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City manager: staff has implemented 46 strategies and is working on most of Livingston’s growth policy
Summary
City Manager Mister Gager told the commission that, of 219 strategies in Livingston’s growth policy, staff has implemented 46, is actively working on about 100, and has 26 in policy development — putting roughly 79% of strategies into implementation stages after three years of staff effort.
City Manager Mister Gager gave the commission a chapter‑by‑chapter update on the city’s growth policy implementation, describing progress across land use, housing, transportation, natural resources, public facilities and intergovernmental coordination.
Key numbers: Gager said staff had implemented 46 of 219 strategies, had about 100 strategies in active progress, and another 26 in policy‑development stages. He summarized work tied to ongoing projects: the parks master plan, zoning code update, subdivision regulation review, a PUD ordinance already adopted, and infrastructure projects including stormwater, sidewalk connectivity and transit/rail engagement.
Gager emphasized that implementing the growth policy often involves staged public processes: policy adoption, followed by specific project proposals with separate public review. Commissioners and the manager repeatedly highlighted items that have moved from planning into practical steps — for example, sewer/water work, street audits with MDT for pedestrian safety, and the urban renewal agency’s residential rehabilitation grant program.
Members of the public asked how residents are involved in implementation; commissioners and staff explained many actions include public review at the planning board and commission stages and that staff is making more administrative practices visible to the public. Several commissioners said they would bring further updates to the commission more frequently going forward.
What’s next: Gager said a zoning code update will be before the land‑use board and that the growth policy will be formally reviewed on the statutory cycle (anticipated 2026), at which time an updated future land‑use map will be considered.
