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MONITORING AND UPDATING THE PLAN

It is intended that the Waukesha County Park and Open Space Plan meet State planning requirements for outdoor
recreation aids programs, thereby making the County eligible to apply for and receive available State and Federal
funds to assist in the acquisition and development of recommended park and open space sites and facilities. It is
not the intent of the Waukesha County Park and Open Space Plan to serve as the park and open space plan for the
individual units of government within the County, the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)
or non-profit conservation organizations, but it may serve as an overall guide for local planning purposes.
Recommendations for the provision of state and local park sites and facilities should be identified in the park and
open space plans specific to those entities, and referenced in the County plan. However, the County plan should
assist towns that adopt the County plan to qualify for available Federal and State funding in support of the
development of town park and associated recreation facilities.

Amendments
To ensure that the Plan continues to properly reflect the changing priorities of State, County, local, or non-profit
conservation organization plans, it is recommended that coordination with all stakeholders be conducted to review
and update the Park and Open Space Plan. Amendments to the Park and Open Space Plan will be made along with
amendments to the Comprehensive Development Plan for Waukesha County. The Department of Parks and Land
Use will make available a Plan amendment request form for property owners and towns wishing to propose a
change to the Plan. The deadline for plan amendment request forms will be the end of the workday on January
th
15 . If that date falls on a weekend, the submittal deadline will be extended to the end of work on the following
Monday. All applications for Plan amendment will be scheduled for a public hearing and advertised according to
statutory procedures. A review and recommendation for each request will be prepared and submitted to the Park
and Planning Commission, Land Use, Parks and Environment Committee and County Board for consideration.
Under special circumstances, the Waukesha County Park and Planning Commission may authorize Plan
amendments to be processed, in addition, to the schedule outlined herein.

Regional or Countywide Plan Refinements
Due to the complexity of comprehensive planning, it is very difficult to complete all detailed planning initiatives in
advance of comprehensive amendments to the Park and Open Space Plan or Development Plan. It is anticipated
that the following SEWRPC plans, the Fox River Scenic River Trail Study and Plan, the Natural Areas and Critical
Species Habitat Protection and Management Plan and the VISION 2050: A Regional Land Use and Transportation
Plan, will be implemented or updated following the adoption of this Plan. In addition, it is anticipated that the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will also periodically be amending their project acquisition
boundaries. The products of those regional or countywide planning initiatives will be evaluated and appropriate
amendments to this Park and Open Space plan will be proposed.

Comprehensive Amendment
In anticipation of the continued development of Waukesha County, it is recommended that a comprehensive re-
evaluation, update, and revision, as appropriate, of this Plan be conducted. In conformance with State and Federal
outdoor recreation grant eligibility planning requirements, a comprehensive re-evaluation and revision of the Plan
shall be conducted every five years. It is further recommended that the comprehensive re-evaluation use a similar
inter-municipal cooperative approach used in the preparation of this Plan.

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