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Comprehensive Planning Presentation

City of Senatobia, MississippiApril 18, 2007

Planning Commission: Charlie Sanders Julie Correro Bessie Cohran Derinda Bland Greg Smith Haywood Green Ken Grisham

City Attorney: James R. Johnson, III

Mayor: Alan Callicott

Aldermen: Buford Givens Lana Nail Penny Hawks Michael Cathey Mike Putt

City Clerk: Kay Minton

Senatobia

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Staff & Associates:

• 4 Urban Planners, 3 of which are certified planners by the American Institute of

Certified Planners (AICP)

• 1 Professional Civil Engineer (registered in Mississippi & Tennessee)

• 3 of the Planners have Masters Degrees in City, County & Regional Planning

Experience:

• Our firm has over 75 years combined experience in the urban planning

profession.

About Our Firm

Two Offices:

• Main office: Oxford, Mississippi

• Gulf Coast office: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

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Professional Services Offered• Municipal Annexation Feasibility & Analysis

• Comprehensive Plan Preparation and Coordination

• Redistricting of Voting Districts

• U.S. Department of Justice Pre-Clearance Submissions

• Voting Rights Act of 1965 Compliance

• Subdivision Regulations Development

• Storm Water Control Regulations

• Zoning Ordinances/Zoning Maps/Smart Code

• Hazard Mitigation and Flood Protection Planning

• Governmental Finance Modeling and Budgetary Planning

• Capital Improvements Programming

• Economic Development/Growth Management

• Land Use Controls and Regulations

• Architectural Design Ordinances

• Sign Ordinances

• Expert Testimony

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Client History List

1 Aliceville, AL 41 Hickory 82 Petal2 Amory 42 Imperial Palace Casino 83 Pontotoc3 Batesville 43 Indianola 84 Poplarville4 Bay St. Louis 44 Kosciusko 85 Prentiss5 Belzoni 45 Lake Caroline, Inc. 86 Richland6 Biloxi 46 Laurel 87 Ridgeland7 Blue Springs 47 Leakesville 88 Robinsonville8 Brookhaven 48 Lee County 89 Saraland, AL9 Bruce 49 Lincoln County School Dist. 90 Sardis

10 Byhalia 50 Long Beach 91 Sebastopol11 Byram 51 Lowndes County 92 Senatobia12 Calhoun City 52 Lowndes Co. School Board 93 Sledge13 Canton School District 53 Lucedale 94 Southaven14 Carroll County 54 Lumberton 95 Southern Farms15 Carthage 55 Lyon 96 State of Mississippi16 Clarksdale 56 Macon Attorney General's Office17 Clearly Water, Sewer & Fire 57 Madison 97 Sumrall

District 58 Madison, AL 98 Taylorsville18 Cleveland 59 Madison County 99 Tchula19 Clinton 60 Madison County School Board 100 Tunica20 Coahoma County School Dist. 61 Magee 101 Tunica County21 Coffeeville 62 Marks 102 Tupelo22 Columbus 63 Marshall County 103 Vicksburg23 Como 64 Memphis, MS 104 Water Valley24 Crittenden County, AR 65 Memphis, TN 105 Walls25 Decatur 66 Meridian 106 Waveland26 D'Iberville 67 Monroe County 107 Weir27 Falkner 68 Monroe County School Dist. 108 Wesson28 Farmington 69 Moss Point 109 West Point29 Florence 70 Mound Bayou 110 Winona30 Flowood 71 Mt. Olive 111 Yazoo City31 Forest 72 Myrtle32 Gautier 73 New Albany33 Greenville 74 Newton34 Greenwood 75 Noxapater35 Grenada 76 Okolona36 Gulfport 77 Olive Branch37 Hancock County 78 Pascagoula38 Harrison County 79 Pass Christian39 Hattiesburg 80 Pearl40 Hernando 81 Pearl River County

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Current Clients/ProjectsApril 2007

• Bay St. Louis: Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance & Redistricting• Biloxi: Annexation & Public Service Commission work (water & sewer)• Blue Springs: Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance & S/D Regulations• Brookhaven: Industrial Park Annexation, Financial Modeling, Zoning & Redistricting• Crittenden County, AR: Consultant to the Planning Commission• Grenada: Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Ordinance/Map update• Gulfport: Hazard Mitigation Plan• Hancock County: Comprehensive Plan• Hattiesburg: Annexation• Madison: Annexation, Property Maintenance Ordinance & PSC work• Moss Point: Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations &

Architectural Design Review Ordinance• Mound Bayou: Annexation• Pass Christian: Annexation & Subdivision Regulations• Petal: Annexation• Senatobia: Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance/Map update & Redistricting• Sumrall: Annexation• Wesson: Annexation• Winona: Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance/Map update• Yazoo City: Annexation

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Comprehensive Planning

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Comprehensive Plan(Technical Term)

Long-Range Fiscal Health Plan(Mayor and Board of Aldermen)

Long-Range Quality of Life Plan(Citizen of the City or the surrounding Community)

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What is a Comprehensive Plan?

• A Comprehensive Plan document is a statement of public policy for the physical development of the entire community.

• It indicates in a general way how the leaders of the government and the citizens want the community to develop over the next 20 to 25 years.

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Minimum Elements of a Comprehensive Plan

i. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

ii. LAND USE PLAN

iii. TRANSPORTATION PLAN

iv. COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN

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Goals and Objectivesaddress at a minimum:

• Residential, Commercial & Industrial Development;

• Open Space and Recreation;

• Street and Road Improvements, and;

• Community Facilities (e.g., libraries, police & fire stations, recreational buildings, etc.)

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Land Use PlanWhich designates in map or policy form the proposed

general distribution of the uses of land for:

• Residential;

• Commercial;

• Industrial;

• Recreation & Open Space and;

• Public/Semi-Public Lands.

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Transportation Plan

• Depicts in map form the proposed classifications of all existing and proposed streets, roads and highways (i.e., local, collectors & arterials).

• Addresses all other forms of transportation pertinent to the local jurisdiction (i.e., truck, airport, bus, light rail, pedestrian, bike lanes, etc.).

• The Transportation Plan shall be a basis for a capital improvements program.

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Community Facilities PlanA basis for a capital improvements program including, but not limited to, the following:

• Housing;

• Schools;

• Parks & Recreation;

• Public Buildings and Facilities, and;

• Utilities and Drainage

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What is the purpose of a Comprehensive Plan?

• It charts a course for growth and change.• It expresses the aims and ambitions of the

community, delineating the form and character it seeks to achieve.

• It directs the physical development of the community and its environs in relation to its social and economic well-being.

• In essence, the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to provide guidance and direction for the future of the city and its citizens and their overall Quality of Life.

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Why is a Comprehensive Plan needed?

• As part of its regulatory tools, a city should have a comprehensive plan to establish long-range policies to guide and direct the development of the community.

• The absence of a comprehensive plan can lead to undesirable consequences resulting from ill planned urban development which can result in a negative impact on the overall economic and social well-being of the city.

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Why is a Comprehensive Plan needed?

• A thorough Comprehensive Plan can best put into action the local government’s influence and desires on future growth and change of the city.

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Implementation Tools for the Comprehensive PlanZoning Ordinance (map and text) and/or

The Smart Code

Subdivision Regulations

Capital Improvements Program (5-year plan)

Other pertinent ordinances and regulations (i.e., sign, architectural, building/housing codes, flood plain, etc.)

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“Communities can be shaped by choice, or they can be shaped by chance. We can keep on accepting the kind of communities we get, or we can start creating the kind of communities we want.”

Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation