Title
Informational Update on the Northwest Sector Study Planning Initiative
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 3, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Corey Young, Planner I
Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Michael Quint, Director of Planning
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
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ITEM SUMMARY:
* Staff is presenting an informational update on the Northwest Sector Study Planning Initiative.
* Since the start of the study in summer 2013, Staff and the consultant team have conducted various analyses and hosted several public outreach activities including small-group meetings, discussions with city leaders, and a public open house with residents and stakeholders.
* Over the last 2 months, Staff and the consultant team have focused on outlining an approach for moving forward that balances anticipated future growth with the interests and goals of stakeholders and city leaders.
* This approach includes taking a macro and micro view of the Northwest Sector in order to establish valuable, guiding recommendations for the study area over all and create land use/development alternatives at key locations that could serve to unlock future development opportunities.
* To do this, the project team has identified 6 sub-areas of the Northwest Sector that have their own defining characteristics. Overarching recommendations for each sub-area will then be established to capture the unique opportunities, challenges and guiding principles that should serve as a policy guide for City Leaders when making land use decisions in the future.
* In tandem with the overarching recommendations, three catalyst locations will also be identified. For each catalyst location, a framework for land use and development alternatives will be conceptualized and then analyzed in terms of market potential, public investment considerations and return on investment. In doing this, the project team expects that the conceptual ...
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