H5::22;;:551:2,.3;]:g: lifihflhv - "-.’.\'.'.9 l I’ .' r‘ -. Mcbmn Jens University m USE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS PRIICIPLIB, II WHO] 1'0 WILL mm GROUPS, ‘10 CREATE A TAfl-F’ORCI MACH 10 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION . mm]: Sub-1t“! For m '3' (inundation By Jim 1101M, Juno 11', 1973, to Platoon: Donna Altman, mum, Advisory donut“ \ . MGAN THE 1“» 13 ”rag" w“ l I. 314 -- and: «a. ..-.« .aw. 9.3.3! 9.! m mmcnon MO)! I - he leeeeeity of hint-inns e Public Beletieu Attitude, ee e Planer. in Developing revenue Citizen Attitudee hum Planning end Plenure. MICK II - he Role of Special-Interest Grape in the Planning Proceee. SECTION III - nae reek-hm Approeeh to Citizen Perticipetion, Beeed on Special Intereet amp Imlv-ent in the Planning Pmceee . concwsxox BIBLIOGRAPHY eeee P3. 1 .... P‘. 8 eeee he 15 eeee he 22 eeee he 28 eeee he 30 ImmeTION Generelly, it one: be eteted thet, en the profusion of urben plenning hen becone e greeter rector in the deterninetion of connunity policy, end ee it hee beoone nore entrenched in the con-unity edninietretive structure, perticipetion by locel citizenry in plenning releted decision-fling hen decreeeed. Peter H. leeh end Dennis Burden, in their fl. Jonrnel erti- ole, “A reek-Force Approech 'Do Rephce The Plenning noun-1 heve developed en hietoricel eix—etege echene which chore the decline of citizen pertioi- petion en the pmfueion of nrben plenning hee beoone nore entrenched in con-unity deeieion-neking eyetene. i'heee etegee include 3 1. 22.1.2.1. human 9335;. In thie period, citizene begin to think end not creetively concerning the deliberete eheping of their future phyeieel enviroment. Thin ie the beginning of orgenized forethought or plenning. Gonnnnity lendere neet infenelly to diecnez individnel prob— lenz. no they eriee. There in e greet deel of eonnnity perticipetioniend little or no tone]. plenning expertise involved in developing eolntiene to problem during thie etege. 2. 321; m We Plenning ectivitiee heve beeone nore fer- nelized end citizens neet et regnler intervele to dizcuze connnnity prob- lene. Deliberetion ie etrictly project-oriented end etill focneee on one problen et e tine. with increezing citizen pertioipetion end greeter neeting frequency, thie group beconee e oohezive unit, voicing eonzunity goele. 'nae preteeeionel plenning input in still ebeent. 1. Inch, Peter H. a: Bennie Burden. “A Peek Force Appreech to Replece the Plenning Boerd“. Journel A.I.P.. Feb. 1961!, Vol 30 Pp. 10-20 -2- 3, 11113 W m: At thie etege, connunity plenning ie fonelized, en the citizen group beconee pert of the con-unity governeentel ztructure. Boerd nenbere ere eppointed by elected officiele end their nation: bcoone nore nerrow in scope due to delineetion end oonpertnentelizetion of the con-unity “beerd.eyeten'. Aleo, en ezpect of con-unity perticipetion ie loet due to the often politicel neture of boerd nenber eelection. At thie etege. censultente ere often hired for epecific problen ereee. 1}. Introduction 9; mg Me An preblene beoone inoreeeingly conpler, end the citizen plenning beerd.reelizee thet it hen neither the tine nor the erpertiee to cope with the nultitnde of denendz nede by the con-unity, technical pereonnel ere engeged on.e full-tine belie. under’the supervision of the plenning boerd. 5. ‘angzfiggggglugggggg; With the develop-cut of nore centrelized nuni- cipel governnente, eepecielly the etrong neyor'or’city'neneger typee, the chief executive neede to here developnentel progrenz under'hie direction. At thie point. profeecionel plenning beoonee e eteff function. The citi- zen plenning beerd, elthough still en inportent voice in the developnent of policy. intervenee leee end leee in the work echedule of the plenning de- pertnent. The plenning boerd.ney recon-end, however>edninietretive notion in teken by the chief executive. with the concurrence of the city council. The boerd.ney find iteelf beconning nore end nore of e rubber etenp end leee end leez of e voice for connunity opinion. 6. Intggggtion with urben Developgent: The edvent of federellybee- n, ~3- sisted urben redevelopent in 19” end urben renewel in 19515 heve conbined to give ispetns to the creeticn of lerge depertsents cf urben develcpnent. within these depertsents. direction for verioue projects concerning the fu- ture of the consunity is centrelized. As e result, with planning in this lerger nrben developsent content, the typicel independent boerd finds itself even further reseved fies eccess to decision-senile. lesh end burden do not feel thet ell co-nnities heve cespleted this evoluticnery schese. However, they do feel thet nest ccnsunities do lie scsewhere eleng the continues end eventnelly will eppreech stege six. where citizen perticipetion is elnost nil end pleasing decisiens ere ”rendered free on high“ by lerge urben developsent depertsents. In order to elleviete the phenomenon of dininishing citizen pertiei- peticn, seny diverse egencies heve ettenpted to “build it in" their vsrious progress. However. no egency. tentbeok or ergenizetien hes presebted em effective nethed of integreting the recognizebly inportent objective of citizen perticipeticn within the plenning moose. The Depertsent of lensing end Urben Developent. in its W m using!