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Commissioner proposes active Committee for Citizen Involvement to drive a short strategic vision; staff to consult city manager before council outreach
Summary
Commissioner John Schulte proposed reviving Dallas' Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI) as a small, focused group to deliver a 20-year vision and short strategic plan using a consultant (estimated cost ~$75,000); commissioners asked for further work with the city manager and a memo before asking council for a presentation.
Commissioner John Schulte used the Dec. 11 meeting to outline an initiative to revive (or restructure) Dallas' Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI) as a concise, action-oriented advisory body to help the city craft a short strategic vision and implementation steps.
Schulte said the goal is a "rifle-shot" approach rather than an open-ended study: hire a consultant to gather stakeholder input and produce a succinct set of community priorities and a two-page strategic plan that would guide planning and policy. He said the city manager (Brian) has signaled support for pursuing this approach and that the likely consultant cost is roughly $75,000; staff and the city manager would manage the engagement and RFP process.
Commissioners discussed structure and scope across several options — appending the CCI to the planning commission, attaching it to council, or making it a freestanding body. Schulte recommended a compact committee (for example, a mix of planning commissioners, a council representative, economic-development staff, and planners), with consultants doing the bulk of the outreach and analysis. Several commissioners requested a work session to review draft memo language and committee composition before the commission seeks a council audience.
Chase and others noted there are existing, related planning tasks on the horizon (a transportation-system-plan update and a housing-needs analysis in 2027) and suggested aligning the CCI’s work with those updates where feasible. Commissioners asked Schulte to consult further with the city manager and Brian and to bring a refined memo and proposed committee framework back to the commission before approaching the council.
Next steps: commissioners agreed they are not yet ready to request a council audience; Schulte and the chair will consult the city manager and refine the memo and committee details, then return to the planning commission for a focused work session.
