Title
Debrief Urban Design Workshop and Consider Next Steps in the Design Process
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Debrief Urban Design Workshop and consider next steps in the design process
Report
Issue:
The Community and Economic Revitalization Committee and the Citizens Advisory Committee held an Urban Design Workshop on April 5, 2014 and a follow-up meeting for members who were unable to attend on April 16, 2014. Discuss the meetings and consider next steps.
Staff Contact:
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department 360.753.8227.
Presenter(s):
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department
Background and Analysis:
The Community and Economic Revitalization Committee and the Citizens Advisory Committee held an Urban Design Workshop on April 5, 2014 and a follow-up meeting for members who were unable to attend on April 16, 2014. Generally, the meetings were considered to be successful based on feedback from participants.
The CERC could provide feedback about how this type of meeting could be used in the future and how the meeting format could be refined to achieve even better results. Issues that may warrant committee consideration include: graphics in the visual preference survey and how to involve the public in this and future stages of this process.
The consultant team is working to prepare for the May 1st joint meeting with the CERC and the CAC. The team feels that additional time between the Follow-up Workshop on April 16th and the May 1st meeting where they will be reporting findings, recommendations and presenting two scenarios for consideration would be beneficial. Condensing the work of the tables into useful scenarios and then analyzing the economics of those scenarios is challenging work and the team wants to have a complete a picture as possible for the next step. Staff recommends using the May 13th Council Meeting for this purpose.
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