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[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
GONNA BE FROGGY ALL DAY.TODAY WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
[2. Presentation and Discussion on the Status of the City of Edmond's Development Code Update Project. ]
BRYAN IS GOING TO START IT OFF AND THEN INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, KEN BRYAN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST YEAR, COUNCIL GOT THIS PROJECT STARTED BY, UH, ENGAGING A CONSULTANT TEAM.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATION ACTION ITEMS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT HAD BEEN PLANNED 2018.
UH, BECCA PATRICK FROM OUR STAFF IS THE CITY'S POINT OF CONTACT AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'VE ENGAGED FREEZE NICHOLS AND THEIR, UH, CODE UPDATE OR, UH, DRAFTING TEAM, AND THEIR PROJECT MANAGER, DON WARWICK, IS HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THE, UH, THIS MID PROJECT UPDATE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO GET TO TALK.
PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE SOME OF US, SOME OF US ARE NOT AS TALL AS KEN
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS CODE PROJECT.
UM, WE ARE, I GUESS WE COULD CONSIDER THIS MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT.
WE'VE, UM, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT TO BUILD UP TO THIS POINT, SO WE WANNA GIVE YOU JUST A RUNDOWN OF WHERE WE ARE AND KIND OF HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
SO, JUST TO GET THINGS STARTED, AS KEN MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DAWN WARWICK.
I WORK WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS AND SERVE AS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN URBAN PLANNING, PRIMARILY IN MUNICIPAL PLANNING.
I'VE BEEN WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS, AND PRIOR TO THAT, SPENT ABOUT 24 YEARS IN DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES WORKING KIND OF IN KEN'S POSITION AND OTHERS, UM, THROUGH VARIOUS, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENTS.
SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE TO THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE AND HOPEFULLY, UM, HELP MAKE THAT, UH, MAKE THIS A FAIRLY SEAMLESS PROCESS.
UM, WITH ME IS JAKE LGE, AND JAKE IS ONE OF OUR PROJECT PLANNERS.
UH, HE AND I BOTH WORK OUT OF THE TULSA OFFICE AND HAVE A FEW OTHER FOLKS ON THE TEAM HELPING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS WELL.
BUT JAKE AND I ARE GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I'M GONNA LET HIM GET STARTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO TALK WITH Y'ALL.
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING YOU THROUGH TODAY, WE'RE GONNA START BY TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT GOALS THAT WE ESTABLISHED AT THE OUTSET OF THE PROJECT, UH, AND THAT HAVE INFORMED OUR DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS AS WELL AS THE CODE WRITING PROCESS WILL THEN KIND OF REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY ON THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AND THE INSIGHTS WE GAINED FROM THAT, UH, AND HOW IT'S GUIDED OUR ACTUAL CODE DRAFTING WORK.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HELD THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENTS, UH, MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, AND, UH, WHAT THAT'S ENABLED US TO DO AS WE'VE STARTED WRITING THE ZONING FRAMEWORK.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT ZONING FRAMEWORK BEFORE DISCUSSING THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THE GOALS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S PLANNING POLICY DIRECTION.
SO TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE LONG RANGE PLANS THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC GOALS AND VISIONS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO ACHIEVE AS ADOPTED BY Y'ALL, I PRESUME.
UM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH THIS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT KIND OF THE NITTY GRITTY, UH, OF CODE WORK IS ALSO, UH, ENFORCED WITH THIS, WITH ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUES ARE WELL HANDLED, PROPERTY VALUE IS PRESERVED, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THAT WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THE THINGS THAT IT'S ARTICULATED AS ITS PRINCIPLE GOALS, VISIONS, AND DESIRES FOR THE FUTURE OF EDMOND ARE, UH, REFLECTED IN WHAT THESE REGULATIONS WILL CAUSE TO COME TO BE.
AND THEN, OH, MY CLICKER'S NOT WORKING.
Y'ALL, SEE IF YOU CAN CLICK NOW.
SO, IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT PROCESS, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, WE STARTED OFF WITH THAT DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT HERE IN WHICH WE, UH, EVALUATED THE CURRENT CODE LANGUAGE, WHAT OUTCOMES IT WILL ACHIEVE AND COMPARED IT AGAINST THOSE, UH, PLANNING POLICIES AND WHAT, WHAT GULF WE NEEDED TO, TO SORT OF FILL IN WITH OUR UPDATE PROCESS.
WE'RE NOW IN THE MIDST OF THAT UPDATE PROCESS, WRITING THE ZONING, WRITING THE SUBDIVISION STORM WATER, THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, THAT WILL ALL PREDICATE A NEW ZONING MAP UPDATE SO THAT WE HAVE EACH OF OUR NEW REGULATORY DISTRICTS IN PLACE ON THE GROUND AND CAN ENFORCE THAT BEFORE ACTUALLY WALKING IT THROUGH THE CODE ADOPTION PROCESS.
SO THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT'S IN IT THERE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AT A GLANCE WHAT'S IN IT.
AND IT PRINCIPALLY ADDRESSED TITLES 21, 22, AND 23, WHICH ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR PROJECT HERE IN WHICH WE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE GAPS WERE THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
SO I'M NOT GONNA WALK LINE BY LINE THROUGH THIS TABLE, BUT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD AT A GLANCE WAY TO SEE WHAT WE IDENTIFIED AS
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THE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE AND HOW WE NEED TO MAKE THEM.I THINK THE UNDERLYING THEMES THAT ARE KEY TO EVERY SINGLE DEFICIENCY WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED ARE ONE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE LONG-TERM PLANNING POLICIES.
AND IF IT'S OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HOW DO WE GET IT THERE? UH, NUMBER TWO, WHETHER IT'S EASY AND AND ENFORCEABLE TO ADMINISTER FOR STAFF AND FOR THE CITY, UH, BASICALLY, CAN YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THAT A REALITY WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT RESOURCES? UM, AND THEN THREE, IS IT USER FRIENDLY? IF YOU'RE A PROPERTY OWNER OR A DEVELOPER WHO NEEDS TO PICK UP THIS CODE, UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS, AND THEN GO ABOUT YOUR PROJECT OR YOUR CHANGES TO YOUR PROPERTY.
UH, IS IT EASY AND, AND QUICK TO DO THAT.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT TRANSLATED INTO WERE ENCOURAGING DENSITY WHERE APPROPRIATE, WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE THAT EXISTS IN SCENIC AREAS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IN PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN OR THESE EMERGING KIND OF TOWN, SQUARE TOWN CENTER AREAS, UH, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE KIND OF DENSITY WE WANNA SEE DEVELOPED THERE, WHILE ALSO PREVENTING SPRAWL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DEGRADATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE ARCADIA AND OTHER PLACES.
WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, YOU MIGHT ALSO HEAR THESE REFERRED TO AS NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, UH, ARE ACCOMMODATED IN THIS CODE WITHIN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHICH ARE DEFINITELY CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICES IN MODERN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ARE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN GO ABOUT IN A, AN EFFECTIVE WAY, IN A COST EFFECTIVE WAY.
UM, THE NEXT THREE ALL KIND OF FALL TOGETHER, WHICH IS LOOKING AT THOSE PROCESSES, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDED CLARITY FOR DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ORGANIZING THE OVERALL CODE FOR NAVIGABILITY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO PICKS THIS UP AND NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR SOMETHING, GETTING PERMITS AND GETTING A PROJECT ON THE GROUND, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE STEPS ARE FAIRLY QUICKLY AS SOON AS THEY PICK UP THE CODE.
UH, AND WITHIN THAT, ADDING FLOW CHARTS AND GRAPHICS, MAKING IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THROUGH PAGE AFTER PAGE OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, UH, BUT INSTEAD CAN MAYBE FIND A TABLE, A GRAPHIC THAT ILLUSTRATES IT AND UNDERSTAND IT FAIRLY QUICKLY IS A BIG PART OF THAT USER FRIENDLINESS, UH, PREMISE.
SO, UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS.
WE HAD A FEW IN PHASE ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE, BUT WE'RE REALLY GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT PHASE TWO.
SO, UM, WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY STAFF TO, UH, HELP US UNDERSTAND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE CODE AND WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THE OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS, PEOPLE THAT, UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE CODES DO AND HOW THEY FUNCTION AND SORT OF LIVE IN THAT REALM.
