Downtown Working Group
Purpose and Objectives
The Downtown Working Group consists of a small group of stakeholders and Planning and Economic Development Commissioners tasked with assisting staff on two major current planning projects: the Zoning Code Update (Commercial Zones Chapter) and the Main Street Project. The Zoning Code Update and Main Street Project are both grant funded efforts (Strategic Growth Council grant and Caltrans Community-Based Transportation Planning grant).
All meetings of the working group are public meetings.
Members:
- Tom Cage
- Madeleine "Mickey" Brown
- Dave Harvey
- John Vereuck
- Bruce Woodward
- Jay Deinken
- Jo Bacon
- Bill Taylor
- Matthew Lehman
- Tom Hodges
Working Group Purpose and Objectives
The Working Group developed the following Purpose and Objectives at their first meeting on December 20, 2012:
Purpose
"Develop recommendations for commercial zoning, land use, transportation and physical development standards and programs that can successfully implement the accepted concept for the Dowtown Core and adjacent commercial areas."
Objectives
- Use existing accepted plans and policies as the starting point - we're not going backwards or reinventing the wheel.
- Define agreed-upon building block assumptions, evaluation method and tools to test feasibility of draft concepts based on real world conditions - physical and financial.
- Respect and acknowledge relationship to General Plan vision and policies (PAOT, buildout, and project impact evaluation)
- Use this analysis and findings to update and adopt commercial zoning, design and development standards, and develop effective implementation tools through the Zoning Code Update and Main Street Implementation Plan.
Meeting Agendas and Materials
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Materials
- Draft Commercial Zones Chapter 17.24
- Draft Commercial Zoning Districts Critque Summary Report (Dyatt & Bhatia)
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Meeting 3 - February 12, 2013
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- No meeting materials
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- No meeting materials. See Main Street Project page.
Meeting 6 - June 5, 2013
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- Overview PowerPoint
- Draft Commercial Zoning Districts Standards and Supporting Information
- Existing Code vs. Proposed Code Comparison Table
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Meeting 9 - August 5, 2013
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Town Council - Planning & Economic Development Commission
Zoning Code Workshop - June 12, 2013
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