[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
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I AM CALLING THE SEPTEMBER 22ND EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WORKSHOP TO ORDER.
[2. Presentation and Discussion of Proposed Updates to the City of Edmond’s Comprehensive Plan, also Known as the Edmond Plan, including: Adding a New Chapter on Housing; Changing the Title of the Transportation Chapter to Mobility and Making Updates; Changing the Title of the Utility Services Chapter to Utilities and Natural Resources and Making Updates.]
MR. INS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK THIS THING OFF? JUST REAL BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HANNAH NOLAN, OUR LONG RANGE PLANNER.SHE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH THIS TODAY AND SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
LIKE YOU SAID, I'M HANNAH NOLAN, LONG RANGE PLANNER WITH CITY OF EDMOND.
UM, I'LL BE WALKING THROUGH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR JUST OVER A YEAR, SO UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS QUITE THE ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE I'VE MET WITH AND TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY DOES.
BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT, SO, UM, I MAY NEED TO CALL ON SOME OF MY FRIENDS IF I GET ANY HARD QUESTIONS, BUT TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, WHY THIS UPDATE MATTERS, AND THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S EVOLVING NEEDS.
HERE'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL COVER.
I'LL INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND INTRODUCE EDMOND'S CURRENT PLAN.
THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WHY WE ARE UPDATING A PLAN NOW AND WHAT IS CHANGING, AND THEN WE'LL GO DEEPER INTO THE FOUR MAJOR FOCUS AREAS, HOUSING, MOBILITY, URBAN FORESTRY, AND IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CITY'S LONG TERM ROADMAP FOR HOW WE SHOULD GROW, DEVELOP, AND CHANGE OVER TIME.
IT REFLECTS THE VISION AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPED THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UNLIKE A STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH HAS A MORE NARROW FOCUS AND IS SHORTER TERM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS BROAD, HOLISTIC AND TYPICALLY LOOKS OUT 20 TO 30 YEARS.
A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MEANT TO BE DYNAMIC.
IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED SO THAT, SO THAT IT CONTINUES TO STAY RELEVANT.
EDMOND'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 1963.
THE PLAN IS ALWAYS SERVED AS A GUIDE FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
IT BUILDS ON THREE ELEMENTS, CAPTURING OUR COMMUNITY'S VISION AND GOALS, IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGES WE MAY FACE, AND OUTLINING THE TOOLS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS TO HELP US SEE THAT THE VISION IS ACHIEVED.
IN THE 1990S, THE CITY LAUNCHED A VISITING VISIONING PROJECT CALLED TOMORROW'S EDMOND.
THAT PROCESS GATHERED BROAD COMMUNITY INPUT ON WHAT RESIDENTS WANTED EDMOND TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT VISIONING PROCESS HAS REMAINED A FOUNDATION FOR EVERY CONS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE SINCE THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CALLED EDMOND PLAN 2018, IT REPLACED PLAN FOUR, UH, FROM 2007 WITH THE BIGGEST CHANGE COMING TO THE LAND USE SECTION.
THE CURRENT PLAN INCLUDES FIVE MAIN SUBJECT AREAS, LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
EACH OF THOSE SUBJECT AREAS HAS ITS OWN CHAPTER AND EACH INCLUDES A SUBJECT OVERVIEW, CURRENT CONDITIONS AND TRENDS AND THE GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOPIC AREA.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PLAN IS A LIST OF ALL THE ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIT ON THIS.
AGAIN, THE PLAN FRAMEWORK BEGINS WITH THE VISION, A DECLARATION OF WHERE WE WANT EDMOND TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
OUR CURRENT VISION IS EDMOND WILL BE A DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE HOMETOWN COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH LEADERSHIP, BALANCE, GROWTH, AND COOPERATION.
THESE STANDARDS WILL ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
THE NEXT LAYER DOWN IS OUR GOALS.
THESE PROVIDE US DIRECTION FOR HOW WE WILL GO ABOUT ACHIEVING OUR VISION.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE MOST DETAILED LEVEL IS OUR ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, POLICIES, REGULATIONS THAT WILL MOVE US TOWARD OUR GOALS.
SO SINCE 2018, UM, WHEN THE PREVIOUS PLAN WAS ADOPTED, WE'VE HAD SOME IMPORTANT UPDATES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022, WE INCORPORATED THE EAST EVAN 2050 PLAN.
THAT WAS TO INCLUDE INITIATIVES AND NEW PLAN CATEGORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT PLAN.
MORE RECENTLY, THREE MAJOR PLANS AND STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
ADMIN SHIFT IN 2022, THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT IN 2023 IN THE FOREST COMPOSITION ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS IN 2023.
THESE PLANS AND STUDIES ARE WHAT PROMPTED THE NEED TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW THESE ARE THREE PLANS THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY SEEN AND HEARD IN VARIOUS STATES.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATING THE FINDINGS INTO ONE PLACE.
WE REVISIT THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVERY YEAR.
THIS ALLOWS US TO TRACK THE PROGRESS, MAKE UPDATES TO ACTIONS AND POLICIES, AND INCORPORATE NEW STUDIES AS THEY'RE COMPLETED.
THIS KEEPS THE PLAN DYNAMIC AND ENSURES THAT IT STILL REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S CURRENT PRIORITIES SINCE 2022.
THE CITY HAS COMPLETED THOSE THREE PLANS AND STUDIES.
AND SO THE UPDATED PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS HOW WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCORPORATE THOSE CHANGES INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WHILE SOME THINGS ARE CHANGING, MANY
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CORE PIECES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REMAIN THE SAME.THE VISION ORIGINALLY SHAPED BY TOMORROW'S EDMOND IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY.
AND THE CHAPTERS FOR LAND USE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE NOT BEEN ALTERED IN THIS UPDATE.
SO WHAT HAS CHANGED? WE CREATED A NEW HOUSING CHAPTER TO REFLECT THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT TO REFLECT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF EDMOND SHIFT.
WE RENAMED AND UPDATED THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER TO BE MOBILITY, AND THEN WE EXPANDED THE UTILITIES CHAPTER TO INCLUDE NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE URBAN FORESTRY.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE INCORPORATED THE FINDINGS FROM THE FOREST COMPOSITION AND ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS STUDY.
AND FINALLY, BECAUSE WE MADE THOSE CHANGES TO THOSE THREE AREAS, WE NEEDED TO REVISE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER.
AND SO I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE IN MORE DETAIL WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH PLAN, THE GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT AREA AND THE NEW ACTION ITEMS. OKAY.
CAN I PAUSE YOU JUST A SECOND? YES.
UM, DOES THE RESILIENCY PLAN PLAY INTO THIS OR IS THAT ALL SORT OF SEPARATE? UM, YES.
SO WE DID, UM, THE RESILIENCY PLAN, I WILL SAY IS MAYBE MORE HAS A NARROWER SCOPE.
SO I DID CHECK IN WITH PHIL AND WE LOOKED AT HIS STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THE RESILIENCY PLAN AND MADE SURE THEY DIDN'T CONFLICT WITH ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S ALL CONSISTENT, BUT HIS ACTIONS ARE JUST MORE SPECIFIC.
AND THEN, UM, AND YOU SAID THE LAND USE PLAN HAS NOT CHANGED.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHEN WE, WHEN WE VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THE BRYANT AND COLTRANE, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? NO, THOSE ROADS ARE PARALLEL.
THE AND BRYANT THAT WE VOTED ON A FEW MEETINGS AGO, THAT WAS A PLAN CHANGE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO, SO WOULD THAT NOT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LAND USE PART AS A MAP UPDATE? YES.
SO, UM, SEVEN AMENDMENTS PLUS THE ONE THAT YOU JUST APPROVED A FEW WEEKS AGO, THAT WOULD MAKE EIGHT.
UM, AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THOSE ARE, A COUPLE OF 'EM ARE FOR EAST ADMIN, AND THEN THE OTHER ONES WILL BE THOSE MINOR CHANGES TO THE PLAN CATEGORY.
SO WE'LL JUST UPDATE THE MAP AND, OKAY.
SO NOTHING'S CHANGING IN TERMS OF THE PLAN CATEGORY, BUT THE MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED AND CLEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START WITH HOUSING.
IN 2023, EDMOND COMPLETED ITS FIRST CITYWIDE HOUSING ASSESSMENT, WHICH STUDIES OUR HOUSING LANDSCAPE, INCLUDING CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, STRATEGIES, AND POLICIES.
THE ASSESSMENT SHOWED THAT WE'LL NEED NEARLY 9,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
IT ALSO REVEALED THAT THREE OUTTA FOUR ADMIN WORKERS LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND COMMUTE IN EACH DAY THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN A STEERING COMMITTEE.
THIS STUDY GAVE US FOUR KEY STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING HOUSING IN EDMOND, MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING, DIVERSIFY OPTIONS AND PRICE POINTS, IMPROVE OLDER HOUSING WHILE KEEPING IT AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SO TO INCORPORATE THESE FINDINGS, WE CREATED A NEW HOUSING CHAPTER.
THIS CHAPTER SUMMARIZES THE TRENDS, DEMAND AFFORDABILITY GAPS, AND ALONG WITH PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE, WE DEVELOPED FOUR HOUSING GOALS BASED ON THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT AND THEN WITH FEEDBACK FROM OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE.
SO TOGETHER THESE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE, YOU FOCUS ON CREATING A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, DIVERSE, AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR WORKFORCE.
SO THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN ARE ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE ADDED SOME NEW HOUSING ACTIONS THAT WILL HELP US REACH OUR GOALS.
TWO, WE'RE ALREADY IN PLACE WITH THE PREVIOUS PLAN, UM, BUT WE'VE ADDED FIVE NEW ONES.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN ARE JUST THE NEW ONES.
THE FULL LIST OF ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CAN STILL BE FOUND IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER.
THE NEW ITEMS INCLUDE STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS LIKE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE AND REHABILITATION, IMPROVING HOUSING RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT, AND MODERNIZING ZONING TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING TYPES BY.
CAN I ASK A FEW ON THAT? SORRY.
MAYBE Y'ALL ARE SAVING YOURS TILL THE END.
UM, JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, HOW ARE THESE ACTIONS TRACKED? LIKE DO YOU, MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO YOU GUYS REVIEW THESE? LIKE HOW DOES THIS TURN INTO REAL CHANGE OR REAL OUTCOMES? SURE.
UM, SO WE KEEP TRACK OF THEM IN A GIANT TABLE OF ALL THESE LISTED ACTIONS AND EACH, THERE'S A COLUMN THAT HAS THE LEAD DEPARTMENT.
SO A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, THE LEAD DEPARTMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIE BATTERSON AND THE HOUSING GROUP.
UM, AND IT'D KIND OF BE ON THEM TO, I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS THOSE INITIATIVES.
AND THEN, UM, PLANNING, WE WILL CHECK IN EVERY YEAR, UM, TO SEE THE STATUS,
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TO SEE WHICH ONE'S THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY, UM, IF THEIR PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED.UM, AND SO WE'LL DO THAT UPDATE THEN.
I'M THINKING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND JUST HOW ALL THIS FITS TOGETHER, RIGHT.
FOR KIND OF A BIG PICTURE VIEW.
AND THEN ON THE AR 9 0 3 THERE ON THE HOUSING, UM, TYPES BY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAND USE PLAN.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
UM, AND THAT'LL BE ONCE WE UPDATE THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN.
'CAUSE WE'LL NEED TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT'S TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
HANNAH, CAN I JUST, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
I, READING THROUGH THIS, IN FACT, I WROTE THESE, THESE THINGS DOWN 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE SO GOOD.
THE BARRIERS IN EXPANSION, DIVERSIFY TYPES AND PRICE POINTS.
IMPROVE OLDER HOUSING, PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY AND SUPPORT ECONOMY WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL GET THERE.
WE'LL CERTAINLY GET THERE, HOPEFULLY IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
I APPRECIATED CHRISTIE'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT LAST MEETING, TWO MEETINGS, ALL THE MEETINGS RUN TOGETHER, BUT HER BOLDNESS IN STATING WHAT THOSE BARRIERS WERE, INCLUDING CALLING OUT AN EN BISM OR WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN THE WAY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, FIRST OF ALL, IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A PRAYER TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE, I THINK COUNCIL HAS TO BE BEHIND IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, I HAVE NO IDEA.
I SAID SECONDLY, I THINK UNLESS WE CALL THIS OUT, UNLESS WE NAME IT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT ARE ALL TYPES OF HOUSING? I MEAN, LET'S LIST IT.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, WE HAVE SEGMENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DON'T WANT THIS TYPE OF HOUSING OR THAT TYPE OF HOUSING OR THIS PICTURE OR THAT PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO, I MEAN, LET'S GET THE ELEPHANT OUT IN THE ROOM AND WRESTLE WITH IT WHILE WE'RE HERE AT SOME POINT.
I MEAN, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE READY TO WRESTLE ANY ELEPHANTS TODAY, BUT, UM, I MEAN THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT COMES.
I APPRECIATE THESE VISION PLANS AND I KNOW WE, YOU'RE GONNA GET TO SOME MORE ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MM-HMM
BUT, BUT UNLESS WE ATTACH SPECIFIC, WE'RE GONNA DO TYPE THINGS, THEY BECOME LOFTY, TREMENDOUS VISIONS.
AND I, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID, WHENEVER WE HAVE THESE PLANS, WE'VE, WE HAVE TO REVIEW THEM AND REVISE THEM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOD'S INHERENT WORD FOREVER, YOU KNOW? AND, AND WE LIVE IN A DYNAMIC WORLD AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND WHEN THEY MAKE SENSE.
SO ANYWAY, I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, LET, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING? WHAT ARE PRICE POINTS THAT WE EXPECT AND NEED TO SEE? SO THAT, AS YOU POINT OUT, SOMEWHERE IN THIS 75, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A POINT OR SO HIGHER THAN THAT, 70 SOMETHING PERCENT OF OUR WORKFORCE HAS TO COME IN TO EDMOND.
THAT INCLUDES, WHICH, WHICH, THAT WAS A NEW STAT TO ME.
70% OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
I MEAN, SO, SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME REAL NEEDS HERE.
WHETHER THERE'S RESISTANCE TO NEEDS OR NOT, I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND GET 'EM OUT ON THE FLOOR.
UH, I READ IN THIS MORNING'S DAILY OKLAHOMAN ABOUT A STUDY AT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
UH, SAID IT WAS EDMUND WAS ONE OF THE TOP 100 CITIES AND AMERICA TO LIVE IN.
AND WE WERE VOTED NUMBER ONE IN THE METRO AREA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PUZZLED ME, AND MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, EDMOND RANKS AS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN OKLAHOMA DUE TO ITS A PLUS RATING, WHICH COMES FROM HAVING TOP SCORES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOUSING, DIVERSITY, AND BEING A GOOD COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES.
AND THEN WE GOT A B FOR NIGHTLIFE.
UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY MEAN BY THAT? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT STUDY? I HAVE NOT.
KIND OF HAD KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A NIGHTLIFE WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT EIGHT 30.
THAT'S YOUR LATE NIGHT THOUGH.
ONE, ONE LAST THING, HANNAH, THAT I, I THOUGHT I, WHAT
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I KNOW WOULDN'T FILL A THIMBLE.I'M SURE YOU AND CHRISTIE AND OTHERS CAN TEACH ME A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT, BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A POINT IN THERE ABOUT CONSIDERATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF WHAT I CALL THE EHA, THE EDMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I'M, I WOULD, I'M SPECULATING THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE OR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS AND DIFFERENT MM-HMM
I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BARRIERS ARE THERE TO START AND TO CREATE SOME OF THAT, BUT I MEAN, TO ME IT MAKES A SO MUCH SENSE IT MM-HMM
UH, IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR AT LEAST EXPLORED WORK THROUGH.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND WE'LL MOVE, I'VE, I'VE KIND OF BEEN WAITING ON COUNCILOR MURDOCH NICHOLS DOWN HERE TO KIND OF ADD ON TO WHAT COUNCILMAN FRAME SAID ABOUT DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES AND GETTING INTO DETAILS.
AND ONE OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT IS PROTECTING CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING.
UM, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP TEARING DOWN SOME OF THE SMALLER HOUSES WEST OF DOWNTOWN AND BUILDING MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES THAT THAT'S NOT HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FIND THAT ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
SO, I, I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE MORE COMMENT I THINK WE NEED TO ADD IN THERE.
I, I WOULD ADD, I'M, I'M LISTENING.
UM, AND I'M A PROCESSOR, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR IT TO BE HARDER TO REVITALIZE SOMETHING THAN IT WOULD BE TO, TO TEAR IT DOWN AND START OVER.
UM, WHICH I, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY THERE, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC AND, UM, BUT YEAH, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT HOLDING ONTO WHAT WE HAVE.
I THINK THAT HELPS WITH, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS OR, UM, MANY WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN EDMOND BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'LL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS MAYBE YOU'LL GET WITH CHRISTIE AND MAYBE WITH KEN AND THE GROUP THAT'S DOING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
MAYBE WE CAN SEE HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE HOUSING AND, UM, MAYBE, UM, WE CAN PULL SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT ON ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO IN 2022, THE CITY ADOPTED ED SHIFT A COMMUNITY DRIVEN MOBILITY PLAN.
IT REINFORCED THE COMMUNITY'S DEMAND FOR SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
THE PRIORITY PYRAMID THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PUTS PEOPLE FIRST STARTING WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, FOLLOWED BY TRANSIT AND VEHICLES.
THE PLAN LOOKED AT WAYS TO IMPROVE ALL OF THESE AREAS WITH A HEAVY FOCUS ON SAFETY.
IN THIS UPDATE, THE PREVIOUSLY NAMED TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER HAS BEEN RENAMED TO MOBILITY.
IT NOW REFLECTS EDMUND SHIFT'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALIGNS WITH OUR VISION ZERO COMMITMENT TO REDUCE SERIOUS ROADWAY INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE TO GUIDE FUTURE FUNDING DECISIONS.
WE REPLACE THE FIVE OLDER TRANSPORTATION GOALS WITH THESE SEVEN NEW GOALS.
THESE WERE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM EDMOND SHIFT.
THESE GOALS PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR CREATING A CONNECTED, SAFE, MULTIMODAL NETWORK THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
PREVIOUSLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ONLY INCLUDED A HANDFUL OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED ACTIONS.
NOW WE HAVE 18, UM, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM SAFETY TO MULTIMODAL ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY.
UM, OVER THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES, I'LL SUMMARIZE THE NEW ITEMS. IF IT HASN'T CHANGED, THEN, UM, IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDES, BUT IT'S STILL IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER OF THE PLAN.
SO, UM, THESE NEW ACTIONS GIVE US MUCH STRONGER TOOLKIT FOR IMPROVING MOBILITY ACROSS EDMOND.
THE ITEMS LISTED HERE FOCUS ON UPDATING STREET STANDARDS TO REFLECT PLAN CATEGORIES AND ENSURE SAFE, COMFORTABLE WALKING AND BIKING, KEEPING EDMOND SHIFT CURRENT THROUGH ONGOING MONITORING, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND BUDGETING.
AND THEN REORIENTING, REORIENTING POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND FUNDING TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS ACROSS THE MOBILITY NETWORK.
I HAVE A FEW ON THE MOBILITY ACTION, SORRY.
UM, DO YOU SEE THAT BEING APPLIED CITYWIDE? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE, AND, AND MAYBE THE ADMIN SHIFT PLAN GETS INTO IT, BUT THE, THE LANGUAGE IS KIND OF LIKE, THAT'S A CITYWIDE STATEMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN DOWNTOWN VERSUS EAST EDMOND, THINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF MOBILITY.
IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE TARGETED TO PLANE CATEGORIES
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AND, UM, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE WITH THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE WHERE OUR CORE NETWORK IS OF BICYCLING.SO, SO THOSE STREET STANDARDS AND SPECS WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT APPLICABILITY.
IS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
IF STEVE HAS SOMETHING ELSE DIFFERENT TO SAY, OKAY, STEVE OR KEN TO NOD THIS WAY OR NOD THIS WAY.
WE'RE NOT APPLYING THE SAME SIDEWALK STANDARDS ON WESTMINSTER ROAD AS WE ARE ON BROADWAY, I'M ASSUMING.
AND THEN ON THE THIRD ONE THERE, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE WHAT THAT MEANS ABOUT REPRIORITIZING OUR POLICY? I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING WE'LL BE PART OF THAT, BUT
LEMME SEE IF I HAVE AN EXAMPLE.
