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Duluth Planning Commission Comprehensive Plan Update

Duluth Planning Commission Comprehensive Plan Update. September 16th, 2013. Comprehensive Plan. Shows relationships between community issues. Tracks implementation of community-based policies.

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Duluth Planning Commission Comprehensive Plan Update

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  1. Duluth Planning CommissionComprehensive Plan Update September 16th, 2013

  2. Comprehensive Plan • Shows relationships between community issues. • Tracks implementation of community-based policies. • Creates an environment of predictability for business and industry, investors, property owners, tax payers and the general public.

  3. Comprehensive Plan Update • Georgia Department of Community affairs requires that each local government must prepare, adopt, maintain, and implement a comprehensive plan in order to maintain qualified local government certification, and remain eligible for selected state funding and permitting programs.

  4. Areas of Focus • Character Areas/Overlays • Buford Highway Automobile Use • Signs/Wayfinding • Density/Building Heights • Short Term Work Program • Graphics/Maps

  5. Atlanta Regional Commission • ARC has been at the • forefront of regional • planning in the U.S. • since its creation in 1947 • Local Government Services • Aging Services • Workforce Development • Research - Data • Environmental Planning • Transportation Planning • Land Use Planning • Arts and Culture Coordination

  6. Guiding Principles of the New Planning Rules • Simple (Reduced Cost) • Flexible (Local Choice) • Customized • Incentives • Continuity • State Use of Local Plans

  7. Menu of Plan Elements REQUIRED for all COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNITY GOALS REQUIRED for some communities CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOP-MENT TRANSPOR- TATION OPTIONAL Elements (Examples) LAND USE HOUSING TARGET AREAS PUBLIC SAFETY GREENSPACE EDUCATION RECREATION HUMAN SVCS NATURAL RESOURCES INTER-GOVERNMENT COORDINAT’N SOLIDWASTE MANAGE-MENT INFRA-STRUCTURE & FACILITIES COMMUNITY SUSTAIN-ABILITY HISTORIC & CULTURAL RESOURCES DISASTER RESILIENCE

  8. Overview of Plan Elements REQUIRED for all NEEDS & OPPORTUN-ITIES COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM COMMUNITY GOALS

  9. Overview of Plan Elements REQUIRED for all COMMUNITY GOALS NEEDS & OPPORTUN-ITIES COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM 1 or a Combination of any of the following: General Vision Statement List of Community Goals Community Policies Character Areas & Defining Narrative The Community Vision: what you want the community to become

  10. Overview of Plan Elements REQUIRED for all NEEDS & OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM COMMUNITY GOALS Like a SWOT Analysis. We recommend consulting statistical and demographic data as well as the QCOs. Key needs or opportunities the community wants to address

  11. Overview of Plan Elements REQUIRED for all NEEDS & OPPORTUN-ITIES COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM COMMUNITY GOALS A Five-Year STWP The Community’s project list, for addressing issues, achieving goals Updated every 5 years

  12. Duluth: Yesterday and Today

  13. Where Residents Work

  14. Where Workers Live

  15. Questions?

  16. Exercises

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