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have the airport, Douglas, Washington, and Chapin. Throughout this last process that we are
<br />dealing with, it has come to my attention that we need to be updated in a more proactive mode,
<br />instead of people studying this in the middle of a situation. If we ourselves are regularly updated
<br />about any particular changes —where it's going, what's been done in that plan —I would prefer
<br />that we learn about this in that kind of a setting. Instead of getting updates when a developer
<br />comes and says, "Well, this has not happened, this has not happened, this has not happened, " —if
<br />something is not going on with the plan, and we haven't done it, and everybody's caught that
<br />outside of us, then we should be the ones being up -to -date with different discrepancies and plans
<br />ahead of time. As we monitor those things ahead of time, then we can stay up -to -date to see,
<br />"Are they meeting their target dates? Who are the players? What's going on ?" So, we're not
<br />caught by surprise by anything like that. During my time here on the Council, and on the Zoning
<br />Boards and in other things, I would probably have been better able to understand a lot of things
<br />much faster if we had had more up to this. Typically, we have the presentation, we pass it, and
<br />[after time passes] everybody hears something new going on with it, everybody sees something
<br />in the Tribune. I think it would be—on a regular basis, now, if we get regular updates and have a
<br />process that we can review, be up -to -date, see if there are any changes necessary... I think it
<br />would be great for the community, the neighborhoods involved with it, and all of those. And it
<br />keeps everybody on their toes, to make sure that a plan that was implemented in 2018, 2012 is
<br />still in place. Or, if there are adjustments that need to be made, we can suggest that, because
<br />some things do change. We want to be able to flow with the wind of change and at the same time
<br />respect what was put in place in yesteryear, too. Have a good balance of that. So, this is a
<br />resolution that looks at everybody. It's not in particular one (1) different situation, but it's every
<br />single thing for what's going on the west side, east side, north side, south side; for us to look at
<br />that. It gives us a better understanding ahead of time. Community Investment is going to help us
<br />with that. Area Plan, the City, all those —we can have a good guide and see where we are. I just
<br />think that would be able to increase communication between the Administration and this
<br />Council, so we'll be ahead of time.
<br />Committeemember John Voorde stated, It might be good, so that it wouldn't provide any
<br />surprises for developers.
<br />Committeemember Davis responded, Yes. It's on the table. If the developer looks at a plan and
<br />they can see that something down the road's coming, we can look at that ahead of time and work
<br />with Area Plan.
<br />Committee Chair Oliver Davis invited representatives of the Area Plan Commission to speak on
<br />the bill.
<br />Larry Magliozzi, Executive Director, Area Plan Commission, with offices on the 11' Floor of
<br />the County -City Building, came forward to speak. Mr. Magliozzi began to address the challenge
<br />of having many plans with which to deal, but he lost his train of thought. He moved on, stating,
<br />Just to bring you an update, this is not a problem. We have to involve those in DCI, because they
<br />deal with the redevelopment plans, which go through a City process... So there's redevelopment
<br />plans, there's economic development plans, people with different animals that go to the [ ?]
<br />Commission, and, of course, there's the neighborhood plans, for a lack of a better term, that go
<br />through Area Plan Commission and of course the Council, too. Probably the first step is getting
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