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SUMMARY:Meeting in a box
DESCRIPTION:Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.\n\n\n\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor\n\nTBD\n\n\n\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \n\nSheila Finkenbinder & Kealoha Harmon \n\n\n\n\n\nPresentation:\n\nMeeting in a Box\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiography\n\nThe Planning Commission has shifted focus as it overhauls Sitka's comprehensive plan\, last updated in 2007. At their meeting last Tuesday (03-01-16)\, the commission voted to focus their energies on updating the land use section first.\n\nIn reviewing land use\, Planning and Community Development Director Maegan Bosak says the process will include conducting a land-use inventory. The inventory will assess all parcels within Sitka road system to determine how their both adheres to and deviates from the comprehensive plan.\n\nIn 2015\, the commission granted 34 variances for development projects. Bosak said the code needs to reflect the times. "We'll do a comparative look as to how we are currently operating and then also decide how we want to move forward. Do some of those zones need to change? Do setbacks need to change? Does density requirements and development standards need to change? All that will be encapsulated in the land use plan\," she said.\n\nBosak says the commission is developing various avenues for public input\, including surveys\, an interactive mapping website\, and what Bosak called "meetings in a box."\n\n"We'll have boxes that people can take and in their living rooms\, with a group of approximately 8-10 people\, they can sit around maps and look at future land growth strategies and how they see them best fitting in Sitka\," Bosak said.\n\nAs for the remaining sections\, Bosak says they will be reviewed through a public participation session to determine if they need updating. The Planning Commission hopes to finalize the revised comprehensive plan by the spring of 2017 and is dedicating the first Tuesday meeting of every month to that project.\n\n\n\nMenu\n\nChicken Picatta\, Rice Pilaf\, Veggies & Salad Bar
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\nWeekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.
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\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor
\nTBD
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\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.
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\nSpeaker: \;
\nSheila Finkenbinder &\; Kealoha Harmon \;
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\nPresentation:
\nMeeting in a Box
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\nBiography
\n\nThe Planning Commission has shifted focus as it overhauls Sitka&rsquo\;s \;comprehensive plan\, last updated in 2007. \;At their meeting last Tuesday (03-01-16)\, the commission voted to \;focus their energies on updating the land use section first.
\n\nIn reviewing land use\, Planning and Community Development Director Maegan Bosak says the process will include conducting a land-use inventory. The inventory will assess all parcels within Sitka road system to determine how their both adheres to and deviates from the comprehensive plan.
\n\nIn 2015\, the commission granted 34 variances for development projects. Bosak said \;the code needs to reflect the times. \;&ldquo\;We&rsquo\;ll do a comparative look as to how we are currently operating and then also decide how we want to move forward. Do some of those zones need to change? Do setbacks need to change? Does density requirements and development standards need to change? All that will be encapsulated in the land use plan\,&rdquo\; she said.
\n\nBosak says the commission is developing various avenues for public input\, including surveys\, an interactive mapping website\, and what Bosak called \;&ldquo\;meetings in a box.&rdquo\;
\n\n&ldquo\;We&rsquo\;ll have boxes that people can take and in their living rooms\, with a group of approximately 8-10 people\, they can sit around maps and look at future land growth strategies and how they see them best fitting in Sitka\,&rdquo\; Bosak \;said.
\n\nAs for the remaining sections\, Bosak says they will be reviewed through a public participation session to determine if they need updating. The Planning Commission hopes to finalize the revised comprehensive plan \;by the spring of 2017 and is dedicating the first Tuesday meeting of every month to that project.
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\nMenu
\nChicken Picatta\, Rice Pilaf\, Veggies &\; \;Salad Bar
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LOCATION:The Westmark Sitka Banquet Room 330 Seward Street Sitka\, AK 99835
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DTSTAMP:20260408T141928Z
URL:https://business.sitkachamber.com/events/details/meeting-in-a-box-3769
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