WE ALSO CONVENED A DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKSHOP, SO SIMILAR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, BUT THAT HAVE A STAKE SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE MOST URBAN PARTS OF EDMOND TODAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT ARISE IN A HIGHLY DEVELOPED PART OF TOWN ARE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A SERIES OF STAFF WORKSHOPS TO KEEP US ON TRACK AS WE'VE BEEN WRITING THIS CODE.
SO THOSE ARE THE SPECIFIC, UH, UH, MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HONE IN ON A COUPLE OF THOSE.
BUT WE STARTED WITH JUST A REVIEW OF THAT DIAGNOSTIC MADE SURE THE, UH, DEFICIENCIES WE IDENTIFIED WERE CORRECT AND THAT OUR, UH, PROPOSED WAYS OF RECTIFYING THEM WERE CORRECT.
WE ALSO THEN DEBUTED KIND OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS, THE ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS OF THE UDC, UH, TO THEM BEFORE PREVIEWING OUR ZONING.
WE THEN HAD A FAIRLY IN-DEPTH MEETING WHERE WE REVIEWED WHAT WE CALL CONTEXT AREAS.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
THE ZONING DISTRICTS LAND USES AND BUILDING TYPES WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE ROADMAP THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR THAT, UH, AFFECTS LARGELY, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WITHIN THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WE'RE MORE CONCERNED WITH HOW TO INTEGRATE THOSE SORTS OF STRATEGIES INTO THE PRIVATE REALM.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD A MEETING IN WHICH WE DISCUSSED POSSIBLY INCENTIVIZING, UH, ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A POINTS-BASED APPROACH.
UH, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THERE, IN WHICH WE WALKED AWAY WITH A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN MIND THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING WITH THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKSHOP, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT AS WELL.
AND THOSE STAFF WORKSHOPS AS MENTIONED.
SO THE KEY THEMES THAT HAVE EMERGED FROM ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN, ONE, DEVELOPMENT, COST AND AFFORDABILITY.
WE DON'T WANT THESE NEW REGULATIONS TO MAKE THE COST OF DOING DEVELOPMENT IN EDMOND, YOU KNOW, DRASTICALLY BURDENSOME, PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM DOING THINGS THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE THAT THE CITY STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, UH, PER THOSE LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO THAT HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY.
ADDITIONALLY, LANDSCAPING IN TERMS OF THE AESTHETIC QUALITIES THAT THAT BRINGS, MAKING SURE IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE CITY WITH LOTS OF GREENERY, BUT ALSO THE, UH, SLEW OF, UH, EN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH BENEFITS THAT COME WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIMILAR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CAME UP REPEATEDLY.
DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY TIES BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ENCOURAGING DENSITY WHERE IT'S TOLERABLE AND DISCOURAGING IT WHERE IT MAY BE.
YOU WANNA PRESERVE THAT NATURALISTIC CHARACTER.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THESE REGULATIONS ARE FINE TUNED TO ACHIEVE THOSE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
LOCAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATION IS TALKING ABOUT BOTH POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESSES, NEW ENTREPRENEURS, AND EXISTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T STAND IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE PURSUING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, UH, IN THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS BEST.
AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, URBAN DESIGN, WHICH TOUCHES ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ARCHITECTURE, HUMAN SCALE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN CENTERED DEVELOPMENT, STREET SCAPES, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES.
UH, IT REALLY GETS INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT EDMOND IS AN ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
WE WON'T GO AGAIN POINT BY POINT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE, UH, WITHIN THESE WORKSHOPS, BUT THAT ONE WE HAD IN JANUARY WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE CONTEXT AREAS WAS IMPORTANT FOR FIRST ASSESSING WHAT
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THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THROUGHOUT EDMOND WERE.AND THIS INFORMED HOW WE CREATED WHAT WE'RE CALLING THESE CONTEXT AREAS.
SO URBAN AREAS VERSUS SUBURBAN AREAS VERSUS RURAL AREAS, MAKING SURE WE HAD OUR BOUNDARIES AND KIND OF OUR DEFINITIONS OF THOSE TERMS CORRECT, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT NEEDED TO INFORM THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK IN A LITTLE BIT HERE, WE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT WE, WHAT WE WALKED AWAY WITH FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, TALKING ABOUT LID AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN A ROADMAP, UH, ON LID THAT ADDRESSES BOTH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND, AND PUBLIC FUNDED, UH, PUBLICLY FUNDED, UH, LID PRACTICES.
BUT WE'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT 10 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT AND LOOK AT A NUMBER OF CASE STUDIES IN OTHER US CITIES WHERE, UH, THERE'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF, OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNIQUES INTO THE PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT, UH, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL WORK BEST HERE IN EDMOND.
FINALLY, IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN WORKSHOP, WE FIRST HAD OUR, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPLETE AN EXERCISE IN WHICH WE HAD THEM MAP, UH, THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT SHOULD BE DOWNTOWN.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SORT OF A CONVENTIONAL, TRADITIONAL HEART OF DOWNTOWN THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY PICTURE WHEN THEY IMAGINE DOWNTOWN EDMOND, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD OUR REGULATORY BOUNDARY CORRECT.
SO WE, WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US WHERE THEY THINK THOSE LINES SHOULD BE.
WE ALSO CLARIFIED WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE FOR PRESERVING THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE ACCOMMODATING NEW DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE AREA AND PEOPLE WANNA DEVELOP.
SO FINDING WHERE THAT BALANCE IS BEFORE FINALLY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THAT KIND OF DOT EXERCISE YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT, UM, WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE FOR DIFFERENT URBAN DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS, ARCHITECTURAL AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO, TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH THE CODE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAND IT OFF TO DON TO REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY ABOUT OUR CODE ORGANIZATION.
OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST PROVIDES YOU AN OUTLINE OF THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THAT MICROPHONE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT? I SURE WILL.
OKAY, SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE OUTLINE OR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE BUILDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ARROWS INDICATE SECTIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN A STAB AT THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, BUT THAT HAVE SOME CONTENT DRAFTED.
AND, UM, BASICALLY THE SECTIONS OR ARTICLES TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE REALLY GONNA FOCUS ON AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR ZONING WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THIS ZONING FRAMEWORK BEGINS WITH WHAT WE'RE CALLING CONTEXT AREAS, AND JAKE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S, UM, DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY GEOGRAPHICALLY INTO THESE FOUR AREAS THAT, UM, REALLY ARE REPRESENTATIVE BY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPMENT, SO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES.
AND THOSE FOUR CONTEXT AREAS ARE RURAL, SUBURBAN, URBAN, AND CORRIDORS.
SO WITHIN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UM, WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL THERE, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS DIVIDED GEOGRAPHICALLY INTO ONE OF THOSE FOUR CONTEXT AREAS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM AS WE WORK THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES.
I THINK WHAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS THROUGH THE WORKSHOPPING THAT WE DID TO IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF THESE CONTEXT AREAS, WE USED THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE EDMOND PLAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENT LAND USE CATEGORIES ARE, UM, WHAT THOSE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO DO, HOW THEY PERFORM WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE, OF THE CITY AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND USE THAT IN ADDITION TO, OF COURSE, THE CONVERSATION AND FEEDBACK WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BOUNDARIES MAKE, MAKE MOST SENSE.
UM, SO THE RURAL AREA, THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS TYPICALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WOULD CONSIST OF LARGE LOTS.
TYPICALLY THESE ARE AREAS THAT WOULD BE FOR AGRICULTURE, MAYBE LARGE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
UM, BUT OFTENTIMES THESE ARE JUST GOING TO BE RURAL SETTINGS THAT HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OPEN SPACE ON THE EDMOND PLAN.
THESE, THE PLAN CATEGORIES THAT RELATE TO THE RURAL CONTEXT AREA ARE IDENTIFIED AS OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL, AND RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SECOND CONTEXT AREA IS SUBURBAN.
UM, AND SO AS WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL DISTRIBUTION OF CONTEXT AREAS WITHIN THE CITY, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY FALLS WITHIN THIS CONTEXT AREA.
UH, IT IS BASICALLY WHERE YOU FIND YOUR TRADITIONAL SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THESE AREAS HAVE ACCESS TO UTILITIES.
UM, THEY'RE LARGELY BUILT OUT, BUT MAY HAVE ROOM FOR INFILL OR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY PLAN CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE SUBURBAN, ONE, SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE AND TWO, SUBURBAN INFILL, SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL DESTINATION, RETAIL OR, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
THE THIRD CATEGORY, OR THIRD CONTEXT AREA, EXCUSE ME, IS URBAN.
