Participants/Stakeholders
in the Planning Process
- City Council
- City Council Planning and Economic Development Liaisons
- Planning Commission
- Western Branch Committee
- Business Community
- Property Owners
- Citizens
- Steering Committee
- Consultant
- City Manager or designee
- Chesapeake City Staff
- Chesapeake School Administration
- Other public agencies (VDOT, ACOE, HRSD, HRPDC)
- Suffolk City staff (will be interviewed only)
Participant Roles:
- Policy Making -
- City Council - Goal setting, policy direction
- Planning Commission - Goal identification, policy recommendations
- Advisory -
- Western Branch Citizens - Input towards goals, objectives and plan
strategies
- Business Community - Input towards goals, objectives, and plan strategies
- Property Owners - Input towards goals, objectives and plan strategies
- City Manager or designee - Input towards goals, objectives, and plan
strategies
- Steering Committee - reviews and endorses work products produced by
the consultant
- Project Management -
- Consultant - data analysis, issue identification, identification of
strengths/ weaknesses/opportunities, identification of highest and
best uses, citizen meetings, facilitate steering committee meetings,
scenario development, infrastructure plan, fiscal impact analysis, implementation
strategies, draft and finalize plan
- City Staff - contract administration, information to consultant, manage
timeframes of project, citizen meetings, steering committee participant,
City Council briefings, City Manager briefings, review consultant work
product