“ m L GnigLIinesggeAisggcrent, stetes: ”To ensure thet plens. progrensend policies developed by plenning egeneies, lccelities end districts . . . ere responsive to the objectives end velnes of the citizens effected by thu. the grent recipient snot institute neesnres for ensuring effective citizen perticipetion. '2 This requiresent, elthough deleted elong with other require- 2. Different, Sick. Article entitled "gag Perticinticn in the My " Propered for Presenteticn for the Fifth ; Annnel Conference of the leticnel Service to Begionel councils - nerch i971 -fl— sents end progress by recent federel funding cutbecks, reseins e valid stete- nest of the besis upon which neny of the existing ettespts et developing cit- izen perticipetion originsted: sore the child of forced necessity then of recognized need. As e result. this “child“ has often not been nested end thus neglected, creetiyg dissent there hencny end occpereticn hed been sntieipeted. It one be reesonsbly concluded free the ebove steted “guide- lines“ thet 3.0.1). hed intended to include citizen input within the verieus elesents of the plenning process. however, the unresolved question went unenswered end still reseins: How does e ccnsunity go ebout creeting rele- vent citizen input? he nost widely used evenue of epproech hes been to ' cerecflully structure e forsel ergenizetien which, sore likely then set, nsy be lebelled the “citizens‘ Advisory Conittse.' Jeck Different, in his erticle, "Citizen Perticipeticn in the Plenning Progren", described the besis structure of e citizens edviscry ccnnittee, in e nutshell, es: “First, we (the edsinistretivo body chergod with esteblishing such e ces- nlttee) decide whet we went the Citizens' Advisory Oelnlttee to do, usual: fonuleting for it e stetesent of purpose, end then we seek to identify the groups. interests or cepebilities which we feel an contribute nest to the Connittes, end w the Gonnittee, to our own connissicn, council or ether fenel group. Finally, senes ere selected frcs escng e list of pos- sibilities. end the Citinens' Advisory Gennittee is procleised to be in ecticn. The nesbers ere teld to elect officers, follow eertein rules, end stend reedy to convene when we heve en eppropriete subject reedy for then. '3 3. Did Pp}. -5- In other words. e “showpiece“ ergenizetion. cosposed of “the right People” is crested. orgenized end guided by en egency to d-onstrete the degree to which the connnity is involved in. end concurrs with egency decisions. Different eleo describes the life end deeth cf the Citizens' Advisory Gossittee in the following sennera “The Gonnittee ney be convened often. or infrequently. depending upon the issues to be decided. We present our propoeel, there in zone discussion end the Gossittee sets to endorse our proposel. Grsduelly, thereseesstobefewerendfewerissuestopresenttothe Gesnittee. end nesbers lose interest - if indeed they ever hed eny. And thus. we end up with en indifferent group of citizens ”I“. who my feel. through the i: structured petricipetien systu. sore elieneted m- the plenning process then hsd there been no fernel citizen involv-ent st ell. Ar. Different's enslysis cf the citizen's edvisory consittee sey heve been e bit entrees. however it does seen to present the “rubber steep“ isege of such groups re- ther well. his reflects e feilure on the pert of sdninistretive bodies euthorized to fen citizen perticipstion groups to recognize thet citizen perticipetion should be considered es s continuing process in itself.- not es nerely en isplied steep of epprovel to be brought inte the pleasing moses efter plens heve been developed. In this vein, Aenen Isvine. in his AEPO i965 erticle entitled, 'Inplesentetion of Plenning Principles“. stetes: “The sore I see of it. the none I es convinced thet the successful inple- nentetion of e plen is entirely dependent upon whet hes gone on end whet hes heppened end how things heve been done in the period before the isplesestetion 1+. Ibid Ppl. -6- stege ( usuelly the stege et which citizen participation enters the plenning process). The context of the pies itself is not neerly es inth es the weyinwhich itnespreperedendthe ortonttowhich thopeoplowhoheveto follow through (the consunity) heve been involved in the decisions esbodied in “10 P1“; In other words. people nust becose involved in the plenning process itself before they on be expected to note e relevent contribution to plenning releted decision-suing. Besed upon the shove-steted need for relevent citizen perticipetion. it is ny contention thet the use of proper public reletions end consunicntions principles by the plenner cen not only stinnlete interested citizen pertici- petion, but elso creete e seeningful citizen contribution to the pinning precessdteelf. The body of this peper is bzzed upon the essusptiens thet there is e need, es well es s piece in the plenning process for citizen per- ticipeticn. end thet the present Citizen's Advisory Gennittee type ergenize- tion is not the best nethod by which it one be best utilized, end thet it is the plenner's responsibility to develop it. Assnsing. therefore, thet there is e need for citizen perticipetien. the probl- confronting the plenner is hon best to develop the process. so well es the ergenizetionel structure, to encospess end encourege citizen interest end ective perticipetion. Levine . lists two necessery principles to observe, in this vein: 1. “here nuzt be e genuine connitsent to citizen perticipetion thet requires sore then just lip service."6 2. ”Citizens suzt heve e sound ergenizetien“) in tons of oonsunity structure, dediceted volunteers. respouible ection end vnrrying levels of 5. Levine, Aeron, ASPO Plennigg 1&5, erticle entitled “People end the 6. R33»? fit steff support. '7 The peper will ettespt to show. therefore, thet the tech-force epprcech to citizen involvclvesent. besed on e sore cospleto knowledge of the plenning process brought ebout through the proper use of public reletions end consuni- ceticns techniques. ney provide e besis by which the plenner us develop sore widespresd, enthusiestic citizen perticipeticn. Three sections include: i. he necessity of seinteinizg e public reletions ettitude. es s plenser, in developing fevoreble citizen ettitudes tonerd plenning end plenners. 2. The role of speciel interest groups in the plenning process. 3. The test-force epproech to citizen perticipetien. besed on speciel interest group involve-out in the plenning process. 