The photo tilts to oblique. The view pans and zooms. During the planning process they created several versions of how the city center would look. Now the presentation serves as a simulation of the adopted urban design. City, county, and special district staffs prepare maps showing service delivery areas, street patterns, drainage basins, community identity, ZIP code boundaries, etc.
Staffs analyze the maps to identify logical boundaries, or alternative boundaries.
City staffs report to their councils, who may preliminarily endorse a MUGA boundary. Residents, businesses, and property owners in the unincorporated areas speak out. Each city grouping determines its own citizen participation method. Staffs synthesize the findings, strive for consensus, and write a rationale for each boundary segment. Staffs present the results at open houses.