Title
Update on Phase 2 of the Town Center Study Initiative (Kevin Spath and Scott Polikov) (60 minutes)
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 26, 2011 - City Council Work Session
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Kevin Spath, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning
Jennifer Arnold, Senior Planner
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Discuss and provide feedback
ITEM SUMMARY:
· Based on the Next Steps articulated in Section 5 of the adopted Town Center Study Phase 1 Report, Staff and the consultant team began in 2009 an analysis of existing development regulations (zoning and subdivision ordinances) in the historic Town Center to better understand how existing development codes were lacking/conflicting and could better facilitate the implementation of the adopted Town Center vision.
· In January 2010, as the 2010 Bond Package was being prepared, Staff and the consultant team presented to City Council a brief summary of the critical importance of synchronizing the City’s public capital investments (“carrots”) and the City’s development regulations (“sticks”) in order to maximize leveraging and attract additional private investment in the historic Town Center over time.
· In May 2010, Staff and the consultant team presented to City Council a brief summary of the analysis of existing development regulations and also outlined the approach and process by which a set of proposed form-based development regulations would be created to specifically implement the Town Center vision.
· In January 2011, Staff and the consultant team presented to City Council a brief update on the early progress of the drafting of the proposed form-based development regulations.
· Since January, Staff and the consultant team have made substantial progress on drafting proposed development regulations for the historic Town Center. Today’s presentation will provide an update, including discussion of the following:
· An overview of the substantially complete draft of ...
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