7. Ibid Pp 121}. -8- scenes _1_ Mg“: f We Pug wt; t.tude_t_i mm szcreble Cit___i___zen Attitudes To__w:_rd_ Plenniggu: L—%n% 2 Igbsteg's Dictiog defines professionelisn so: “The conduct, nine, or quelities thet cherecterize or serk e profusion er prefessionel person.” Likewise, e profession is defined esi "... e celling requiring specielized knowledge end often long end intensive properetion . . . e kind of work which hes for its purpose the rendering of e public service.“ Inplicit in these definitions is the erection of reletionships between the professionel end his client thet develop bonds of trust. fenilierity end e sense of unity, in thet conson gcels end objectives ere sought by both the professions]. end his client. In order to creete these bonds. the client nust possess or develop e besic knowledge of the function of the profession. his besic knowledge is then expended through essooietion with the professionel, either directly or in- directly. to the point where he 'hows whet to expect” frcs his reletionship. es s client, with the professionel. In this vein. everyone “knows" thet the profession of nedicine is concerned with the petient's core; thet the pro- fession of lew is bssed upon trust end works in the client's best interests; thet the professionsl scientist serves the truth: thet the professionel educetor brings out in his pupils their own best cepebilities. But whet does the professionsl urben plenner represent? Reticulity? heeunebleness? foresight? Prscticelity? host professions heve decided upon en inege to pre- sent to the public - their public inege. In this context. the professionel plensor hes fered none too well. Uhet hes deneged the profession, in this ~9- eroe. .nost hes been the snltiplicity of contending definitions of the pro- fession, its functions end its goels end objectives - ell of which, in tote. hes hed serious consequences for the profossion's public inege. It is ny contention, therefore. thet the profession of urben plenning should beocno ncre ewero of its ispect upon the public - which. in this ceso. elso heppons to be ectnel or potential oliontollo - beginning with besic knowledge con- cerning the function of plenning end continuing through the pinning pro- cess itself. no function of selling itself - its processes, its gcels end objectives end its besic philosophies - hes historicelly been e weekness of plenning es e profession. Profossionelisn, by its very suture, inple the selling of e product or service. In order to ecconplish this, the prefossionel nust build e fevoreble public inege. As 3.1!. Outlip end A.B. Center stete in their tent. M m m: ”Sound relationships with the public. over tine, ere conpcunded of porfonence thet setisfios the public end cossnnicetion of such setisfectory perfonenco. '8 This stetesent is grounded in the fundesen- tel fsct thet the public is often sore influenced by the sensor in which on eventis interprotodthenthoyerebytho eventitsolf. endthetnenynisun- derstendings son he trecod, not only to nisinforneticn. but to lock of it. Therefore, e sound public reletions ettitude, besod upon the following three- fold functicn is e neeesoery tool in the profossionel plenner's repertoire of onportiso. in. function includes the ebilities «”9 1. Ascertein end evelueto public opinion so it porteins to plenning in i. Gntlip, 3.3. i A.H. Center, lffocting Public Roletions, Pregtico-nell, Inc.. Inglewood Cliffs. l.J. 1971 Pp 9. ma Pp 151 ~10- gonorel end the plenner's egoncy or ergenizetien in perticnler. 2. Counsel edsinistretcrs on nothods of decling with public opinion so it exists. 3. Use ce-nniceticns to influence public opinion. Inordor to sell the profession of plenning, the concept of plenning itself not be sold to the public. John B. Seoley. in his HEM erticle, 'Ihet is Plenning? Definition end 8tretogy.", eptly described on ell too populer continent concerning plenning when he steted: “One should heve er- pocted plenning to be e conseuonco or corollery in the 'Opon Society': in- steed of which it is, enong seny believers in freedon, e 'bed town“ Given this sttitndo towerd plenning - one of distrust end foer for the loss of in- dividnsl rights - the profossionel plensor nust ectnelly sell the concept of plenning to the public. In order to eccsnplish this, three besic W of plenningnnstbsprosentodinsuchenennerestobocosoingreinodwithintho public velue systes. Those precepts ineludosj'1 i. Actsofnon, ospocienyplensedscts. nustboholdtobocepeblo of effecting sets in the future ( if plenning is to heve justificetion) . 2. Acts of non perfornod in the present ereieble to effect ects, con- ditions or sitnstions in the future, in the respect thet son are shouts thet is, we ere cepeblo, by notions tekon now, of effecting the not eneunt of good in the world in the future. 3. Those ects not only ere eblo to effect outoosos worth cering shout, but else cen effect then in celcnleblo weys. A io. Sooley, John a. . Mufti"; Plenning? Definition end amour, m ngimmmniim Vol. 28. lo. 2. my 1962 Pp . 11. (Inf-11p & Center. Pp 214. -11. hrl lewson hes developed four "Principles of Public Releticns" which should be included within the professionel plenner's 'beg of tricks“ desig- ntod to creete e fevoreble public sttitndo concerning the concept of plenning. niece four principles include.“ 1. W 1 es People will ignore en ides, en opinion. e point of view unless they see cloerly thet it effects their perscnl foers or desires, hopes or espirctions. 2. mm: Peoplodo not bw idoes seperetod froz notion - either ecticn tehon or shout to be token by the sponsor of en ides, or notion which people thcszelvos cen conveniently teko to prove the norit of the ides. 3. mnciplo g; hnilieritz _ep_d;_ 1:21;. He the people buy idoes only fron those we trust: we ere influenced by, or sdopt, only these opinions or points of view put forwerd by individuels or institutions in when we heve confi- donco. h. m m: be sitnstion snot be cleer to us, not confu- sing. The thing we observe, reed. sec or beer which produces our inprossicns snot be cleer, not subject to soverel interpretetions. One of the greetest gepe between the profossionel plennor end his l‘ey clientello, in the pest, hes been the intellectuel olitisn end intense idoel- isn soon so nocossery bynen plenners—to ettein their “ivory tower“ profes- ' sionel gcels. 