Comprehensive Planning Overview

1. Comprehensive Planning Overview March 15th Osceola WI Polk County UWEX-Cooperative Extension UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

2. Comprehensive Plan Overview – Topics To Cover What’s A Comprehensive Plan? Why Plan Comprehensively? Why Plan Together? How Will Planning Help? What’s “Smart Growth”? What’s In a Plan? UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

3. PLANNING OVERVIEW – Planning Community Planning, Fiscal Planning, Strategic Planning, Nutrient Management Planning, Land Use Planning…… “To Have As Intention” Planning Is Not Zoning UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

4. Planning Overview – What’s A Comprehensive Plan? A Specialized Type of Land Use Plan A Good Comprehensive Plan Integrates Community Visions, Values and Goals With the Analysis of Local Population, Land Use, Resources and Infrastructure to Produce a Set of Targeted Implementation Strategies UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

5. Planning Overview – Why Plan Comprehensively? Limited planning scope = limited capacity for action Resource, transportation, open space corridors, and many issues, cut across more than one community Development/Conservation of one community resource or facility affects the development or conservation of other resources, facilities. EX: Site new facility for storage & transfer of solid waste & recyclables >> land use, transportation, budget UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

6. Planning Overview – Why Plan TOGETHER? Better Planning. Better, More Efficient Implementation Better Chance for Funding UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

7. Planning Overview – How Will Planning Help? Enabling Legislation - With a Kicker: Unless Adopted, Will Limit Ability to Regulate Land Use Starting in 2010 Eventually, Some Other Jurisdiction May Adopt and Implement a Plan for You UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

8. PLANNING OVERVIEW – HOW WILL PLANNING HELP US? Thorough local decision-making UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

9. Planning Overview – How Will Planning Help Us? Allows Your Community to Take a Pro-active Approach to Change, Rather Than a Reactive One. UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

10. PLANNING OVERVIEW – HOW WILL PLANNING HELP US? A pro-active approach to change that: Explores diverse community values & views Builds consensus around shared values Understands shared resource base Determines what community wants to keep, change Challenges pre-conceived notions UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

11. Planning Overview – What’s Smart Growth? A National Initiative That Recognizes Connections Between Development and Community Quality of Life Development Brings Benefits and Costs There Is No “One-size-fits-all” Smart Growth Plan Successful Communities Have in Common – a Vision of Where They Want to Go and What They Value UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

12. PLANNING OVERVIEW – WHAT’S SMART GROWTH? In Wisconsin, statutes focus on: Development and implementation of local plans Provision of grants supporting local planning Emphasis on public participation Emphasis on joint planning, intergovernmental cooperation By 2010, plan & action consistency UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

13. Public Participation UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

14. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Remember – Comp Plan Integrates Community Visions, Values and Goals With Analysis of Population, Land Use, Resources and Infrastructure to Produce a Set of Targeted Implementation Strategies. Each Chapter Outlines Goals, Objectives, Policies and Programs Related to Some Aspect of Your Community. Once Your Plan Is Adopted, the Idea Is to Take Action! UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

15. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Issues & Opportunities Customizes Plan to Local Content Provides Overview of Shared Visions, Values Offers Broad, Long-range Framework That Your Implementation Strategies Will Make Happen UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

16. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Housing - Analysis Inventory, Analysis & Recommendations for Programs A Great Opportunity to Understand Your Community, Its Diversity Better Understanding of Housing Supply, Demand UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

17. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Housing – Policies & Programs: Promote Housing Development for Local Residents Provide a Range of Housing Choices to Range of Community Needs Maintain and Rehabilitate Existing Housing Stock UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

18. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Transportation Planners Look at Current Transportation Systems, Their Condition and Capacity Analyze Traffic Trends & Project Future Traffic Review State & Regional Trans Plans Provides a Useful Framework for Understanding Future Demand and Capacity Issues UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

19. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Utilities & Community Facilities Inventory, Assess & Make Recommendations for Location, Use, Condition, Capacity and Improvement of Public Utilities and Facilities The Comprehensive Plan Advantage: Are There Shared Problems, Needs, Opportunities That Cut Across Municipal Boundaries? UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

20. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? UTILITIES & COMMUNITY FACILITIES Sanitary Sewer Services, Storm Water Management, Water Supply, Solid Waste Disposal, On-site Wastewater Treatment, Recycling Facilities, Parks, Telecommunications, Power-generating Plants and Transmission Lines, Cemeteries, Health Care Facilities, Child Care Facilities, Police, Fire and Rescue Facilities, Libraries, Schools & Government Facilities UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

21. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Agricultural, Natural & Cultural Resources Inventory, Analyze & Make Recommendations Re: Farms & Farming Your Communities Natural Resource Base - Wetlands, Soils, Lakes Cultural and Historical Resources UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

22. PLANNING OVERVIEW – WHAT’S IN THE PLAN? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Inventory, analyze, make recommendations re: Area Economy Labor force and employment Business development needs and capacities Brownfields Economic development programs UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

23. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Intergovernmental Cooperation Analyze, Explore Potential Conflicts & Opportunities With: Adjacent Municipalities School Districts County Region State UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

24. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Land Use What Are Population Trends & Other Development “Drivers”? What Are Residential, Commercial, Etc. Land Use Trends? Where Are Future Development Areas Best Located? Best Not Located? What Utilities and Infrastructure Will Support Development? What Are the Policies & Criteria That Will Help Local Officials Make Effective Land Use Decisions? UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

25. Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Implementation Remember Plan-action Consistency Is Key How Do the Plan Pieces Fit Together? What Are the Priority Implementation Strategies That Will Put “Wheels” on This Plan? Who’s Going to Do What, Where, When and How to Move Forward Priority #1? Priority #2? UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

26. Planning Will Not: • Solve all of your communities problems • Cause all of your communities problems UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs

27. Planning Will: • Provide your community guidance for decisions founded on community values and consensus UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs