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Louisville City Council Meeting February 3, 2004 Page 3 of 8 timeline and a range of budgets, which would support the drafting and adopting of a citywide comprehensive plan. He explained a comprehensive plan is the framework, which defines the community vision statement and goals and policies to implement that vision. The timeline and budget are proposed with the intent of meeting the following objectives: 1) The comprehensive plan process will be structured to maximize citizen involvement and participation. 2) The development of a land use element, which will define a vision statement for the community. The vision statement would address the desired balance of land uses, both residential and non-residential, their location and appropriate design character and density as applied to undeveloped and potential re-development areas such as North Louisville and the South Sub-area. 3) Consolidation of all sub-area plans, which defines a relationship to all associated plans and IGA documents. 4) The citywide comprehensive plan will provide the flexibility to incorporate key elements of housing, urban design, economic development, public facilities and utilities, transportation, public safety and parks. Wood reviewed the proposed elements of securing public participation: 1) Community-wide scoping and visioning charette. This process would provide public comment on issues and concerns as well as the ability to define a community based vision for the future. 2) Conduct a series of stakeholder interviews with community members and groups representing various interests. 3) Conduct a citizen sample survey to assess perception levels of satisfaction regarding access to services, level of service, land use patterns, and quality of life issues. 4) Design and update a project web page to communicate project schedule, upcoming meeting dates, and links to various contact persons. 5) A total of three public meetings have been proposed in the project timeline, including visioning. Wood addressed the element of implementation and emphasized it would prioritize specific goals. He reviewed spreadsheets, which track the results of interviews conducted by Staff of each of the respective jurisdictions. The results reflect some consistency among the jurisdictions that contracted for professional services. The timeline averaged between 18 and 24 months, and expenditures disclosed range from $125,000 to $210,000. He requested Council authorization for Planning Commission review of the comp plan. City Manager Bill Simmons reported Staff would require a professional consultant to assist in completing the comp plan that would be in conformance with DRCOG Compact. He stated a budget appropriation is forth coming for Council approval to fund the project. He noted Staff is in the process of writing a RFP for a professional consulting firm. Mayor Sisk requested a timeline for the completion of a citywide comp plan. Planning