The council links the downtown plan to UDO updates, weighing simpler zoning, incentives for taller buildings, and the new down‑zoning limits. Members back stronger flood and stormwater mandates while protecting affordability goals, revisit the 1,000‑unit affordable housing target, and hear a firm stance to allow data centers only with conditional rezoning and a community benefit agreement. 14mins
Original Meeting
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Jennifer Yourkavitch
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Chad summarized consensus to mandate stronger special flood hazard standards, maintain flexible streetscape and reforestation preferences, avoid conflicts with affordable housing incentives, set stormwater mandates to a public health and safety floor, and use incentives for regional or oversized stormwater facilities via agreements.
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Chad reviewed affordable housing targets and constraints, estimating the new units needed to reach 1,000 affordable homes under a 15% guideline and asked the group to weigh in on the timeframe, percentage goal, and whether preserved naturally occurring affordable housing should count toward the target.
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