imagine austin working group: meeting 2
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Imagine Austin Working GroupsSecond Meeting
Planning and Development Review Department
What We Will CoverResults from the Kick-Off MeetingsProcess for Prioritized ActionsProcess for Growth Concept MapTonight’s Exercises• Action Review• Growth Concept Map• Criteria for Prioritizing• Create an Engaging Plan• Complete Communities
Where to get caught upwww.ImagineAustin.net/working-groups.htm
Kick-Off Meeting
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
Started at Kick-Off. Continuing tonight with review and search for missing ideas.
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
Between tonight and our next meeting: group similar actions together and apply an overall statement.
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
At the next meeting:Review consolidated actions & identify their strengths and challenges.
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
Begin winnowing the recommendations, looking for ways to strengthen them, and begin heading towards priorities.
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
All of the Working Groups will reconvene together, in a joint meeting, to identify draft priorities from among all actions.
Process for Prioritized ActionsBrainstorming
Consolidating
Assessing
— break —
Winnowing & refining
— break —
Prioritizing
Process for Growth Concept MapBuilding understanding
Identify major issues
— break: sub-groups meet
Review first draft of GrowthConcept Map
Started at Kick-Off by working through the Development Types. Continue tonight by reviewing examples of Growth Concept Maps.
Process for Growth Concept MapBuilding understanding
Identify major issues
— break: sub-groups meet
Review first draft of GrowthConcept Map
Reviewing the Preferred Scenario and issues identified by the Task Force, Planning Commission, & City Council.
Process for Growth Concept MapBuilding understanding
Identify major issues
— break: sub-groups meet
Review first draft of GrowthConcept Map
Sub-groups are composed of the interests identified for each issue. Each sub-group looks at one issue only.
Process for Growth Concept MapBuilding understanding
Identify major issues
— break: sub-groups meet
Review first draft of GrowthConcept Map
Process for Growth Concept MapBuilding understanding
Identify major issues
-- break: sub-groups meet
Review first draft of GrowthConcept Map
Community Forum Series #4After the Working Groups
Broad public engagement to review the first draft of the Comprehensive Plan.
Also an opportunity to take unresolved issues back to the public to set direction.
Process Questions
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
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How it worksFour 20-minute blocks of time
Pick a table & work its activity
After 20 minutes, change tables or keep working your activity
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
Getting beyond policy language to a plan that engages people with different ways of understanding the city.
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1. Identify key concepts you’ve been dealing with that the general public may have trouble understanding
3. Brainstorm words, stories and images that would help make it simple and clear to everyone.
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
Complete Communities is a mix of ideas about how to ensure that Austin works well for everyone
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1. Review material at your table
3. Brainstorm ideas for how Complete Communities can make a better Austin
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
Broken out by Working Group & by topics within each Working Group
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1. Review the results
3. Are there any gaps?
5. Are any actions unclear?
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
Think of the kinds of things the City can do:
• Regulations & incentives• Coordination• Analyses• Policy• Programs
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
A visual concept for growth and preservation
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1. Review the examples
3. Identify elements you like
5. Identify elements you don’t like
Focus on the representation, not the content.
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
Develop criteria for setting priorities later in the process
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1. Review the material at your table.
3. Brainstorm ideas for criteria.
Think in terms of “yes/no” questions.
Tonight’s ExercisesCreate an Engaging PlanComplete CommunitiesAction ReviewGrowth Concept MapCriteria for Prioritizing
1 2
4
3
How it worksFour 20-minute blocks of time
Pick a table & work its activity
After 20 minutes, change tables or keep working your activity