On Tuesday, City Staff will report to WL Council on a proposed Public Consultation Schedule for the City of Williams Lake new OCP (Official Community Plan) as follows:
Confirmed Presentation Dates:
Feb 22nd - Present "Local Ecosystems" portion of Draft OCP to WL Conservation Society
Feb 23rd - Present "Local Food" portion of Draft OCP to Food Policy Council
Feb 25th - Present entire OCP to "Moving Leaders Forward" group
Feb 28th - Present "Social Well-Being" portion of Draft OCP to Social Planning Council
Month of March - Present entire OCP to Rotary and WL Construction Association
March 7th - Present entire OCP to Accessibility Committee
March 7th - Present "Arts, Culture and Heritage" portion of draft OCP to local Museum Board of Directors
March 17th - Present "Lively Downtown" portion of draft OCP to local BIA (Business Improvement Area)
There is also plans to present portions of the Draft OCP to various community groups or City Advisory Committees in the short term - March or April 2011. There will also be a luncheon with local developers to discuss the Draft OCP as well as a "Open House" for the public on the new OCP in March. In addition, City Staff will be out in the community promoting the new OCP for comment at the local library, grocery stores, etc, also during March
A formal adoption schedule has been proposed to Council as follows:
Feb 28th, 2011 - Legal Review
April 19th, 2011 - 1st Reading of City Draft OCP (City's Financial Plan to be presented for 3 Readings on the same night). Referral Letters to government agencies to occur for formal comment on April 21st, 2011
May 3rd, 2011 - Draft OCP presented to City's Advisory Planning Commission for comment/recommendations to Council
May 4th, 2011 - Public Consultation Meeting (Draft WL OCP)
May 10th, 2011 - Council gives 2nd Reading to Draft OCP
June 7th, 2011 - Council holds Public Hearing on City's Draft OCP
June 21st, 2011 - Council gives 3rd Reading and Adoption to the new OCP
You can read the full City Staff report from Lilliana Dragowska, ICSP Coordinator here
1 comment:
For someone who gets upset when the City puts something out before its approved at a meeting, you sure were quick to make a big splash about this!
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