.:: Emerging Projects for a new Fiscal Year

Working in the public sector always brings about planning.  Whether it be short- or long-term.  Stategic or otherwise.  Budgeting is planning.  Simply it is program planning and needs assessment balanced against competing needs and available funding.

This year, a few projects emerged partially unscathed by the process.  A project previously scheduled within the 2006-2007 budget was moved to 2007-2008 to provide for other more critical projects necessary for future infrastructure needs. 

The zoning code will be remodeled to include updated land use categories and a rezoning of the entire city based upon the Land Use Plan adopted in March 2007.  Additionally, other chapters of the code will be updated to reflect state of the art standards and model coding.  

Another potential project within this budget is street landscape design requirements, and upgrade of the landscape and planting standards, and a revamp of the tree preservation and mitigation standards. 

The biggest help out of this years budget is geocoded planimetric mapping and parcel map clarification.  This is a big deal for us, as it will allow for better and more accurate mapping within GIS and other programs.   

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