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Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
10/9/2018
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To
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Mayor and Council
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Subject
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2038 Comprehensive Plan
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Initiator
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Will Johnson, Planning Department
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Recommendation
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The Planning Department recommends that the 2028 Comprehensive Plan be updated \n \n to reflect a new, modern Comprehensive Plan.
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Approval
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Pending
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Background
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For the past 14 months, the Planning Department has developed a new
comprehensive plan for our community. The Comprehensive Plan is the
community's vision for the future through descriptive text and maps, and
provides a plan to implement that vision. This plan is largely based upon the
input gathered from multiple public meetings, citizen and technical review
stakeholder meetings, surveys, websites, and other multiple involvement
channels. The goals of this plan are two-fold: 1) to create local excitement
about Columbus's future, engaging community members and encouraging them to
help move the Plan forward; and, 2) to provide Columbus leaders with a
"concise, user-friendly" document that is applicable to the day-to-day
decisions of the City.
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Analysis
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Per state law, Comprehensive Plans must be updated every 10 years and its Short
Term Work Program (STWP) must be updated every 5 years.
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Financial Considerations
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There are numerous financial considerations that are taken into account with a
Comprehensive Plan (particularly the STWP), such as capital expenditures,
SPLOST projects, administrative funding, and so on. Within the STWP. many of
the completions listed in the Appendix 2 spreadsheet were handled
administratively via city staff and existing department budgets. However,
regardless of the funding, the STWP still needs to be programmed in as funding
situations may change. Several projects have been carried over to the
2019-2023 STWP.
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Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
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N/A
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Legal Considerations
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The 2038 Comprehensive Plan is in accordance with state law.
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Recommendations/ Actions
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The Planning Department recommends that the 2038 Comprehensive Plan be approved
for submission to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (see attached).