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Chautauqua County’s Comprehensive Plan

Chautauqua County’s Comprehensive Plan. A Call to Action: Capitalizing on the County’s Assets. What is a Comprehensive Plan?. Planning document providing framework and policy direction decisions Identifies who we are, who we want to be, and a plan to get there

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Chautauqua County’s Comprehensive Plan

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  1. Chautauqua County’s Comprehensive Plan A Call to Action: Capitalizing on the County’s Assets

  2. What is a Comprehensive Plan? • Planning document providing framework and policy direction decisions • Identifies who we are, who we want to be, and a plan to get there • Provides a long-term basis for future policies, regulations and budget decisions • May include transportation, water resources, public facilities, natural resources, envir. protection, econ. dev., housing, education, cultural resources, etc. • Fiscal accountability, economic feasibility, cost/benefit, and priorities are built into the action plan • Developers/citizens know what we want to be • Creates branding for the region

  3. Attributes of an Effective Comprehensive Plan • Citizens and affected organizations have extensive opportunities for input • Complies with NY SEQRA Laws • Coordination with local comp. plans • Expresses the will of the community, taking advantage of local assets • Long-range (10-15 years) • Continual review and revision

  4. Timeline • Website – Continuous • Arendt Design Guidelines (Completed 9/29/09) • Phone Poll: 10/09 • Consultant Screening and Selection: 6/09 – 10/09 • Undertake Comp. Plan: 10/09 – 8/10 • Adoption by Legislature, SEQRA: 10/10

  5. Slide Show • What a wonderful variety of assets, amenities and resources we have… • Christine Kinn, GIS map overlays showing amenities • Mark Geise/Don McCord – Lets take a look at the county’s many assets

  6. Wallace Roberts & Todd (WRT) • Selection Process • WRT’s Experience • Awards • WRT’s Work Team

  7. What is the objective?(WRT’s Innovative Asset-Based and Value Drive Approach to Economic Development & Sustainability) • Who are we now? (Phase 1: Strategic Issues) • Who do we want to be? (Phase 2: Vision) • How do we get to be what we want to be? (Phase 3: Action Plan)

  8. Phase 1: Strategic Issues • Task 1.1 Meetings and Tour • Task 1.2 Comp. Plan Data Book • Phone Poll • Task 1.3 Strategic Scan • Task 1.4 Stakeholder Interview and Public Workshop • Task 1.5 Strategic Issues Report

  9. Phase 2: Vision • Task 2.1 Dev. of Draft Vision & Framework • Task 2.2 Public Workshop & Focus Group Meetings • Web-based Survey • Final Draft Vision Report

  10. Phase 3: Action Plan • Task 3.1: Dev. Of Draft Action Plan • Task 3.2 Public Workshop & Focus Group Meetings • Task 3.3: Final Vision & Action Plan Report • Task 3.4: Executive Summary • Task 3.5: SEQR & Adoption by Legislature

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