Mayor Scott Fadness outlined a proposal for producing a Fishers Comprehensive Plan, something the municipality has never done.  City council members heard the mayor’s proposal at an August 3rd City Hall work session.

Fadness and city staffers outlined four main areas of the plan, including:

–Transportation

–Residential

–Land Use

–Parks & Open Space

The mayor said once the council members and others break down into committees to work on their section of the plan, another committee concentrating on specific small areas of the city will also be formed.  A steering committee, with the mayor and City Council President Pete Peterson among the membership, will oversee the smaller panels.

If all goes according to schedule, the Fishers City Comprehensive Plan will be ready for council approval by March of 2016.

“I think this is going to be a journey for all of us,” said Mayor Fadness.  “I think we’re going to learn a lot about our community and the direction we are going to take it.  I think it’s going to be an exciting project, but it’s not an overnight project.  It’s going to take some time.”

The mayor said there are plans to take City Council members on a bus ride to personally view several part of the city as part of the preparation to work on the Comprehensive Plan. That’s scheduled for August 31st.