From a news release:
HELP PLAN PEORIA WEBPAGE AND ONLINE SURVEY
The City of Peoria is launching the second phase of public participation in the Comprehensive Plan process with the launch of the www.planpeoria.com web page and online survey.
The Comprehensive Plan serves two major functions for a community. First, it sets an overall vision for the growth and development of the community over the next ten to twenty years. Second, it establishes the legal basis for a zoning ordinance and for development control over a one and one half mile area outside of the current city limits. In some communities it is called the “master plan,” and as such, guides the development and implementation of all other plans.
The www.planpeoria.com web page provides background data on various demographic changes in Peoria over the past thirty years, copies of the public input already received at the Topic Area Workshops held in 2007, and access to an online survey.
The online survey is the core of the web page; it is designed to allow the public to determine which of the goals created at the Topic Area Workshops are of greatest importance to the future of Peoria. Wide participation in the survey will greatly assist the Planning Commission and City Planning Department staff in the development of a final draft plan. The public is encouraged to take 15 minutes to help us plan for the next 15 years.
Paper copies of the survey will also be made available in the Planning Department offices or by calling the City Planning Department at 494-8600.
For further information on the Comprehensive Plan process, the www.planpeoria.com web page, or the online survey, please contact Ross Black, Assistant Planning Director at 494-8601 or rblack@ci.peoria.il.us
I went to the website and looked at the ‘Background Data’. Is anyone else troubled by the age of the data presented? 7 to 8 years old !!!! A LOT has changed in 8 years. Are we really formulating a plan off of such stale data?
I took the survey. It took me longer than 15 minutes; quite a bit longer. If you are going to rate a list of things you have to read and consider all the choices, and then pick the top four in order of importance to you. That’s hard because you couldn’t have two in first place or second place, etc. That means that some things had to be rated less important to me that were more important to me. Oh well, it probably will be ignored just like all public input. I am convinced that our leaders really don’t care what we think, they just give these surveys to make us feel like we have a say, and then they do whatever they want.
At 678 and counting — hoping that Peorians weigh in ……. wonder if 11 of those are from the city council members:)?
Every other page on the survey wanted to know how we rated the trail.Some pages had the question on them twice.They should have asked if we have been beaten with the trail stick enough? Yes