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21 <br /> Planning Modal <br /> �� parax <br /> P�O� aWIN" <br /> alk[e6o- Oaelap <br /> wwurcas anion pbna <br /> i <br /> �I <br /> Lydian Altman said envisioning is a heavily involved Board process that includes <br /> community input, while enacting and evaluating is done more on the staff level with a limited <br /> role of the Board. <br /> Commissioner Richards asked how the comprehensive plan will work. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said Cy Stober and the Planning and Inspections Department will <br /> lead the comprehensive plan development. <br /> Commissioner Richards said she is trying to understand how all of the different things <br /> connect, like the UDO and the comprehensive plan. She also asked if there is a visioning <br /> component of the comprehensive plan. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said from a policy standpoint, the priorities from the Board would be <br /> broad, such as identifying schools, housing, and economic development. She said there are <br /> specifics to the priorities to some extent, but not to the level of what staff is doing. She said it is <br /> her role to make sure staff and departments are working together to ensure the goals of this <br /> Board. <br /> Chair Price said the Board might identify affordable housing as a priority, but it's not <br /> their role to identify potential lots for housing. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said in the recommended budget presentation she would show the <br /> Board the resources and the plans for the resources in support of their stated priorities. <br /> Chair Price said the comprehensive plan helps determine where affordable housing <br /> would go, whether there are services connected to the areas, zoning, etc. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton said she also finds it difficult to understand how the different <br /> pieces of operational plans work together. She said she and other Commissioners also don't <br /> have a clear idea on the policy set by past boards. She said part of the issue is there isn't time <br /> at a normal Board meeting to fit all of the pieces together with the rest of the agenda items. She <br /> said she would like for there to be time, perhaps at a work session, to look at everything at <br /> once, see the big picture and understand how everything connects as part of the strategic <br /> planning process. She said she finds things are piecemeal and it is hard to track. <br /> Lydian Altman said for next steps she's noting a graphic representation of what plans <br /> are currently out there and what pieces may be relevant to the Board. She said this would be <br />