The General Plan incorporated 10 months of public community input. Since the citizens have had so much input on this process, we are comfortable with the results. The Plan was approved by City Council in January and went to the public for vote in May. It is our guide to future development; it’s kind of like our Bible. It has had a big impact already. Most cit- ies take a year to come up with a General Plan, and they are just updating from an existing plan that has already been established. We were basically all new; we started from scratch but got it done in the same time frame.
planning area boundaries. This was excellent vision by our incorporation committee. Projects that are located in the county but within our planning area are sent to the City of Maricopa for us to review and comment. This allows us to express our concerns to the County on key elements such as transportation, employment areas, open space, schools, public safety, etc. Because the projects are so close to what is happening here, they affect us in many ways. Some items have actually been tabled based on the concerns the City of Mari- copa has had. This is where I think the General Plan has had the most impact. We have something to base our concerns on.
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