'nlis hes often resulted in en 'undorstending gep" between plenners end the public throw the use of unintelligible notoric by the plenner. In order to elleviete this sitnstion, the profossionel nust infon 1‘2" . * Ibid #151. M -12- the public ebout whet to expect frcn the profession of plenning, whet its functions ere end whet its goels end objectives ere. To ecccnplish this, the plennor nust both discern the question eroes thet confront the public concerning the profession end devise orplenstions designed for the hymn. According to lewsos's principles. nontioned ebovo, this will eneblo the plen- ner to osteblish professionel credibility, which say lend to e better unor- stending end possibly greeter ecceptence of plenning - hopefully wider public support will result else. The rid-Gounty Rogicnel Plenning Gonnission hes doscnstretod its recognition of this necessity in e recent publicetion entitled 353i; gostions AM W M by introducing the pen- phlet with the following stetesent: “ibis booklet enswors e verioty of questions in e brief end concise sensor to feciliteto e better undorstending of the function of cosnunity plenning. It is hoped thet this booklet will serve e cross section of people renging flon interested citizens end newly fonod Plenning Oonnissions to new subors of osteblishod Plenning Connie- sions.” 13 The booklet poses end enswors such questions so: Uhet is Gos- snlntyPlennim ihyPlen? IhoPlens? HhetDeIouPleanor? Pleasing, es s profession, needs e widosproed soccptenco coupled with corresponding sction such es thet taken by the Tri-Gounty Regions]. Plenning Omission, of the necessity to infcn the public 'ebout plenning'. me reelizeticn end cor- responding ection will creete en undorstending esong the public, concerning plenning,which could boooso tho besis upon which e foundetion of totel citi- zen undorstending end perticipeticn cen be developed. A nest criticel probles hes elsc erison, in the pest, csusing e greet 13. Tri-county Begionel Plenning Consission, Besic $923122... 'ABout m Inning, Hichigen, heron, 1973 Pp . ~13- deel of elionetion botwosn the pioneer end the public - e probles concern- ing the reletionship between public desires end expectetions end the knowb lcdge end velnes of the profossionel plenner. Bichsrd A. Lsnenne, in his ‘A131ggggppl,erticlo, “velue Consensus Asong urben Residents“, stetest 'Plennors heve trediticnelly relicd.upon their intuitive estinetes of the needs end.dosires of the public cr'cn the visicnery ineges of the city deseloped by creetive thinkers to define the goels of’plenning...'1‘, nether then the goels hold by the con-unity. Physioel plenners, who dovelcpod.nes~ ter'plens end zoning ordinsnoos, ettenptod to creete City Orderly. Efficient, loeutiful, etc. without dotsrnining whothor'er not the public ectnelly'wented then. Ihst the public ectuelly'wnnts fron the professionel plennor’is edwice on how to olinineto poverty end segregation, sociel potholcgios, pollution end.nunicipol crises. But whet they else west is edvico on how to choose the proper'goels end the nest effective policies besod on these goels, not those ertificielly isposod by the plenner. Proper use of the public reletions tool would heve dotsrninsd this feet long ego. As Spdney J. Kerrie proclsinsds ”Good public reletions does not consist so such in telling the public so in listening to it. It provides feedbeck thet is otherwise locking in.tho’or~ gsnizetionel structure. '15 Therefore, the use of public reletions in this nenner will creete stronger'bonds between the plenner'end the public in thet the plenner will becose sore users of citizen needs end desires, thereby posing the soy to sntnel understending end coopsretion. es well so erecting ~coordinetsd. working reletionships. In.eddition, there is elnost unenincuz 1h. Lessons, nicherd, A{::=7:lu;_53nscnsus Asong urben Residents“. 122;!l1.2£. mgsmoumunnumo M. at. no. 5. Sop-1968 P923- 15. Cutlip s Center Pp 186. -1ls- egreonent thet the professional planner does not heve genuine decision- seking euthcrity. Therefore, it is in his own best interests, both pro- fossionelly end cdsinistretively, thet his rocosscndsticns be justified by. end grounded on the cnplicitly forsnletod velue judgesonts of his client - i.e. the cossunity - if isplosentetion is to occur to eny degree. Cutlip end Center stete: "As public opinion hes grown in force end the me of influence heve sultipliod, the conpotition for public fever hes stigd- ily oscelstod. fie struggle to elign people on the side of one's csuso, client or cospeny hes increesingly bocone conpotitive. '16 Therefore, the profes- sionel plenner, es s prectitioner, nust see both his obligetion end the prectioel necessity of developing s well integretod public reletions progres within the frssowork of the plenning process itself to spur ectivo citizen support within the cossnnity, both for plenning es s whole end the specific progress thet heve been developed for the oosnunity. 16. Cutlip & Center Pp 105. -15. SECTION I; 33; £933 of mold-Interest m .13 313 My Process. Plenners heve often felt thet. boceuso policynekors could not or would not edopt their - the plennor's - viewpoint. oozsunity decision-seking rop- resontod sonothing less then optisun retionelity. As on initiel stop in ellevieting this sitnsticn, the plenner nust reelizo the wide disperity between his treditionel notions of rstionelity - the plenning process - end the ectuel sociel end/or politicel processes by which policies ere ectuelly chosen end isplosented. He sust then dotonino whet edeptetions sust he ends in the sothod, stretogy or content of the plenning process in order to yield public policies sore in line with “plenning process retionelity. " In other words, the plenner snot bring the plenning process sore in line with the practicel decision-seking processes of the oozsunity in order to produce