The City is looking for an experienced facilitator to oversee and conduct the public input process, helping to identify issues, concerns, and relevant themes and draft a revised Comprehensive Plan that addresses input from the community and City Staff, and reflects priorities and initiatives included in the Vision and other regulatory documents and plans. The facilitator should be technologically proficient and able to effectively solicit input, conduct public engagement meetings, and draft an revised Comprehensive Plan complete with supporting data and related maps.
The facilitator will review existing planning documents listed below, including the current Comprehensive Plan, past Comprehensive Plans, and the Vision document. The facilitator will conduct public meetings to gather community input to help the City determine if and how the existing Comprehensive Plan should be updated. The facilitator will work with an appointed representative of the Planning Advisory Board and City staff to report on the process to the Planning Advisory Board and City Council.
This process is expected to include a first phase collecting and analyzing date through review of the current Comprehensive Plan and other relevant documents, a second public engagement phase identifying key issues in the community through advertised meetings and focus groups, a third drafting phase of initial findings, a fourth presentation and review phase of the draft findings to the PAB and City Council, and a final approval and transmittal phase. The findings will be compiled into an initial draft amendment that will be reviewed by City Staff and presented to the Planning Advisory Board and City Council.