The presentation will recap the process to date, introduce a completed goal/policy/program framework for the plan, and present a draft future land-use map. Written feedback will be sought from all attendees, and a question and answer session is also expected.

Check back for a copy of the meeting agenda.

In addition to Council and commissioners, members of the plan’s various topic and advisory groups will be present. Save the date and see how the plan is shaping up - all Cheney residents are strongly encouraged to attend.

Here’s a copy of that correspondence, including a map filed by Mr. Emtman with Spokane County in 2006.

Questions regarding the letter and its relation to the Choices for Cheney process may be directed to Community Development Director at the City. 

Thanks to these and any additional written replies about the plan - they’re important and helpful to ensuring the plan achieves community needs. Check out each letter by following the links below, and be sure to get us your thoughts!

See the schedule and location chart below for specifics, drop by the exhibit when it’s most convenient, and jot down your thoughts on any or all of the ideas presented. In many cases, City staff will be on-hand to answer questions and offer information about the concept map or the Choices for Cheney process.

A small-size version is already posted on-line if you’d like to review it beforehand, too. Check it out here or see it in-person, but be sure to give us your thoughts!

Here’s a downloadable, handout-sized copy of the land use concept map and worksheet provided to attendees. Print it out at home, fill it in and mail or FAX it back to the addresses indicated. Pre-printed copies are also available at the City Community Development Department. Full instructions are included in the document.

We’ll also have the full-size poster version of the map on display at various locations through the month of March. Check back for a listing of times and places, and tell us what you think!

Here’s a downloadable, handout-sized copy of the goal and policy worksheet provided to attendees. Print it out at home, fill it in and mail or FAX it back to the addresses indicated. Pre-printed copies are also available at the City Community Development Department. Full instructions are included on each form set.

With Choices for Cheney, the City has elected to automatically include an EIS in the process - but in addition to its own list of issues to evaluate, needs public input on what’s termed “scoping,” i.e., ideas on what types of environmental considerations the plan may affect.

The link below provides a copy of the City’s EIS scoping questionnaire, which explains the process, offers lists of environmental elements and issues already identified, and asks the basic question: What should the comprehensive plan’s environmental impact statement cover?

Click to download and view, then print and return it, or add your comments using the “comments” link near the listing footer. We’ll also have copies of the document at the February 18 workshop. Thanks!

The workshop will offer updates on input and progress thus far, present a set of draft policies to guide the updated plan, and present one or more land use strategies for participants to help refine. As the City has determined to develop an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) to accompany the plan, the meeting will also seek input on the scope of the EIS. This will be the last workshop in the series before the roll-out event expected mid-spring - so input at this event is especially crucial.

Members of the City’s various topic and advisory groups will be present, and all Cheney residents are strongly encouraged to attend.

A copy of the meeting agenda has been posted below, as well as a copy of the meeting flyer being distributed by the City. Mark your calendars for this important opportunity to shape Cheney’s future!

Interested in seeing some of the results in-person, and perhaps weighing in on some of the plan concepts? The City’s hoping that many folks are, and has prepared displays and a quick questionnaire to be stationed at several community gathering spots between now and the end of this month. In many cases, City staff will be on-hand to answer questions and offer information about the Choices for Cheney process.

Check out the concept illustrations in advance if you’d like beforehand, but see the schedule chart below for a listing of the various display places and times, and be sure to stop by!

Here are the results from that exercise, scanned, reduced and transcribed so everyone can check out what each group was thinking. Each file typically contains two pages - the map, showing the colored dot placement and keyed numbers next to all of the written comments, and a second page containing typewritten transcriptions of the comments next to the numbers associated with each.

Be sure to check out the planner’s summaries and comments listed at the top of the transcription pages. Most refer to the various plan concept illustrations shown to the groups that day, and how each of the participant group schemes relates to them.

Interesting stuff - several of the groups worked hard to provide ideas on the type of residential mix and economic initiatives the City ought to encourage over time. These maps, plus community feedback between now and mid-January will help shape the next draft plan strategy, to be presented during the February community workshop!