plan and the 2005 update, the key opportunities and challenges facing the community, and how La Porte has fared in making tangible progress in addressing the priorities and desires expressed in these plans. Task Activities 1. Request from City staff any other relevant plans, studies, documents, or any other materials that relate to the City's planning and implementation efforts or touch on topics pertinent to the City's short- and longer -term planning. This will include review and consideration of the City's recently completed Strategic Economic Development Plan, as well as the Park Master Plan, Water Distribution Plan, Stormwater Master Plan, and others to incorporate relevant data and to reflect key findings that are relevant to the Comprehensive Plan Update. 3. Investigate and cite key data and studies from sources other than the City that involve trends and factors pertinent to the City's long -range planning (e.g., regional transportation planning, water supply planning, etc.). Task 3 I Plan Making Subtask 3.1, Plan Context The Plan Update will consolidate Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 2, Community Vision; and Chapter 3, Community Profile of the 2001 Plan into a new chapter entitled, Plan Context. This chapter will include: • Information about the purpose, role, and legal basis of the Comprehensive Plan, the nature of the plan development process, and organization of the plan. • A reframed statement of vision that expresses the City' current outlook and preferences as to its future, along with a description of themes emerging from the interview process, and a series of overall guiding plan principles. (Note: Policy and goal statements will be integrated into the respective plan chapters.) Exhibit "A" - Scope of Services (02/25/11) Page 2 of 8