Title
Consider Outcomes of the May 15, 2014 Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting and Next Steps for Presentation to City Council on June 10, 2014
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to provide City Council with a recommendation on next steps in the Community Renewal Area (CRA) process.
Report
Issue:
On May 15, 2014 the Community and Economic Revitalization Committee (CERC) met with the Citizens Advisory Committee to consider two redevelopment scenarios for the Isthmus area and the baseline condition. The CAC provided feedback about these development scenarios and the cost estimates associated with these scenarios. The redevelopment scenarios and the cost estimates are included in Attachment 1. What should the next steps in the Isthmus planning process be? Should the City proceed with the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) Grant? What should the next steps in the CRA process be?
Staff Contact:
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Director 360.753.8227
Presenter(s):
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development
Paul Simmons, Director Parks, Arts and Recreation Department
Lorelei Juntunen via telephone.
Background and Analysis:
At the May 15, 2014 CAC meeting the consultant team posed a number of questions to the CERC and the CAC.
* Do these designs reflect community priorities?
* What do you like?
* What do you not like?
Following a discussion of the costs and feasibility the consultant team asked:
* How does this change your thinking?
* What about mix of uses?
* What about implementation?
The evening concluded with a discussion about:
* Are we ready for this?
* What are the obstacles?
* What do you think we call this area?
Generally the CAC felt that a plan with several smaller parks strategically placed around the Isthmus and interspersed with a variety of residential, commercial and civic uses was preferred to one large central park. The CAC also ...
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