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21 <br /> Planning Mo4oi <br /> ti L`.11lgil � . <br /> rn.il! f q <br /> iW flaai (6Y1.3 <br /> - maWwre" 4cdan Plans - <br /> leg <br /> 2 Lydian Altman said envisioning is a heavily involved Board process that includes <br /> 3 community input, while enacting and evaluating is done more on the staff level with a limited <br /> 4 role of the Board. <br /> 5 Commissioner Richards asked how the comprehensive plan will work. <br /> 6 Bonnie Hammersley said Cy Stober and the Planning and Inspections Department will <br /> 7 lead the comprehensive plan development. <br /> 8 Commissioner Richards said she is trying to understand how all of the different things <br /> 9 connect, like the UDO and the comprehensive plan. She also asked if there is a visioning <br /> 10 component of the comprehensive plan. <br /> 11 Bonnie Hammersley said from a policy standpoint, the priorities from the Board would be <br /> 12 broad, such as identifying schools, housing, and economic development. She said there are <br /> 13 specifics to the priorities to some extent, but not to the level of what staff is doing. She said it is <br /> 14 her role to make sure staff and departments are working together to ensure the goals of this <br /> 15 Board. <br /> 16 Chair Price said the Board might identify affordable housing as a priority, but it's not their <br /> 17 role to identify potential lots for housing. <br /> 18 Bonnie Hammersley said in the recommended budget presentation she would show the <br /> 19 Board the resources and the plans for the resources in support of their stated priorities. <br /> 20 Chair Price said the comprehensive plan helps determine where affordable housing <br /> 21 would go, whether there are services connected to the areas, zoning, etc. <br /> 22 Commissioner Hamilton said she also finds it difficult to understand how the different <br /> 23 pieces of operational plans work together. She said she and other Commissioners also don't <br /> 24 have a clear idea on the policy set by past boards. She said part of the issue is there isn't time <br /> 25 at a normal Board meeting to fit all of the pieces together with the rest of the agenda items. She <br /> 26 said she would like for there to be time, perhaps at a work session, to look at everything at <br /> 27 once, see the big picture and understand how everything connects as part of the strategic <br /> 28 planning process. She said she finds things are piecemeal and it is hard to track. <br /> 29 Lydian Altman said for next steps she's noting a graphic representation of what plans <br /> 30 are currently out there and what pieces may be relevant to the Board. She said this would be <br />