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Hoisington Koegler Grou.p Inc. Farm: Gary Grefenberg [ma�iIto:glglrefenbergl @comca�st.net] Sent: Thursday, Auglust 1,4, 2008 4:18 AM To: ArnyIhIanWork; Cain Roe; James DeBened�et; Karen Schaffer; Al Sands Cc: P,ait T'rud�gleon Sub ect: Troubling Recent Additions to Implementation Chapter I'm poftance: Higlh Re: Troubling Last - Minute Additions to Implementation Chapter go 1'rn writing yowl all because we have pre�viioulsl�y diisculsse�d Implementation Chapter iissule�s and I truest youlr judgements. And 1'rn not sure I truest my judgement at th�iis early h�oulr in the morning, ce�rtaiin�l�y not e�n�oug gh to send th�iis "the sky its fal�l�iin " Chicken Little message to the full Ste�e�riin Committee. After oulr conversation yesterday. I diiscovered language had been added to the last draft --uInder Implementation Strategies (p. 11-3)—that pulrports to l�iist the "Implementation Strategies identified within the Comp Plan " ". There its little discussion of what the purpose of th�iis new section its nor does iit describe what .1 an Implementation Strate�gey i�s, bolt my impression its that these are the ways oulr Comp Plan goals and pol iiciies will be ach iieved. 1'rn not familiar with many of the twenty. Implementation Strategies lusted, nor do I recall much Committee discussion on almost all of them. Yet at oulr second to last me�e�tiin g there appear these profe�ssiional�l�y- soulndiin g and jargon - fulled Implementation Strategies. Looking at the scope and extent of oulr agenda ton�ii gh�t I question whether now its the time to introduce a new aspect of the Plan called Implementation Strategies, describe them in specific technical l�an gulage�, and expect uIs to approve them at the fiirst me�e�tiin we really diisculss them. Not uIn�l�e�ss we j I uIst get handed oulr thirteen rulbbe�r stamps and get to work. In order to get as much committee work done as possibe ton�ii gh�t I would therefore request that discussion and action on this part of the Implementation Chapter (implementation Strategies) be put off to our final meeting, or to a special meeting, or at least to the end of tonight's meeting. I hate to rusk l�oosiin oulr culrrent record of col�l�aboratiion�, consen�suls, and due consideration over thus recent and uInnecessary addition to the Implementation Chapter. Even more troulbl�iin its the fact that there were other implementation actiions which were diisculsse�d by the Committee at length and are e�n�sh�riine�d in already - approved chiapte�rs which are not mentioned in what its pulrporte�d to be a complete l�iistiin of Implementation Strategies. Some of these future pl�an�n�iin tasks which are not lusted are as follows: .1 .1 0 de�ve�l�opiln�g a plan for organ�i�zi� n�e�il gh�borh�ood groulps, forums, and communication networks; 0 stuldyitn�g varilouls ways and ve�n�u�e�s of securing even better and more effective commmu�nnitty engagement which comes from the bottom -up; 0 what ne�ii ghborhood pl�an�n�iin means and how to brim g the Comp Pl�an�n�iin effort down to the 16 Pl�an�n�iln Districts; 0 document power oultage�s and work with other governmental bodile�s and suIrroulndiln g mnuln�ilcilpal�iltile�s in de�ve�l�opiin a response. ffel