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UM, AN AREA.WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF URBAN CONTEXT AREAS, BUT THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DESTINATIONS LIKE DOWNTOWN, UM, AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AND HIGHER INTENSITIES THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO SEE, UM, WALKABLE COMMUNITIES, WALKABLE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WALKABLE, UM, MIXED USE LOCATIONS THAT, UM, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DYNAMIC THAN, UM, A SINGLE USE SUBDIVISION, FOR INSTANCE.
AND SO THIS ONE ALSO IS THE CONTEXT AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MOST OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, PLAN CATEGORIES FROM THE EDMUND PLAN.
AND SO THIS INCLUDES DOWNTOWN CORE, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, UNIVERSITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, VILLAGE, LOW AND MODERATE, TOWN SQUARE, URBAN CENTER, MIXED USE, CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT, DESTINATION, RETAIL OR CIVIC OR INSTITUTIONS.
SO THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF DIFFERENT PLANNED CATEGORIES THAT WE FEEL RELATE MOSTLY TO THIS, THIS URBAN CONTEXT AREA.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, THE URBAN UMBRELLA, THEN WITHIN THOSE, THERE WOULD BE THESE DIFFERENT SUBCATEGORIES THAT WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT ZONING NUANCES.
IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT? SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'VE DIVIDED THE ZONING WITHIN THE DIFFERENT FOUR CONTEXT AREAS, BUT UM, THAT'S THE CONCEPT.
UM, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY THOSE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO HANG TIGHT, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET THERE.
UH, WITHIN THE CORRIDOR CONTEXT, UM, THESE ARE GENERALLY YOUR GATEWAYS AND YOUR HIGHER TRAFFIC, UM, CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO ON THE PLAN CATEGORY, MAP, BROADWAY, UH, I 35 AND TRANSIT DISTRICT ARE THE PLAN CATEGORIES THAT CORRELATE WITH THIS CONTEXT AREA.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION, UM, WITH REGARD TO HOW THIS SORT OF RELATES TO DIFFERENCE, UM, ELEMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE.
AND, UM, MAYBE AFTER I THIS, AFTER THIS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS EITHER EVEN BEFORE THIS, BUT MAYBE THIS HELPS EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
SO ON IN THIS TABLE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THERE'S A COLUMN THAT IDENTIFIES THE FOUR CONTEXT AREAS.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED ARE THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS THAT CORRELATE TO THOSE, UM, CONTEXT AREAS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE 13 ZONING DISTRICTS PROPOSED.
CURRENTLY YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30.
AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE WITH REGARD TO THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ORGANIZED, UH, WITH REGARD TO ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, THE DISTRICTS THAT WE PROPOSE ARE ORIENTED TO, UH, EACH IS ORIENTED TO A CONTEXT AREA.
AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO NEXT, I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME GOING THROUGH KIND OF THE PURPOSE STATEMENT FOR EACH OF THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS AND, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THOSE WOULD, WOULD FUNCTION WITHIN THE CONTEXT AREAS.
BUT I FELT LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR IF ANYONE HAS DISCUSSION THAT THEY WANT TO OFFER RELATIVE TO, UH, MOVING TO THIS TYPE OF FRAMEWORK.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? OKAY, SUPER.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CONTEXT AREAS.
AND FOR, I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE CORRELATED WITH EACH WITH ONE ZONING, OR EXCUSE ME, WITH ONE CONTEXT AREA.
AND SO WITHIN THE RURAL CONTEXT AREA, WE ANTICIPATE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, ONE BEING AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION AND ONE BEING MIXED USE.
THE AG PRESERVATION DISTRICT WOULD BE VERY FOCUSED ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE LOW DENSITY, IT MAY BE COMPLETELY PRESERVED OR FORESTED AREAS.
UM, BUT THESE ARE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE VERY LOW INTENSE INTENSITY WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MIXED USE.
HOWEVER, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THESE TO BE LOCATED KINDA ON THE EDGES WHERE THEY HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO HIGHER LEVEL STREETS AND CAN PROVIDE SOME NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE TO THOSE AG AND LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES.
SO THEY MAY BE SMALL RETAIL SHOPS, CORNER GROCERIES, UM, SMALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OR OFFICES.
UM, I COULD SEE THINGS LIKE VETERINARY OFFICES OR SMALL RETAIL SHOPS, UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IN PROXIMITY, BUT NOT MAYBE IN THE CORE PARTS OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CONTEXT AREA.
WITHIN THE SUBURBAN CONTEXT AREA, WE'RE PROPOSING FIVE ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN IS, UH, INTENDED TO BE BASICALLY YOUR RESIDENTIAL TRADITIONAL
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NEIGHBORHOODS.UM, THEY WOULD ALSO INCLUDE AMENITIES SUCH AS PARKS, UM, OPEN SPACE, AND ALSO MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ARE MOST LIKELY GONNA BE WITHIN THE MIXED USE LOCATIONS.
AND SIMILAR TO IN THE RURAL CONTEXT AREA, THE MIXED USE IS AN AREA THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, SOME RES, EXCUSE ME, SOME RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE CONTEXT AREA.
UM, IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR A LOCATION WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES.
SO MAYBE SOME HIGHER INTENT, HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WOULD BE LOW END, LOW DENSITY HOUSING.
UM, THE OTHER THREE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE SUBURBAN CONTEXT AREA INCLUDE LOCAL COMMERCIAL, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AND FLEX INDUSTRIAL.
THESE ARE PRETTY TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, LOCAL COMMERCIAL IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
THOSE SMALLER INTENSITY OF SMALLER SCALE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT OFFER SOME NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND OTHER TYPES OF USES THAT ARE, UM, SMALLER IN SCALE THAN SOMETHING LIKE A BIG BOX, UM, COMMERCIAL STORE.
SO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL WOULD BE WHERE YOU'D SEE LIKE POWER CENTERS, AND THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE YOUR LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT TARGETS, WALMART SUPER CENTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL WOULD HAVE A PLACE IN THIS, UH, CONTEXT AREA, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE WITHIN THAT, UM, ZONING DISTRICT.
FLEX INDUSTRIAL IS THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT WE PROPOSE.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD BE ANYTHING KIND OF HEAVIER INTENSITY THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN A, IN A REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO THAT WOULD TAKE ON WAREHOUSING, UH, WHOLESALE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND HEAVIER INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES IF THEY EXIST WITHIN THE TOWN.
WITHIN THE URBAN, UM, CONTEXT AREA, WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, UH, THAT ARE SOMEWHAT DISTINCT.
UH, TOWN SQUARE IS ONE THAT'S VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE TOWN SQUARE LOCATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE EAST EDMOND PLAN.
SO THESE AREAS ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, PROXIMATE TO THE LAKE AND, UM, WOULD OFFER FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOP, EXCUSE ME, ADDITIONAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS RESIDENTIAL IN THE AREA.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THESE TO BE, UM, TOWN SQUARE AS OPPOSED TO JUST A MIXED USE DESIGNATION IS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THE CHARACTER OF THESE AREAS SHOULD BE MORE URBAN, SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO A VERY PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED TYPE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, AND, UM, ALLOW FOR A MIX OF HOUSING STOCK IN A VERY WALKABLE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
UM, OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WITHIN EACH OF THESE, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SUB AREAS.
SO THAT REALLY RESPONDS TO THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED WITHIN THESE, UM, TOWN SQUARE LOCATIONS.
AND SO THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT IS REGULATED REALLY THROUGH, UM, SORT OF GRADATIONS OF INTENSITY AND LOT REGULATIONS, SETBACK REGULATIONS, AND BUILDING REGULATIONS.
SIMILARLY, WE HAVE THE URBAN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, SO ALSO THE URBAN CONTEXT, BUT FOCUSED MORE ON THE TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS AGAIN, IS AN AREA THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE VERY MUCH LIKE YOUR DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, UM, MIXTURE OF USES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ALLOWING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE WAY THAT SITES DEVELOP.
UM, OFTENTIMES THESE ARE SMALL SITES THAT ARE CHALLENGING AND NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR PROVIDING THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, ONE THING THAT IS PRETTY RELEVANT NOW AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THIS DOWNTOWN CONTEXT, DOWNTOWN URBAN CONTEXT AREA, IS WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO ESTABLISH THOSE BOUNDARIES.
