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RefinementPlanAreaPlan <br />Legally bindingprocess YesNo <br />Distinct two-step process YesNo <br />Whodrivesthebus? <br />Step 1: Members of plan area <br />Planning staff <br />community <br />Step 2: <br />Planning staff <br />Fullreview and formal <br />Yes No <br />recommendations by <br />neighborhoodorganizations <br />Fullreview and formal <br />Yes Maybe <br />recommendations by Planning <br />Commission <br />Adoption by City Council YesNo <br />A common misconception about the role of a Planning Team <br />A Planning Team is not a group of individuals “representing” the interests of different constituencies and <br />“negotiating” an agreement on proposed policies. <br />The Planning Team’s primary responsibilities include directing a community engagement process that <br />produces a document that reflects the community’s shared goals, objectives and proposed policies. This <br />includes: <br />Ensuring broad and effective public outreach, including providing the kind of information that <br />neighborhood members need to make informed recommendations and decisions. <br />Ensuring substantial and effective public engagement, including thorough discussions and <br />deliberations on proposed goals, objectives and policies for the refinement plan. <br />Creating a proposed “Draft Refinement Plan” for consideration throughthe subsequent phases <br />of the public process. <br />An essential aspect of the refinement plan process is that citizens with no background in public policy <br />and planning, nevertheless are most knowledgeable about the neighborhoods in which they live and run <br />local businesses. Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goals recognize this principle and call for planning staff to <br />assist so that NRPs can be successfully crafted and understood by ordinary citizens. <br />The alternatives proposed for “next steps.” <br />The only alternative that’s been proposed is from a small group of individuals who call themselves “WE <br />CAN.” The proposal is essentially a “top-down” approach with a committee representing a plethora of <br />interests city-wide. From the website, here’s a quick recap of how this committee would be composed: <br />16 Representatives from relevant neighborhood associations (encompassing or adjacent to “key <br />transit corridors”) <br />32 Residents (including both homeowners and renters) from the relevant areas <br />16 (32?) Property owners and landlords from the relevant areas <br />16 Business owners and employees who work in the relevant areas <br />2 Representatives of local development and real estate interests <br />2 Representatives of transportation interests <br /> <br />