Aggenda for Meeting Scheduled 12/13/05

I am not able to attend our board meeting tonight, but wanted to provide the following as a basis for discussion and organizing our land use effort. This is based on a small organizing session held last week, reviewing the work of other neighborhoods, talking with neighbors, and thinking it over.We need a few things:1. a plan & schedule2. a proposal and package of materials for property owners to review3. a workforceThe meeting tonight should focus on each of these things, following on work started last week.Overall Approach1. Break Des Montes up into manageable sections by streets, enclaves, family land, etc. I liked the name Andy used last time but I can't remember it. I can't stand "sub-zone" and this division is for getting input from neighbors, NOT creating zoned areas.2. Identify 1-2 "block captains" or some clever name who will be responsible for meeting with neighbors in their sections to identify their current and planned land use. We will have a little "menu" of use definitions from the county and other neighborhoods to help here, but these won't be exclusive - land owners can specify anything and we'll see what themes come back.3. A package of materials for our "block captains" will be created for their use and distribution to neighbors, this containing land use information, definitions, land owners, process, tips, contact information, maps, etc.4. After a first-pass attempt to gather input from as many land owners as possible, we will build a rev.1 land use map and begin working to fill in the missing pieces, definitions, missed or resisting land owners.Plan & ScheduleI'm not up to making up a plan right here, but last week I proposed that we plan to have a package & a workforce ready to begin soliciting input from neighbors in the spring, around the time of the highway cleanup. This is by far the biggest thing this NA has ever attempted to do, and it makes sense to get it off on the right foot. That means getting our story straight, anticipating issues, identifying and enlisting a diversity of neighbors to help get the job done, and all this will take some time.If we spend the summer gathering input, we'll have a rev.1 rollup for our annual meeting in September. If it looks like we have consensus among land owners on Des Montes land use, that's when the fun begins.If we kept up the momentum, we could have a draft land use ordinance by the end of 2006.Package - see description under "approach"1. Kitty is working on a brief summary on the benefits of zoning to the community and to land owners2. spoke with Gerald Nichols today, we don't have Des Montes data yet, but he is committed to getting it to us, including aerial photos ;-)Workforce - We each need to be thinking of people around the community who would be willing & able to help gather input from neighbors.All I got for now, -Jim