AND THIS IS, UM, A MAP THAT INDICATES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, BACK IN JUNE, I BELIEVE, TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST WHAT TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN EDMOND LOOKS LIKE, BUT THE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE AN URBAN CONTEXT OR CAN EVOLVE INTO AN URBAN CONTEXT.
AND BY THAT I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE DOWNTOWN, BUT THESE ARE AREAS THAT MAY BE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOUR SUBURBAN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT HAVE SOME PROXIMITY AND TRANSITION TO THE MORE ACTIVE AND COMMERCIALLY BASED DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS NEARBY.
UM, SO WE STARTED WITH THE, UH, AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT AREAS THAT INCLUDE, UM, THE, UH, URBAN DESIGN OR THE DOWNTOWN, EXCUSE ME, THE,
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THE DOWNTOWN, UM, DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY, UM, CENTRAL EDMOND, UH, URBAN BOARD, THE, UM, URBAN, EXCUSE ME, THE EDMOND BUILDS AREA IS ALSO SORT OF PART OF THIS.AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR AREAS THAT HAVE THE CHARACTER AND THE POTENTIAL TO BE INFILLED IN THE FUTURE, AND, UM, AREAS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BE REGULATED IN THE SAME WAY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN, UM, BOUNDARY IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE A FORM-BASED APPROACH AS OPPOSED TO A USE BASED APPROACH FOR REGULATING THIS GEOGRAPHY.
UM, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE LOOKING MORE AT, UM, STREET FRONTAGES AND THE WAY THAT BUILDINGS ARE POSITIONED AND ORGANIZED, UM, TOGETHER WITHIN A STREET FRONT, WITHIN A STREET FRONTAGE, AND THE TYPE OF DOWN TYPE OF, UM, PUBLIC REALM THAT THEY PROVIDE.
SO THE WALKABLE SPACE, THE PUBLIC SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND BETWEEN BUILDINGS IN THE STREET.
UM, AND REALLY WHAT IS DESIRABLE FOR THAT LOCATION AND FOR THE TYPE OF, UM, ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WANT TO CREATE.
UM, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE ENVISION AS BEING, UH, HIGHLY WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AREAS THAT WOULD SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT AND IN AND INFILL, UM, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLVING THIS BOUNDARY AND WORKING THROUGH HOW WE KIND OF CREATE, UM, A POSSIBLE DISTRICT BOUNDARY BASED UPON ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
SO WE PRESENTED ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, POSSIBLE BOUNDARIES THAT SORT OF REPRESENT A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.
CAME BACK WITH ONE THAT IS, WE BELIEVE A DECENT COMPOSITE, BUT I WILL SAY IT'S, WE'RE LISTING THIS AS A POSSIBLE DOWNTOWN REGULATORY BOUNDARY BECAUSE THIS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DETERMINED.
UM, IT'S NOT BEEN VETTED WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE YET.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT IS, UM, WHAT SHOULD BE REGULATED AS PART OF THIS DOWNTOWN CONTEXT AND SORT OF APPROACHED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE USE BASED ZONING THAT IS APPLICABLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, SOME THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
IN REGARDS TO DOWNTOWN, A COUPLE THINGS I WOULD NOTE IS, UM, ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVE JUST NORTH OF THIS, KIND OF ONE OF THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES.
I LIVE IN, UH, OFF DANFORTH, RIGHT BEHIND TED'S.
UM, AND, UM, UH, AS YOU GO SOUTH THERE, IT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES THAT AREA.
WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS, IS THERE ARE DIFFERENT HEARTBEATS IN EACH OF THOSE LITTLE AREAS.
AND SO WE TEND TO GATHER, BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND IF SOMETHING CAME UP OR A WHITE SIGN WAS PUT UP AS FAR AS THE ZONING CHANGE, THERE'D PROBABLY A ROBUST WHATEVER.
AND THEN SOMEBODY WILL SAY, HEY, ROBINS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? AND TALK IT THROUGH.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA BE VERY, UM, JUST MINDFUL OF AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN, THE MAJORITY OF THESE SPACES AND PLACES DON'T HAVE HOA REPRESENTATION.
UH, WHAT I DID FIND WHEN THERE WERE SOME ZONING THINGS BROUGHT UP, UM, LAST YEAR IS, UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T MICRO COMMUNITIES THAT COMMUNICATE AND ARE VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
ONE I WOULD JUST POINT OUT WOULD BE, UM, ON BROADWAY, THERE'S SORT OF A LOOP.
SO OKAY, IT'S JUST WEST OF NORTH BROADWAY.
IT'S SOUTH OF BLANCHE, NORTH OF THATCHER.
IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD PROBABLY BUILT, WHEN I TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS THERE IN AROUND SORT OF WORLD WAR II KIND OF THAT BOOM AND HOUSING, THEY'RE SINGLE LIKE SINGLE GARAGE, SMALLER HOMES.
THEY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, THEY COMMUNICATE VERY CLEARLY AND THEY RESPOND VERY QUICKLY TO THINGS.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE ONE EXAMPLE.
AND THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY OTHERS WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO CIRCLE THAT AND THINK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH CONSIDERS ITSELF A NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE A HOA MM-HMM.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO ME IN THIS PROCESS IS AN OVERLAY OF ALL OF THE HOAS THAT ARE IN THESE PROPOSED, UH, DISTRICTS SO THAT WE KNOW WHO'S THERE, WHO WE COULD POTENTIALLY CONTACT.
I WAS DEALING WITH AN ISSUE WITH AT AND T, UM, AND THE CONTRACTOR SAID WHEN THEY WERE IN CHIMNEY HILL, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF THE HOA, WHICH THEY HAVE 400 UNITS.
YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF THE DE CHI HILL HOA IN 3.2 SECONDS.
UH, THEY'RE VERY WELL ORGANIZED ON FACEBOOK.
THEY DO ALL THE KIND OF THINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS A LIST OR AN OVERLAY.
I, I KNOW CONTACT INFORMATION CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT FOR ME TO CONSIDER THINGS, I'LL JUST NEED TO HAVE ALL THE HOAS SORT OF OUTLINED SO I KNOW WHO AND WHERE, UH, WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE.
AND IF WE HAVE A GAP THERE, IS IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE?
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THEY'RE NOT ORGANIZED.UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S POCKETS IN HERE THAT WILL CREATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, THING.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? KINDA, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, UM, THE MOST INTERESTING THING TO ME IS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, I WENT THROUGH AND WROTE 'EM DOWN, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY HAS EVERY TYPE OF HOUSING THAT YOU COULD EVEN CONTEMPLATE.
SO IT HAS STUDENT ON CAMPUS, STUDENT OFF CAMPUS, GREEK LIFE HOUSING, INTERNATIONAL SPECIFIC HOUSING.
IT HAS APARTMENTS, UH, THAT ARE SO HIGHER END APARTMENTS ALSO HAS, UH, I WOULD SAY LIKE A STUDENT ENTRY LEVEL APARTMENT, TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES, MOBILE HOMES, FABRICATED HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, HISTORIC HOMES, SENIOR LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, UH, SMALL FOOTPRINT, UH, PRINT, MODERN, UH, MEGA MANSIONS, HERITAGE HOMES, SECTION EIGHT HOMES, NON-PROFIT HOMES, AND TRADITIONAL SUBURBAN, ALL WITHIN THAT, LIKE BASICALLY TWO MILE AREA.
SO IT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE, UH, DO THAT.
I CAN TELL, LIKE SHIRLEY LANE RESPONDED ONE WAY AND, AND THERE COULD BE ANOTHER IDEA FOR, FOR THAT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WE RECENTLY, I KNOW APPROVED FUNDING FOR A MASTER PLAN FOR A FOOTPRINT LOOKING AT UCO.
HAVE YOU GUYS MET WITH THEM AND ARE YOU GUYS WORKING IN TANDEM SO THAT WE HAVE NOT MET WITH THEM YET.
IS THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS WILL WORK TOGETHER IN THE FINAL REPORT SO THAT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS IN TANDEM? YEAH, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BE ACROSS PURPOSES AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THAT TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S PRESENTED IS SUPPORTIVE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
THE OTHER THING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS FOR MID CHECKUP, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO, TO CONSIDER IN MY MIND WOULD BE A COUPLE THINGS AROUND URBAN TRASH.
UM, SOME FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A GOOD OPTIONS OTHER FEEL LIKE TO DO THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE, UM, EITHER ONES PROVIDED FOR 'EM BY THE CITY THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY IT PICKS UP OR THE SPACE OR ALLOW FOR A THIRD PARTY.
