Thursday, December 13, 2012
This week’s Corporate Reserve, Lexington Clubs decisions reflected in discussion of final revisions to St. Charles’ 2013 draft plan.
Just two days after a St. Charles City Council committee outright rejected one housing development and killed a key funding mechanism for another, a task force charged with crafting a guide for the city’s future growth ended its work on a draft comprehensive plan. The Comprehensive Plan Task Force voted unanimously Wednesday night to recommend its 2013 draft plan to the St. Charles Plan Commission, which is expected to begin its review of the 113-page document. The task force’s action included changes it made as members gave one final review of the draft plan and after they listened to more public recommendations about changes to the proposal. Key among those were in direct response to residents’ pleas as they related to the Corporate …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The formal comprehensive plan process actually begins with the commission, whose members already recognize the volatility of the draft plan among St. Charles residents.
The St. Charles Plan Commission is bracing itself to take on the politically sensitive 2013 draft Comprehensive Plan once the task force which has been crafting it for the past 18 months delivers it up for the next step in the process. The Comprehensive Plan Task Force is scheduled to meet a final time on Dec. 12, when it is expected to hand off the 2013 draft Comprehensive Plan to the City Council, which then would pass it on directly to the Plan Commission. The task force could delay its final action, but a postponement is considered unlikely. That means the plan would be presented to the City Council during its Dec. 17 meeting. The Plan Commission expects to take up consideration of the draft plan during its first two scheduled meetings…
Monday, November 26, 2012
The 18-month-long process winds down as the task force prepares for Dec. 12 decision to hand off draft plan to the St. Charles Plan Commission.
As the clock winds down toward Christmas and the end of the year, the St. Charles Comprehensive Plan Task Force also is preparing to conclude its 18 months of work on a document to guide development here for the next 20 years. It’s proven to be a divisive issue in the community on several fronts, not the least of which is the idea of developing multifamily homes — specifically, apartments. But the plan stretches across the community, from the West Gateway through the downtown to the East Gateway, and north to south as well. Further, it is intended to set the framework for future development, from commercial to industrial to residential. Consequently, it has drawn diverging views on other points as well. The task force has been working with…
Friday, November 16, 2012
Mayoral candidate calls plan a responsible growth approach for St. Charles.
St. Charles mayoral candidate John Rabchuk announced Friday he is formally endorsing the responsible growth strategy for St. Charles that is outlined in the draft 2013 Comprehensive Plan. “Having served as vice chairman for the St. Charles Comprehensive Plan Task Force for almost two years, I know firsthand the effort that has been extended by the entire task force team to identify opportunities for St. Charles to continue to grow in a responsible manner,” Rabchuk said in a release. “Just as with any business, a city must grow or it will slowly stagnate and lose ground to neighboring communities.” “A few vocal residents of our city believe that there is an unending line of developers eager to make proposals to St. Charles,” he continued. “…
Steve Swanson
10:15 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Task Force really dropped the ball as far as I am concerned by failing to address the comments made by the many citizens who attended the Open House two weeks previously. Not one comment was addressed. To me, it is very disingenuous to ask for public input and then to completely ignore it; but that typifies how things how worked in this City recently. I believe that the Plan adopted by the … more ›