Planning Commissioners' Procedures Manual - Hamilton County, Ohio

1999 FRANK F. FERRIS II
PLANNING AWARD
1999 FRANK F. FERRIS II PLANNING AWARD
The creation of the Frank F. Ferris II Planning Award by the Hamilton County Regional
Planning Commission recognizes and honors the lifelong dedication of Mr. Ferris to
municipal, county and regional planning activities, and it publicly recognizes and
promotes outstanding contributions to community planning in Hamilton County. The
award is presented annually to a business, municipality, township or other public agency
in Hamilton County for a project that demonstrates civic, economic, aesthetic, or
environmental significance. Nominated projects must be approved by the local planning
commission, be part of an adopted Master Plan or equivalent planning document, started
and completed as originally planned, and provide benefits to the community.
The 1999 Frank F. Ferris II Planning Award was presented on January 6,
2000 to the Anderson Township Trustees for:
ANDERSON TRAILS MASTER PLAN
The proposed Anderson Trails Plan replaces the standard “walking radius”
method with a much more detailed plan, yet is still based on the concept
that walks should connect the public and retail service locations with
concentrations of housing, especially those with existing walks, and
proposes linkages between them. The Commission commended the
efforts of a local volunteer committee representing a diversity of interests
who developed on the basis of the 1999 forecast of needs, the Trails Plan,
intended as along-range guide to help progressively improve walkway
infrastructure by integration into annual planning and funding decisions.
Among the criteria used to evaluate the nominees was the project’s
strength in support for planning, results, originality, transferability, quality,
comprehensiveness, public participation, collaboration, sustained
improvement, community building, and innovation.
The Anderson Trails Plan is a substantial amendment to the Township’s
existing Transportation Plan adopted in 1993. The Board of Trustees
approved the plan on July 15, 1999. The Anderson Trails Plan was
developed primarily to identify existing areas of the Township where
publicly financed sidewalks could directly link subdivisions with potential
destinations.
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