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CITIZENS HELP PLAN FORT WAYNE'S FUTURE Comprehensive land use planning is perhaps one of the least understood functions of the Department of Comm tinity Development and Planning, yet it has a far reaching impact on the community. It is an effort to promote a rational pattern of future development and reuse of land within the community. As the cost of necessary public facilities increases and as land becomes a more scarce commodity, the need to promote an efficient pattern of development becomes crucial. The Department of Community Development and Planning is in the early stages of up dating the city master plan. The final result of this process will be a land use policies plan, which will guide the Plan Commission and City government in future land use decisions. The need for such a plan has been apparent for some time. The current plan is fourteen years old and has little relevancy to the problems and potentials facing Fort Wayne today. It is difficult, if not impossible, to make land use or zoning decisions based upon this plan. Traditionally, preparing such a plan meant that staff planners would identify problems, measure future potentials and finally, prepare a plan to be reviewed by the Plan Commission. This method often fails to utilize citizen participation and allows staff planners' to write a plan that reflects their own personal values. Thus, little or no attention is paid to the values of the community. This method of land use planning was considered totally inappropriate by the Department of Community Development & Planning and the Plan Commission. A new approach was taken to this process. The Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning sought out the values of the community prior to the detailed planning process, and a commitment was made to consider these values first and foremost when preparing the plan. To initiate this citizen participation process, a document entitled Fort Wayne -- Framework for Development was prepared. The document raised land use issues and problems facing Fort Wayne now and in the future. Its main purpose was to stimulate discussion within the community and to provoke feedback to elected officials, civic leaders, and Plan Commission members. In order to inform citizens of this opportunity, 27 civic groups were contacted by letter and telephone. The media also covered the Framework extensively. A slide presentation was made available for any interested groups. These groups were requested to prepare statements on the Framework for Development. The Mayor's Citizens Advisory Council worked extensively on the document and the council adopted an addendum which outlined their position on land use planning. A public meeting and a Plan Commission public hearing were also held. Ten organizations presented formal positions on the Framework at the public hearing. These included: The Coalition for the Environment, The League of Women Voters, The Izaak Walton League, The Associated Building Contractors, The Fort Wayne Society of Architects, The Downtown Fort Wayne Association, The Chamber of Commerce, The Mayor's Citizens Advisory Council, General Telephone Company, and The Allen County Community Action Committee of the United Auto Workers. The Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning has now completed this preliminary stage of land use planning. The final outcome will be a result of the citizen input received during the Framework for Development discussions, making the land use policies plan truly responsive to the needs of the community. DRAFTERS BUSY IN 1975 The drafting section, located in the Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning, provides a wide variety of services to all divisions within this department as well as to various additional city departments and other public agencies. Ongoing efforts include the continuous updating of official zoning map8 and the preparation of locational maps for all petitions before the City Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals. In addition, graphic assistance was provided on a number of major projections during 1975. Examples include the development of a series of maps for several neighborhood associations, assistance in preparation of the Anthony Corridor Study and the River Greenway Plan, and completion of a land use map for the entire urban area. 1975 also saw the establishment of a department-wide information retrieval system which serves as a referral and storage center for basic reference materials and completed studies prepared both by the City and by other local agencies.
Object Description
Title | Annual report (1975) |
Creator | Fort Wayne (Ind.). Dept. of Community Development and Planning |
Topic | Economic Development |
Subject |
Fort Wayne (Ind.). Dept. of Community Development and Planning--Periodicals City planning--Indiana--Fort Wayne--Periodicals |
Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Date of Original | 1975 |
Time Period | 1900-1999 |
Source | Print version: Fort Wayne (Ind.). Dept. of Community Development and Planning. Annual report. 1975 ed. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: CDP, 1975), 14 p. |
Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
Relation | Continued by Fort Wayne (Ind.). Division of Community Development & Planning. Annual report. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and grayscale 300 dpi, 8-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software. |
Content Type | Text |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
Identifier | 30000122013638 |
File Name | 30000122013638.pdf |
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Title | Page 12 |
Transcript | CITIZENS HELP PLAN FORT WAYNE'S FUTURE Comprehensive land use planning is perhaps one of the least understood functions of the Department of Comm tinity Development and Planning, yet it has a far reaching impact on the community. It is an effort to promote a rational pattern of future development and reuse of land within the community. As the cost of necessary public facilities increases and as land becomes a more scarce commodity, the need to promote an efficient pattern of development becomes crucial. The Department of Community Development and Planning is in the early stages of up dating the city master plan. The final result of this process will be a land use policies plan, which will guide the Plan Commission and City government in future land use decisions. The need for such a plan has been apparent for some time. The current plan is fourteen years old and has little relevancy to the problems and potentials facing Fort Wayne today. It is difficult, if not impossible, to make land use or zoning decisions based upon this plan. Traditionally, preparing such a plan meant that staff planners would identify problems, measure future potentials and finally, prepare a plan to be reviewed by the Plan Commission. This method often fails to utilize citizen participation and allows staff planners' to write a plan that reflects their own personal values. Thus, little or no attention is paid to the values of the community. This method of land use planning was considered totally inappropriate by the Department of Community Development & Planning and the Plan Commission. A new approach was taken to this process. The Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning sought out the values of the community prior to the detailed planning process, and a commitment was made to consider these values first and foremost when preparing the plan. To initiate this citizen participation process, a document entitled Fort Wayne -- Framework for Development was prepared. The document raised land use issues and problems facing Fort Wayne now and in the future. Its main purpose was to stimulate discussion within the community and to provoke feedback to elected officials, civic leaders, and Plan Commission members. In order to inform citizens of this opportunity, 27 civic groups were contacted by letter and telephone. The media also covered the Framework extensively. A slide presentation was made available for any interested groups. These groups were requested to prepare statements on the Framework for Development. The Mayor's Citizens Advisory Council worked extensively on the document and the council adopted an addendum which outlined their position on land use planning. A public meeting and a Plan Commission public hearing were also held. Ten organizations presented formal positions on the Framework at the public hearing. These included: The Coalition for the Environment, The League of Women Voters, The Izaak Walton League, The Associated Building Contractors, The Fort Wayne Society of Architects, The Downtown Fort Wayne Association, The Chamber of Commerce, The Mayor's Citizens Advisory Council, General Telephone Company, and The Allen County Community Action Committee of the United Auto Workers. The Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning has now completed this preliminary stage of land use planning. The final outcome will be a result of the citizen input received during the Framework for Development discussions, making the land use policies plan truly responsive to the needs of the community. DRAFTERS BUSY IN 1975 The drafting section, located in the Division of Long Range Planning and Zoning, provides a wide variety of services to all divisions within this department as well as to various additional city departments and other public agencies. Ongoing efforts include the continuous updating of official zoning map8 and the preparation of locational maps for all petitions before the City Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals. In addition, graphic assistance was provided on a number of major projections during 1975. Examples include the development of a series of maps for several neighborhood associations, assistance in preparation of the Anthony Corridor Study and the River Greenway Plan, and completion of a land use map for the entire urban area. 1975 also saw the establishment of a department-wide information retrieval system which serves as a referral and storage center for basic reference materials and completed studies prepared both by the City and by other local agencies. |