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<br />DOWNTOWN AREA PLAN PROCESS AND DESIGN <br /> <br />Purpose: Establish a downtown task force made up of diverse and interested individuals <br />who want to participate in the review and preparation of the downtown area plan. The task <br />force will prepare an area plan and report back to a steering committee. The downtown' <br />area plan will be an important part of the revised general plan. <br /> <br />Makeup: There will be two segments, a steering committee and the actual task force <br />itself. <br /> <br />Steering Committee: The steering committee will periodically review the work <br />product and be a sounding board for the area plan and other General Plan groups. <br />It will direct the technicians who will prepare the document. Council will recruit, <br />interview and appoint the steering committee. The steering committee's duties will <br />include: <br /> <br />. Develop work guidelines/expectations for itself and the Area Plan task <br />force(s) <br />. Select amongst itself members of the task force (or seek others) <br />. Develop a work contract for technical help <br />. Interview and select technicians to prepare the document <br /> <br />Task Force: The task force will actually perform the technical work of the project. Its <br />duties will be to: <br /> <br />. Provide ideas/visions on downtown <br />. Help write/discuss/comment on portions of downtown plan <br />. Periodically report to steering committee on progress of task force <br /> <br />City Council Role: recruit, interview, and appoint members of the steering committee and <br />the task force. Council should recruit from the entire city and it should be wide open. <br />Individuals should come from a cross section of the entire city (try to get representation <br />from all zip codes and/or census areas). <br /> <br />Contract: City Council together with staff need to first establish a written "contract" to <br />outline all the requirements and objectives of the task force and steering committee. The <br />contract should include: <br /> <br />. Organization of Steering CommitteefTask Force <br />. Project objectives/summary <br />. Role and Objectives of Steering CommitteefTask Force <br />. Project reporting and review <br />. Budget <br />. Schedule <br /> <br />.-..... .".~. l' . <br />