Proposal on Smart Planning
The RIO CaRRP team has developed a proposal on developing a statewide, integrated planning system titled Recovering from the Storms, Planning for the Future: A Safer, Smarter, Stronger Iowa.
Based upon proposed Iowa Smart Planning Principles, this document outlines a framework for a local, regional and statewide planning process, including a Plan of Action with comprehensive, priority strategies.
Your feedback to the proposal is requested.
Please download this Word version of Appendix H as a means of participating in the process of developing a meaningful planning process for Iowa.
The proposal is also being used to support the work of the Water Resources Coordinating Council Subcommittee on Flood Plain Management.
Proposed Iowa Smart Planning Principles
- Promote Clean Energy Production & Increased Energy Efficiency
- Increase Diversity of Job & Business Opportunities
- Concentrate Development & Mix Land Uses
- Expand Diversity in Housing Opportunities & Choices
- Foster Distinctive, Attractive Communities with a Strong Sense of Place
- Protect, Preserve & Wisely Utilize Natural Resources & Working Lands
- Incorporate Green Building & Infrastructure Design
- Provide for a Variety of Transportation Choices
- Advance Equity: Predictable, Fair & Cost Effective Development Decisions
- Stakeholder, Community & Regional Collaboration in Development Decisions