UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Comprehensive Planning Overview March 15th Osceola WI Polk County UWEX-Cooperative Extension

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Comprehensive Plan Overview – Topics To Cover 1. What’s A Comprehensive Plan? 2. Why Plan Comprehensively? 3. Why Plan Together? 4. How Will Planning Help? 5. What’s “Smart Growth”? 6. What’s In a Plan?

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs PLANNING OVERVIEW – Planning  Community Planning, Fiscal Planning, Strategic Planning, Nutrient Management Planning, Land Use Planning……  “To Have As Intention”  Planning Is Not Zoning

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s A Comprehensive Plan?  A Specialized Type of Land Use Plan  A Good Comprehensive Plan Integrates Community Visions, Values and Goals With the Analysis of Local Population, Land Use, Resources and Infrastructure to Produce a Set of Targeted Implementation Strategies

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – Why Plan Comprehensively?  Limited planning scope = limited capacity for action  Resource, transportation, open space corridors, and many issues, cut across more than one community  Development/Conservation of one community resource or facility affects the development or conservation of other resources, facilities. EX: Site new facility for storage & transfer of solid waste & recyclables >> land use, transportation, budget

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – Why Plan TOGETHER?  Better Planning.  Better, More Efficient Implementation  Better Chance for Funding

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – How Will Planning Help? Enabling Legislation - With a Kicker: 1. Unless Adopted, Will Limit Ability to Regulate Land Use Starting in Eventually, Some Other Jurisdiction May Adopt and Implement a Plan for You

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs PLANNING OVERVIEW – HOW WILL PLANNING HELP US? Thorough local decision- making

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – How Will Planning Help Us? Allows Your Community to Take a Pro-active Approach to Change, Rather Than a Reactive One.

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs PLANNING OVERVIEW – HOW WILL PLANNING HELP US? A pro-active approach to change that:  Explores diverse community values & views  Builds consensus around shared values  Understands shared resource base  Determines what community wants to keep, change  Challenges pre-conceived notions

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s Smart Growth?  A National Initiative That Recognizes Connections Between Development and Community Quality of Life  Development Brings Benefits and Costs  There Is No “One-size-fits-all” Smart Growth Plan  Successful Communities Have in Common – a Vision of Where They Want to Go and What They Value

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs PLANNING OVERVIEW – WHAT’S SMART GROWTH?  In Wisconsin, statutes focus on: Development and implementation of local plans Provision of grants supporting local planning Emphasis on public participation Emphasis on joint planning, intergovernmental cooperation By 2010, plan & action consistency

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Public Participation

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Remember – Comp Plan Integrates Community Visions, Values and Goals With Analysis of Population, Land Use, Resources and Infrastructure to Produce a Set of Targeted Implementation Strategies. Each Chapter Outlines Goals, Objectives, Policies and Programs Related to Some Aspect of Your Community. Once Your Plan Is Adopted, the Idea Is to Take Action!

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Issues & Opportunities  Customizes Plan to Local Content  Provides Overview of Shared Visions, Values  Offers Broad, Long-range Framework That Your Implementation Strategies Will Make Happen

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Housing - Analysis  Inventory, Analysis & Recommendations for Programs  A Great Opportunity to Understand Your Community, Its Diversity  Better Understanding of Housing Supply, Demand

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Housing – Policies & Programs:  Promote Housing Development for Local Residents  Provide a Range of Housing Choices to Range of Community Needs  Maintain and Rehabilitate Existing Housing Stock

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Transportation  Planners Look at Current Transportation Systems, Their Condition and Capacity  Analyze Traffic Trends & Project Future Traffic  Review State & Regional Trans Plans  Provides a Useful Framework for Understanding Future Demand and Capacity Issues

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Utilities & Community Facilities  Inventory, Assess & Make Recommendations for Location, Use, Condition, Capacity and Improvement of Public Utilities and Facilities  The Comprehensive Plan Advantage: Are There Shared Problems, Needs, Opportunities That Cut Across Municipal Boundaries?

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? UTILITIES & COMMUNITY FACILITIES Sanitary Sewer Services, Storm Water Management, Water Supply, Solid Waste Disposal, On-site Wastewater Treatment, Recycling Facilities, Parks, Telecommunications, Power-generating Plants and Transmission Lines, Cemeteries, Health Care Facilities, Child Care Facilities, Police, Fire and Rescue Facilities, Libraries, Schools & Government Facilities

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Agricultural, Natural & Cultural Resources  Inventory, Analyze & Make Recommendations Re: Farms & Farming Your Communities Natural Resource Base - Wetlands, Soils, Lakes Cultural and Historical Resources

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs PLANNING OVERVIEW – WHAT’S IN THE PLAN? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  Inventory, analyze, make recommendations re: Area Economy Labor force and employment Business development needs and capacities Brownfields Economic development programs

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Intergovernmental Cooperation  Analyze, Explore Potential Conflicts & Opportunities With: Adjacent Municipalities School Districts County Region State

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Land Use  What Are Population Trends & Other Development “Drivers”?  What Are Residential, Commercial, Etc. Land Use Trends?  Where Are Future Development Areas Best Located? Best Not Located?  What Utilities and Infrastructure Will Support Development?  What Are the Policies & Criteria That Will Help Local Officials Make Effective Land Use Decisions?

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Overview – What’s In The Plan? Implementation  Remember Plan-action Consistency Is Key  How Do the Plan Pieces Fit Together?  What Are the Priority Implementation Strategies That Will Put “Wheels” on This Plan?  Who’s Going to Do What, Where, When and How to Move Forward Priority #1? Priority #2?

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Will Not :  Solve all of your communities problems  Cause all of your communities problems

UW Cooperative Extension Land Use Education Programs Planning Will :  Provide your community guidance for decisions founded on community values and consensus