Fred Weis – May 9, 2023 – Simple explanation of the format to assist the Planning Commission

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    Commissioners and Staff:
    My apologies for any confusion. To be clear:
    It is not the form that I am suggesting you use.
    It is the information on the form that I am suggesting that you include in your pitches /
    comments.
    There is very little extra work required on your part. See the example below.
    Specifically, at a minimum:
    1. A one-sentence synopsis
    2. A level of importance to you.
    3. Can this be a consent item
    4. The date and your name or initials
    5. The Reference (i.e. “LU-2c”)
    6. The page of the document (i.e. “5-27”)
    You have the Framework, and it’s working. When you discussed it, you agreed that it would
    require some discipline. If you look in the Bike Rack, you will see a wide variety of styles of your
    submissions.
    To use Commissioner Yodowitz’s H-2d example again, and to show it with this added
    information. This is a good example: Clear and well-written.
    Here’s the original, with the new suggested information added (shown in red here).
    What is in red is the only change from what was originally submitted.
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    And here’s how it would look, as compiled:
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    As one example, the first “Policy Pitch Proposal” (page 9 on the 5/9/2023 compiled comments) is
    2/3rd of a page long. To me, it begs for a one-sentence synopsis. There’s no synopsis, no
    level of importance, no date, no name, no reference and page. If the six items of
    information shown above were on this Policy Pitch, then it will be a whole lot easier to
    understand when you return to it.
    (I don’t mean to pick this one out particularly — there are plenty of examples.)
    Thank you.
    — Fred Weis