DRAFT AGENDA
October 15, 2003
SMART GROWTH COMMITTEE
Time and Place: Wednesday, October 15th, 2003, 6-8 p.m., 1st Floor, Lee County Administration Building 2115 Second Street, Fort Myers Florida.
1. Call To Order, Introductions, Review of Agenda
2. Administrative Matters
A. Minutes of September 17, 2003
Action Needed: Accept and Approve the minutes as amended by discussion of the members.
3. Action and Recommendations Section
A. Review Composite Finalized Recommendations
Action Needed: Review and amend finalized recommendations for action. The preliminary recommendations are attached.
The Committee wished members to consider “the elegant few” as far as the higher profile or “rate of return” recommendations. Also, and truly gratuitously, staff heard a comment relevant to refining recommendations which it is taking to heart: “The bad is the opposite of the good, but the enemy of the good is the perfect.”
B. Review Taxonomy of Recommendations
Action needed: Review the proposed vehicles/plans for implementation.
4. Other Business
A. Preliminary Outreach Strategy:
1. Develop a Speaking Engagement List
2. Review Recommendations with each Community Planning Organization. (A staff report will need to be developed for each community, describing potential impact of recommendations)
3. Meet with each appropriate County advisory body and staff. (A Committee chairman will be needed for these; staff will work with appropriate committee staffer on meeting date and agenda. The primary purpose will be to discuss potential impact of recommendations with each committee.)
4. Meet with appropriate non-county public agency. (A Committee chairman or a County Policy Board member –or both– will be needed for these.)
B. Homework Assignment–EPA’s 100 Policies for Smart Growth. Review Summary as provided in the Preliminary Recommendations
C. Status Reports-as relevant (All)
5. Public Comment
6. Set next meeting date and Adjourn.