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Westfield planners hear hours of public comment on draft comprehensive plan; commission waives workshop to allow vote next week
Summary
City staff and consultant Cynthia Bowen presented the draft Westfield comprehensive plan and heard prolonged public concern about village centers, drainage, farmland and a proposed road; commissioners voted unanimously to waive a workshop so the plan can be considered at next week's meeting and forwarded to council for final adoption March 23.
City of Westfield planning commissioners on Wednesday heard roughly an hour and 40 minutes of public comment on the draft comprehensive plan and moved to waive a workshop requirement so the plan can be formally considered at next week's meeting.
Cynthia Bowen, project lead for Bridal Ernstberger Associates, opened the presentation with an overview of an 18‑month process that she said included "over 58 meetings with 1,285 participants," plus thousands of online visitors. Bowen described a place‑types map of 19 categories — from agrihoods and village neighborhoods to an Innovation District — designed to guide growth over the next 20 years rather than automatically rezone property. "This plan is a guide," Bowen told the commission, adding that staff will finalize a few remaining edits before the commission's recommendation and the council's final adoption.
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