[commdev-l] Invitation to Comprehensive Plan Task Force First Outreach Meeting April 19, 2011

[Community Development]

City of Columbia
Planning and Zoning Commission
Comprehensive Plan Task Force
 
April 1, 2011
 
RE:       Planning Columbia’s Future
 
Hello:
 
As you may have read or heard, Columbia is developing a new
comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan is a general plan for the city
that recommends the future the community envisions and the steps it must
take to get there. Properly done, a plan reflects thoughtful study and
careful consideration of input from all corners of the community. A plan
is only as good as the breadth of ideas, suggestions, and critical
perspectives that are welcomed in the process.  We need and must have
participation by people from all walks of life.  
 
To get started, you are cordially invited to the first of several
public meetings on the Columbia comprehensive plan, Tuesday, April 19,
2011 at 6:00 P.M. in rooms 1A and 1B, City Hall Addition, 701 East
Broadway.  Light refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us
for this meeting and the others that will follow. A second meeting is
scheduled for May 4, 2011.
 
The purpose of our first session, What is the Plan?, is to roll out the
steps for completing Columbia Imagined: A Comprehensive Plan for a
Sustainable Community. Subsequent forums this year will involve the
public in identifying Columbia’s defining characteristics (Who Are We?),
identifying issues (What Are We Concerned About?), reviewing growth
scenarios & setting goals (Where Do We Want to Go?), and ultimately
deciding how we need to carry out our preferred plan (How Do We Get
There?). At this first, mostly informational, session we will review the
approach and schedule, request feedback, and ask participants how they
would like to be involved in the planning effort going forward. 
 
An RSVP is not required, but appreciated, by writing the Planning and
Development Department at planning at gocolumbiamo.com or by calling
573-874-7239. For an agenda and general information on the project,
visit
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Planning/ComprehensivePlanTaskForceCommittee.php
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
 
David Brodsky                          Rex Campbell                    
      Tim Teddy
Chair,                                       Chair,                    
                  Director, 
Planning & Zoning                     Comprehensive                    
   Planning &
Commission                              Plan Task Force                
       Development Dept
 
If you need additional accommodations or would like to have an
interpreter present at this meeting please call 874-7214 (voice) or
874-7215 (TTY) at least 24 hours in advance.
 
For more information contact: planning at gocolumbiamo.com 573-874-7239   

City of Columbia, Planning and Development Department, PO Box 6015,
Columbia, MO 65205-6015
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Planning/ComprehensivePlanTaskForceCommittee.php
 
Your friends and neighbors working on the plan…
  
Planning & Zoning Commission
David Brodsky, Chair
Doug Wheeler, Vice-Chair
Helen Anthony, Secretary
Jeff Barrow
Ann Peters
Steve Reichlin
Matthew Vander Tuig
Bill Tillotson
Ray Puri
 
Comprehensive Plan Task Force
Rex Campbell, Chair
Dan Goldstein, Vice-Chair
Scott Cristal, Secretary
Jack Clark
John Glenn
Lee Henson
Karl Kruse
Alice Leeper
Bonnie Maiers
Kevin Murphy
Richard Perkins
Glenn Rice
Don Stamper
Jo Sapp
Jonathan Sessions
Shelley 
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