Chautauqua County’s Comprehensive Plan

A Call to Action: Capitalizing on the County’s Assets

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

• Planning document providing framework and policy direction decisions

• Identifies who we are, who we want to be, and a plan to get there

• Provides a long-term basis for future policies, regulations and budget decisions

• May include transportation, water resources, public facilities, natural resources, envir. protection, econ. dev., housing, education, cultural resources, etc.

• Fiscal accountability, economic feasibility, cost/benefit, and priorities are built into the action plan

• Developers/citizens know what we want to be• Creates branding for the region

Attributes of an Effective Comprehensive Plan

• Citizens and affected organizations have extensive opportunities for input

• Complies with NY SEQRA Laws

• Coordination with local comp. plans

• Expresses the will of the community, taking advantage of local assets

• Long-range (10-15 years)

• Continual review and revision

Timeline

• Website – Continuous • Arendt Design Guidelines (Completed 9/29/09)• Phone Poll: 10/09• Consultant Screening and Selection: 6/09 –

10/09• Undertake Comp. Plan: 10/09 – 8/10• Adoption by Legislature, SEQRA: 10/10

Slide Show

• What a wonderful variety of assets, amenities and resources we have…

• Christine Kinn, GIS map overlays showing amenities

• Mark Geise/Don McCord – Lets take a look at the county’s many assets

Wallace Roberts & Todd (WRT)

• Selection Process

• WRT’s Experience

• Awards

• WRT’s Work Team

What is the objective?(WRT’s Innovative Asset-Based and Value Drive Approach to Economic

Development & Sustainability)• Who are we now? (Phase 1: Strategic Issues)

• Who do we want to be? (Phase 2: Vision)

• How do we get to be what we want to be? (Phase 3: Action Plan)

Phase 1: Strategic Issues

• Task 1.1 Meetings and Tour

• Task 1.2 Comp. Plan Data Book– Phone Poll

• Task 1.3 Strategic Scan

• Task 1.4 Stakeholder Interview and Public Workshop

• Task 1.5 Strategic Issues Report

Phase 2: Vision

• Task 2.1 Dev. of Draft Vision & Framework

• Task 2.2 Public Workshop & Focus Group Meetings– Web-based Survey

• Final Draft Vision Report

Phase 3: Action Plan

• Task 3.1: Dev. Of Draft Action Plan

• Task 3.2 Public Workshop & Focus Group Meetings

• Task 3.3: Final Vision & Action Plan Report

• Task 3.4: Executive Summary

• Task 3.5: SEQR & Adoption by Legislature