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5.4 Plan Administration

received input from various City departments, the Plan — the action agenda must be reviewed and major Table 5.3, Implementation Action Plan, (beginning on Page 47)
Commission, other boards and commissions, and third-party accomplishments highlighted. Those not completed by the includes a prioritized list of action recommendations derived
consultation. The report process involves evaluating the existing specified timeframe should be re-evaluated to ensure their from the various plan elements of this Corridor Plan. The
plan and assessing how successful it has been in achieving continued relevance and/or to revise them appropriately; synthesized table does not include every action recommendation
the community’s goals. The purpose of the report is to identify — as conditions change, the timeframes for implementing found throughout the plan. As configured, the Implementation
the successes and shortcomings of the plan, look at what has the individual actions of the plan should be re-evaluated Action Plan details the “to do” list of priority action items showing
changed over the last five years, and make recommendations on where necessary. Some actions may emerge as a higher the general time frame for initial implementation and who is
how the plan should be modified in light of those changes. priority given new or changed circumstances while others responsible for initiating, administering and participating in the
may become less important to achieving the goals and implementation process.
The report should review baseline conditions and assumptions
about trends and growth indicators. It should also evaluate development objectives of the community; Additionally, action items have been categorized regarding
implementation potential and/or obstacles related to any unmet — changes in laws, procedures and missions may impact those actions that will require capital improvements; actions
goals, policies and recommendations. The evaluation report and the ability of the community to achieve its goals. The plan that require changes in policies, regulations, standards and
process should result in an amended Corridor Plan, including review must assess these changes and their impacts on operations; and those actions that require additional studies and
identification of new or revised information that may lead to the success of implementation, leading to any suggested programmatic support. All of the action items that require capital
updated goals, policies and/or action recommendations. More revisions in strategies or priorities. in order to be implemented will also require, to some degree,
specifically, the report should identify and evaluate the following: additional feasibility analyses, and in some cases, construction
D. Ongoing Community Outreach and Engagement documentation, specifications and detailed cost estimates.
— Summary of major actions and interim plan amendments All review and updating processes related to the Corridor
undertaken over the last five years. Redevelopment Plan should emphasize and incorporate ongoing As mentioned, Table 5.3, Implementation Action Plan, provides
— Major issues in the community and how these issues have public input. The annual and continual plan evaluation and a starting point for determining immediate, near-term, and
changed over time. reporting process should also incorporate specific performance longer term task priorities. This is an important first step toward
measures and quantitative indicators that can be compiled plan implementation and should occur in conjunction with the
— Changes in the assumptions, trends and base studies City’s annual budget process, during Capital Improvements
data, including the following: and communicated both internally and to elected officials and Program (CIP) preparation, and in support of departmental work
citizens in a “report card” fashion. Examples might include:
» the rate at which growth and development is occurring planning. Then, the City staff member designated as the Corridor
relative to the projections put forward in the plan; — Acres of new development (plus number of residential units Plan Administrator should initiate a first-year work program in
and square footage of commercial and industrial space) conjunction with other municipal departments, and appropriate
» shifts in demographics and other growth trends;
approved and constructed in conformance with this plan public and private implementation partners.
» the area of land that is designated and zoned for and related City codes.
urban development and its capacity to meet projected The near-term action priorities should be revisited by City officials
demands and needs; — Various measures of service capacity (gallons, kilowatts, and staff annually to recognize accomplishments, highlight areas
acre-feet, etc.) added to the City’s major utility systems as where further attention and effort are needed, and determine
» City-wide attitudes and whether apparent shifts, if indicated in this plan and associated utility master plans— whether some items have moved up or down on the priority list
significant, necessitate amendments to the stated goals and the millions of dollars allocated to fund the necessary given changing circumstances and emerging needs. It should be
or strategies of the plan; and capital projects. kept in mind that early implementation of certain items, while
» other changes in political, social, economic, — Miles of new bike routes and sidewalks added to the perhaps not the uppermost priorities, may be expedited by the
technological, or environmental conditions that indicate City’s transportation system to provide alternative mobility availability of related grant opportunities, by a state or federal
a need for plan amendments. options as illustrated in Figure 4.9, Multi-Modal Circulation mandate, or by the eagerness of one or more partners to pursue
When considering the Corridor Redevelopment Plan’s ability to Plan Improvements. an initiative with the City. On the other hand, some high-priority
continue to support progress toward achieving the community’s — Indicators of the benefits of redeveloped sites and items may prove difficult to tackle in the near term due to budget
goals, the following should be evaluated and revised as needed: structures (appraised value, increased property and/or constraints, the lack of an obvious lead entity or individual to
sales tax revenue, new residential units, and retail and carry the initiative forward, or by the community’s readiness to
— individual statements or sections of the plan must be office spaces in urban mixed-use settings, etc.); take on a potentially controversial new program.
reviewed and rewritten, as necessary, to ensure that
the plan provides sufficient information and direction to — The numbers of residents and other stakeholders engaged
achieve the intended outcome; through City-sponsored education and outreach events
related to Corridor Plan implementation and periodic review
— conflicts between goals and policies that have been and updating, as outlined in this chapter.
discovered in the implementation and administration of the
plan must be pointed out and resolved;

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5.0 Implementation Adopted: August 16, 2016