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Planning staff proposes uniform neighborhood-plan framework for adoption process
Summary
Planning staff proposed developing a neighborhood plan framework (a table of contents and required data) that neighborhoods would use when seeking official adoption, aiming to improve consistency and equity across the city's neighborhood plans.
Planning Department staff proposed a neighborhood plan framework to provide consistent guidance for resident-written neighborhood plans and to promote equity and comparability across the city.
A Planning Department staff member said the idea is to develop a table of contents and list of data elements — for example, consistent housing data on renting versus owning — that neighborhood groups should collect when drafting plans. The department would not mandate formatting or style but would require conformity with the framework for official adoption of any neighborhood plan. "The first step would be coming up with kind of a table of contents that we would want to see everybody collect," the staff member said.
Staff said the work would be handled internally by the Planning Department and would draw on recent neighborhood plans the department has adopted. The staff member said Michael Baker's technical assistance remains available for review of the framework. The department added that the hiring of a permanent historic preservation planner, Matthew Falcone, will free staff time to work on the neighborhood-plan framework.
Commissioners generally expressed support for a consistent approach; staff said more research and comparisons with other plans will inform the framework and that additional outreach to neighborhood groups is anticipated.
No formal vote was taken; staff described the item as an in-progress internal project and said they would return with further development.
