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Issue #39: Summer 2000

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Welcome to the Commission!
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--- Members of the PCJ's Editorial Advisory Board discuss ways in which planning commissions can help orient new members ... and ways in which new members can start to "learn the ropes." Then six planning commissioners from across the country offer their thoughts on the most important things for new commissioners to keep in mind.

DEPARTMENTS

The Effective Planning Commission:
New Ways to Reach New (and Old) Audiences read excerpts from article order and download article

--- PCJ columnist Elaine Cogan looks at how planning boards can obtain public feedback besides through a formal public hearing process.

Looking Around:
School Sprawl read excerpts from article order and download article

--- One of the most important, but often overlooked, contributors to sprawl is the construction of large educational facilities in outlying, undeveloped areas. Edward McMahon takes a look at some of the causes of "school sprawl" -- and at some efforts to combat it.

The Planning Commission At Work:
Ten Steps in Preparing a Comprehensive Plan read excerpts from article order and download article

--- One of the key responsibilities planning commissions have is to prepare the comprehensive plan. Mike Chandler provides an overview of the steps typically taken in developing a plan.

Ethics & the Planning Commission:
Site Visits: Necessary But Tricky read excerpts from article order and download article

--- In order to evaluate a permit application, it may be necessary to go out and visit the site. Yet site visits can result in "ex-parte" contacts, tainting a commissioner's ability to render a fair decision (or, creating the perception that this is the case). Greg Dale charts a course through the shoals of site visits.

Insights:
Smart Growth: A View From Capitol Hill

-- U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords looks at recent Congressional efforts designed to curb sprawl. [available as a free pdf download]

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