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Will County launches update to Land Resource Management Plan, consultants outline yearlong process
Summary
Will County's executive committee heard a kickoff presentation from county planners and consulting teams on updating the county's Land Resource Management Plan; consultants said the update will take about 18 months and emphasize public engagement, municipal coordination and guidance on emerging issues such as solar development and technology shifts.
Colin Duesing, Will County's long-range planner, and consultants from Tusca Associates and partners presented the formal kickoff for an update to the county's Land Resource Management Plan, which the county last revised in 2011. "We are currently starting to update it," Duesing said, noting the normal cadence for updates is about every 10 years.
Michael Blue, a vice president at Tusca Associates, told the committee the update will focus on two core elements: a policy gateway document (goals and objectives) and a forms-and-concepts handbook (the rules of the road for planning). He said the team expects the process to take about a year-and-a-half, driven by data collection, iterative review, a steering committee drawn from the land use committee and a…
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