Public Participation

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Public Participation Community Visioning

• City of Anderson
• Katie Goar kgoar_at_cityofanderson.com

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Why and What for?

• Public Participation is it more than just
  clicking on a check box for a grant application?
• Its a way of life for all levels, and
  organizations
• Sets the tone of involvement, increases
  awareness, and strengthens the process
• Yes, it takes more time plan ahead

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How to construct involvement?

• Start basic tell the community what a
  brownfield is?
• Explain the grant process, if applicable how
  much, what for, why
• Ask what are their concerns on this topic?
• Identify what the role of the City is?

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Drama v. Fact

• It is crucial to facilitate involvement, keeping
  a realistic view of the situation
• Generate interest and involvement
• Not instigate drama, or emotionalism
• More facts presented, the more logical the
  planning and involvement can be

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Sample flow of a public forum

• Identify the steps assess, clean, redevelop
• Can you recommend brownfield sites to be included
  in the application?
• Where are they located and how would you rank the
  property based on community need?
• Group Map Exercise Ranking

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Public Involvement

• Group Map Exercise
• Identify regions
• List all possible sites

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Public Involvement

• Dot Exercise to Prioritize Sites

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Prioritization Works

• Before

• After

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Role clarification

• Aggressively pursue available funding options -
  grant options at federal state levels
• Obtain input from the citizens on needs
• Actively pursue property owners to assess,
  remedy, and ready for redevelopment
• Promote the link between assessment and growth

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Community Visioning

• After obtaining this public participation, now
  what?
• Ideally starts with Mayors Agenda
• Incorporate with Objective Statements
• Strategic Planning
• Land Use Planning
• Applied in practice to building commissioner,
  economic development

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Community Visioning

• Objective Statement Prepare abandoned industrial
  sites for reuse
• Policy Statement Remove barriers to the
  development of properties
• Action Steps Conduct a Brownfield Study
• Action Steps Coordinate improvement
  redevelopment efforts