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The Houghton Planning Commission is looking for a more complete overhaul of the city’s Master Plan as it begins to tackle the parking deck. The City Council decided to step back last month from that specific project after a developer backed out from the initial concept. Chairman Tom Merz said he tailored the agenda to allow for that discussion to take place.
Member Michele Jarvie-Eggert says the approach has very distinct benefits and should help increase public input.
City Administrator Eric Waara said that any overhaul of the process needed to ensure that it could produce tangible results that would provide the foundation for a solution to the items they discuss.
That will most likely mean a more involved job than a typical plan update.
The final piece discussed was how to disseminate correspondence so that it would be available to everyone and not just the commission. There was a significantly larger audience on the call last night than a normal meeting. Waara said he would work with Clerk Ann Vollwerth to ensure that all who are interested would have relevant details at their disposal as the process moves forward.
