Does anyone know the scoop behind this shift: http://www.metrocouncil.org/directions/planning/BPframework.htm
Blueprint 2030 to be refocused as a 'framework ' After three discussion sessions in their review of Blueprint 2030, the Metropolitan Council members have confirmed their intention to shift the philosophical approach of the document. Council members envision the new document as a flexible "framework" around which the Council can develop its policies and plans for regional systems, such as transportation and wastewater services. The previous designation of the document as a "blueprint," according to Council members, suggests an approach too specific and rigid in the way the Council would implement regional growth policies. More on Blueprint 2030. Council Chair Peter Bell said that the new "development framework" needs to be clear about its impact on local communities and taxpayers. It also needs to be clear about which policies represent broad directions, which ones are enforceable through the Council's statutory authority, and which are purely advisory. And, he said, the framework needs to be flexible to reflect the Council's heightened level of respect for local control and autonomy. The framework will be grounded in balance, Bell said � balance between the interests of the region as a whole and the interests of its individual communities. Council members are moving expeditiously to complete the framework and its supporting regional plans so that local communities have the information they need to complete their obligatory planning work by their statutory deadline, five years from now. By late summer or fall of this year, the Council hopes to complete the 2030 Regional Development Framework, drawing on the work already done on Blueprint 2030. Then the Council will update its long-range plans for regional systems � transportation, wastewater, parks and aviation � and related planning documents. Communities can then proceed to update their comprehensive plans, which, by statute, they submit to the Metro Council for review by 2008. See previous article, "Council members begin formal review of Blueprint 2030." Blueprint 2030 as adopted last December, is available online. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
