2. Department Activities
Planning Activities Wilmington 2028 Comprehensive Development Plan - Update Wilmington Bicycle Plan Update Wilmington Transportation Initiatives Capital Improvements Program / Budget Zoning and Land Use Zoning Code Map/Text Amendments Land Use and Zoning Studies Commissions and Committees City Planning Commission Design Review & Preservation Commission WILMAPCO – TAC and Council Neighborhood Planning Council Leadership Access Wilmington Bike Wilmington
Plan Reviews
Subdivisions
Waterfront Development
Parking Lot Landscaping
Curb Cuts
Environmental
Street Dedications and Removals
Demolition
Historic Preservation
Section 106 reviews
Advise on National Register and
Historic Preservation Tax Credits
Heritage Tourism Outreach
City Historic Districts and
Neighborhood Conservation Districts 2

3. Department Vision
The mission of the Department of Planning and Development is to improve the quality of life for City residents by ensuring that physical, social, and economic development in the city occurs in a rational and comprehensive manner that addresses community needs and governmental priorities. 3

4. Three Top Priorities Complete the 2028 Comprehensive Plan Update.
Perform mandated functions in a timely manner.
Update and improve the development review process. 4

5. Three Performance Measures
Track and finalize the update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan – Wilmington 2028.
Track number of in-house administrative reviews.
Track number of Planning Commission and Design Review and Preservation Commission Cases. 5

6. Council Questions 6

7. 1
Discuss any proposed changes to positions (new position, deleted position, upgrade, downgrade, title change, salary adjustment, etc.).
Planner II Upgrades: needed to be competitive with New Castle County and other Planning organizations that pay better than the City.
a. Specify the last time a change was done for the request above.
No such changes have been made to these positions in recent times. 7

8. Discuss the planned use of $25K budgeted for Consultants, considering $175K has been budgeted in FY2018, yet $0 has been expended year to date. 2
$25,000 Budgeted for 2019:
Comprehensive Plan Implementation: we anticipate a need to use consultants for some of the more technical issues related to our, to be competed, comprehensive plan update.
Provide Training/Education Opportunities to staff and Commissioners: as done in 2018, would like to continue this activity as noted in the second bullet below.
$175,000 FY 2018 Funds:
ADA Self-Assessment and Transition Plan: expect to have at least $125,000 under contract shortly for the development of this plan.
Provide Training/Education Opportunities to staff and Commissioners: we have used the services of the U of D recently for a Land Use training session bringing U of D land use professionals in to instruct on the intricacies of land use regulations and would like to do more along this line if time permits. 8

9. 3 Provide an update on the Comprehensive Development Plan. Time frame:
Plan Initiation
Steering Committee Kickoff (September, 2017)(complete)
Collect base information (complete)
Research and Analysis
Stakeholder Interviews (35) (complete)
Survey (2,367) (complete)
Public Forums (5 Different Locations) (complete)
Vision and Recommendations
Focus Groups (10) (complete)
Public Forum(s) - draft Goals and Objectives – (Spring)
Plan Development
Draft Plan – Public Forums (Early Fall)
Final Plan (Late Fall) 9

10. 3 Comprehensive Plan Status. b. Update Frequency:
From State Code - Title 22, § 702 (e):
Review every 5 years and re-adopted and certify by the Governor every 10 years
Specify how the Neighborhood Plans will feed into the city-wide Plan:
We will combine the ideas of both into a single comprehensive document. 10

11. 4
Discuss the planned use of ~$61K budgeted in the Temporary Salaries account line.
$16,720 for temporary clerical staff
$43,851 for 80% local match for historic preservation planner 11

12. Funds available currently and funds allocated since FY2000
Discuss the amount of capital funding available for the Neighborhood Planning Councils (per NPC, per capital budget). 5
Funds available currently and funds allocated since FY2000
District
Funds Available
1st
$ 102,139.38
5th
$ 83,773.75
2nd
$ 111,299.72
6th *
$ 164,981.00
3rd
$ 151,691.51
7th
$ 66,643.72
4th
$ 112,014.00
8th
$ 90,463.50
Each NPC received $200K in FY2000, $50K in FY2006 and $100K in FY2014.
* 6th District was awarded an additional $31,256 in FY2009 from external source. 12

13. 6 Provide FY19 proposed organizational chart with the
total number of employees (i.e. permanent, temporary, contract and vacancies).
Director
Planning Manager
Administrative Assistant II
Senior Planner
Design and Review
Senior Planner II
Planning Grant Coordinator
Historic Preservation Planner
Planner II
Planner II
Planner II
Planner I 13

14. 6 Outline specific duties of each employee. Planning Manager
City Planning Commission, zoning code and map amendments, comprehensive and urban renewal planning, annual State reporting and certification requirements, annual Capital Budget/Program, annexation procedures, new land use and zoning policies, WILMAPCO.
Senior Planner
Design Review and Preservation Commission, applications for work within city historic and conservation districts, demolition applications and annual Certified Local Government reporting.
Senior Planner II
Planning Commission case work, neighborhood planning initiatives, zoning recommendations, site planning review functions, census data reports, requests for census data from citizens, governments and businesses. 
Planning Grant Coordinator
Grant monitoring and applications, Access Wilmington, FOIA, ADA regulations, Neighborhood Planning Councils, collection and analysis of data.
Historic Preservation Planner
Responsible for historic property reviews (Section 106) for HUD projects and other federal projects; National Register nominations and architectural surveys; providing information on city history to constituents and city departments; and other related tasks. 6 14

15. Planner II
Environmental reviews for all federally funded or federally associated projects, Crime and Blight Abatement Action Team, data collection and analysis, and GIS related activities.
Major and minor subdivisions, site plan review, curb cuts, coordinator for improvement activities of the development review process, waterfront development reviews, street removals/dedications and parking lot landscaping. 
Demolition requests and administrative reviews related to City Historic and Conservation Districts, supports Design Review and Preservation Commission and field work. Assists with research and analyses, special studies, proposed zoning code regulations related to historic preservation, demolition and vacancy issues and research.
Planner I
Bike Wilmington and Bike Share, departmental support on the South Wilmington Wetlands Project, department budget monitoring and processing, and staff support to the City Planning Commission, Design Review and Preservation Commission. 6 15

16. 6
Thank You! 16