6.a Staff Report-comprehensive plan steering committee
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: February 7, 2017
To: Planning Commission
From: Neil Soltis, Administrator
Re: Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee appointments
Background: At its work session on January 4, the City Council discussed the composition of a
Steering Committee be established to have a series of 3 higher level meetings on the plan. The
Council allotted 2 of the 9 positions on the Steering Committee to be Planning Commission
representatives. All of the positions on the Committee, with the exceptions of the Planning
Commission representatives have been appointed.
Currently the Committee members are as follows:
Citizen John Herman
Citizen Dan Lee
Citizen Julie Ruddy
Citizen Dominic Mitchell
Council Christine Maefsky
EDA Robert Feidt
Parks & Rec Dustin Hegland
Planning TBD
Planning TBD
Issue: Who should the Planning Commission appoint as representatives on the Steering
Committee?
The date of the first meeting has not been set but is anticipated in early March.
To stay updated on the Plan and process go to the Comp Plan website that was created by our
consultants. https://www.bolton-menk.com/clients/scandia/index.html. The site does have a
survey that was first used at a pop-up meeting during the Lions Pancake Breakfast during Vinterfest.
Steering Committee Workshop Structure
Workshop #1: The first workshop will include background on the Comprehensive Plan
process and City data and projections. Committee members will complete a SWOT analysis
to identify critical issues.
Workshop #2: The second workshop will review the results of the SWOT analysis, the input
from the Focus Groups and the initial pop-up meeting. Committee members will provide
input on the content of the online community survey.
Workshop #3: At the third workshop, the Commissioners will review the results of the
online survey and provide recommendations on the Land Use Plan.