Building_development + Forests_green_space

1:27:15 but maybe the map could better depict the current uses that are happening in the neighborhood, or I guess any project can define its own boundaries as well to say this is the boundaries of this particular project and it doesn't have to be all the way wrapping around Vancouver Lake. So it just feels like it would be a project that's easier to understand for a lot of folks of like now what are we tackling, what are we focusing on instead of this area that doesn't even have residents. It just has a lot of vacant land and park land to the west. And then kind of building on the comment by the mayor, too, I was thinking when we talk a lot of folks are visual like me and when you come across a project and you see the boundaries, but you also want to know what is happening on the land now, but also that future land map would be helpful.

1:28:07 And so how are we having those conversations to show, to really depict the future vision areas, as you're hearing that they want to have more open spaces or they want to have more community gathering spaces, how are we identifying the possible areas for those to occur? Typically, you know, you should be showing maybe zoning that allows for those uses or something along those lines. So I'm just wondering if that's part of the conversations that will happen this summer. Yeah. And that was part of also the existing conditions research and work that we did. So we do have zoning maps. Of course, that'll be updated with the comprehensive plan update. We will be having conversations with the Fruit Valley community around density. Is this something that they would like to see? Where, if so, would they like to see it? Those kind of questions will actually be highlighting in meeting four in terms of the boundary.

1:29:07 That is something that we did discuss. Do we want to include the entire neighborhood boundary? Because that is actually the neighborhood boundary. Or do we want to narrow in on the residential area? But we decided to keep it large because we thought it was important to include the industrial area and not exclude that. So we are talking to some of those, you know, we're working with the port to talk with some of their tenants and some of those industrial businesses. Because there's a lot of people that come into the Fruit Valley area every day, Monday through Friday. Probably not just Monday through Friday, but that are coming in regularly and spending a lot of time in Fruit Valley that can also provide input to the to the project as well. And so we didn't want to kind of exclude that input. And also there were conversations that happened a couple of years ago with a group of parents at Fruit Valley Elementary. And they talked a lot about wanting access to the open spaces, better access.

1:30:03 So that was another reason why we kept the whole neighborhood boundary so that we could include some of those natural areas for, you know, if we were to kind of map out where some of those pedestrian and bike, you know, multi mobility paths might be if any are needed to kind of support that access that they talked about a couple of years ago. Yeah, there used to be a lot more open space access when the farms were active down there. You know, I just remember as a kid going down to those farms, either to work there or to shop there. And so it just felt like there was a lot more access to open spaces. Then, of course, now those spaces are relatively developed. All right. Thank you. Thank you. In addition, Councilor Harless, go ahead. Kim Harless, Council Member. I didn't have a question, more just a thank you for having such a good model for engagement.

1:31:02 And, you know, looking through, you know, the timeline, you didn't start by just jumping into forming a committee. You started by creating relationships, by investing in the community, and that was part of the plan first. And then, you know, now we're in the space of the committee being assembled and starting to work and be at the table to shape the plan themselves, that it's not a plan that's just for them, but by them. And that's just amazing. So this is what I love and appreciate about the direction that our city is going and something that went out about talking to other jurisdictions and like, oh, we got we got things really in a good direction and come come see what we're doing. So just again, just wanted to say just express gratitude. Thank you. Thank you.