Assignment:
Introduction to Urban Planning
Public Meeting Evaluation and Critique
Review the video:City Council Regular Meeting March 8 2018
Overview
The best way to learn about the public participation process in urban planning is to attend an actual publicmeeting. In assignment you will observe and analyze such a meeting, evaluating not only what took placeduring the meeting, but more importantly how public participation was including in the agenda.
Select a public meeting for any city within the Valley of the Sun by searching the local government website.
Appropriate meetings include regular city council meetings, subcommittee meetings, hearing officer meetings,commission meetings (i.e. development review commission, historic preservation commission, neighborhoodadvisory commission,transportation commission, etc.), board meetings (i.e. board of adjustment, advisoryboard, board of appeals, etc.), visioning workshops, or other local government agency public meetings
Completing the Evaluation and CritiqueAfter attending the public meeting, formulate an essay that clearly addresses each of the following points:
Describe the meeting and its purpose, including an overview of the topics discussed.
Describe the way in which public participation was incorporated into the meeting agenda.
Identify where the participatory techniques utilized fall along the public participation continuum discussedin class, and whether the techniques were appropriate for the meeting in your opinion.
Describe the types of stakeholders (economically, geographically, use-value, or philosophically impacted)who participated in the meeting, and the types of concerns they voiced.
Describe the observed dynamics that developed among the participants at the event.
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the participatory process that took place at the event.
Finish with a brief conclusion on the lessons learned from attending the public meeting.
Your written essay should be roughly 2-3 single-spaced pages in length, and should be written in essay format(i.e. include an introductory and concluding paragraph, and content paragraphs consisting of well-structuredcomplete sentences).
Attachment:- Public Meeting Evaluation and Critique.rar