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 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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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