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Hoisington Koegler Group Inc.MEMORANDUM
To: Participants – Imagine Waukee Visioning Session
From: Brad Scheib/Britt Palmberg
Subject: Agenda Memo – Imagine Waukee Visioning Session
Date: 22 March 2017
Meeting Location: Waukee Community Center
Meeting Date and Time: Monday 27 March 2017 – 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Thank you for participating in the upcoming Visioning Session, as part of the Imagine Waukee 2040 effort (the
completion of a new Comprehensive Plan for Waukee). The following outlines an agenda for the meeting and
key topics for discussion.
1. Welcome and Introductions: We will welcome everyone and provide an introduction to the
Comprehensive Plan effort in Waukee. For information about Imagine Waukee 2040 in advance of the
meeting, please visit the project webpage at:
http://www.waukee.org/841/Imagine‐Waukee‐2040
2. Overview of the Existing Waukee Comprehensive Plan from 2008: The attachment provided in the
email provides the pages from the previous Comprehensive Plan that outlined the Vision for Waukee in
the future. You may wish to review this previous Vision, prior to the meeting on Monday.
3. Overview of Existing Conditions in Waukee, and Trends Affecting Waukee: For this topic we will review
the key aspects of the Existing Conditions in Waukee, as they affect the creation of the new
Comprehensive Plan. We will also discuss some key Trends from communities around the nation that
may affect Waukee over the next 20 to 25 years.
4. Small Group Visioning Exercise: We will work in small groups around the room to evaluate the existing
vision and explore new ideas for how the future Vision for Waukee might change. The groups will also
explore Guiding Principles that may help to further articulate the Vision for Waukee, and how the
community will achieve this Vision.
5. Report Back from Small Group Visioning Exercise: Each group will share the results of the Visioning
exercise with the broader set of participants. The input from these groups will help inform the creation
of a draft Vision and set of Guiding Principles, to be presented to the community in May.
6. Next Steps and adjourn no later than 7:30.
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Hoisington Koegler Group Inc.MEMORANDUM
To: Participants – Imagine Waukee Visioning Session
From: Brad Scheib / Britt Palmberg
Subject: Memo – Meaning of the terms “Vision” and “Guiding Principles”
Date: 22 March 2017
Meeting Location: Waukee Community Center
Meeting Date and Time: Monday 27 March 2017 – 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Thank you for participating in the upcoming Visioning Session, as part of the Imagine Waukee 2040 effort (the
completion of a new Comprehensive Plan for Waukee). At this meeting, participants will work together to
evaluate the current Vision and supporting Guiding Principles for Waukee and explore how the future of
Waukee might change. This memo provides background on the terms “Vision” and “Guiding Principles” and
how they are used in Comprehensive Plans.
VISION:
The Vision for a community seeks to describe how the community will look, feel, and function at a given point in
the future (in the case of Waukee, the year 2040). The Vision does not necessarily reflect what the community is
today. Instead, it is an overarching framework that permeates throughout the body of the Comprehensive Plan
and informs the creation of supporting policies and strategic decisions that result from the Comprehensive Plan.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
Guiding Principles support the Vision and define the values and priorities of the community, by acting as an
ongoing measurement tool for the appropriateness and effectiveness of future initiatives. The key
characteristics of effective Guiding Principles are as follows:
Orient the community to the future
Require imagination, recognizing that the direction set for the community is ambitious and aspirational
Look to current conditions and community traditions to inform an appropriate future
Identify what the community desires for itself, based on shared understandings
Serve as a tool for evaluation of proposals, projects, ideas, and future directions
Provide an anchor during conflict; and, a way of finding common ground and shared values
Become a basis for coordination and cooperation
Offer a source of energy and enthusiasm for maintaining a commitment to the future of the
community
Guiding Principles can be used on an ongoing basis as a “yardstick” – a primary filter for determining what is
appropriate. Together with the Vision Statement, the Guiding Principles become the critical tools for ongoing
measurement and assessment of initiatives and results in the community.
1.1 Planning in Waukee
“An organization without a plan is thought to be reactive, shortsighted and rudderless. Planning is
a ceremony any reputable organization must conduct periodically to maintain legitimacy.”
-Lee Bolman & Terrence Deal
In 2006, the City of Waukee decided to embark on an update of the Waukee Comprehensive Plan. City officials, staff
and residents reached this decision due to the increasing development and growth pressures impacting the city and its
services. In order to ensure that future development occur in an organized, sustainable and high-quality manner, a plan
devised from public input was needed.
