In April 2007, Sparks City Council approved a contract to proceed with the update the City’s Master Plan.  This scope of work includes a comprehensive community visioning process through which the framework of the entire Master Plan could be developed.  To date, this effort has included working closely with as wide a cross-section of the Sparks community as possible to obtain a broad-based vision for the future of the City.  These groups include the Master Plan Steering Committee (appointed by City Council in June 2007), and through the week long Community Visioning Workshop conducted in September 2007, the entire Sparks Community.

 

This outreach has resulted in the attached Executive Summary of the Sparks Plan.  The first draft of this document, developed through the community visioning process, has been refined through discussions with the Steering Committee, the Technical Review Team, Planning Commission, and City Council.  The attached draft lays out the conceptual framework for each potential component of the master plan, including a selection of the possible goals and objectives for each plan area.  The origin of each of the goals and objectives outlined in this Executive Summary can be traced to the community vision, and each list will be tested, proven out, added to or removed from as necessary through the development of their respective master plan components.

 

 

On February 21, 2008, the Executive Summary of the Sparks Plan was presented to the Sparks Planning Commission.  At the meeting, the commission unanimously endorsed the Executive Summary as the conceptual framework for the master plan and forwarded a recommendation of endorsement to the Sparks City Council.  On March 17, 2008, the City Council also endorsed the Executive Summary.  Production of the actual plan elements will now proceed for three parts of the master plan -- the Conservation Plan, the Public Services and Facilities Plan, and the Land Use Plan.  Each of these three elements will contain action plans, funding strategies, and supporting analysis to achieve the respective element goals and objectives developed through the community visioning process that was conducted last year.  Completion of these three plan elements is expected by the end of 2008.

Data Book - 2.5 mb (summary background information, July 2007)