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74 Nat'l Civic Rev. 72 (1985)
Goals for Corpus Christi: Citizen Participation in Planning

handle is hein.journals/natmnr74 and id is 126 raw text is: Goals for Corpus Christi: Citizen Participation in Planning by Bruce W McClendon and John A. Lewis* Planning is a process for achieving goals. A measure of the success or value of planning is how well the goals are achieved. Goals are needed to: (1) provide direction to planning studies; (2) identify spe- cific areas of concern to be researched and evaluated in the planning process; (3) provide a mechanism for reflecting public input; and (4) provide for moni- toring and evaluating the success of implementation. In recent years, greater interest and awareness has been shown in the goal formulation process as its fundamental importance in comprehensive planning has been increasingly recognized. Goals for Corpus Christi: How and Why It Began Corpus Christi is located in South Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. The urban area has a diversified population of 250,000, of which 60 percent is Mexican- American or black. Because of the tropical climate, Corpus Christi is one of the state's major coastal resort areas, and the regional economy is supported by tourism, the Port of Corpus Christi, petrochemical operations, agriculture and the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. In December 1973, the president of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Com- merce sponsored a luncheon for 39 community leaders to determine the desir- ability of a goals program. The consensus was that there was a need to involve the entire community in the local decision-making process and that a goals program would be appropriate. The group passed a resolution to create Goals for Corpus Christi, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce was authorized to appoint a five- member nominating committee which would select five co-chairpersons. Al- though initially financed by the Chamber of Commerce, the group was inde- pendent and received additional funds from the city (partly from a 701 comprehensive planning assistance grant), Nueces County, and other business and civic organizations. *Bruce W. McClendon is director of planning, Arlington, Texas, and national president of the American Planning Association. He formerly was a senior planner with the city of Corpus Christi. John A. Lewis is executive director of Goals for Dallas. 72

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