06-579Suspension — 6/28/06
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Resolution Requesting That the Saint Paul Planning Com»zission
Add a New Chapter to the City of Saint Paul Comprehensive P[an to Address Human Development
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is a rich and vibrant community where people live, work and play, and the City
of Saint Paul's suongest assets are the people who make the City a communiTy; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission is currently updating the City of Saint Paul's Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, by intentional, proactive planning through the City's Comprehensive Planning Process, the City of
Saint Paul will enhance its livability for both current residents and future generations; and
WHEREAS, the goals of our infrastructure and economic development plans are to positively influence the quality
of tife within the City of Saint Paul and to help people reach their full potential; and
WHEREAS, the recent "Mind the Gap" report reveals the potential negative impact on the regional economy of
failing to address the disparities associated with race, class, and place. Now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Councit requests that the Saint Paul Planning Commission develop
recommendations for adding a new chapter to the Comprehensive Plan to address one of Saint PauPs most important
elements, our Human Development; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission consider at least the follow topics as part of this chapter:
1. Disparities 5. Education Partnerships
2. Diversity and Demographic Change 6. Arts, Culture and Entertainment
3. Health and Human Service Needs 7. Neighborhood Vitality
4. Jobs and Economic Oppor[uniry 8. Citizen Participation; and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City Councii requests that the Saint Paul Planning Commission report back to the
City Council on the process and timeline for the creation of this chapter by August 25, 2006.
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Requesting that the Saint Paut Planning Commission add a new chapter to the City of Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan to address
Human Development.
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Chris[opherB. Ca[eman, Mayor
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Council President Kathy Lantry and Members of the City Council
Crty Hall – Suite 310
15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55102
RE: Human Development Principles for the Comprehensive Plan
Dear President Lanhy and Council Members:
In June the City Council by Resolution #06-579 asked the Planning Commission to consider
preparing a new Human Development chapter for the Compxehensive Plan. The Commission and
City staff have discussed the Council request and we would like to propose, as an alternative, that
the Planrung Commission do a synthesis of human develop principles gathered from the
organizations that work on social issues in the city. The pnnciples will be used as guidehnes for
the preparation of the Comprehensive Plan of 2008, for which the Planning Commission is now
organizing. We expect that the principles will also be incorporated into the summary chapter of
the Comprehensive Plan.
The Planning Commission reached the alternative of doing human development principles after
weighing several considerations. First, the Planning Commission agrees with the City Counci]
about the importance of human development issues for the future well-being of our city.
Although the Comprehensive Plan, as mandated by state law, is largely a plan for the city's
physical development and redevelopment, the underlying purposes of comprehensive planning
are social and economia Having an explicit set of human development principles in front of us
as we work on the Comprehensive Plan will help us to understand relationships and priorities for
future inveshnents in the city.
Second, the City is one of many entities that affect human development. Human development is
a collaborative enterprise with no one "in charge." Ramsey County, the Saint Paul School
District, the United Way and other shared giving organizarions, the Wilder Foundation, faith-
based organizations, arts organizations, volunteer groups—all of them play important roles in
human development. Therefore, planning for human development has to be collaborative. The
Planning Commission proposes to contact major participants in human development and gather
human development principles from their mission statements, current iniriatives, pzogram goais,
and budget priorities. The Commission will collate and edit this information into the human
development principles that the Planning Commission will submit to the Council. We believe
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August 2�, 2006
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that a collective statement of our shared principles will sharpen the Crty's and other panc�ipants'
awareness of the commumry's direction and priorities.
Third, the Planning Commission and staff don't at this point have the capacity to do a full Human
Developmeni chapter for the Comprehensive Plan. linder state law, the City has to do five new
or updated chapters in the next 18 months (the Land Use, Transportafion, Parks, Aousing, and
Water chapters). The chapters are supposed to be drafted by early 2008 for six months of public
review and submitted to the Metropolitan Council in the fall of 2008. The Planning Commission
is about to set up task forces for the five chapters.
And finally, our experience in the human development arena is that the most effective way to
make progress is for the City to join broader initiatives and wrthin them to find roles where City
govemment can provide effective leadership and services. Currently, for example, the Mind the
Gap mitiative has regional momentum across the private, pubhq and nonprofit sectors. The
Crty's Second Shift Program addresses one of the needs of children and families in Saint Paul in a
way that is fully m sync with minding the gap. I understand that the Mayor and the Council are
working on other similar programs to be initiated by City govemment. Pragmatically, our time
and energy are better spent on building support for specific initiatives than attempting to write
comprehensive policies that would invite debate over polirical philosophies.
The Planning Commissron will try to report on human development principles for the
Comprehensive Plan by the end of this year. The Planning Commission will start work on the
approach described above in Septeinber. If the Council would like the Planning Commission to
use a different approach or Council members have suggestions about how to proceed, please call
me at 651-290-0301 or Larry Soderholm at 651-266-6575.
ncerely,
Brian Alton
Chair
cc: Mayor Coleman
Nancy Homans
Cecile Bedor
Trudy Moloney
Larry Soderholm