UM, THE OTHER ONE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ELECTRIC GOING ON DOWN THERE.
MOST OF THAT STUFF, WHEN YOU DIG IN, YOU FIND A SPAGHETTI OF WIRES AND THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE.
WE'VE GOT SOME OVERHEAD STUFF.
AND SO HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THERE? UM, I MEAN, YEAH, WE GOT THE THIRD LARGEST UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA RIGHT IN THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO WORK WITH.
A LOT OF POTENTIAL, BUT THEY'RE ALL MICRO MM-HMM.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND, AND WOULD LOVE A, AN OVERLAY OF HOAS OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE FOLKS? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OF THESE LITTLE MICRO NEIGHBORHOODS? YOU, YOU WANT A WAY TO DO THAT? I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES GOING ON WITHIN COMMUNITIES, BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WANTING NOW? YEAH.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THIS AREA PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY IN THE CITY, HAS LESS OF AN ORGANIZED HOA REPRESENTATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THE OVERLAYS, I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHICH HOAS ARE THERE.
SO WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN REACHING OUT AND DOING THE ACTUAL SORT OF NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MEETINGS THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO.
AND THEN IN AREAS WHICH THIS URBAN AREA WILL HAVE PROBABLY A LARGE GAP OR HOLE IN, UM, IT WILL SHOW US WHERE THERE PROBABLY ISN'T AN HOA.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I BRING IT UP THAT SHIRLEY NEIGHBORHOOD I KNOW, UH, WANTS TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH.
UM, SO IT'D BE SOMEBODY LIKE THEIR WARD ONE COUNCILMAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD GO TO 'EM AND SAY, HEY, LET'S HOST A MEETING JUST FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
'CAUSE IF WE PUT UP WHITE SIGNS AND SEND 'EM A MAILER, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA RESPOND IN A NON-POSITIVE FASHION.
WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH STAFF AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
I, I'M SORRY, I I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL A PRETTY FAR DISTANT AWAY FROM THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW NOW HOW WE'RE GONNA NEED TO APPROACH THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED ALL OF OUR BASES IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO END UP AT THE FINAL, LIKE, DISCUSSION ABOUT ADOPTION AND HAVE MISSED SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, UM, I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS AN AREA, ONCE THE BOUNDARY IS FULLY DETERMINED THAT WE PROPOSE TO ADDRESS USING A FORM-BASED APPROACH, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE UTILIZING DIFFERENT STREET CLASSIFICATIONS.
AND SO WITHIN THIS GEOGRAPHY, WE WOULD IDENTIFY EACH OF THE STREETS AS A TYPE.
SO A STREET TYPOLOGY WOULD BE A, B, OR C.
THIS IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT THE STREETS WOULD HAVE A DESCRIPTION LIKE YOU SEE HERE, WHERE SOME OF THOSE STREETS ARE MUCH MORE URBANIZED.
THEY'RE STREETS THAT ARE VERY WALKABLE, THEY'RE STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE, CLOSE TO THE STREET ITSELF.
WIDE SIDEWALKS, UM, MAYBE STREET FURNISHINGS AND OTHER TYPES OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT, UM, AMENITIES THAT REALLY INDICATE THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
OTHER STREETS ARE GOING TO BE QUIETER STREETS.
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THEY PROBABLY STILL HAVE SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY MAY SERVE, YOU KNOW, SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS AS OPPOSED TO AREAS THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL RETAIL TYPE ACTIVITIES ON THEM.SO WE ANTICIPATE UTILIZING SOME TYPE OF BOUNDARY, WHETHER THIS IS IT OR IT'S MODIFIED FROM THIS, BUT THEN APPLYING STREET FRONTAGE TYPES AND THEN UTILIZING THAT TO ESTABLISH THE DIFFERENT DESIGN CRITERIA THAT ARE APPLICABLE FOR, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ADDRESS THAT ADJOIN THOSE PARTICULAR STREET TYPES.
SO THAT'S JUST A SNEAK PEEK AT SORT OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROACH THE URBAN CONTEXT AREA.
SO WE ALSO HAVE THE CORRIDOR CONTEXT AREA.
THERE ARE FOUR IDENTIFIED, UM, DISTRICTS WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR CONTEXT, AND THEY REALLY RESPOND TO FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, STREET TYPES OR MAIN CORRIDORS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I 35, ROUTE 66 BROADWAY, AND THEN WHAT WE CALL CORE NETWORK, WHICH IS BASICALLY COVEL ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, EAST TO WEST TO EAST I GUESS, AND THEN SOUTH ON POST.
SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT, UM, WE WOULD IDENTIFY AS PART OF THIS CORRIDOR CONTEXT AND I, AND CREATE APPROPRIATE CRITERIA THAT SPEAK TO THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT REALLY WOULD MAKE, THAT WILL MAKE THESE AREAS FUNCTION THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO.
SO WE KNOW I 35 IS A FAST MOVING CORRIDOR.
IT MOVES A LOT OF TRAFFIC, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, A HIGH REVENUE GENERATOR WITH REGARD TO PROPERTIES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE THERE.
SO HOW WE, IN, HOW WE KIND OF APPROACH THAT, YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO CARRY FORWARD, UM, FOR ALL OF THESE, UH, CORRIDORS.
UM, BROADWAY OF COURSE IS SORT OF THE GATEWAY TO DOWNTOWN.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAS THAT FEEL AND IT CAN BE AMENITIZED AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT TYPE OF CHARACTERISTIC.
UH, SO, AND THEN OF COURSE, ROUTE 66 HAS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS JUST WITH ITS HISTORIC CHARACTER AND THE, UM, HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
SO THOSE ARE JUST, THAT'S A SAMPLING OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE SEEING IN THESE CORRIDOR, UM, DISTRICTS WITHIN THAT CONTEXT AREA IN REGARDS TO, UM, BROADWAY, WHICH I THINK NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION AND WORK.
DOES THE PLAN ANTICIPATE THAT ODOT WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, MAIN, LIKE, HAVE THAT WITHIN THEIR HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND THE ZONING CODES BEING BUILT TO THAT? OR I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONED.
ARE WE ANTICIPATING THAT WHATEVER'S GONNA BE DONE HERE WILL WORK WITH, UH, AN EVENTUAL TRANSFER OVER TO THE CITY AS FAR AS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE ZONING? SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OF COURSE, IS WHAT IMPACTS THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS REALLY KIND OF BETWEEN THE CITY AND ODOT, UM, WITH REGARD TO CAPITAL PRO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE.
BUT WHAT WE REQUIRE OF PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR, WHETHER THAT IS, UM, ADDITIONAL BUFFERING OR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING OR IMPROVED AMENITIES.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS RELATIVE TO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING CRITERIA FOR THESE, FOR THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR, FOR INSTANCE.
I THINK DOESN'T THE, UH, RANDY ISN'T THE, UH, IF WE SWITCH FROM ODOT TO THE CITY, THAT WOULD ALLOW US FOR A MORE SORT OF PEDESTRIAN, LIKE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
'CAUSE IT, RIGHT NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT IT'S A STATE DESIGNATED HIGHWAY.
IT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND SOME OTHER THINGS TAKE PROMINENCE.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE IT AS A CITY AND TOOK OVER IT EVENTUALLY IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD HAVE ZONING AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE, DOESN'T, DOESN'T THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER THE STATE HAS IT OR THE CITY HAS IT? UH, IT, IT DOES.
THERE'LL BE A, AS YOU SAID ALLUDED TO, THERE IS A STUDY THAT IS COMING SOON THAT WILL, THAT THE CITY AND ODOT HAVE, UH, JOIN FORCES ON, UH, TO BETTER, TO BETTER PAINT THE FUTURE OF WHAT BROADWAY IS GOING TO BE FOR THE CITY.
IT'S A LONG TERM PLAN THOUGH, SO I THINK THIS CODE UPDATE'S GONNA BE, UH, DONE AND IN PLACE WELL BEFORE THAT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE THIS IS BEING, UH, KIND OF SINGLED OUT AS ITS OWN CORRIDOR, WE CAN THEN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY ONCE THAT THAT PLANNING WORK IS DONE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I WOULD SAY WHATEVER MONIES WE SPEND ON THAT STUDY WITH ODOT, WE'D WANT TO SEE THAT WHATEVER WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT MIGHT BE, WHICH VERY WELL COULD BE AN ODOT TRANSFER TO US MM-HMM.
