The Columbia Vision Commission gave its first report to the City Council on the draft implementation report of the city’s visioning process Monday night, something of a milestone in the long-running process to gather citizen input on the direction of the city.
Commission Chair Dan Goldstein stressed the “living nature of the document,” and said the report marked a “celebratory time.” Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe said the report was evidence of the time and effort the visioning commission had put into the process.
The report offers preliminary evaluations of vision goal implementations based on sub-groups established during the initial process. The commission report is basically a progress report on things as specific as “cleaning up” Business Loop 70 and downtown recycling initiatives.
There was no discussion of a letter sent by the commission noting the difference between the draft Visioning Implementation Report, prepared by city staff, and the Final Visioning Report, prepared by citizen work groups. The letter said concerns about inequitable access to city government raised during the visioning process made it an important distinction to draw.
A letter from Assistant City Manager Paula Hertwig Hopkins to City Manager Bill Watkins said there was no discussion about “inequitable access” during the visioning process.
For any visioning junkies out there, commission secretary Jan Weaver said she will make the entire report publicly available at web.missouri.edu/~umcsnresiwww/cvc.html.
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