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Prescott council backs streamlined approach to 2025 general plan; staff to revise text
Summary
City council signaled broad support for a simplified, aspirational goals-and-strategies format for the 2025 general plan, directed staff to make targeted edits and return a revised draft for review. Council also agreed to restore previously‑discussed community value statements.
City of Prescott council members on June 3 signaled consensus to narrow the 2025 general plan’s goals and strategies to a more aspirational format and asked staff to produce a revised draft for further review.
Chelsea, a city planning staff member, told the council the document is "an aspirational document, not an operational" plan and described the alternate approach as a shorter, more general set of goals and strategies developed after meetings and committee work over the last two-and-a-half years. "We're not looking for a vote today, but rather council direction on all the proposed changes," she said.
Why it matters: The general plan will guide zoning, infrastructure and policy priorities for the next decade and will be presented to voters if council chooses. Council members said a slimmer, clearer plan would be easier for the public to…
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