SO IF WE START HERE, WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE OUR ZONING IN THAT AREA.
AND IF THAT ALLOWS LIKE A MODIFICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS OR OTHER TYPES OF, UM, CHANGES AT INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT COULD BE REFLECTED IN THE CORRIDOR REQUIREMENTS WOULD MAKE SENSE.
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AND ROUTE 66, I MENTIONED THOSE KIND OF IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO SEE THERE.UM, SIMILARLY, EACH CORRIDOR HAS ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS AND WE WOULD WANT TO CODE TO THAT.
UM, WITH REGARD TO USES AS WELL AS, UM, REQUIRED AMENITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS AN IMAGE THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOME WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH REGARD TO REFLECTING ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, THESE ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR, UM, EDMOND DISTRICTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, SO WE CALL THIS SORT OF A TEAR SHEET OR A TWO PAGE SPREAD THAT GIVES BASICALLY ALL OF THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO WITHIN A PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT.
IT PROVIDES THE PURPOSE STATEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT, THE A REFERENCE TO REQUIRED DESIGN STANDARDS OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND THEN ALSO THE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT DISTRICT AND GRAPHICS THAT HELP DEPICT ALL OF THOSE, UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO HELP CLARIFY AND MAKE THE CODE MORE NAVIGABLE AND MORE USER FRIENDLY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK, CONTEXT AREAS, ZONING DISTRICTS, THEN WE'RE TALKING, THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER COMPONENTS THAT HELPED ROUND OUT THE ZONING FRAMEWORK.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS BUILDING TYPES.
SO WE'RE STILL EXPLORING BUILDING TYPES, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, MATRIX THAT IDENTIFIES ALL OF YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CERTAIN, WITHIN THE CONTEXT AREAS AND A SERIES OF BUILDING TYPES AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY INDICATED WITH CHECK MARKS AND, UM, THIS IS JUST A WAY TO HELP REINFORCE THE CHARACTER THAT'S DESIRED WITHIN THE DIFFERENT CONTEXT AREAS, UH, WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE THERE.
UM, THE NEXT LAYER AND PROBABLY THE, THE LAST LAYER IS LOOKING AT USE, UH, USE REQUIREMENTS.
NOT THE LAST LAYER, BUT SORRY, THE NEXT LAYER OF THE ZONING FRAMEWORK IS LOOKING AT USE REQUIREMENTS.
YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE USE TABLES WITHIN YOUR ZONING CODE.
AND SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE WHERE WE IDENTIFY THOSE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
UM, THOSE THAT ARE PERMITTED BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND WE'RE INTRODUCING THOSE THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED BY LIMITED USE.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE CITY UTILIZES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A LONG, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS.
AND, UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO MOVE A LOT OF THOSE S'S INTO LS SO THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC, UM, DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE CODE.
THEY'RE CODIFIED FOR ALL OF THOSE PARTICULAR USES.
AND, UM, THEY WOULD BE ADMINISTERED, UH, ADMINISTERED AT STAFF LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH A FULL SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS.
SO COUPLE OF, WELL, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN A CHART FORM IS BASICALLY THE LS AND PS GET LAID OUT DEPENDING UPON THE ZONING DISTRICT AND THE, YOU KNOW, LISTING OF USES, WHICH FALL TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR TABLE.
BUT, UM, WE'VE RECOGNIZED IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AND THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT THE CITY RELIES VERY HEAVILY ON USE SPECIFIC PERMITS.
AND OFTENTIMES THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN WHAT IS APPROVED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS.
SO IF ONE APPLICATION FOR, UM, A COMMERCIAL USE FOR INSTANCE, GOES THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AND THERE ARE, UM, PARTICULAR CONTEXT ISSUES.
SO, UM, BY THAT I MEAN PROXIMITY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OR PROXIMITY TO SORT OF A LOWER INTENSITY USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE BUFFERING OR ADDITIONAL SCREENING, WE PROPOSE TO CODIFY THAT SO THAT IT'S UNIFORM FOR ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING A ONE-OFF APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, INTENDING THAT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT FOR APPLICATION, BUT ALSO AN EASIER, MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS BOTH FOR STAFF AND FOR APPLICANTS MOVING PROJECTS THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THAT'D BE GOOD TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP.
AND I THINK THE TRICK IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN YOU DO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AT A VERY, UM, UH, SITE SPECIFIC SCALE, SITE SPECIFIC, UM, REVIEW.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT WE WANT, BUT WE WANT TO TRANSFER A LOT OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO STAFF SO THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY AND THAT THEY HAVE THE CODE THAT GIVES THEM SORT OF THE GUARDRAILS TO DO THAT.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW BARRY WAS VERY ACTIVE AND UM, I WAS ENGAGED A LITTLE BIT ON SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS DISTRICT.
AND TO GET TO A RESOLUTION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, UM, THEY DECIDED, FOR EXAMPLE,
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TO EXCLUDE LIQUOR OR MARIJUANA TO NOT HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH.AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS AROUND, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION OF BUSINESS AND THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF OTHER THINGS AS FAR AS NUMBER OF STORIES, I THINK BEING TWO INSTEAD OF THREE AND WHATNOT.
SO UNDER THIS TYPE OF FRAMEWORK, HOW DOES, HOW DO THOSE NITTY GRITTY SORT OF DETAILS OF THE BUDDING NEIGHBORHOODS SAY, HEY, WE UNDERSTAND THIS LAND SOLD, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IS FOR THIS USE, BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO HAVE A DISPENSARY.
HOW DOES THAT GET IN THE PROCESS? UH, WHERE DOES THAT COME INTO PLAY? SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT SOME PRETTY INTENSE USES MAY STILL FALL UNDER THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE BELIEVE THAT UTILIZING USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, WHICH LEMME SEE IF I'VE GOT THAT IN HERE.
USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS ARE BASICALLY TAKING, ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE WRITTEN INTO THE CODE.
YOU CURRENTLY HAVE DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA RELATED TO FENCING AND SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING, UM, PARKING, ALL OF THAT IS EXISTING.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE TO DETERMINE IF THERE NEED TO BE IMPROVEMENTS OR ENHANCEMENTS TO THOSE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT USE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
SO SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MAY BE UNIVERSAL, YOU KNOW, THE SAME, UM, FENCING REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY.
THEY MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO BREAK IT DOWN BY CONTEXT AREA.
SO HAVING THAT LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, UM, REGULATORY CONTROL AT A CONTEXT AREA GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, IN THE URBAN CONTEXT, PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A SUBURBAN CONTEXT.
AND SO WE CAN BREAK THOSE DOWN AND MAKE THOSE APPLICABLE AS THEY WORK BEST WITHIN THOSE CONTEXT AREAS.
UM, THEN THERE'S THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE USE BASED, UH, STANDARDS, WHICH IS THE NEXT LEVEL WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR IT, BUT USE BASED STANDARDS WOULD BE TAKING THINGS LIKE, UM, A DISPENSARY AND SAYING, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR A DISPENSARY, YOU ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REQUIREMENTS AND CODIFYING THAT SO THAT ALL DISPENSARIES HAVE TO MEET THE SAME STANDARDS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF TOOLS THAT WE PROPOSE TO USE TO, UM, ALLOW FOR MORE ADMINISTERIAL, MORE MINISTERIAL ACTIONS TO BE APPROVED, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY AND ENSURE WHAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT, I THINK WHEN WE GET TO REVIEWING USE BASED STANDARDS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THINGS AND THAT WE HAVEN'T, UM, MISSED THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING SHOULD BE FURTHER SET BACK FROM A PARTICULAR TYPE OF ADJACENT USE OR IF THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
SO THAT'S, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM.
WELL THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT THERE.
'CAUSE I WAS GONNA TIE INTO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT HOAS MM-HMM.
AND WE DON'T, TO ME, WE DON'T WANT A COMMUNITY TO SAY THAT, TO BE PROTECTED THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN AN HOA, YOU HAVE TO LIVE BY THE GATE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, INDEPENDENT STREETS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
YOU, THAT TO ME, THE, THE, THE RULES THAT WE HAVE PROTECT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
SO WE'VE HAD APPLICANTS COME DOWN HERE WHO DID NOT HAVE ATTORNEYS, AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE BECAUSE OF COMPLEXITIES, THEY HAD TO GO HIRE ATTORNEY.
