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though there was nothing now, but they would discuss Brighton’s involvement. Mr. <br />Glickert asked if this was a work in progress and Ms. Riganti agreed. <br /> <br />Mr. Gardner described the use of the website for results and follow-up making sure that <br />transparency prevails. Mr. Senturia asked how those who do not use the computer will <br />be able to get an update of the follow-up. Mr. Gardner stated that they could print hard <br />copies and could post in the library and elsewhere. <br /> <br />Mr. Gardner then discussed the implementation and economic development strategies, <br />to make sure that all in the future would understand and use the plan. He discussed the <br />Draft Comprehensive Plan document and the evaluation, revision and approval <br />processes. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr noted that the process for the City was approval by the Plan Commission and <br />submission to the Council for approval. The Council may send this back to the Plan <br />Commission for revision, and wanted to make certain that these requested revisions <br />were built into the contract, so that we would not want to pay more money to amend the <br />plan. Mr. Gardner assured her there would be no additional charges to amend the plan <br />prior to adoption. Ms. Riganti agreed that there is an understanding that this could be <br />an iterative process and that this is understood in the scope of work. Mr. Gardner <br />further assured her that we would never hear they say they had exhausted all their <br />meeting times. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia stated that the Committee thought there might be themes arise during the <br />planning process, and work-groups of citizens would be created based on interest. <br />They coupled with the consultant would work through those ideas and these would be <br />incorporated into the draft Comprehensive Plan. He asked Mr. Gardner if the work- <br />groups were something Mr. Gardner could work with. Mr. Gardner assured him that this <br />would be part of the vision development. <br /> <br />MaryAnn Taylor-Crate from Added Dimensions will specialize in community <br />engagement. She stated she will concentrate on getting residents who are not normally <br />engaged to be actively involved in the process. Ms. Crate said she will even meet with <br />them one-on-one on their turf if that is what it will take in order to get a vision of what is <br />wanted for this community. She said they were planning to use both traditional and <br />non-traditional processes to engage the people. She said she would like to get youth <br />and senior input as to what their needs and visions are also and is committed to <br />meeting people where they are. <br /> <br />Ms. Locke noted it is possible that the new comprehensive plan can include new <br />processes for communication and community engagement, not just land-use planning. <br />She suggested the plan could include the more intangible aspects that make a <br />community vibrant. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch thought the process could continue after the plan was completed and <br />that was her reason for asking if we could retain the website. She asked how detailed <br />the demographic and marking studies would be. Mr. Gardner responded that they <br />would look at the data projections as well as the historical trends. And would also define <br />market areas analyzing supply and demand and identifying what the opportunities are. <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br />