Review Future Land Use Options for 6021 and 6043 Highway 10 NW

The Owner of these two parcels has requested an opportunity to discuss his future plans for this property with the City Council. Before the Owner invests in rehabbing the building and the site, he desires to better understand the City Council's Strategic Goal to "Improve the Image of Highway 10 [and other key corridors and nodes]".

Note: nothing in this case should be interpreted as the City is considering any financial assistance or code enforcement measures on this property. The intent of this case is to simply open up a dialogue with the Owner. Staff is not recommending any of the alternatives at this point without further direction from the City Council.

Staff has been working with the Owner for the past 12-18 months on multiple nuisance code violations (paving surface, inoperable vehicles, general blight, permitted uses, etc.). Before the City authorizes any investment in the Property, Staff desires to better understand if the City Council wants to consider a broader redevelopment approach. Staff is concerned that by simply improving existing buildings and site conditions, a broader underlying issue is not being addressed. Many of the buildings are increasing in age and not fully designed for current users. This has led to a series of users that have presented multiple conflicts with the City's Zoning Code. Staff believes that part of this concern can be addressed, but is somewhat confident that ongoing nuisance and blight concerns will remain to a certain degree.

The City Council could consider the following broad options. If the City Council desired to explore these options in more detail, Staff would bring back a more detailed analysis, including potential costs and sources of funding.
 

	No Involvement Status Quo	Joint Venture Partial Acquisition	Joint Venture City Financial Assitance	Full City Acquistion
Benefits	Limited Visual Improvement	Improved Visual	Improved Visual	Highest Visual Improvement
Costs	Lowest Cost Option	Moderate Costs	Moderate Costs	Highest City Cost
Risk	Lowest City Risk	Moderate/High City Risk	Moderate City Risk	Highest City Risk

The purpose of the case this evening is to provide high level direction on these options. This is the opportunity to take any of the options off the table so that Staff can continue to work with the Owner to clean up the property.

Again, nothing in this case should be interpreted as the City is considering any financial expense related to this discussion.

30 Minutes

No funding is required at this time. This case is being handled as part of normal Staff duties.

Community Development Director

Provide direction on desired approach to improve the image of 6021 and 6043 Highway 10.