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City Council Meeting Minutes January 21, 2020 interaction of residents, property owners, business owners and leaders, churches and key community organizations, university officials, students, elected officials, utility providers, City staff, and other key stakeholders. Allows City Council to designate a committee or committees to act as community liaisons and provide oversight of plan and process. At a minimum the public participation plan should utilize traditional media, social media, virtual open houses, online polling, and should take advantage of the many groups who meet regularly through a speaker's bureau. The participatory process must also be creatively designed to seek out and involve residents and other stakeholders that are unlikely to participate in a standard workshop style community engagement process. Additionally, the process must ensure that participation is reflective of both the current and future citizenry. The overall goal of the participatory process is to increase the ownership of the final product. 4) Vision and Goal Setting The consultant(s) will work with the City and project stakeholders in developing a broadly supported and achievable vision or alternative vision(s) of the long-term future design and character of the community, along with related goals that help accomplish the same. Vision and goal setting shall be a component of the plan that is officially approved by the City early on in the process. The vision and goal setting shall also include the identification and approval of the guiding principles. If alternative visions are created, the consultant(s) shall include the cost/benefit implications of each alternative. 5) Guiding Principles As part of this process, the consultant will work with the City and project stakeholders in developing supported guiding principles that will guide the formation of related goals, objectives, and actions. 6) Planning Elements At minimum, the plan shall include planning elements that cover: land use (including a Preferred Scenario Map and fiscal impact analysis, see below), environment and resource protection, economic development, housing, parks and public facilities, transportation, and intergovernmental cooperation. The consultant(s) is encouraged to include other applicable elements that are beneficial to the process. As part of the land use planning element, a Preferred Scenario Map (future land use map) and fiscal impact analysis that clearly describes the costs associated with the anticipated growth shall be developed. City of San Marcos Page 3