Originally Posted by
Spartan
Jared - most of us on here feel that the Planning Department rubberstamps developments and does not do enough to raise the bar and get higher quality development downtown, curb sprawl, promote quality of life, etc. Most of us wish the planning department could be more proactive on those issues, and I think they wish they could be as well.
What will probably happen with any city plan is that suburban home builders will intervene at the latest possible moment and make demands to water it down and let them keep building huge subdivisions that we don't need at the expense of the inner city. Thing is, no citizens are paying attention to the plan. I'm not even paying attention to the plan, despite that I follow everything this city does very closely, because I know I can't make an ounce of difference on that.
The planning department has likely already made up their mind on how much they're willing to fight for better city planning, and the home builders will have the final say anyway. So what's the point?
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