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Advisory committee debates housing wording as consultants outline key strategies for draft comprehensive plan
Summary
Committee members debated whether to frame the housing strategy as 'affordable/missing middle' or generalize to 'expand housing options'; consultants said strategies will be supported by specific action items and that prioritization and cost-buckets will follow.
The City of Joliet Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee spent a substantial portion of its meeting examining the draft plan’s housing strategy language and sequencing for action and costing.
Leslie, the lead consultant, presented the draft plan outline and seven priorities, including a chapter on implementation that will contain roles, responsibilities and order‑of‑magnitude cost buckets. She said the plan will include visions and preliminary strategies for each priority and that the committee will later prioritize strategies and then refine actions and costing.
Several committee members pushed back on the…
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