Comprehensive Master Plan - City of Alvin

Implementationconsultant to manage the day‐to‐day administration and ongoingimplemenation of the Comprehensive Plan.The Plan Administrator would be an independent staff member who wouldreport directly to the Mayor and City Council. Generally, he or she wouldfunction as a department manager that would coordinate closely with each ofthe other City departments, and provide direct support to the Action TaskForce and Planning Commission.CitizensThe citizens of Alvin played a key role in providing input into the Planthrough participation in the Community Forum and on the ComprehensivePlan Advisory Committee (CPAC). The public’s interest and the generalmomentum of the plan process should not be allowed to subside, but ratherenhanced through encouraged participation in its ongoing implementation.The Action Task Force should use stakeholder groups, public meetings,community workshops, design charrettes, the City’s website, media releases,public notices, and newsletters to inform and actively engage citizens in planimplementation.EVALUATION of the Plan • • •Annual Progress ReportThe Planning Commission must prepare an Annual Progress Report forsubmittal and presentation to the Mayor and City Council. This ensures thatthe plan is consistently reviewed, and allows for any identified need forminor plan updates and revisions, such as changes to policies orrecommended actions, and review of plan consistency with ordinances andregulations 1 .The Annual Progress Report should be coordinated with the annualbudgeting process so that recommendations can be made available early inthe budgeting cycle, and requests for capital improvements and majorprograms can be reviewed in light of the plan’s progress.The Annual Progress Report should be written such that the status ofimplementation for each programmed task of the Comprehensive Plan iscentral to the report. Significant actions and accomplishments during the past1 The identification of potential plan amendments by the Planning Commission, City staff,citizens, property owners, community organizations, and other governmental entities, may occuron an ongoing basis.Page 6-6