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Meeting Agenda
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1. Open Meeting
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2. Roll Call
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3. Items of Business
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3.A. Comprehensive Plan Update presentation by Confluence staff.
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4. Adjournment
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Agenda Item Details
Reload Your Meeting
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| Meeting: | April 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Planning Commission Meeting | |
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1. Open Meeting
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Rationale:
In accordance with Nebraska law, a copy of the Open Meetings Act can be found in the back of the council chambers. Items listed on the agenda may be considered in any order. |
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2. Roll Call
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Rationale:
Attendance of Planning Commission members will be recorded to determine the presence of a quorum for official actions. |
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3. Items of Business
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Rationale:
The Planning Commission may take action to hear testimony in favor of or in opposition to, discuss/limit discussion and take action to approve or disapprove a recommendation to the City Council on any matter presented under this title. |
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3.A. Comprehensive Plan Update presentation by Confluence staff.
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Discussion:
Assembled groups heard a Comprehensive Plan update presentation by Confluence staff, Christopher Shires and Caitlin Bolte
Planners are about halfway through the new comprehensive plan process and are currently in Phase 2: Vision, Input, and Direction. They shared community profile data including terrain, population growth projections, age, race, and ethnicity demographics, household income, housing ownership, commuters, employment, and land use. An Advisory Committee kick-off meeting included discussions about the biggest advantages in Crete as well as the most challenging aspects of updating the plan; other issues included those with housing and economic development opportunities. Stakeholders addressed in the community included students, commuters, economic development groups, Welcoming Circle members, realtors, bankers, community leaders, business owners, and developers. Stakeholder interviews, a public workshop, and interactive website yielded theme topic areas of focus, and results of mapping and image voting activities. Strategic planning was held with city department heads and then with the mayor and council members about the city’s diamonds - things the community does well, coal - community struggles, and roadblocks - challenges to turning coal into diamonds. Groups talked about core values and critical categories for long term decision-making: finance and budget, facilities and equipment, customer service and outreach, staffing/human capital, future planning and policy. The council committed to focus on five key priorities in the short-term: railroad quiet zone, staffing plan, street improvements, housing and economic development strategy, and parks and recreation master plan. Guiding principles from the consultant team include: Welcoming Community, Quality of Life, Diversity in Housing Options, Pedestrian Mobility and Connectivity, Economic Development and Growth, Parks and Recreation, Strategic Partnerships. Twenty-one Big Ideas were also highlighted. The next steps in the plan are draft writing, review sessions in April/May/June, and a public open house projected for June. |
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4. Adjournment
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Rationale:
The Planning Commission will review the above matters and take such actions as they deem appropriate. The Planning Commission may enter into closed session to discuss any matter on this agenda when it is determined by the Commission that it is clearly necessary for protection of the public interest or the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual and if such and individual has not requested a public meeting, or as otherwise allowed by law. Any closed session shall be limited to the subject matter for which the closed session was called. If the motion to close passes, then the presiding officer immediately prior to the closed session shall restate on the record the limitation of the subject matter of the closed session. |
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