Building_development

1:02:43 folks to go under now it's 2026 and we're asking folks not to go over so that that wouldn't be an option under the draft good to know i appreciate the thoughtful response i mean the fact is we have to go one way or the other and we'll see how it lands we'll see how it works out um areas that for my two cents that might require future tweaking um i think a little bit uh probably some better alignment of our alternative transit like bicycle parking with our transportation plans for the city um perhaps consideration and discussion more around any kind of buffer zone between the low-rise residential and medium rise i continue to be concerned about the disparity between 45 feet and 75 feet even with the reduced

1:03:40 height that you have put in for buffer zone it's fairly minimal so i i am concerned about that and and of course um the urban growth area um annexation density how will density be um planned in that area uh what will occur and how does our community grow and i think consolidate into the urban entity but um that's it for me and uh you have my gratitude your leadership in planning for our community's future has been outstanding thank you commissioner wheeler i don't have any questions um mostly also just kind of want to echo the gratitude i think as we as we saw in the presentation land use affects so many things i mean there are so many chapters about so many different things you know from the individual level of how land use affects our health and our sense of community our choices and how we

1:04:38 get around our ability to afford a roof over our heads to the finances of our city are we building in a way that's financially sustainable and where we can continue to provide services our environmental sustainability are we sprawling or are we densifying and protecting our green space are we building in a way that allows us to minimize emissions from transportation and from buildings so both like individually and systemically this matters a lot and so i'm really grateful for how much effort and thought has put into this how much outreach has been put into this um this was a real exercise in balancing competing priorities and i think that was that was done really well um with all of the outreach of course this you're not going to be able to make everyone 100 happy but this did a really good job of listening and incorporating feedback where it was feasible um i think overall the the most important thing about this plan is that it's a step in the right direction when it comes to adaptability i think when it comes to cities the most important thing is that

1:05:34 we're able to adapt to changing conditions like we said earlier change is a condition of existing in this world and this plan allows us to have more freedom to build a city that that works for all of us so thank you so much for all of the effort commissioner jay thank you chair mr jay here i'll start with a quick question so at the beginning of the presentation there's a mention of the department of commerce tracking progress and i was just curious how do they hold municipalities accountable or what if you exceed are there any grants or anything like that or just curious sticks or carrots of how the department of commerce operates um so i is i'll tell you what my understanding is and to apologies to our colleagues at the department of commerce i may not get all of it exactly right but typically what

1:06:29 happens is is is in terms of sticks is if you're not meeting requirements if you're you know your plan gets thrown out by the growth management hearings board or something like that you you're on a non-compliance list and it impacts your ability to get state funding we've already had one grant agreement held up and it won't be processed until we come into compliance with the periodic review process so and that's it's not unexpected frankly we get it we took longer than they gave us for we think justifiable reasons the the it's unclear what the five-year reporting looks like yet commerce hasn't made rules around that mostly because i think they've had to make rules around like so many other things just continuously through the legislative cycles and trying to keep up but we will obviously

1:07:23 be talking to you all about comprehensive plan implementation we have workshops scheduled in the for on your you know your work plan is we've been trying to build it out but in the fall to come back to you and talk about what we're seeing we'll keep you apprised of what we hear from commerce too but but i can't i can tell you what the sticks are and i mean the stick is no money and the carrot is money but um you know there's there and then there's increasing penalties if you're doing really bad things but we've never gotten there so i'm not an expert on it perfect thank you very much and i guess i'll share some of my thoughts i think commissioner beck said it extremely well when she said it's a vision for the community not my vision obviously i'm only one member of this community and one member of this commission and i have my my personal viewpoints but i think when it comes to following the direction policy direction at both the state and the city council i've

1:08:20 given you as well as the feedback that you've incorporated both from myself from other members of this commission city council all the boards and commissions that you've talked to as well as community members that i i think with that that in mind i think that already has informed my my how i intend to vote on this but i wanted to share some of my thoughts on some of the pros as well of it is that i'm really excited about the single staircase apartments i think uh up zoning gives a ton of opportunities for property owners for more flexibility with adus duplexes triplexers triplexes all these different opportunities for housing i think already said it but amazing public outreach that really sets the standard that i don't think other cities or communities or counties can follow um so great job there and i wanted to shout out as well as the mobile home protections i know i've asked about that a fair amount of times and i think it's really exciting to see the work that you all have done related to that and mixed-use development i think that's something that we should aspire to

1:09:17 i'll share some of my cons as well as that i do think that sometimes environmental policy i know that comes in a lot of that comes from the state but also from city council may come in conflict with some of our development goals and perhaps that um perhaps an over emphasis on pushing for density as opposed to following what a lot of the market does want which is single-family homes and i wouldn't be opposed to seeing the urban growth area grow myself to give more opportunities for land tracks but i know that these aren't the directions that you're given by some of our policy makers and but um i would be remiss if i didn't share my own thoughts on it but that won't inform my vote on it but i wanted to say you guys did a great job i know this is a herculean task and i'm excited also to see that you know with the department of commerce as well that it's not just a plan that we'll put on a shelf for us to look back at 20 years and go oh yeah um so i'm glad to see that we'll