The Town’s Comp Plan provides policy guidance regarding land use,
development, and growth of the Town. While it appropriately focuses on
broad community issues related to growth and development, it does not
provide significant insight into how the Town government must evolve as
an organization to achieve the Comp Plan vision. The establishment of
the 20/20 advisory committee will provide the Town with a vehicle to
involve key community stakeholders and to stimulate a community-wide
conversation about the long-term strategic direction of the Town
government. The mission of the 20/20 committee will be to assist the
Town in making key organizational
and investment decisions to ensure that it maximizes the potential to
achieve the Comp Plan’s vision for 20/20.
Term of Appointment:
All members of the advisory committee will serve on a voluntary basis at the
pleasure of the Town Board. The Town estimates that the initial work of
the committee will require 16-18 months to complete.
Meeting Schedule:
There will be approximately one committee meeting per month and there will
also be 2-3 public meetings and workshops held during the study period.
Tasks and Deliverables:
The 20/20 Committee will be responsible for providing general advice and
guidance to the Town and for assisting in the development and review of
interim and final work products and reports. After public discussion of
its recommendations, the 2020 committee will produce a final report that
makes recommendations with respect to:
Preliminary Agenda Sub-committee reports Finalize SWOT findngs Draft vision
statement Preliminary list of guiding principles
Discussion of key survey contents
Set public meeting date and agenda
Wednesday February 11, 2009
6:00 p.m. Town Hall
Town Board Meeting Status Report to Town Board
Friday February 13, 2009
7:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Preliminary Agenda Sub-committee reports Finalize SWOT findngs Draft vision
statement Preliminary list of guiding principles
Discussion of key survey contents
Friday February 27, 2009
7:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Preliminary Agenda
Sub-committee reports 2008 financial update Finalize draft vision
statement Finalize draft guiding principles
Finalize survey contents
Develop preliminary list of recommendations
Approve format/outline of draft report
Wednesday March 25, 2009
n/a
Distribute Community Survey with
response date of April 10, 2009
Wednesday April 8, 2009
6:00 p.m. Town Hall
Town Board Meeting Update Town Board
Friday April 10, 2009
Survey responses due
Friday April 24, 2009
7:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Preliminary Agenda
Sub-committee reports Review community survey results
Review final report format Discuss final draft recommendations
Finalize public meeting agenda
Wednesday May 13, 2009
7:00 p.m. Town Hall
Public Meeting to follow Town
Board meeting
Preliminary Agenda
Presentation on 20/20 mission, draft vision statement, draft guiding principles and preliminary
recommendations Obtain public comment
Friday May 29, 2009
7:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Preliminary Agenda
Approve and release final report for presentation to the Town Board
Wednesday June 10, 2009
6:00 p.m. Town Hall
Town Board Meeting Present Final Report to Town Board
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