The Job of the Planning Commissioner

by Albert J. Solnit

A popular and practical guide on how to be an effective planning commissioner. Filled with checklists and outlines, it's both a good introduction and a handy reference. Includes a training checklist for new commissioners, criteria for keeping a master plan in working order, lists of tools to guide growth, advice on how to deal with professional staff, and dos and don'ts for conducting successful public meetings. This edition sharpens the focus on how commissioners and their staffs can operate under four core principles for planning citizen involvement, smaller is better, living in a market-driven system, and orderly growth.

Paperback

First published February 1, 1977

Reviews

[Sara Beresford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much of this book is definitions of basic terms -- so it will be a good reference, but that's about it.