vieblo, isplosenteble progress. Precticelly speeking, the notion of cosprehonsive plenning serving totel public interest is incospetiblo with the sorrow interests involved in the conpotition for power end influence which is cherectoristic of en poli- ticel systes. To echievo the power end influence nocossery to isplesont his policies end progress, then, the plenner sust involve hissolf within this systen. Melvin H. Hobber. in his 51;: Journel erticle. “no hole of Intelli- gence Systess in 11ar Systoss Plenning". thus stetes the role of the plenner: ”Like ell other politicel ectors, ho is surely e sesbor of on interest group cosposod of peers who shere his perticuler francs of reference end. hence. his sociel objectives. With then, he sees the world through speciel filters ~16- end holds vested interests in eertein concepts. enelytic nothods end socisl progress. with then. he tries to sell his perticuler brends of retionelity end his perticuler iseges of socisl welfero."17 strosco D. less, in his ALP; m erticle entitled. "Studios in Cossunity Decision-noting”, describes the gm Influence Egg; es best ox-plifying the cosnunity decision-seizing process id Anorics. He stetos thet the decision-"king structure is cosposed of '. . . e sultiplicity of lesser concentretions of power, reletively independent of oech other, cos- peting for influence st tines, end in eertein subject cross, ccoporeting st other tines end in other subject cross, cccssionelly engegod in outright con- fliet end often used by politicel lenders to reconcile tensions end con- flicts within the ccnsunity."18 Those 'systns of influence '19 ere ene- posed of constolletions or concentretions besod on oconosic, business, poli- ticel or civic interests. such is cosposed of e ssell oozsunicetions-influ- ence network tied together by dsily business, politicel roleticsships, or other less forsel cosson interests. Inforsetion resulting in e cosscn posi- tion or opinion flows elong flieso network channels - infonetion which is often bed or insecurete but, which, nevertheless, evokes e unified response to e given set of circusstencos. It is precisely in this eroe - the infor- notion-influence chennols - thet the plenner should epply the only scene of 17. Robber, nolvin ll.. :Tho file of Intelligence Syst-s in Urbes Systas Pp. 289 18. lens, Lewronco 1).. “Studies in Cosnunity Decision-liking“, m g_f_ _th_e_ Anoricen Instipgto o_f_ Plenners, Vol. 30, lo. 1 Pp 1. 19. Ibid. WAN-STATE UNiVER"."-“v Silmm as Imflhs I“ I‘- W r «a. AN‘HI .w - . 1 I . . v . . I e - e . D . ’ ' a ' e - . . . . . g. ‘ . . . . ,. r.- . e z ’ ‘ ‘ l v - ‘ V ' .e , i J . . . . . ‘ . c e ' 1 I / s . ' . . , ~ , “ e ‘ . u . I ’7 -. ‘ t 1 . ' ‘ ~ e 1 c . W... W O' sen-e -..--u-"~"" M -17- influence eveileblo to his: Percussian 0. booked up by the proper use of oozsunicetions techniques. 3.8. Bolsn, in his All: M erticle. “Cos- sunity Decision Bohevior", succinctly describes this sitnsticn by ststingl "Ilith reletively few exceptions, the Anoricen urben oozsunity hes so frog- sontedsnd dispersed snthority thet the proponent of eny progres or plen is forced into infonsl errengenontc for exercising losdorchip end influ- encing decision-seking. It helps to be in e position of euthcrity. if this con be errenged, but it is still no gusrentee of success. Thus, skill in inducing sotivstion, in coordissting others notions. end in building s consensus in s ccntextuelly sppropristo coelition is dosendod of those who wish to see c proposal through to s feversblo decision cntooso."21 In other words. Boles cells for the plenner to teko sdventege of his profossienel expertise end his position outside of - but with sccoss to docision-snkisg church of - tho politicel process to influence dooisicn-seking through the use of percussion end co-uniostions. According to Denjenin Higgins, in his gr; gm; erticle. ”fewerds s Science of Consunity Plsnniu", the purpose of cossnnity plenning is: '... to give the people of tho oozsunity the pettorn of lend use they went, so indicsted by their willingness sc individnels or es s group of texpsyors F6. According to Uillies A. Cases in his book. Power g Discontent. The Dorsey Press, Rosewood, Illinois. 1971. there ere three types of in- fluence: Constrsint, inducosent, percussion. Pp 100-105. 21. Bolsn 11.8.. “Cos-unity Decision Bohsvior". Journsl g; 39; Angcen Insgtutg _o_g Plennors, Vol. 35. lo. b, P 303. (W ~18- to coverits cost, overeperiodcntoMingesfsrinto thofutnreesusoful forecesting ponits."22 while edsittsdly en undorststcscnt of the scope of plenning, Higgins' definition does inply thet develop.“ decisions ulti- sstoly lie in the bends of the torpeyor - st lesst on the locsl level. Dy thotors "inthohsndsofthetexpoyor', Idosotsosntoprosotothoneiovo concept thet osch citizen hes eque'l. potentiel to influence developont decisions. However, terpeyers. es sesbors of speciel interest groups, heve the potentiel. so well so the ebility, to influence these decisions end often do so when decisions of ssjor isport - in reletion to their speciel-interest group - srise. It cen be srguod thet the pioneer is successful only insofer es his plens ere sctuslly put into prsctico. He should, then, be vitelly concerned with the isplosentetion of plens. in thet he should not sorely present his plens to the connission end ccssunity council for their spprovel end sdoption', then wesh his bonds of then. considering his work done. Since he hes worked on developing the plens, he hes en srportiso thet is vitel to their execution. due to his knowledge of the plens thcsselves end the beckglound notoriel thet gsvo rise to then. This enportiso pieces the plenner in s sore edvsn- tegoous position then then edsinistrstivo officielc to influence oozsunity decision-setters - ultisstoly those texpsyors who, so nubors of speciel interest groups, cosbino to exert influence over decisions which effect their own groups. In this light, the plenner should reelize thet he is e "nerchent of change". end thet ho is perceived so such by the consunity. 