Council member presents ‘CP2030’ registry to centralize development tracking and alerts

A council member presented a legislative package called “CP2030” proposing a web‑based development registry and a legislative tracking registry designed to make applications and associated documents searchable and to send automatic status alerts to council and staff.

The presenter said the registry would require entries for any development over 5 acres and would record legislative progression so council and the public could see which ordinances had gone unreviewed for years. The package includes resolutions to phase implementation with short‑term benchmarks and an ordinance to formalize the registry.

Why it matters: Proponents said the registry would reduce uncertainty about submission requirements (for example, when traffic studies are due), prevent documents from getting lost, and make the status of projects transparent to council and residents.

Supporters noted that CivicPlus—Commercial Point’s planned software provider—offers a module that could be used, and the presenter said he had paid for a temporary website mockup to demonstrate the concept. Council discussed whether the resolution should specify a Microsoft‑based product, whether councilmembers should be provided standardized devices (Apple vs Microsoft), and the expected administrative burden. One councilmember estimated device costs in the range of $8,000–$11,000; the presenter said registry entries would add roughly 10 minutes of staff work per submission and that most effort would fall to the village administrator.

Administration (Wendy) told council that many review steps are already codified and that traffic studies for planned districts are typically required by code, though staff have at times accepted them later in the process. That exchange underlined a recurring theme: whether the village should enforce traffic studies strictly at submission or allow some flexibility to avoid discouraging preliminary developer engagement.

Next steps: The presenter asked council members to review the draft resolutions and ordinances and offered to show the mockup to interested members. No formal vote was taken; the package remains under discussion and may be refined with administration input before further readings.