The purpose of this section is to establish the procedures for the adoption of a master plan for the Downtown Waterfront as required by the City Charter. These procedures include an outline for:

A.

The process to create the master plan;

B.

Criteria to be addressed within the master plan;

C.

The manner of adoption of the master plan; and

D.

The process to assure that adequate inclusive public input is obtained by City Council prior to adoption of a master plan.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)

The process to create the master plan for the Downtown Waterfront shall be initiated by the POD conducting at least two workshops with the City Council and providing such information concerning the Downtown Waterfront as City Council shall request or the POD deems necessary. Following the initial workshops, the POD shall develop an initial draft of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan and conduct at least two additional workshops with City Council to discuss the initial draft and to create a final draft. The POD shall distribute the final draft to the public. If substantive comments or recommended changes or additions to the plan are received, the POD shall schedule an additional City Council Workshop and make recommendations to the Council concerning the substantive comments, changes or additions. Upon City Council's recommendation of the final draft as amended, the adoption process for the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan shall begin. The POD may use such experts or consultants as are necessary to perform any portion of the work necessary to create the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)

The criteria to be addressed by the master plan should identify:

A.

The purpose and intent for the plan which should include a vision and guiding principals;

B.

The boundaries addressed by the plan;

C.

What land and facilities would be addressed;

D.

The existing conditions of major public facilities, including transportation and parking facilities and drainage and stormwater facilities in the plan area and contiguous areas; and

E.

The relationship between the plan, and existing and future plans for downtown waterfront facilities.

F.

The plan should also address:

1.

Vistas;

2.

Connectivity;

3.

Transportation/circulation;

4.

Parking;

5.

Park use and access;

6.

Water uses;

7.

Water environmental quality; and

8.

Land use and zoning.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)

The Downtown Waterfront Master Plan shall be adopted by ordinance which shall include a public hearing at both first and second reading with notice published in the newspaper not less than ten days before each hearing.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)

To assure that adequate inclusive public input is obtained by City Council prior to adoption of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan, the POD shall receive any written and oral input during the process. The POD shall establish a link to the City's website where persons can post information or comments and which shall identify a point of contact for the receipt of telephone calls, emails and mailed documents and comments. Both the initial and final draft shall be posted on the City's website and transmitted electronically to CONA, the Downtown Partnership, and the Chamber of Commerce for distribution to their membership as they deem appropriate and to any other person who requests, in writing, that they receive an electronic copy. Council Members are available to receive input and shall forward that input to the POD for inclusion in discussions concerning the adoption of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan.

All Council Workshops shall be open to the public and the Council may or may not, in their discretion, take public input at any Workshop. The POD shall conduct not less than three public meetings at which the final draft of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan will be presented and at which members of the public can provide substantive comments or recommendations. The public will also have the opportunity to speak during the public hearings in the adoption process.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)

City Council shall approve the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan before July 1, 2015. The Downtown Waterfront Master Plan shall be reviewed and updated not less than every seven years after the adoption date. Amendments to the Downtown Waterfront Plan may be made at any time and the City Council shall determine whether an amendment is sufficient to be considered an update of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan which would begin the seven-year time frame for the next update.

(Ord. No. 25-H, § 1, 6-21-2012)