2009 Comprehensive Plan and Long Range
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ALLIANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Table of Contents Foundation............................................................................................................................................................. Chapter 1 Public Facilities....................................................................................................................................................... Chapter 2 Transportation ........................................................................................................................................................Chapter 3 Housing ...................................................................................................................................................................Chapter 4 Neighborhoods ......................................................................................................................................................Chapter 5 Land Use .................................................................................................................................................................Chapter 6 Community Appearance .....................................................................................................................................Chapter 7 Sustainability ...........................................................................................................................................................Chapter 8 Action Plan .............................................................................................................................................................Chapter 9 Acknowledgements This Comprehensive Plan Document is the result of lots of hard work, creativity, and sheer effort by city staff, project advisory committee, and most important, the citizens of Alliance. There are a few individuals that should be recognized for their outstanding effort and commitment to this project. Advisory Committee City Staff Jim Parks Larry Ring Pam Caskie Tony Tolstedt Deb Kelly R.B. McCord Rick Houck Gary Watkins Dan Koch Ralph Yeager Shari Lund Chief Dave McCarty Earl Jones Larry Intermill Dick Cayer Dee Lewis Dan Kusek Marta Fritzler ALLIANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN oundation Alliance Introduced Alliance can trace its important role in the settlement Street and Box Butte Avenue. water tower, and power plant beginnings to March 28, 1888, of through various federal work after Box Butte County was Northwestern Nebraska. Free After a protracted battle, programs. created by the division of land and individual freedoms covering three different In 1942, the Alliance Air Base Dawes County. were too much for the average elections and numerous was built on former farm European to ignore. By 1900, court appearances -- the and ranch land southeast of Box Butte was named after the population of Western Box Butte County Courthouse Alliance. Alliance doubled in the prominent sandhill in the Nebraska was more than ten was transported by rail from size as construction workers northeast section of the newly percent from foreign countries. Hemingford to Alliance in 1899. and later troops “invaded” formed county. The origins of Alliance. In 1953 the City of the name of Alliance is less Alliance grew rapidly. The Alliance continued to grow, Alliance received the deed certain. The most commonly census of 1890, conducted in large part because of of ownership to the Air Base accepted account attributes only two years after the the Kincaid Act in 1904. The which had become the the town’s naming to J.N. Paul. town’s founding, boasted a population of Alliance in 1920 Alliance Municipal Airport. population of 840. By 1896, reached nearly 6,000 and Mr. Paul, an early engineer the population had more than Alliance was considered “The The 1950s and 1960s will be with the Burlington and Missouri doubled to 2,200. Queen City of the Plains.” known for their growth in River Railroad, suggested Alliance took full advantage industry and manufacturing the town be named after his One of the first groups formed of the New Deal adding plants in Alliance. The 1970s hometown of Alliance, Ohio. in Alliance was the Volunteer a new municipal building, and 1980s will be known for Fire Department. In less than improving the central park the growth of the Burlington The Burlington and Missouri a year, three fires gutted the with a fountain and swimming Northern Railroad in Alliance. River Railroad played an business districts along Third pool, and constructing a new Foundation 1 ALLIANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Comprehensive Plan Introduced A comprehensive plan, of the community and also describe what the community mayor, city staff, residents, and also known as a master or recommends a method wants to become in the future. business owners. The steering general plan, establishes in which this vision can be This is best accomplished committee, community survey, a vision for future growth. attained. by establishing accurate stakeholder input, and City Comprehensive plans are population projections, staff feedback all served anticipatory, forward thinking, The Alliance Comprehensive determining future land use as the basis for the Alliance and long-range in nature. Plan was created in needs, anticipating growth Comprehensive Plan. Typically, a comprehensive accordance with four key patterns, and making land plan anticipates a growth planning principles: use recommendations that Comprehensive Plan period of 20 to 25 years. A 1. The Alliance Comprehensive ensure the health, safety, and Document comprehensive plan is a Plan is intended to be used general welfare of all Alliance The comprehensive plan planning tool designed and as a guideline and decision- residents. Successful execution document consists of nine developed to assist well- making tool for community of the Alliance Comprehensive chapters. managed communities, development. This document Plan will ensure predictable, • Foundation determine needs, and to set is broad in its approach and contiguous, and sustainable • Public Facilities and Services goals and recommendations does not include specific lot- growth. The Alliance • Transportation to direct future development. level recommendations. Comprehensive Plan also • Housing The comprehensive plan 2. The Alliance Comprehensive identifies future infrastructure • Neighborhoods should serve as the foundation Plan expects that public policy improvements, future park • Land Use for local planning programs, decisions, in concert with placements, as well as the • Community Appearance policies, and principles. market forces, will determine location of future residential, • Sustainability the implementation timeline. commercial, and industrial • Action Plan The Alliance Comprehensive 3. The Alliance Comprehensive growth areas. Each Chapter has three main Plan was created to serve the Plan is governed by the components; Introduced, needs of citizens, city staff, and Alliance Zoning Regulations. The Alliance Comprehensive Assessed, and Enriched. The elected officials. The goals, 4. The Alliance Plan functions as a guideline Introduced section introduces objectives, and strategies Comprehensive Plan contains for the Alliance Planning the chapter and its relevance described within this plan recommendations that Commission and helps direct to the comprehensive were based on information are designed to promote Alliance planning policy. plan. The Assessed section gathering during public quality development that is analyzes existing conditions of forums, a community survey, congruent with the vision of the Comprehensive Plan Process Alliance. The Enriched section and at several meetings with community. The City of Alliance assembled provides goals, objectives, staff and the comprehensive a steering committee to help and strategies to achieve the plan steering committee. Purpose of the Alliance Plan guide the comprehensive community’s future vision. The Alliance Comprehensive The purpose of the plan development. The Plan describes a future vision comprehensive plan is to committee consisted of the Foundation 2 ALLIANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN P H A S E 1 P H A S E 2 P H A S E 3 P H A S E 4 Data Scenario Collection, Goal and Vision Preferred Generation & Issues Setting Direction Analysis Identification P H A S E 5 P H A S E 6 P H A S E 7 P H A S E 8 Plan Define Presentation Plan Adoption Development Strategies and Production F.1 Foundation 3 ALLIANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Alliance Assessed Population by Decade Population Distribution Household Income Value of Alliance Homes Population is identified on The number of Alliance The numbers of Alliance The numbers of homes are the y-axis and eight decades residents is identified on the households are identified on identified on the y-axis and from 1930 to 2000 are located y-axis and the 13 age cohorts the y-axis and ten income housing price ranges are on the x-axis. Alliance’s are included on the x-axis. ranges are located on the located on the x-axis. 21.9 population has increased An age cohort is a group of x-axis. Household income is percent of Alliance homes are from 6,669 residents in 1930 similar-aged individuals. The defined as the sum of the gross worth less than $50,000 and to 8,959 residents in 2000. age grouping with the largest income earned by all members 56.2 percent of Alliance homes Although Alliance’s aggregate percentage of residents is the of a household. A total 782 are worth between $50,000 population has grown since 35-44 age cohort. This cohort, households, or 21 percent and $99,999. If we combine