At the City Council work session Feb. 11 Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee Chairman George Ragsdale presented the board's first round of findings to council.
The document, which council must approve before sending off to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and Atlanta Regional Commission for further approval, is the first step toward updating Milton's Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update, the basis for most city policy.
The city is operating under Fulton County's plan, which Ragsdale said is "not indicative of what we want to see in Milton."
"The frustration with Fulton County is that there was no implementation," he said. "The plan fell far short of what we had hoped."
The Citizen's Advisory Committee's work is but the first step in the protracted process of creating the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update. Through a series of meetings the group, working with city staff, created a baseline of information for moving forward with the overall plan.
Once OK'd by council, the rough document will take 40 days for approval at the state level.
From there the months-long process of crafting the exact plan can take place, with final approval coming late summer 2008 at the earliest.
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Keep an eye out for surveys
MILTON – As part of the community information gathering portion of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update, the city will be sending out 12,000 questionnaires to property owners in Milton Feb. 28.
The city is expecting anywhere from a 1-percent to 5-percent return by March 17, the cut-off date.
To increase the chances of getting feedback, Milton is holding an anonymous raffle through the survey. Each questionnaire will come with a two-part ticket. Keep one stub and mail the other in for prizes including free oil changes, car washes and gift certificates from local businesses.
All gifts were donated.
By March 24 the winning raffle numbers will be posted on the city's Web site.
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