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Columbia Imagined – the Plan for How We Live & Grow Acknowledgements This Plan is the result of extensive work by the Comprehensive Plan Task Force and City of Columbia staff under the oversight of the Planning and Zoning Commission, input from consultants, and directi on from the City Council and the public. The City of Columbia would like to thank all of the citi zens who completed the public opinion surveys, att ended meeti ngs, and provided in- valuable input into the development of the Plan. Special thanks are extended to the following individuals: Comprehensive Plan Task Force: City of Columbia Staff : Rex Campbell Alice Leeper Tim Teddy, Community Development Director Jack Clark Bonnie Maiers Patrick Zenner, Development Services Manager Scott Cristal Richard Perkins Mitch Skov, Senior Planner Adam Dushoff Glenn Rice Steve MacIntyre, AICP, Planner John Glenn Jo Sapp Rachel Bacon, AICP, Planner Dan Goldstein Adam Saunders Matt hew Lepke, AICP, Planner John Hancock Jonathan Sessions Denise Clark, Management Support Specialist Lee Henson Shelley Simon Emily Dixon, Planning Technician Veronica Kramer Don Stamper Conor Henley, Planning Technician Karl Kruse Annelle Whitt Alex Devlin, Intern John Semlitsch, Intern Planning and Zoning Commission: Consultants: Helen Anthony Steve Reichlin Jeff Barrow Karl Skala Community Development Program, University of Missouri David Brodsky Rusty Strodtman Extension Andy Lee Bill Tillotson Special thanks to Steve Jeanett a and Larry Dickerson Ann Peters Matt hew Vander Tuig Ray Puri Doug Wheeler Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri Special thanks to Thomas Johnson and Tracy Greever-Rice Vangel and Associates Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission: Pat Smith Kevin Murphy Table of Contents Executi ve Summary Pages 1-8 1.4 Mobility, Connecti vity, and Accessibility . .45 Preparing to Plan . .3 Key Elements . .45 The Goals of Columbia Imagined . .4 Transportati on Plans . .47 Guiding Principles . .5 Other Plans and Policies . .50 1.5 Economic Development . .51 Chapter Summaries . .6 Two Counti es, One Metropolitan Stati sti cal Area . .51 Chapter One – Existi ng Conditi ons 9-76 Demographics Profi le . .51 1.1 Land Use and Growth Management . .13 Economic Support Structure . .55 A City Established . .13 Factors Contributi ng to Economic Success . .55 Land Use Regulati on & Comprehensive Plans . .14 1.6 Inter-Governmental Cooperati on . .61 Factors Shaping the Land Use Patt ern . .15 Land use planning coordinati on . .62 Managing Land Use Patt erns . .21 Cooperati ve Relati onships . .62 Future Land Use Patt erns . .22 Cooperati ve Projects . .65 1.2 Environmental Management . .23 Inter-Agency Cooperati on . .66 Appreciati ng Our Natural Resources . .23 Regional Cooperati on . .67 Natural Resource Inventory . .23 1.7 Livable and Sustainable Communiti es . .69 Environmental Limitati ons to Development . .25 Columbia’s Livable and Sustainable Practi ces and Indicators .69 Sensiti ve Features and Conditi ons . .31 City Initi ati ves and Policies . .71 Environmental Regulati ons and Policies . .34 How to Design Livable and Sustainable Communiti es . .75 1.3 Infrastructure . .37 Selected Data for Columbia . .75 Uti liti es . .37 Chapter Two – Planning Process 77-88 Transportati on . .41 From Visioning to Imagined . .79 Telecommunicati ons . .43 Planning Partners . .79 Columbia Public Library . .43 Groundwork for Public Parti cipati on . .81 Hospitals and Clinics . .43 Public Input and Parti cipati on . .83 Parks and Trails . .43 Phases of the Plan. .83 General Infrastructure Informati on . .43 Phase I: What is the Plan? . .84 Implementati on Table . .143 Phase II: Who Are We? . .84 Plan Review, Evaluati on, and Update Process . .150 Phase III: What Do We Care About? . .85 Future Land Use Map . .152 Phase IV: Where Are We Headed? . .86 Glossary of Acronyms . .157 Phase V: How to Get There? . .87 Appendix Phase VI: Plan Approval and Beyond. .87 A: Columbia’s existi ng annexati on policy (PR115-97A) . A2-3 A Living Document . .88 B: Coordinati ng organizati ons service areas . A4-13 Chapter Three – Big Ideas 89-102 C: Favorites Exercise survey . A14-15 Summary of the Goals and Objecti ves . .91 D: Results for Favorites Exercise . A16-21 The 35 Goals and Objecti ves . .93 E: Issues Mapping Exercise . A22-23 “Big Ideas” in the Making . .95 F: Public input sessions issues maps . A24-33 How Big Ideas Are Realized . .101 G: Proposed goals and objecti ves and live voti ng results . .A34-54 Chapter Four – Growth Patt erns & Policies H: Land use policies and guidelines from Metro 2020. A55-83 103-140 I: Comprehensive Plan Task Force enabling resoluti on. A84-91 Where Are We Now? . .108 J: East Area Plan Adopti on Ordinance (City of Columbia) and Where Are We Going? . .113 Resoluti on (Boone County) . A93-95 Where Do We Want to Go? . .119 Land Use Principles and Policies – Livable and Sustainable Communiti es . .120 Growth Management . .128 Environmental Management . .131 Mobility, Accessibility, and Connecti vity . .135 Economic Development . .137 Chapter Five – Implementati on Plan 141-157 How Do We Get There? . .143 List of Figures, Tables, and Maps Chapter One - Existi ng Conditi ons Map 1-16: CATSO’s Major Roadway Plan . 47 Figure 1-1: Seven Overlapping Categories . 12 Map 1-17: Columbia Transit . 48 Figure 1-2: 1920s Columbia Map . 13 Table 1-5: Populati on Change . 51 Table 1-1: Populati on of Columbia . 13 Table 1-6: Age Cohort Breakdown & Change, 2000 and 2010 . 52 Figure 1-3: Columbia’s First Comprehensive Plan . 14 Table 1-7: Columbia MSA Largest Employers . 52 Map 1-1: Metro 2020 Map . 15 Table 1-8: Columbia MSA Employment Sector Averages . 53 Table 1-2: Acreage by Zoning Districts . 16 Table 1-9: Income 1980-2010 . 54 Map 1-2: Annexati on History . 18 Table 1-10: Poverty 1980-2010 . 54 Figure 1-4: Arti st’s Rendering of Batt le High School . 19 Table 1-11: Educati onal Insti tuti ons’ Enrollment Rates . 54 Map 1-3: DLC Area Map . 20 Map 1-18: Industrial, Offi ce, and Retail Zoning . 56 Map 1-4: NRI Study Area . 23 Map 1-19: Certi fi ed Industrial Sites . 57 Figure 1-5: NRI Land Cover Distributi on Charts . 24 Map 1-20: Boone County Citi es . 61 Map 1-5: NRI Land Cover . 25 Table 1-12: Relati onships of Cooperati ve Organizati ons . 62 Table 1-3: Limitati ons to Development by Type and Acreage . 26 Map 1-21: Fire Services Territory . 63 Map 1-6: Limitati ons to Development . 26 Map 1-22: Boone County School Districts . 64 Map 1-7: Watersheds and Major Streams . 27 Chapter Two - Planning Process Map 1-8: Agricultural Land Cover . ..
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