PLANNING PROCESS

Assumptions

- A statement of present or future conditions describing the physical, social, or economic setting within which the plan is to be used.

Policy

- Courses of action that indicate how goals and objectives of a plan should be realized

Basic Steps of Plan Making and Implementation

- Identification of Stakeholders - Defining and identifying goals and problems - Gathering information and analysis - Developing alternatives/evaluating impacts - Selecting an alternative - Budget and implementation - Evaluation and amendment - Achievement

Measure

- Metrics used to assess progress toward meeting an objective

The Planning Process

1. Visioning 2. Identify Goals 3. Analysis of current problems 4. Create Alternatives 5. Final Steps

Goals

2nd part of Planning Process - Appear early in the Plan - Are based on what exists - Explain why the plan was undertaken - Explain where the plan might lead - Long Term result, or long term end

Strategic Planning

- Process for organization to envision its future and set procedures and operations necessary to achieve that future - Means to direct resources to accomplish mission, with priority - Focused by thorough - Shorter term (1-5 years) - Implementable and measurable - Agreed upon - Ongoing

Visioning

- Public Participation important - Used in the beginning of the Planning Process - Used to develop a vision statement, a preferred image of the community - Does not look at existing constraints (ASPIRATIONAL)

Comprehensive Plan

- Scope = entire community - Time Frame = Long term - Goal = describe how development might best be accommodated now and in the future - Includes a comprehensive list of elements

Objectives

- Specific, measurable statements of desire or intermediate ends that are achievable and mark progress toward a goal

Core of Plan

- Statement of Authority to prepare and adopt plan - Background data, including area history, existing conditions and trends, and data projections - Documentation of Stakeholders and Public Participation - A Vision Statement or statement of goals and objectives - An evaluation of plan and design alternatives - A program of implementation

The Plan Elements

- The plan's various topics

Basic Plan Structure

- Two Components - A core - Followed by a number of elements

5 characteristics of Visioning

- Understanding the whole community - Reflecting core community values - Addressing emerging trends and issues - Envisioning a preferred future - Promoting local action

Oregon Model of Visioning

- Where are we now? - Where are we going? - Where do we want to be? - How do we get there? - Are we getting there?

Detailed Planning Process

1. Identify issues and options 2. State Goals, Objectives, and Priorities 3. Collect and interpret data 4. Prepare Plans 5. Draft Programs for Plan Implementation 6. Evaluate impacts of plans and Implementation prgrams 7. Review and Adopt Plans 8. Review and Adopt Implementation Programs 9. Administer Implementation Program. There are recycling steps.

Analysis of current problems and trends

3rd Part of Planning Process - Identify land use, demographic, transportation, housing, and economic characteristics and trends - Examples of analytic tools: statistical models, population estimates and projections, geographic information systems, surveys

Creation of Alternatives

4th Part of Planning Process - Develop alternatives - Evaluate alternatives - Is it legally, politically, administratively, and financially feasible?

Final Steps

5th Part of Planning Process - Create Plan - Formally Adopt Plan - Implement Plan - Review and Revise Plan