The Waukee Comprehensive Plan is a direct result of the analysis, input and planning process depicted in the Technical
Support document (Chapter A& B). The Waukee Comprehensive Plan consists of four chapters: the Future of Waukee,
Physical Development Plan, Community Goals / Strategies and Implementation. Chapter One: The Future of Waukee
focuses on the vision and ideals of the plan. Chapter One answers the question, What kind of community do we want
to become? Chapter Two: Physical Development Plan describes the desired future development pattern of Waukee,
developed through the planning process included in Chapter A. Chapter Two focuses on the physical framework, iden-
tity, mobility and public amenities and facilities. Chapter Three: Community Goals / Strategies discusses the policies
and comprehensive strategies that are recommended to be implemented in order to achieve the physical framework
depicted in Chapter Two. Chapter Three lists strategies for land use, growth management, economic development,
housing, transportation, infrastructure and community facilities / services. Finally, Chapter Four: Implementation priori-
tizes the policy and strategy recommendations for the plan. A detailed implementation timeline, the required public and
private sector players needed for success and potential funding sources are all included in this chapter. Together, these
chapters create the Waukee Plan, the guide for the future of Waukee.
1.2 Vision
“The Key to Good Living...”
The Key to Good Living, a slogan developed by the City of Waukee years ago and depicted on the city’s gateway mark-
ers, is the appropriate vision statement for the Waukee Comprehensive Plan, the document guiding the community in
the 21st Century. The Key to Good Living embodies in one phrase the current quality of life enjoyed and the future aspi-
rations sought by the citizens of Waukee.
The City of Waukee is a reflection of the evolution of many Midwestern communities in America. Once a rural commu-
nity based in agriculture and coal mining, many citizens of Waukee find great pride in the unique past that is at the heart
of the community.
With the western movement of people in the Des Moines metropolitan area, Waukee has experienced new opportuni-
ties. Today many citizens that have moved to the community take pride in the schools, neighborhoods and community
feel of Waukee.
No matter the reason for community pride, proximity and quality have defined the community as it has evolved from a
rural town to a suburban edge place. Citizens desiring to be close enough to the amenities of a larger city yet still seek-
ing a quality lifestyle outside that larger city find Waukee to hold the Key to Good Living. At the foundation of this key
CHAPTER ONE: CHAPTER ONE: THE FUTURE OFTHE FUTURE OF WWAUKEE AUKEE
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is the commitment of the citizens themselves to opening the door to the
future of Waukee.
The next step in the evolution of Waukee is to create a strong, sustainable,
diverse and unique community within the larger context of the metropolitan
area. And, to accomplish this, it is important that the entire community
works toward a common vision.
In Waukee, the vision is that each citizen has pride in the place in which he
or she lives, goes to school or work and experiences daily activities. That
pride may originate from the history or the present condition of the commu-
nity, but that pride is supported by the ongoing commitment to quality and
continuous improvement of the community by citizens and local leaders
from this point into the future.
Most importantly, that pride is focused on the future good of the entire com-
munity. It is pride that sees a community or neighborhood through tough
times because it is understood that all citizens are a part of the community.
This pride generates the energy with which individuals work together to
accomplish great things for the community as a whole, and not just for the
good of the individual. This pride is the Key to Good Living, and within the
context of this plan it serves to set the stage for developing strong compo-
nents of the community in a manner that harnesses the pride that exists in
Waukee today and connects the citizens, native and new, to this unique
place.
Our vision of a connected citizenry involves the creation of strong civic
gathering places where people come together; a successful downtown that
respects our past and allows us to celebrate Waukee; business environ-
ments that define our future through innovation and creativity; neighbor-
hoods that support a variety of lifestyles and stages in the life cycle of our
citizens; travel corridors that are designed to be context sensitive; trails that
support interaction and movement within the community and beyond; and
a standard of quality and excellence that draws people into the community
to experience the Key to Good Living that exists only in Waukee.
As with generations of Waukee citizens before us, we have an obligation to
foster the spirit of Waukee and move the community forward. This plan is
a guide for how we as citizens, connected to our community, intend to do
so through the accomplishment of key goals and strategies in the future.
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LOCAL HISTORY IS KEY TO THE
COMMUNITY’S IDENTITY
FUTURE ALICE’S ROAD CORRIDOR
SOURCE: AWKS / CITY OF WAUKEE
LOCAL RECREATIONAL AMENI-
TIES ADD TO ‘GOOD LIVING’