Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2010 - City of Woodland Park

The Community Visioning Workshop (Appendix C) that included:
- A discussion about why the City is at a critical juncture in its
development, why articulating a desired path for its future is so
important and why the City needs community feedback to get there;
- Keypad polling to collect anonymous feedback on past planning efforts
and to determine key issues and community values;
- An overview of transportation challenges facing Woodland Park and
approaches that other communities are taking to improve their
transportation systems and long-term viability; and
- Roundtable discussions to talk about community issues and to devise
strategies to address these challenges.
A high school student workshop and a middle school student
workshop (Appendix C) to learn what students’ dreams are for the
community.
Recruiting a Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) comprised of twenty-two
residents, business owners and community leaders that represent a broad
cross-section of the community. The CAC met more than a dozen times
throughout the planning process to evaluate the community survey results,
define the top issues facing the community, and develop Guiding Principles
based on the survey results and the input received at the Community
Visioning Workshop. The CAC played a vital role in overseeing the total
planning process.
The CAC and City also assembled seven subcommittees to provide
expertise and additional viewpoints for each chapter of the plan. Several
subcommittees were responsible for more than one chapter. Approximately
70 volunteers participated in this process. Together with the CAC and City
Staff, the subcommittees drafted the plan, taking precautions to ensure that
each chapter was consistent with the Guiding Principles and the
community’s comments.
Once the first draft of the comprehensive plan was in place, representatives
from the CAC and subcommittees presented their findings at the Road to
the Future Workshop (Appendix D) and used keypad polling to determine
if participants agreed with their recommendations. Workshop participants
also held roundtable discussions to talk about key issues facing Woodland
Park and to devise strategies to address these challenges.
Next, the CAC held a series of meetings to carefully review and revise
each chapter of the document to prepare it for the Planning Commission’s
and the City Council’s review and adoption.
The Planning Commission established a representative subcommittee to
improve the formatting and flow of the document. Then several work
sessions were held by the Commissioners which culminated with a public
hearing and approval of Resolution 718 on July 22, 2010.
After two work sessions, the City Council passed Joint Resolution 718
endorsing the 2010 Comprehensive Plan on September 16, 2010.
Introduction
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.‖
—Margaret Mead
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