13-1043
Recommendation on the Urban Neighborhoods Proposal
Report
Issue:
The Planning Commission is in process of reviewing their 'Urban Neighborhoods' proposal, included as part of their recommendation on the Comprehensive Plan Update. The Commission is expected to complete their final recommendation to the City Council on this matter this evening.
Staff Contact:
Amy Buckler, Associate Planner, Community Planning & Development (CP&D),
360.570.5847, abuckler@ci.olympia.wa.us
Presenter(s):
Chair Jerome Parker
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, CP&D, 360.753.8206
Amy Buckler
Background & Summary:
On December 10, 2013, the OPC Leadership Team met with Councilmember Jones (filling in as Council's liaison to OPC since Councilmember Langer is out of town) to discuss the City Council's direction in regard to this matter. Councilmember Jones reiterated the City Council asked OPC to provide a revised recommendation because they understood there was a need for clarifications [and internal consistency] in regard to the Urban Neighborhoods and Corridor policies and the Addendum. He also provided the following:
* Council is anxious to adopt the Comp Plan Update, thus would like the Commission to provide their revised recommendation by the end of this year.
* Council would like to review as "well baked" a draft plan as possible.
* If there are decisions that can come later, it's okay. The City can amend the Comp Plan annually, so future OPC work items are a possibility.
* There is a place for some vagueness in the Comp Plan because the zoning and development codes include the regulatory detail.
* He commended the Commission and staff for the continued good work.
At the request of the Commission and Leadership Team, staff has not made changes to the matrix of policy recommendations in Attachment 2; except to catalogue the decisions made by the Commission on December 9 and to identify policies that may be 'Low Hanging Fruit,' in other words, may ...
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