Prepare Policy Document for January 24 Joint Work Session

The purpose of this case is to prepare a policy document containing questions to be answered at a future date as requested at the January Planning Commission Meeting. It is suggested that the agenda for this topic consist of the following:

1. Overview of Concerns with Current Plan and Standards (5 Minutes: Commissioner VanScoy)
2. Overview of Integration with Economic Development and Real Estate Goals (5 Minutes: Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama)
3. Draft New Vision Statement for The COR (30 Minutes: Commissioner Brauer)
4. Prepare Policy Question Document Draft (30 Minutes: Community Development Director Gladhill)
   1. This may include preliminary answers from the perspective of the Planning Commission for Questions 1-10 of the attached draft document.

This will be the first step of answering several policy questions following the completion of the Market Panel in October, 2016. The Commission should focus on broader policy at this point in order to walk through this process in logical steps. It is not likely that the Commission will be able to answer all policy questions in this first session. Staff will schedule follow up discussions with the Commission through first quarter 2017 in order to complete this task. This will be a living policy document, and will be update throughout the process as more detailed policy and studies are completed.

The intent of this document is to better frame future discussions with City Council and other advisory boards. The Joint Work Session with City Council will focus on the format of the document that becomes the work plan to complete the vision evaluation for The COR. Discussion will likely focus on Questions 1-10 as well, with future discussions focusing on more detailed/micro-scale policy questions.

Consensus on a policy document to present to City Council on January 24.