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City and county planners begin joint comprehensive-plan process; consultants outline values-driven approach
Summary
Community Builders and the Lake County and Leadville planning teams presented an integrated comprehensive-plan framework that emphasizes shared vision, intergovernmental coordination, measurable actions and ongoing stewardship; staff and commissioners discussed priorities including infrastructure, housing, gateways and collaboration mechanisms.
City and county planning officials met with consultants from Community Builders to begin an integrated comprehensive-plan process intended to align policies across Leadville and Lake County.
Consultant Clark Anderson and project lead Brooke (Community Builders) described a values-first approach: the project team compiled public engagement data into community values, will translate values into a shared vision and then develop goals, strategies and an implementation plan. The consultants emphasized that the work should produce a digestible, graphics-forward plan that is usable by staff and understandable by residents. They proposed a hybrid structure: shared foundational chapters (vision, land-use framework and coordination mechanisms) paired with modular chapters where city- and county-specific policies differ.
Commissioners and staff identified near-term priorities for the plan: intergovernmental coordination, infrastructure and service-area clarity (sanitation, water, grid/Excel), housing and affordability trade-offs, gateways and three-mile/annexation areas, and targeted sub-area planning for places such as Twin Lakes and the west side of the city. Several participants stressed that the plan should translate to measurable annual priorities so staff can track implementation and so elected bodies have a clear basis for budgeting and capital-improvement planning.
Consultants recommended building stewardship tools into the process — for example, an implementation dashboard, annual goal-setting, a public-state-of-the-community check-in and a clear assignment of leads and partners for each action. Staff and commissioners discussed practicalities such as web versus PDF presentation, executive summaries for broader public accessibility, graphic-heavy design, and the need to include utility providers (Leadville Sanitation, Parkville Water, Excel) and other stakeholders early in the process rather than solely after adoption.
Consultants noted an upcoming engagement meeting to present the draft values and seek refinement; staff said commissioners and members of the public are invited to attend. No formal decisions were taken; the presentation functioned as a joint briefing and an opportunity to identify immediate priorities for the engagement and drafting phases.
