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Once the plan has been written it needs to be formally approved. Community plans are formally adopted when the local elected officials in the town, county, city or village adopt it by ordinance.
Recommendations about plan approval are often provided by the
planning commission. Involving the public throughout the planning
process is not only a requirement, it usually streamlines the
process of plan adoption. Legal requirements, including public
notice, for plan approval are available at the
Center for Land Use
Education�s website. One resource you will find there is the Planning Commission's Handbook(.pdf). Another useful resource may be the
Department of Administration's
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| "To plan is human. To implement is divine." - unknown
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"A plan is only meaningful if it is implemented. As the City of San Francisco said in is Sustainability Plan, "The only goal of producing this plan is to begin implementing it".1
Objectives that were approved should be carried
out by the appropriate parties. Furthermore, the plan should be
actively used to guide local land use decisions. An action plan
that should have been developed previously including who
specifically is responsible for implementing certain items, what
resources they need, and a timeline, should be followed.
There are many resources that can be used during the planning stage
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monitoring and evaluation plan needs to be in place before
implementation starts."2 Hold meetings each year, or as needed, to evaluate how the plan
is working, whether goals and objectives are being met, and whether
the plan needs to be changed. Your original plan should give a
schedule for when public review is required.
A valuable tool to use in monitoring is a list of indicators that existing conditions can be compared to. A good example of an indicator list is the one developed by Gogebic County, Michigan. (click on the words and scroll to page 6) |
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