| Question 1: Do you think there is a clear understanding of the proper elements and principles of comprehensive planning among planners and public officials? | |
| Type of Response | Type of Respondent |
| Lack of understanding of comprehensive planning | 3 Planners |
| Not educating our clients or peers | Planner |
| Planners not always educated as a planner | 2 Planners |
| Pool of talented planners is small | Planner |
| Planning is longer than term of public official | 2 Planners |
| Planning education has improved significantly | Planner |
| Planning education has moved away from the basics | Planner |
| Planners have weak mechanics to get the job done | Planner |
| Planning is now returning to roots, I.e., zoning, etc. | Planner |
| There is no consensus on what is good planning | Planner |
| Planning tends to deal with things on an ad hoc basis | Planner |
| There is an understanding in the area of wetlands and farmland preservation | Planner |
| Planning officials change | Planner |
| In large communities more so than small communities | Planner |
| There is no framework for comprehensive planning or what it should include | Planner |
| It is adopted by Plan Commission or Common Council | Planner |
| Planning Commission to review comprehensive plan annually | Official |
| It is a very public process | Official |
| Longevity of staff equals greater trust | Planner |
| Most decisions are conditional uses | Planner |
| Most people don't want comprehensive plan with rules | Planner |
| SEWRPC plan for Waukesha Co. has usual comprehensive plan items | Official |
| Some comprehensive plans are comprehensive, others are topical | Official |
| Implementation is on-going for a comprehensive plan to be kept current | Official |
| Updates for annexations | Official |
| There is a wide difference of opinion on what is good urban form | Educator |
| Employers don't always require AICP certification | Planner |
| There is a lack of understanding of developing comprehensive plan process | Educator |
| Individuals and committees have different points of view | Educator |
| There are limits of academic models in practice | Planner |
| Planners and planning officials have different views | Planner |
| Need Plan Commission training sessions | Planner |
| There is a lot of disinterest shown at public meetings | Official |
| Planning can be improved if community identifies what it thinks of itself | Educator |