SO MY QUESTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COST SAVINGS FOR THE DEVELOPER AND ALL THAT, BUT LET'S HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE.
THAT AND SOME PROTECTION THAT IT JUST DOESN'T FLOAT THROUGH BECAUSE IT, THERE WAS 10 UH, BOXES HERE AND IT MADE ALL, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
BUT JUST LIKE IF IT'S A DISPENSARY, I JUST PASSED THE, I PASSED IT OUT EVERY DAY.
THERE WAS A LIQUOR STORE 11 YEARS AGO.
I FOUGHT AGAINST THAT LIQUOR STORE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE AREA.
BUT IT'S, WE YOU TALKED ABOUT FLEXIBILITY IN HERE.
I THINK WE STILL NEED TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY, UM, BECAUSE IF IT LOOKS JUST LIKE OUR CITY IS YOU, YOU HAVE TO LIVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS IN LINE.
UH, TO ME IT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE, UH, ROLES THAT WHILE WE'RE UP HERE.
WELL, I THINK THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE HAS TO BE FLEXIBILITY IN EVERYTHING.
BUT WE WANT CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY AND NOT LOOKING LIKE, BUT WE, BUT WE NEED CONSISTENCY YES.
AND CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THE RULES AND, UM,
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SO THAT IT ISN'T US MAKING ONE OFF DECISIONS IN THIS SITUATION VERSUS ANOTHER.SO ONE, THERE'S JUST THAT CONSISTENCY AND I THINK THAT BENEFITS THE HOMEOWNERS AS WELL.
IT ALLOWS SOME, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, WE, WE DO AIM FOR MORE CONSISTENCY ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE REGULATIONS AND ALSO MORE PREDICTABILITY FROM, FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND FOR NEIGHBORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN, YOU KNOW, IN ANY CONTEXT WITH REGARDS TO A POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR OR REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WHAT THEY COULD DO, BUT ALSO WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS CAN DO.
WHEN WE HAD A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE PRESENTING A, THE POSSIBILITY OF LIKE A POINTS-BASED INCENTIVE SORT OF PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPERS OR APPLICANTS TO, UM, TO SORT OF INCENTIVIZE HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND STAFF.
AND WE KIND OF WALKED AWAY FROM THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTION OF, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCENTIVIZE HIGHER LEVEL OR HIGHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, WHY DON'T WE JUST REQUIRE THAT? IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, THEN THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE'RE CODING TO.
AND THAT SHOULD BE WHAT OUR MINIMUM STANDARD IS FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN THE CITY TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
SO WE DID AWAY WITH THE POINTS BASED INCENTIVE SORT OF APPROACH AND ARE LOOKING TO CODIFY ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS TO MEET THE HIGH QUALITY THAT THE CITY EXPECTS WITHIN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ON PAGE 17 OF THE HANDOUT, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO BACK TO IT, BUT I JUST, MM-HMM.
AND ACCORDING TO THE MAP, THIS IS RURAL THAT'S NOT GONNA STAY RURAL IF THEY BUILD A SCHOOL OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY A HIGH SCHOOL.
SO FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, 3, 4, 5, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS MAP JIVE WITH WHAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY GO ON OUT THERE? SO WE COULD DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS NOW AND MODIFY THE CONTEXT AREA BOUNDARIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSED.
UM, THIS, LIKE A ZONING MAP WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO THROUGH AMENDMENTS OVER TIME AS THINGS EVOLVE AND CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE IS ALSO THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT AN APPLICATION COULD BE MADE TO MODIFY THE CONTEXT AREA AND THEN THEREBY ALLOWING DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS TO BE IN, UH, PUT IN PLACE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE AMENDMENT PROCESS I THINK, BUT THAT GETS A LITTLE FUSSY FROM TIME TO TIME TOO.
SOMEBODY BUYS A HOUSE SOMEWHERE AND THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT RULE AND THEN AN AMENDMENT POPS UP AND IT'S NO LONGER A RULE.
SO WHAT'S A BETTER WAY TO PLAN THAN SI BESIDES AMENDING IT PIECE BY PIECE? WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY AND ESTABLISHING THOSE EXPECTATIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE BEST WAY THAT YOU CAN SET THAT OUT.
YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE POLICY THAT'S ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE EDMOND PLAN AS A, A POLICY GUIDE TO GET US TO THIS ACTUALLY DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S, JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE PROCESS AND THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY CONTROL WITHIN EDMOND, WITHIN THE CITY, WITHIN THE STATE, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PETITION FOR MODIFICATIONS.
UM, SO I THINK AS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, YOU STRENGTHEN THE REGULATIONS SO THAT YOU'RE REALLY CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE CITY'S POLICIES ARE AND, UM, IF POSSIBLE, CONSISTENTLY DENY THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THOSE POLICIES SO THAT THERE IS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT EDMUND YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATES IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO LEAVE YOURSELF OPEN A LITTLE BIT TO THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY'S GOING TO GROW AND EVOLVE OVER TIME AND YOU NEED THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT.
SO I'M AT THE NEXT STEPS PART.
SO REALLY JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
SO CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE ZONING, UH, DRAFT.
AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN REGULATIONS AND USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
ONCE WE GET THE ZONING COMPONENT PULLED TOGETHER, WE'LL START, UM, BOTH MAPPING AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
UM, ONCE WE'RE FINISHED WITH THOSE AND
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PROBABLY, UH, OVERLAPPING THOSE TO SOME DEGREE.WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE STORM WATER COMPONENT, UM, AND PROCEDURES.
WE'LL ROUND OUT THE FINAL PIECE.
UM, PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, IT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY CLEARLY IMPORTANT IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE GOING FROM A VERY BROAD LIST OF ZONING DISTRICTS TO A MUCH MORE RESTRICTED LIST OF ZONING DISTRICTS.
WE'LL DEVELOP AN EQUIVALENCY TABLE, SO BASICALLY COMPARING YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTS AND ALIGNING THEM WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE MOST SIMILAR, MOST APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE NEW MENU OF DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT THERE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS EXPANDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN DISTRICTS AND NOT NECESSARILY CONSTRICTING THEM.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING KIND OF FROM MANY TO ONE, IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME.
BUT WE'LL BE DOING SOME WORK IN MAPPING AND OVERLAYS TO, UM, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT AND HOW WE'RE, WE'RE IMPACTING PROPERTIES SO THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WE CAN REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NONCONFORMITIES.
SO, BUT THOSE ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE ANTICIPATE, UM, AS WE MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
UM, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON THOSE FOR, UH, QUITE A WHILE,
AS WE GET THIS, UM, BOTH THE CODE AS WELL AS THE MAP UPDATED FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE BRIEFING.
UM, I STILL HAD A COUPLE COPIES AT THE END.
UM, YOU ADDRESSED THEM IN HERE.
I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT SAFETY AS A TWOFOLD THING.
IT'S SAFETY TODAY, SAFETY TOMORROW.
UM, AND I CAN EQUATE THAT TO THE, THE MATURITY OF A TREE TODAY.
AND THE TREE IS ONLY THIS BIG, SMALL, WHEN YOU REACH MATURITY, IT'S GONNA BE THIS BIG AND THIS THE CAN, THE CANOPY CHANGES.
SO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AROUND THAT TREE, IT, THERE'S NOT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THAT FUTURE.
UH, THERE IS A SAFETY ELEMENT THAT TO ME, WE NEED TO CONSIDER BECAUSE I SEE IT IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.
THE MATURE TREES ARE BEING CUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BIG FOR THE LOT SIZE.
THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL AS WE WERE GOING AND RAISING THE KIDS.
THE KIDS ARE GONE, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA THERE.
UM, JUST LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE A FEELING THAT IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO BE HERE, THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN A HOA, THAT, THAT THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME GOVERNING BODY, WHICH, UH, TO ME IS THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF THAT HAS, THAT PROTECTS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST MOVE HERE TO LIVE HERE.
UM, AND THEN, AND JUST STAY RE UH, OPEN TO KEEP, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TENTACLES OUT THERE.
AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE CONNECTED ALREADY.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE THAT CONNECTS THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST STILL GONNA BE PART OF YOUR YOU ALL'S EDUCATION PROCESS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS LANDSCAPING AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND LANDSCAPING.
WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE? GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS TYPICALLY, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE BUILT.
