CLINTON —
City officials are giving Clinton residents the opportunity to take an active role in the future of Clinton.
On Sept. 21, all Clinton residents are invited to a Comprehensive Plan update public input meeting at the Eagle Point Lodge in Eagle Point Park. The meeting, will will begin at 4:30 p.m. and last for two hours, will allow citizens to share ideas or suggestions to improve the area.
“We want to have the public tell us what they want the city to be,” City Planner Mike Reynolds said. “What they want the city to look like and what should be where in the next ten or twenty years.”
The discussion will be free-flowing, but will divided up into six main themes. Attendees will sign in with a greeter at the entrance, and receive nametags, and then choose a table discussion to join. Topics of discussion include infrastructure issues, housing, parks and recreation, commercial and industrial issues and a table for miscellaneous discussion.
There will also be a table for discussion of city districts. Reynolds said that the city already has two distinct districts, the downtown area and the Lyons area, but could benefit from more. He said the city could eventually have a college district and a community medical district.
Tables will be facilitated by staff, but citizens will lead the discussion. Participants will be asked to write down ideas and suggestions and submit them to city staff at the end of the event.
Attendees will not be limited to one area of discussion.
“People who attend can express their ideas at one table and move to another,” Reynolds said. “Potentially they could go to all six tables, or they might only decide to go to one table.”
City planning staff, in conjunction with the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), will develop a report that will be presented the Plan Commission, which will in turn work on updating the comprehensive plan for the city.
Reynolds said that the purpose of the meeting was to get as many ideas from as many sources as possible.
“It’s a chance for anybody, really of any age, whoever they are that has an interest has a chance to shape the future of Clinton,” he said.
A similar event was held at the Sawmill Museum for citizens to look at plans for the Lyons district. Reynolds said this meeting will have more opportunities for citizens to make an impact, because it is occurring at the beginning of the planning cycle, rather than the end.
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