Agenda Date: 06/30/2020
Subject:
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Joint ULUC Discussion with City Council and Planning Commission
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Prepared By:
Kathleen Osher, Manager of Innovation & Performance Excellence
PURPOSE:
Discuss the development feasibility analysis completed for Phase II of amending the city's code relative to development in Downtown.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenters: Kathleen Osher, Manager of Innovation & Performance
Excellence
Additional Presenters: Tim Morzel, Vice President, Economic & Planning Systems
Andrew Knudtsen, Managing Principal, Economic & Planning Systems
Bret C. Keast, AICP, CEO, Kendig Keast Collaborative
Brian Mabry, AICP, Principal-in-Charge, Code Practice Leader, Kendig Keast Collaborative
Nore' Winter, Principal and Owner, Winter & Company
SUMMARY:
As part of the Phase II amendments to the city's existing code and the creation of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC), the city engaged Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) to develop a financial model that will provide City Council and Planning Commission with an overview of the impacts of specific changes to design and zoning requirements in Downtown on development feasibility. This financial model is designed to uncover any unintended impacts on development feasibility and consider how these changes may affect the viability of future development.
EPS will be joined by the KKC team to discuss Phase II amendments of the city code as they apply to Downtown and the economic analysis.
The presentation will provide Council and Planning Commission with an overview of the development types that are currently feasible or may be feasible in the future based on the contemplated zoning requirements.
Council and Planning Commission will discuss:
* Competing goals relating to mass, bulk, economic feasibility, character, and urban design
* Additional direction on refinements to address Council and Planning Commission priorities and/or the development feasibility analysis
This discussion will contin...
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