SO CONCRETE CHANNELS ARE PRETTY, I'M SORRY, CONCRETE CHANNELS IN A LOT OF CIR CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD BE A COM A TYPICAL COMPONENT OF STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE REPLACING THOSE CONCRETE CHANNELS WITH A GREEN, UH, GRASSED SWALE, FOR INSTANCE.
AND THEN THE FIRST BULLET POINT IS FROM WHAT, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, DEVELOPMENT, COST AND AFFORDABILITY.
WHAT'S THAT MEAN TO YOU? SO WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME AND WHAT WE BELIEVE WE'VE HEARD IS THAT WE NEED TO BALANCE THAT.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BEING, UM, BUILT INTO THIS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WOULD NOT, UH, CAUSE AN EXTREME BURDEN WITH REGARD TO THE COST OF UTILIZING, UM, OR COMPLYING WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THAT MICROPHONE TO YOU OR SOMETHING.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT COST THE DEVELOPER, THE APPLICANT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN COMPARISON TO WHAT TODAY'S REQUIREMENTS WOULD, WOULD, UH, COST THEM.
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THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE CITY ABOUT IMPACT FEES.I'M NOT FOR 'EM, BUT I JUST WAS CURIOUS, HOW DO WE DO THIS AFFORDABILITY AND TRY TO KEEP THE COST THE SAME TODAY AS IT WOULD BE DOWN THE ROAD AND HAVE AND AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IMPACT FEES ARE NOT PART OF THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK WITH REGARD TO THE CODE.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING IS NOT MORE BURDENSOME THAN WHAT IS IN PLACE TODAY.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IF IT'S CLEAR AND CONSISTENT, THAT WILL RESULT IN LESS COST TO DEVELOPERS AS THEY'LL KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE.
SO THE AMOUNT OF, THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH SORT OF A DISCRETIONARY PUBLIC REVIEW, UM, IT DOES ADD TIME AND COST TO PROJECTS.
UH, SO WHERE APPROPRIATE, WE WANNA LIMIT THAT.
AND IF IT COSTS THE DEVELOPER MORE, IT'S GOING TO COST A RESIDENT OR IT COST THEM LESS, IT WILL COST LESS FOR A RESIDENT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.
IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD IN, YEAH.
SO I DO, I DO KNOW, I WAS READING AN ARTICLE A FEW MONTHS AGO REGARD TO SOME OTHER PLACES IN THE METRO THAT HAD SOME PRE-APPROVED PLANS.
SO IF YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF URBAN OR THIS TYPE OF SINGLE FAMILY, THERE WAS LESS SCRUTINY IN REGARDS TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS MORE OF A SET PLAN.
THERE ARE COMMUNITIES, GUTHRIE, SHAWNEE, THAT'S GUTHRIE IS WHERE I READ THAT.
UM, THEY'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH THOSE, THEY'VE ADOPTED THOSE TYPES OF, UM, PROGRAMS. AND, UH, I'M PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH SHAWNEE'S.
UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM SOME ON THEIR CODE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DOWNTOWN LOTS, UM, OR NEAR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD LOTS THAT ARE VERY SMALL.
AND THEY'RE REGULATIONS DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE LOTS TO BE REDEVELOPED OR INFILLED.
UM, SO THEY WORKED WITH, UM, A DESIGNER TO DEVELOP THE BUILDING PLANS FOR BUILDINGS THAT WOULD FIT APPROPRIATELY ON THOSE LOTS.
MEET THEIR REQUIRED SETBACKS AND THEIR DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OR CRITERIA.
AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY OFF THE SHELF PERMITS THAT SOMEONE CAN COME IN AND CHOOSE TO UTILIZE IN ORDER TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT AND CONSTRUCT THEIR BUILDING.
NOW, I ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN SOMEBODY GOES ON THE BALANCE BEAM FIRST AND TEST WHETHER IT'S A SPIDER WEB, UH, OR AN ELEPHANT'S ABOUT READY TO GO ON IT.
SO I LOVE THAT GUTHRIE WENT FIRST.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE THIS, UM, PROJECT, BUT AT SOME POINT GETTING A REPORT BACK, IT WOULD BE, I WOULD, BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS IN THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE READ IT, IT DOES SOUND INTERESTING.
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU COULD PRE-PLAN SOME THINGS, GET THOSE APPROVED, IT LOWERS THE COST FOR EVERYONE.
AND JUST TO SEE HOW THEY AND A COUPLE OF OUR METRO COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IN REGARDS TO THAT.
IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE IF THEY GOT OUT ON THE BALANCE BEAM AND FELL OVER.
OR IF THEY DID IT AT, YOU KNOW, AT LANDED AT 10 OR WHATEVER.
CLAIRE MORRISS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
UM, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY LEADING THE PACK WITH REGARD TO THE STATE, BUT THEY'RE NOT OF COURSE IN THE OKC METRO.
THE OTHER COMMENT WOULD BE IS I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT PEOPLE, THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINE IN OUR CITY, ONE VERY TOP, THAT'S WHY MY FAMILY AND I MOVED HERE, IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, WHERE THEY GO AND WHERE THEY BUILD CREATES AN ECONOMIC MAGNET WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, UM, WE ALL NEED TO SAY A SPECIAL BLESSING AND PRAYER FOR THE, YOU KNOW, OUR GOOD MEMBERS OF THE, UH, EDMOND, UH, SCHOOL BOARD WHEN THE NEW MAPS ROLL OUT FOR WHATEVER THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY IS IN KATIE BAR THE DOOR WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY GETS ANNOUNCED AND THE BOUNDARIES GO BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO MOVE LIVES, BE WHERE THEY VIEW, UH, THE KIND OF BEST FACILITIES AND EDUCATION IS, I, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON HERE AND IT PROBABLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE, UM, MAYBE THE COUNCILOR MOORE'S POINT IS WHERE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE BUILT DO CREATE A MAGNET OF ACTIVITY, BOTH ECONOMIC, BOTH FROM A BUILDING STANDPOINT AND THEN DEFINITELY FROM A TRAFFIC, UH, STANDPOINT CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND WHEREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS WENT TO CLAYBURN, WHICH IS LIKE A HISTORIC URBAN KIND OF AREA WHERE EVERYBODY DROPS OFF THEIR KIDS.
UM, I, I WONDER IF WE BUILT NEW THINGS IN CERTAIN AREAS, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN ZONE THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE, UH, BIKE PATH OR MOM AND DAD OR THE KIDDO BEING ABLE TO WALK THEMSELVES OR WITH THEIR SIBLINGS OR CREATING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, BECAUSE EVERYONE LIKES TO KIND OF PUT UP FENCING TO SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ACCESS ON TWO DIFFERENT POINTS FROM THAT PROPERTY.
UM, INSTEAD OF SAYING, HEY, WE'RE HERE'S THE PROPERTY, HERE'S THE ROAD, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.
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I WANNA BE COLLABORATIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.UH, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ECONOMIC DRIVERS AND THEY ALSO ARE JUST GREAT ASSETS TO OUR, TO OUR CITY.
BUT THEN HOW CAN WE ANTICIPATE A LITTLE LESS OF THAT CAR BURDEN? AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, PROMOTE SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET KIDS AND STAFF AND GRANDMAS AND DADS AND MOMS TO AND FROM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN AND OUTTA THAT, THAT DROP OFF PICKUP AREA.
I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT USE BASED STANDARDS COULD APPROACH, UM, WITH REGARD TO SCHOOLS LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ACCESS IS LOCATED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PROXIMITY TO, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT IN MY MIND.
A A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SAY IS GOING TO BUY PROPERTY IF YOU KNOW NEXT TO THAT NEW HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT THAT PROPERTY VALUE IS JUST GONNA GO UP.
JUST, WE'LL, AND THEN INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED AN OPEN ACCESS, AS LONG AS THERE'S NO SECURITY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SPEAK FOR THE SECURITY OF THE SCHOOLS, BUT ASSUMING THAT KIDS CAN STILL WALK TO AND FROM A SIMPLE NEIGHBORHOOD MM-HMM.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK, TO PROMOTE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND WALKABILITY AND THAT AND FILL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? OKAY.
SINCE WE DO HAVE A FEW, UH, RESIDENTS IN HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO, AND WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA DIRECT TO THE COUNCIL ON, ON THE PRESENTATION? I SEE NO ONE MOVING.
IT'S, UH, SEVERAL NEXT STEPS TO COME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED DI DIALOGUE.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, WELL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES.