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PLAN AMENDMENT The Annual Progress Report should include and
PROCESS highlight the following:
• Significant actions and accomplishments
during the last year, including the status of
The Pottawatomie County Comprehensive Plan implementation for each programmed task in
is meant to be a flexible document allowing for the Comprehensive Plan.
adjustment to changing conditions over time. Shifts
in political, economic, physical, technological, • Obstacles or problems in the implementation of
and social conditions, and other unforeseen the plan.
circumstances, may influence and change the • Proposed content amendments that have come
priorities and fiscal outlook of the County. As forward during the course of the year.
Pottawatomie County evolves, new issues will • Recommendations for needed actions,
emerge while others will no longer be as relevant. programs, and procedures to be developed
Some action statements will be found impractical or and implemented in the coming year, including
outdated while other plausible solutions will arise. To recommendation of projects to be included in
ensure that it continues to reflect the overall goals of the County’s proposed CIP, other programs/
the County and remains relevant over time, the plan projects to be funded, and priority coordination
must be revisited on a regular basis to confirm that needs with public and private implementation
the plan elements are still on point and the associated partners.
goals and action strategies are still appropriate.
Bi-Annual Amendment Process
Revisions to the Comprehensive Plan are two-fold,
with minor plan amendments occurring at least Plan amendments should occur on at least a
every other year and more significant updates and bi-annual (every two year) basis, allowing for
modifications occurring every five years. As an proposed changes to be considered concurrently
example, a minor amendment could include revisions so that the cumulative effects may be understood.
to certain elements of the plan as a result of the Factors that should be considered in deciding on a
adoption of another specialized plan. Major updates proposed plan amendment include:
will involve: reviewing the County’s base conditions
and anticipated growth trends; re-evaluating the plan • Consistency with the goals, policies, and action
findings and formulating new ones as necessary; and strategies set forth in the plan.
adding, revising, or removing action strategies in the • Potential effects on infrastructure provision
plan based on implementation progress. including water, wastewater, drainage, and the
transportation network.
Annual Progress Report • Potential effects on the County’s ability to

County staff should prepare an annual progress provide, fund, and maintain services.
report for presentation to the Planning Commission • Potential effects on environmentally sensitive
and Board of County Commissioners. This ensures and natural areas.
that the plan is consistently reviewed and that any • Whether the proposed amendment contributes
needed modifications or clarifications are identified
to the overall direction and character of the
for the bi-annual minor plan amendment process.
community as captured in the plan vision and
Ongoing monitoring of consistency between the
goals, and as reflected in ongoing public input.
plan and the County’s implementing regulations
should be an essential part of this effort.

108 | Plan Pottawatomie County 2040 Adopted - August 19, 2019