City to Request Continuance for the Oakland Plan to the Planning Commission

On Tuesday, May 17, Deputy Director Andrew Dash from the Department of City Planning announced the requested continuance for the Oakland Plan to the Planning Commission. See the content of the announcement below:

Dear Oakland Plan Stakeholder,  

  

Thank you for all your hard work in getting the word out about the draft plan and providing feedback as well!  Over the 55-day public comment period we received over 750 comments on the plan and 200 on the related zoning proposals.  The comments are publicly available online at https://engage.pittsburghpa.gov/Oakland.   Early on in the comment period staff created criteria by which to review the comments:  

  1. Non-substantive changes:

    1. Punctuation, grammar corrections

    2. Language consistency

    3. Updates to the “What We Heard” and the “When,” “How long,” “How much,” and “Whom” sections of projects and programs to provide clarifying details.

    4. Changes that are clarifying or further support the existing written goal/policy/strategy

    5. Additions of supporting data and best practices.

  2. Substantive Changes

    1. Does this improve or build upon the components of the equity strategy?

    2. Does this further sustainability?

    3. Is this a broader concern shared by multiple constituencies?

Staff, including those from Action Teams, have reviewed all the comments and have been able to resolve 95% of them.  There are around 40 comments that required additional time to have conversations with organizations.  Most of these comments are around responsibilities and funding.   

At the Planning Commission meeting today, Tuesday, May 17th, we will be asking for a continuance until June 14, 2022 so we can have those conversations and bring a full set of recommendations to the Planning Commission.  That full list of recommendations will be available 1-week in advance of the Planning Commission meeting.  In the meantime, over the next week the Engage page will be updated with staff responses and zoning proposal updates. We look forward to having those conversations and for your support at the June 14th Planning Commission meeting.  

 

Thanks again for all your hard work throughout the process! 

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