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Highlight of Stantec's Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department Strategic Plan Assessment and Recommendations

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Public Report on Planning To Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan (P2S) led by City of Rochester, MN

Last modified: August 25, 2016

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Steantec Consulting Services retained by Olmsted County completed an assessment of the Rochester-Olmsted County Department (ROPD) just published a set of game-changing recommendations. Among other observersations is "If ever there was a Comprehensieve Plan that should be designed to be a living doucment, it is the ROPD Comprehensive Plan (6.7) of assment document."

Steantec Consulting Services retained by Olmsted County to complete an assessment of the Rochester-Olmsted County Department (ROPD) published a set of game-changing recommendations. Among other observersations is "If ever there was a Comprehensieve Plan that should be designed to be a living doucment, it is the ROPD Comprehensive Plan (6.7) of assment document."

Assessment Document

Total Document

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Section 6.0 Recommendations

PB's 2016-08-25 Take

Findings

• The city and county operate under an outdated comprehensive plan and the process to update that plan, which is underway, has taken longer than expected.

• The Land Development Code was written in the 1970s and is seen as complicated, outdated and not suited to regulating dense, urban developments.

• The planning department is operating at its capacity with daily activities and lacks the capacity to engage in long-range planning, neighborhood engagement prior to major developments or other needed communications work.

Recommendations

• Complete and adopt the updated comprehensive plan.

• Adopt new land use and zoning regulations and amend policies to implement the updated comprehensive plan.

• Add staff capacity with the needed skills, talent and experience.

• Migrate away from the joint city-county planning model.

Planning Director Responses to Consultant Report

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City of Rochester 2022 Actions extracted from the city website.

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