Coming Soon!
The
City of Muscatine is in the early stages of updating its comprehensive
plan. What’s missing? Y-O-U!
The
public portion of the comprehensive planning process will be coming forward in
the next few weeks. We are in the
process of creating a new website and setting dates for public participation.
Please
review the following and remember to keep an eye out on the City’s website,
Facebook page and in the newspaper. Your
participation will be the key to creating this roadmap to our future!
What is a Comprehensive
Plan?
A vision for our community. A plan adopted by the City Council, that
incorporates residents and business community input to helps us achieve our desires
for Muscatine…where is our City headed, what are we to become over the next
decade. This plan or roadmap will spell
out specific actions, policies, and projects that are needed to make this
vision for Muscatine a reality.
Comprehensive plan topics
include:
- Land Use
- Transportation Infrastructure
- Parks and Recreation
- Demographics
- Housing
- Economic Development
- Environmental Issues
- Hazard Mitigation
- Community Facilities
- Annexation Policy
- Community Character
- Quality of Life
- Iowa’s Smart Planning Principles
- Land Use
- Infrastructure
- Economic Development
- Quality of Life
- Iowa’s Smart Planning Principles
Ways in which a
comprehensive plan can be utilized or implemented include:
- In 2013 the City of Muscatine will undertake a comprehensive review and rewrite of its 40-year old zoning ordinance. This review and rewrite will be undertaken with primary aim of implementing the vision set forth for Muscatine in the new Comprehensive Plan.
- Future rezoning or changes in land use should be done in accordance with the future land use plan contained in the new comprehensive plan.
- Guide the physical growth of the city’s buildings, streets, and infrastructure. All plans for capital projects in the city must take into consideration the goals of the plan.
- Guide fiscal decision-making and allocation of City resources.
Why is a New Comprehensive
Plan Needed?
Ten years is considered to
be the effective shelf life of a comprehensive plan. The City of Muscatine’s
current comprehensive plan was adopted in 2002.
How Can I Participate?
Offer Input at a
Public Meeting
There will be seven town
hall meetings, one in each planning district, to gather input on the issues
facing Muscatine and what the community sees as its vision for the future of
Muscatine. The initial draft of a new
comprehensive plan will be
based on input from these meetings.
Participate Online
Community members can
participate online in creating a new comprehensive plan. All material, meeting
minutes, background information, draft plans, and all comments received on the
previous items will be online online. Community
members are invited to comment on any of these items or offer any other
thoughts, suggestions, or comments at www.muscatineiowa.gov/newcompplan
Serve on a Citizen
Advisory Group
There will be four citizen
advisory groups that will work with City Staff to create the initial draft of
the new comprehensive plan. The citizen advisory groups will each focus on one
of these four broad topics:
- Land Use
- Infrastructure
- Economic Development
- Quality of Life
For more information visit:
www.muscatineiowa.gov/newcompplan
