City to develop new comprehensive plan
Siloam Springs is planning for the future by preparing to develop a new 2040 comprehensive plan.
This new plan will include recommendations related to land use, mobility, economic development, housing community character, public facilities and infrastructure, according to siloam springs 2040.com. The public will be involved through stakeholder interviews, community open houses and surveys, public hearings and an advisory committee, the website states.
“The comprehensive plan is a guide that looks into the future and says this is where we want to go over the next 10 to 20 years,” said City Administrator Phillip Patterson.
It will also drive the zoning codes as well as other codes that become law, Patterson said.
The planning process will include four components: Background analysis, plan development, implementation strategy and adoption, the site states. Each step will be completed at different periods of time between January 2021 and May of 2022, the site states.
The last comprehensive plan, completed in 2008, was prepared in-house and was an update of a previous plan, Patterson said.
Initially, the current comprehensive plan was slated to start in 2020 but was on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, Patterson said.
One of the key components of the plan will be public input, Patterson said. The city is seeking to get as much public input as possible, Patterson said.
“We want to get as much input as we can over the next year because the consultants will want as much input as possible,” Patterson said.
Public input began on Tuesday with a joint workshop between