Suwanee Adopts 2030 Comprehensive Plan

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By Matt Lampert Staff-->

SUWANEE – More than a year and a half in the making and with the help of hundreds of residents, Suwanee’s long-term vision of its future was adopted Tuesday night at the city council’s monthly meeting.The 2030 Comprehensive Plan is an update to the city’s 2020 plan that was written in 1999. It lays out in detail goals and strategies in the areas of housing, transportation, land use, community facilities, and economic development, among others.“It really is a different direction for the city than we’ve had over the last decade or so. It focuses on protection of established neighborhoods; it looks at redevelopment for the first time and for high quality growth and development in the future,” explained City Manager Marty Allen.

Allen emphasized that community involvement was key to the plan’s creation. In addition to traditional methods of holding a series of open houses and public meetings, the city employed technology to solicit feedback and allow residents to get plugged into the planning process.“We put our plan on the Web. We took comments on the Web. It was a very citizen-involved process,” said Allen.The full plan remains available on the city’s Web site.

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At its monthly meeting on Tuesday night, the Suwanee City Council authorized Mayor Dave Williams to execute a pair of change orders totaling $37,215 to J.J.E. Constructors, Inc. associated with work on the construction of a pedestrian underpass. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the underpass will be held Saturday, Feb. 21 at 8 a.m. The council authorized Mayor Williams to execute a change order in the amount of $8,294 for work related to the installation of voice/data, audio-visual and security equipment in the new city hall building.Mayor Williams will execute a lease agreement with MSA Inc. for two copiers for the new city hall.The council granted an alcoholic beverage license to PIB Superstore, LLC.