Description
Book SynopsisA popular and practical guide on how to be an effective planning commissioner. Filled with checklists and outlines, it''s both a good introduction and a handy reference. Includes a training checklist for new commissioners, criteria for keeping a master plan in working order, lists of tools to guide growth, advice on how to deal with professional staff, and dos and don''ts for conducting successful public meetings. This edition sharpens the focus on how commissioners and their staffs can operate under four core principles for planning commissioners: citizen involvement, smaller is better, living in a market-driven system, and orderly growth.
Table of ContentsPreface , Introduction to the Revised Edition , What Are These Amateurs Doing in Government? , Understanding the Language of Planning and Zoning , A Layperson's Guide to the Planning Process and the Tools That Make It Work , Prerequisites to Doing an Effective Job , Intramural Coordinating or the Art of Not Passing the Buck , Public Meetings and Public Relations , Due Process or How to Be Fair , Nuts and Bolts: Zoning and Development Review , Doing a Good Job on Small-Town and Rural Commissions , Sample Rules and Regulations for a Planning Commission , Sample Organization of a Planning Commission Agenda , Sample Environmental Assessment Form , Project Checklist , An Anatomy of the Classic Southwestern Land Fraud Scheme , Example of a Report on a Quasi-Judicial Action with Facts, Findings, and Recommendations 1 , Some Relevant Questions About You and Your Planning Commission , Author's Note