22." "mggi—ns-Tfecjuin. j'l'tl'owsrds s Science of Consunity Plenning'. gm 2331;; Azggcen Mitute 9_f_ Planners, Vol. 15, lo. 2. 19'59 -19- Therefore, he should cossit hisself to influencing the consunity. through its vsrried speciel-interest groups - the “reel” decisionosekers - by cresting both on scceptence of the concept of plenning end specific plenning progress. Initielly, the plenner sust recognise thet cossunity decision-noting is derived fros s process ohsncterised by conflicting interests. rother then s “cos-unity interest”. ibis recognition should creete en ewsreness, in the plenner, of the necessity to creete positive reletiouships with es ssny of these diverse cossunity interests no possible. with respect to their «an... sins end preferences. J.8 Beiner. Everett Reiser end 1'.A neiner, in their LI: Journsl erticle. “Client Anslysis end the Pleuning of Public Progress”, heve devised s sethod by which cos-unity speciel interest groups soy be discerned end how these groups relste to specific public progress. In their srticle, they stete: ”mient enelysis ensines existing public progress end deduoes the various gosl positions of sectors of the cos-unity fros the behevior of people confronting these progress end perticipsting in or rejecting thes."23 'Ihis m1 my be vslusble to the plenner. is thet he soy spply its findings to the plsnning process. The results will essble his to both detersino speciel interest groups end their goels end velnes, end provide eosentisl dots for erecting sound reletionships with these MP3. . Once speciel-interest groups heve been detersined. end their velue positions osteblishod, the plenner should, through the use of perssesion. 23-h. einer, J., Reiser. 3., a: Fe'iner. 1.. ."Glient Asslysis end the Plssuisg of Public Progress“, Jourusl .c_f_ 93.9. Anoricen mtitute 2i; Plsuners. vale 29, he a. We. 13;, Pp 270o -2o- sttespt to influence the sttitudes of these groups concerning his propoesls. LeBreton end Housing. in their book, Plannipg ESP—11. stete: "those who seek to influence others can do so by helping to estehlish s shsred feeling of need for change within the group, thus csusing the group itself to exert pressures for ohsnge. To the plenner, this sesns thet his work hes greeter liklihood of success if he cen creete s cognissnce of the need for chenge within the group of persons who will any out - or couse to be curried out - his plens or will perticipste in their develop-out. ”2" me velue of group spprovsl. so s seens of controlling individual sttitudee, should else be recognised by the plenner in his ettespts to creete cossunity spprovsl for his proposals. LeBreton end donning note this sitnsticn in ststings ”Group spprevsl is en extresely strong sotivstion for hussn behsvior. If the plos- ner sents s son to perfon eose scticu or edvocete chsnge which runs counter to the beliefs of his group. he hes u very difficult took on his heads."25 On the other hand. should the group sdvocste the plenner's posi- tion. the reverse sitnsticn should else spply. end the plenner would heve en essier tise prosoting his propensls. ' Aston Levine. in his Plsnnipg 1%: erticle, 'I’eoplo end the Plsn", poses the question: Why should we be concerned ebout oitisen perticips- tion in the plenning process when we heve professionel plenners esd dedi- ceted citisms serving on plenning cossissions throughout the country. '26 In enswer to this question. I would cite the ssny difficulties sost oes- 2F. LeBreton W W geggce Hell lnc.. Englewood Cliffs, ll.J.. 1961 25. 1514 Pp 300. 26. WHO. Pp 119e -21- susities encounter when sttespting to ispl-ent plens developed scoording to this view of retionelity. In order to ovoid such difficulties. citisess of the consunity. represented by speciel-interest groups, should bocese invol- ved in the plenning process. In doing so, these groups, in oddities to helping to isplesent specific plenning progress. will becose edvccstes of plenning end its process. -22- £11.... In lhe lush-Force m_ to Citisen Perticiztion,___ on m m §_ro_t_ip Involve-out i__s_ th___e_ Plennigg mine.— If there seess to be conflicting viewpoints put forth in Sections I end II - Section I prosotes the ides thet it is essentiel for the plenner to develop positive reletions with the oossunity in gonerel, while Section II stresses the necessity of creeting strong ties with speciel interest groups to better onsble isplosentetion of his progress - I would srgue thet the vest seJority of the citisens of e given cos-unity belong to one or sore speciel interest groups, nose with sore. nose with less potentiel to exert politicel influence. LeBreton end Kenning. in Plennipg m egree. in thet: “The plenner sust. in feet, influence seny persons. end the person he would influence exists. not by hisself. but so e sesbor of one or sore groups"... These groups ploy en isport-st port in the behsvior of the individuel, end the plenner would do sell to understend then if he wishes his plens to succeed."27 This is not to inpihy thet speciel-interest group influence is coercive. Unlike euthcrity. it does not depend upon e poten- tiel lisitstion of choice, but only upon the recipient's perception of the policy or progres being superior to eny elteruetives. As e result, one sethod of genereting citisen support for, end involvesent in the plenning process, is to creete speciel-interest group support end involvesent. Speciel-interest groups. so nontioned eerlier, ere orgsnised sround business. netionslity. religion, politicel. civic or other interests, eech of which hes the potentiel to exert influence in eertein erees end in reletion to 27. LeBreton a. Housing. Pp 307. -23. eertein issues. However, ell speciel-interest groups influence the opinions of verious eleseuts of the cossunity end, when token in totel, surely influence. to e eertein degree, the opinions of e vest seJority of its citisens. iherefore. should the plenner creete positive working