CITY OF VALDEZ

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Valdez City Council is soliciting applications from citizens interested in serving on the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee.  Committee members will serve in an ad-hoc capacity to function as a working group in the process of developing the City of Valdez Comprehensive Plan.

Interested applicants are encouraged to learn more by attending the upcoming Comprehensive Plan Community Workshop on Tuesday, September 11^th, at the Valdez Civic Center, from 6:30 – 8pm.

CPAC Responsibilities:

• Meet as a group with the consultant team Kimley-Horn on an ongoing basis – generally monthly during the Comp Plan preparation process for approximately 9-12 months. These meetings would be face-to-face while Kimley-Horn is in Valdez, and by conference call in the intervening months.
• Participate in workshop style meetings that would include appropriate city staff depending on the element of the comprehensive plan being discussed, to review and discuss the proposed goals, objectives, and policies proposed in the plan.
• Provide feedback to in-progress work documents.
• Serve as ambassadors for the process in the community.
• Provide recommendations to the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council.
• Serve on the CPAC through the completion of the Comprehensive Plan which is currently projected to be Summer 2019.

Citizens interested in volunteering to serve as a member of the CPAC Committee should submit a letter of interest and brief biography to the City Clerk’s Office no later than Thursday, September 13th, at 5pm. Applicants may submit by email to spierce@valdezak.gov, deliver in person to the front office at City Hall, or send by mail to the City of Valdez, Attention City Clerk, PO Box 307, Valdez, AK 99686.

The Mayor and City Council will appoint members to the advisory committee at their regular meeting on September 18, 2018.