Moscow Comp Plan rewrite process

This came out by email following a recent open house

In my mind, a flaw with the Comp Plan feedback process is that the community can't see the feedback being collected, nor is there any evidence of how the feedback is being responded to.

Hello Community Members:

Thank you for attending our Comprehensive Plan Open House last Thursday, March 20, 2008. If you would like to review the draft of the Comprehensive Plan in more detail, it is located online at www.visionmoscow.org. The site also contains an electronic comment form so that you may provide us with your thoughts and ideas on the draft Plan. We would appreciate hearing from you.

To benefit your understanding, we’d like to quickly review the public process for you:

The Steering Committee was selected especially for the review of the Draft Comprehensive Plan, and they have spent many hours reviewing it as it has been received from our Plan Consultant, Kendig Keast Collaborative. This Committee will continue to provide comment review and document revision, completing the Draft preparation by early Summer 2008.

The Planning & Zoning Commission will review and fine tune the Draft Plan during the summer months to develop the final Draft. They will conduct Public Meetings and Hearings in late Fall 2008 to receive additional public comment and testimony, and will provide a recommendation for adoption to City Council.

The Moscow City Council, along with the Mayor, will receive Planning & Zoning’s recommendation and will review the final Draft of the Comprehensive Plan Update before its adoption. Their consideration will consist of public meetings and hearings to receive final public testimony in late Fall of 2008 and early Winter of 2008 and 2009.

We appreciate your being a part of this important living document and its revision process.

Thank you.

Merrilie Larsen
Community Development Secretary
221 East 2nd Street
Moscow ID 83843
208 883-7035 phone
208 883-7033 fax
mlarsen@ci.moscow.id.us