SO TWO THINGS THAT ARE GONNA PLAY INTO THIS ARE THE ENGINEERING CRITERIA MANUAL, WHICH IS BEING UPDATED RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE WILL PLAY INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY THAT, UM, HAS BEEN ALREADY COMPLETED IS A VARIETY OF SAFETY RETROFITS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AT KEY AROUND KEY INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF LEFT TURN CRASHES.
SO YOU MIGHT SEE THOSE VERTICAL DELINEATORS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A, A PROGRAM THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IT SAFE.
THE ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO REGULARLY ASSESS AND MAINTAIN ROADS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, AND OTHER RIGHT OF WAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
MODERNIZING STREET DESIGNS TO SAFELY ACCOMMODATE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND USERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AND THEN RETROFITTING EXISTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, IMPROVING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND UPDATING DEVELOPMENT CODES TO GUIDE FUTURE GROWTH.
ITEM 5 0 7, THE TOP ONE UP THERE WAS DEVELOPED USING FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE MOBILITY COMMISSION AND THE BIKE COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY FELT WE NEEDED AN ACTION ITEM RELATED TO MAINTENANCE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO NOW TO ASSESS ROAD CONDITION.
UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE TO LOOK AT CURBS AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE SWALES, OR OTHER ASSETS.
SO JUST CURIOUS HOW, WHAT WAS THE VISION ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT THAT? IS IT A, AN ANNUAL, UH, WHATEVER THE EQUIVALENT OF PCI IS FOR CURBS OR DRAINAGE? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STEVE, BUT WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE, YOUR ENGINEERING CRITERIA MANUAL? UH, NO.
SO AS FAR AS ASSET MANAGEMENT, UM, AND LOOKING AT CURBS AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, SO WE DO IMPLEMENT THAT IN, IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE STARTING TO GO THROUGH STORM WATER, UM, AS A SEPARATE ASSET CLASS MM-HMM
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH A, A PROGRAM TO, UM, GO THROUGH AND, AND SURVEY AND, AND LOOK AT, UH, FINDING OUT WHAT THE ASSETS ARE BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE IN.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT DOES THAT.
AND I THINK, SO THIS IS A GOAL.
UM, AND SO WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED EACH WAY HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE EACH ONE OF THESE.
A LOT OF IT, A LOT OF IT WE CAN PICK UP IN THE, UH, IN IN THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE DOING TESTING.
WE CAN, WE CAN PAY TO HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW IF THESE THINGS ARE LIKE FUTURE GOALS THAT WE'RE GONNA START THINKING ABOUT OR LIKE THINGS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING TOMORROW.
AND THEN ON THE SECOND ONE IS THAT, I GUESS WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THAT BIKE LANES? IS THAT SIDEWALKS, IS IT THE WHOLE RIGHT OF WAY FROM OKAY.
AND THEN THE, UH, JUST QUESTION ON WHAT THE SUB-BULLET ABOUT THE FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY SECTIONS.
MEANT, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE THERE? UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF EDMOND SHIFT.
UM, FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADS ARE FOUND TO BE PRETTY DANGEROUS.
BUT THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROADS IN THIS TOWN.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THOSE.
UM, SO RETROFITTING, SO MAYBE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THEM
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MORE SAFE, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP THOSE VERTICAL DELINEATORS, PROTECTING, PREVENTING TURNING MOVEMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.UM, WE'LL TRY TO FIND OTHER SOLUTIONS, UM, BECAUSE YEAH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY EXPENSIVE TOO.
UM, AND WE GOT A SAFE STREETS ENROLLED FOR ALL GRANT.
AND SO WE'RE DOING, LIKE, WE'RE DOING A STUDY OF SECOND AND BROADWAY, WE'RE GONNA DO A SERIES OF OTHER STUDIES AND WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAYBE GIVE US SOME STRATEGIES, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO OUR STREETS TO MAKE THEM SAFER.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT Y'ALL HAD IN MIND.
MAYBE YOU GONNA ADD SOMETHING? OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UH, THE MAIN THING THERE IS TO GET THE LEFT TURN OUT OF THE TRAVEL LANE.
AND THAT'S, SO, UH, THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT, BUT THAT IS THE MAIN GOAL IS TO GET THOSE LEFT TURNS OUT OF THE TRAVEL LANE.
