Next Steps & Plan Structure

PLANiTULSA sets the long-term ideas for how the city should look, feel and function, based on the expectations expressed by thousands of Tulsans during the last two years.  The next phase is to develop the policies and implementation steps that will start moving the city toward that vision.

While the vision provides the long-term goals, a policy plan would provide a framework for accomplishing these goals. This plan would guide housing, economic development, transportation, land use, parks, and open space policies and decision-making processes. The comprehensive plan should remain viable for 20 years or more with updates every five to ten years to reflect changing conditions.

In addition to the long-term policy plan, the city will develop a short-term strategic implementation plan that narrows the focus by providing an outline of short-term actions to meet goals and benchmarks established by the vision. Included within the strategic implementation plan are detailed plans for specific areas that can be pursued in the upcoming year. However, the strategic implementation plan should be reviewed and updated annually. This review should take an inventory of current action items used to implement the plan, consider any changed city priorities, and outline successes and lessons learned from preceding activities.

Finally, the city will track its progress in achieving the vision with a monitoring program. A monitoring program uses citywide and local indicators, such as annual building permits issued, miles of trails completed, or number of homes within walking distance of transit, to measure implementation performance of a plan. These indicators will be published annually.

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