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<br /> <br />will help the committee and others understand the key opportunities <br />and problems before the City and help ensure that the plan addresses <br />the major issues. <br />. Allow members to engage in hands-on creation of plan alternatives <br />by working in small groups with a member of the consulting team or <br />staff ovcr a base map or with model pieces. <br />. Help all parties (the committee, staff and consultant) undersland and <br />focus on the long-term, strategic opportullities. This plan should <br />help resolve outstanding issues and communicate a clear course for <br />the continued evolution of a dynamic community. <br />. Sustain the interest and enthusiasm of the committee throughout the <br />process. <br /> <br />The general public should be illvited and encouraged to attend meetings <br />of the advisory committee. These invitations could be communicated <br />through the City's newsletter and the City's Web site. The role of the <br />public in Ihese meetillgs could be decided by Ihe advisory committee. <br /> <br />The City Council should define the role of Ihe committee and dctcrminc <br />its composition and organizational structure. <br /> <br />Using Design Charettes <br /> <br />We frequently use the "design charette" technique to involve committee <br />members, property owners and the gcncral public in formulating, <br />exploring and selecting physical planning alternatives. <br /> <br />This technique can take many forms and range in lenglh from a couple <br />hours to scveral days. Typically, a charette begins with a presentatioll of <br />existing conditions, opportunities and constraints by one or more <br />informed persons along with opportunities for the participants to add to <br />or correct the presentation. Then, the group sets some broad objectives <br />for the physical plan and adopts certain assumptions. The real work <br />begins when the participants convene in small groups with a professional <br />designer as a facilitator. Each small group of four to eight people <br />sketches and refines their design ideas before presenting their plans to <br />the entire body during a "pin-up" session. The groups' ideas are melded <br />and refined by the consultants and staff before being brought back 10 the <br />group at a subsequent meeting for affirmation or refinement. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Design charettes are an effective <br />and fun way to involve the <br />community in fonnulating. testing <br />and refining physical planning <br />ideas. <br /> <br />Arden Hills Small Area Plan for the 82 District 3.7 <br />