reletiesehips with these groups. bssed on their perticipstion in the pinning process. overell citison perticipetion, so well no representetion. will be echieved in developing sore 'cosprehensive" plens. In oddities. involvnent of specielinterestgroupsinplsnningwillbuildecceptenceeftheproooss end its progress. Agein. LeBreton end Homing egree. by stetingi f'Accept- ence of chenge is feciliteted when sesbers of the group ere eblo to gener- ete their own chesges. Denied this, the sesbere of the groups effected should st lesst psrticipste in the plenning thet tekes plsce effecting thee - even though the ispetus for chenge cones fros outside this group. ‘28 Inotherwords, itis notnecesserythetellthosewhowillbeeffectedby the isplosentetion of plens perticipete in developing then. But, it is isportsnt thet groups whose sabers ere effected by these plens be repre- sented dnring their developsent. Group sesbers sust feel thet their inter- ests were looked out for during the plenning steges to better ensble plen isplesentetion. In eddition, by including speciel-interest group represen- tetion, trust in the plenning process itself cen be developed within those groups. A sesbor of their own group is in for better position to elicit cooperetion then is en outsider. If such s sesbor or saber-s heve been included, subsequent percussion cones such eesier. 2'5. LeBreton e Henning, Pp. 311. '"1 "'3 -24- It is the responsibility of the plenner, es s steff s-ber of the cossunity plenning body. not only to infon cos-unity citisesry concerning plenning cctivitios, but to crouse interests in being inferred to better eseble ectivo perticipctien in plenning. In order to ecccnplish this, the plenner sust recognise thet, besicelly, cost people ere not perticulerly interested in plenning. However. they generelly becose involved in eertein cspocts of plenning when, end if. they becose personally effected by per- ticuler progress. Such specific progress or issues cen be used es en ispetus for erecting citiseu perticipction. if hendled properly, by the public-reletions sinded plenner. He ney begin developing citises interest by erecting e feeling of involvesent on the port of speciel-interest groups is specific progress. Proper use of Newsos's four 'Pr-inoiples of Public Relctions', described in Section I . especielly the Identgicctign ganciple end the mnciple g_f_ fluent; g __i'ru__s_t, essist in erecting the necesscry feeling of involvesent. The relevcnce of these principles becoses eppcrent when. so soon is Section II. the extent to which speciel-interest groups ere involved in the decision-coking structure of the consunity is reclined. 'ro prosote further involvesent, took-force type citisen groups, consisting of knowledgcble sesbers of speciel-interest groups, end revolving eround specific issues. should be erected. Test-forces. by their very ncture. ere short-tors. probles-oriented ergenizetien. ihis sethod of citison pertici- pctiou ccn.thus becose en integrcl cosponent of the plenning process end essist in ellevicting new of the probless cssocieted with the ”Gitisen's AdVisory Omitteo' cpprocch. . . . . e e . e .‘ 'I- I . . . . . ' I 1 . . . l . ,. . . . . . -25- In eddition to the politicel inplicctions of speciel-interest involve- sent in test-force typo plenning groups. severcl prsctiocl results ncy be derived fros their porticipctioni i. The test-force nethod, by erecting e coelition of speciel interests - e coelition scy not result inedictely, however es etneophere of causes probles-solving end oooperctiou, st lesst initiclly. will be present - should becose c sechenisn for droning forth the best technicel thinking of the oonnunity on perticuler issues. Inclusion of these citison experts free the plenning process deprives both the connunity end its decision-sellers of potenticlly velucble probles solving input. In eddition, the tech-force, by looking ct issues through the eyes of groups effected by oonuunity probl-s end their solutions, sey devise solutions thet otherwise ncy heve been over- locked or disregcrded. ’ 2. Spocicl-iuterest groups. by definition, ere groups of citisens who ergenise to further sons couson goel or objective. As e result, only those speciel-interests thet ere involved in c given issue should pcrticipcte on c given tuck-force. his will lend to ectivo perticipction end c strong interest group input. (Tech-force -pcrticipction should not be lisited to eertein groups. All interested groups should be ellewed to heve represente- tion) 3. he short durction end project orientction of the test-force cllows both citison end professionel plenning energies to be directed in percllel directions, thus sinisising the possibilities of the test-force beconning "hung-up” en tengents end edsinistrctive detcil. r r. .. . I. e‘ . A e . v-.. . A» n e. . e . . . .. < t t) . . , t Aw . e _- ‘ . . e r . .. . r .. l e . . . . 4 . . . . e . . e . e n n . v n. ‘ n k u . . . . _ t . I e e , . . , n I - A on I et .. r A ‘ ‘ , . . A . .. n .. e s . e .. I. \ t. A I . e . w U f s . 0| A . .. I. 4 1 . no t I I s n v 7 . i A p . r. . . . i 0' f n V V . . . s. . e A u . e e e , A . l e .. e. , It . en . e . . s . e , . I c s . . . . . . .,‘ . , . . n e . . ~ _ . u . .1 e n . A n e 1 .e e. e . v y e . ' e e , e e e .. e . . . . . e . .. I . e I A 3 . .. . 1A . y, . .. .. . . s Q .2 . .- h .. . . . A. . . I y I e I: - . . . . . r n . . . . , . . ‘ A e v e I . . . 4 u I ‘ — , ' V . e . ‘J' -26- h». The possibility of e. tuck-force beoonsing e rubberstesp ergenize- tien is uinisised due to the personel steke in on issue end the correspond- ing involv-nt which this inplies for teak-force senbers. 