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TUESDAY MARCH 24, 1981 ..--. Vice Mayor Cole called the Council's attention to the question rather specifically in January, however, and urged that consideration be given to a special study to identify the causes of this decline, in order to reverse it. He has followed up on these thoughts more recently, suggesting a study to include the following matters: housing, retailing, jobs, restaurants, tax structure, and schools. Preliminary discussions have been had with the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, and a general outline of such a study has been suggested. Comprehensive Plan Update ,_. In mid-1972, the consulting firm of Wiley & Wilson began to deliver to the City a series of six volumes which together were to be known as the City's Comprehensive Plan. The volumes were titled, as follows: Housing Study Community Facilities Study Population Analysis Economic Study Capital Improvements Program (1972-1978) Comprehensive Plan Summary This work had been commissioned in 1971 and the consultant's efforts were coordinated and reviewed by the City's staff and the Planning Commission. The overall planning effort was considered to have been completed in November, 1973. ._, Then in 1978, the summary report of the Comprehensive Plan was updated, again by Wiley & Wilson under the auspices of the Planning Commission. On the acknowledgement page of this report, the consultant stated, "This update of the 1973 Comprehensive Plan has involved an extensive review and study of current data and statistics related to the various elements of the Comprehensive Plan and an analysis of existing and contemplated conditions, policies and objectives that will affect the community's future growth and development." The updating effort was, at least in part, a response to the State Code provision that local comprehensive plans must be reviewed at least once every five years to "determine whether it is advisable to amend the plan". The primary changes incorporated in the update were in the land use plan and related in large part to matters of open space designations. It is now being discussed by the Planning Commission that a broad revision of the Comprehensive Plan be undertaken, based on 1980 census data, to begin early in the upcoming fiscal year and to be finished by early 1983. Preliminary discussions along this line have been had between the staff and Wiley & Wilson, and a draft proposal to provide related services is being prepared at this time.