X-Plan full document - City of Xenia

Chapter 1 Introductionfuture individual meetings with stakeholdersto discuss X-Plan implementationpartnerships.• Public Hearings. Two public hearings forpublic review and comment of X-Plan finaldraft were held prior to X-Plan’s officialadoption.What’s in X-Plan?Chapters are organized into two key elements:Policy and Implementation.Policy ElementThis element contains five chapters that guidedecision-making and explain actions that thecommunity can take to achieve X-Plan goals.Four of these chapters are named after thefour vision goals developed during the X-Planprocess: Be a Community of Choice, Grow OurEconomy, Make Our Neighborhoods Great andStrengthen Our Core. These chapters containobjectives, which articulate the community’svision in greater detail and respond more directlyto priorities expressed during the public inputprocess.Under each objective are strategies, which aredetailed policies and projects that the City mustfollow in order to achieve each objective.The fifth chapter, Regulatory Framework,contains the Land Use and Thoroughfare Plans.The Land Use Plan sets public policy for futureuse of land, growth and physical development inXenia. The Thoroughfare Plan provides guidancefor future improvement and extension of majorroadways in coordination with the Land Use Plan.Implementation ElementThis element of X-Plan identifies a processand action plan for making X-Plan a reality.The Implementation Process chapter outlinesa strategy for incorporating X-Plan into Citymanagement processes, as well as guidelines forupdating the plan at annual, 5-year and 10-yearintervals. The Action Plan chapter contains fourCity of Xenia Comprehensive Plantables that list actionable high-priority tasks thatthe City can undertake within the next threeyears.Separate X-Plan DocumentsA separately bound Existing Conditions Reportprovides an in-depth analysis of Xenia’s existingphysical and socio-economic conditions andtrends. Meeting minutes and reports thatdocument the public input process are alsoprovided separately. These documents areavailable on the City’s website (www.ci.xenia.oh.us) or upon request from the Planning andZoning Department. The Existing ConditionsReport and public input reports together providea rational, community-based foundation for allX-Plan content.1.6