5 . Involvenent of speciel-interest._-. groups in e test-force sitnsticn generctes e useful by-product in the fern of educctioncl feedbcck, both between the plenner end involved speciel-interests end esong these groups thenselves. Over c reletively short tine-period, working reletiouships cen becose osteblished thet nonelly would heve teken yours, if ever, to osteb- lish. In this sensor, neny nisoonceptions concerning plenners end plenning end the objectives end beliefs of eertein speciel-interest groups ecu be ellevieted. ihe besic objective of the test-force epprocch to citison involvenent so steted by flesh end harden is to: '... provide deeper loecl insights by rsising cud buoedening the dielogues betveen the citison erpert end the rosi- dent plenner end between eny consultcnts end the citisens. '29 In cdditien, the objective of crecting en ctsosphere of respect cu. enpcthy, esong test- foroe senbers, to encble sore hernouious working conditions, should be sought. be following stctaent frcn LeBreton end Kenning deneustretes the velue of this objective: “People do not chenge under threet. their cttitudes end. behcvior ere nodified nest rcpidly cud nest effectively in en etsosphere of ecceptence. ihey tend to defend their opinions end notions sore vigorously when they feel on triel. Being sccepted for shut they ere gives then confi- 29. Bush end harden, Pp. 17. . ~ s I I '- . s s e I . r e .~ , c ! -27. deuce thet they need to any to thenselves. 'I cen edsit to being wrong'. or"I ney*chenge sy opinion here without suffering enteresssent.' They rocct fesorsbiy to chenge only when.they one told (by notions rether>then words) 'Although.I do not egroo with you, I respect your'opinion end its serits, end I do not think less of you es s person boccuse of our'lcck of egressest.“ 30 One of the besic functions of the nonrelected citison in the plenning process is to bring issues end.elternetives into the open, rether then ellewing then to rennin in the donein of the professionel piesnsr'or the con-unity edsinistrctive structure. where e pro-icing but politicclly less peletible ides ecu ecsily be squelched. The testsforce epproech to citison perticipction bcsed on speciel-interest group perticipction cen help to elleviete this sitnsticn, by recruiting citison involvenent fron within speciel interest groups, thenselves.ewncjor cosponent of'the consunity decisions-sting process. Therefore, while supplying cone of the best think- ing concerning solutions for’problens fused by the consunity. tcckdfsroes will else be eblo to exert politicel influence of theirfieunmtohinpdenent solutions thet they'hero developed. ”e 103an ‘ Hm. Ppe We fl \\ see u f . -28- CONCLUSION i‘he function of citison perticipetion in the plenning process enteils the erection of e schene which would. es flesh end Burden stete: '... ellow it (citison perticipetion) to function es e not eddition to the pinning process, end not es en overlepping eppendsge thet sisply duplicetes other cheunels ”3'31 This scene thet the citison perticipe- tion schene nust develop into sonothing other then Jech Different's ”Citisens Advisory Oosnittee", which through neuipuletion by plenners end cdsiuistretors, hes evolved into en indifferent, rubber-stenp ergeni- setion. cosposed of ”the right people“ chosen by politicel nethods. ' Shut is needed is e whole new nethed, or schene, of citison perticipetion. erected out of e totclly new fonet. The new forset should ettespt to creete both en understcnding of end en enthusicsn for plenning end its progress. In order to ecccnplish this, the plenner nust develop e sense of trust in his clientelle - the cossunity es s whole - bcsed upon good perfonsnces end their consunicetion to the consunity. Once c besis of trust hes been osteblishod, enthusicsn for becoming involved within the plenning process nust be stinuleted es en ispetus for ectivo citison perticipetion. ibis cen be eccenpliehed through speciel-interest groups. Ibo vest scjority of the citizens of e consunity belong to one or sore of these groups end, es s result, ere susceptible to the proper use of public reletions techniques es s tool in erecting this enthusicsn. By denou- streting the sensor in which speciel-interest groups ere effected by 31. Dosh d Widen, Pp. 17. . f 1 . I . i e I p c 1. IV ‘V s cc. . . . . o . A . I . e .. C . w v 1 e . e . i I . fit .I . e . . A o . I I u n o e . . er r . V _ I l v I o . . s A. . . s .q n \V “ - e v P 4 u n n s . . . ., . A . . I n e u . . ‘ u I . ' . n e e. y le 1m . . (o. . . . . _A .. his A . . e e . . e h v I .A t . Vol e w v A If . u e n e ,s O r e v -e: . . . . Q I 5‘ . s. I. I e e . I . e R. . 4 t .s e I ' . I e l I e ‘ L . t .. A e . I C I 'w I I e y 7.1 u .II III IJII -29.. plenning. spocificelly certcin progress, perticipetion. either for or egcinst these progress. one be erected. It is then up to the plenner to teke edventege of newly developed speciel-interest group enthusicsn by initicting short-tern teak-force groups designed to develop solutions for specific progress . Not only hill the tuck-forces provide e weelth of technicclly-oriented citison input, but the speciel-interest group representetion will ensble solutions to becose sore widely eccepted end sore reedily inplenented through the verious sense of influence thet these groups heve et their dispossl. In sddition, reletionships developed between the plenner end individuels - cs individucls or embers of speciel-interest groups - end between the speciel-interest groups thes- selves, ney creete invelueble working reletionships cheructerised by understsnding end cocperetien. For the pinning progres of todey, which is seeking weys end necns to fulfill its growing responsibilities, eon- nunity ecceptcsce cen never be pernenent. nerefore, it not be sought egeiuendegeinesconsunityplenningprogresses. Aseresult, these working reletionships. besed on understending end cocperetien. will be- cose involueble to the plenning process end. in ny opinion. provide the 'net eddition" to the plenning process thet llcsh end Burden edvoccted in the ebove-uentioned quotctiou. ‘e: 1. 2. 3. 9. 10. 11. -3o- BEL-106m Agar, assrles 3.. ”me Use of Surveys in Plsnning" , M39626- hen? Society of Planning Officials, Chicego, Illinois, 1 PP 1 " 110s Bolsn B. 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