Welcome to the Cross Creek Neighborhood Planning Project

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Welcome to the Cross Creek Neighborhood
Planning Project

• Presented by Monique Coleman, Neighborhood Planner

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Todays Agenda

• Meet and Greet
• Get a name tag
• Sign the sign-in sheet
• Hear presentations
• Neighborhood Planning
• Monique Coleman, Neighborhood Planner
• Planning and Zoning Process
• Jeff Zimmerman, Planning and Zoning Process
• Group Discussion (QA)
• Announce next meeting
• Adjourn for Booth Circulation and Neighborhood
  Mixer!

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Who is your Neighborhood Planner?

• Monique Coleman, MPA
• From Graham, Texas (by Possum Kingdom Lake)
• Attended Texas Tech University
• Received Bachelors and Masters from Tech
• Worked for the City of Lubbock during Masters
  program
• Joined the City of Plano in October 2006
• Have completed 4 neighborhood plans in Plano, two
  of which were adopted by City Council
• Have conducted one Neighborhood Workshop for Plano

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Getting to know your neighbors!

• Tell us who you are!
• State the following
• Your name
• The street you live on
• How long youve lived in the neighborhood

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What is Neighborhood Planning?

• Neighborhood planning is an opportunity for
  citizens to shape the type of neighborhood they
  would like to live in and their overall quality
  of life.
• Cooperative problem-solving strategy
• Mutual Responsibility!
• Address concerns in neighborhoods
• Discover potential solutions to problems

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Neighborhood Action Plans

• A Neighborhood Plan is a set of recommendations
  about how to improve a given area of a city.
  These recommendations are used to guide
  decision-makers in future projects pertaining to
  the neighborhood.
• Currently, we have completed
• 15 Full-Scale Plans
• 6 Fast-Track Plans
• Visit Neighborhood Action Plans web page under
  the Neighborhood Planning Web site for details.

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Neighborhood Resources

• Did you know about
• The Guide to Forming Neighborhood Associations
• The Resident Services Guide
• Neighborhood Planning Web site
• www.planoplanning.org
• Plano HomeSmart Knowledgebase
• www.planohomesmart.org

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Setting Expectations

• What to expect from the Cross Creek planning
  project.
• Expect the following
• Information, education, empowerment
• Partnership/network building
• Enhanced since of community P.R.I.D.E.
• More City involvement and assistance with
  addressing community concerns and issues.

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Questions/Comments?