UH, THE ACTION ITEMS HERE FOR MOBILITY FOCUS ON IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY, PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE BIKE NETWORK FOR BETTER MULTIMODAL ACCESS, UPDATING ROADWAY CLASSIFICATIONS AND RIGHT OF WAY STANDARDS.
WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE MOBILITY COMMISSION ON ITEM 5, 3 3.
THAT SECOND ONE FROM THE BOTTOM.
IT PREVIOUSLY SAID BIKE SHARE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN EDMOND SHIFT.
UM, BUT THE COMMISSION THOUGHT THAT SHARED MICRO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS WAS A BETTER FIT.
'CAUSE IT INCORPORATES NOT JUST BIKES, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE SCOOTERS AND, UM, THE, LIKE ON THAT LAST ONE, WHAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY MODIFICATION WE NEED TO MAKE, DO WE NEED MORE RIGHT OF WAY? IS THAT WHAT THAT'S IMPLYING? KEN'S JUST LAUGHING AT YOU IN THE CORNER OVER HERE.
YOU SUCKER YOU CHOSE TO BRIEF THIS.
SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION IN EDMUND SHIFT TO, UH, WIDEN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS IN CERTAIN INSTANCES TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE UTILITIES, UH, FUTURE WIDENING SIDEWALKS, AND THEN ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT, THAT IS WHAT THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO.
UH, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE FOR THE MOBILITY ITEMS. THE ACTIONS HERE FOCUS ON UPDATING POLICIES, STANDARDS, TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND MOBILITY PLANNING, UPDATING, NOT UPDATING, USING EDMOND SHIFT TO GUIDE OUR LONG-TERM PROJECT PRIORITIES AND BUDGETING AND EXPANDING AND ENHANCING TRANSIT THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ONGOING REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
ANY OTHER OVERHAUL SURPRISED ME ON NUMBER TWO.
WHY DO WE NEED TO OVERHAUL THE ITS PLAN? I MEAN, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY JUST PUTTING THAT IN PLACE OVER THE LAST RECENT YEARS.
SO THE WORDING FOR A LOT OF THESE CAME OUT OF THE ADMIN SHIFT PLAN.
SO, UM, SO, SO SOME OF THE WORDING, YEAH, WE, WE WERE UPDATING ITS, UH, MASTER PLAN KIND OF CONTINUOUSLY.
UM, AND SO OVERHAUL MAY BE KIND OF A, A STRONG WORD.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE 10 YEARS AGO, BUT I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON A TRACK AND WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING PHASES THAT ARE YEAH.
PER A MASTER PLAN THAT'S FAIRLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
SOME OF THESE GOALS ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO BEING ACCOMPLISHED AND OVERHAULING THE ITS MASTER PLAN WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE.
I MIGHT SUGGEST WE CHANGE THAT WORD THEN.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND THE HOUSING ASSESSMENT, MOBILITY CHAPTER, AND ADMIN SHIFT.
UH, LASTLY I'LL TOUCH ON THE UPDATES WE MADE FOR URBAN FORESTRY.
THE FOREST COMPOSITION AND ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS WAS A STUDY THAT UPDATED THE SENSITIVE AREAS ASSESSMENT OF 2003 2004.
THE STUDY SHOWED A 1% INCREASE IN TREE CANOPY OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD BRINGING EDMONDS TREE CANOPY COVERAGE TO ALMOST 39%.
THE STUDY ALSO IDENTIFIED PRIORITY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION, HELPING US GUIDE WHERE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LIMITED AND WHERE TREE PLANTING SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.
BUT THIS PLAN UPDATE, ALL EXISTING FORESTRY ITEMS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE RENAMED UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES CHAPTER.
THE UPDATE FOR URBAN FORESTRY IS DEFINITELY LIGHTER THAN THE OTHER TWO THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WE JUST NEEDED TO CONSOLIDATE EVERYTHING INTO ONE PLACE.
WE ALSO DID ADD A DEDICATED FORESTRY GOAL TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE, AND ENHANCE OUR URBAN FOREST.
WE NOW HAVE SIX FORESTRY, FORESTRY RELATED ACTIONS.
THREE ARE NEW, THOSE ARE THE BOTTOM THREE.
AND ONE WAS EXISTING, BUT RECEIVED QUITE A LOT OF CUT AND PASTE CHANGING.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES I'VE LISTED HERE.
KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDE UPDATING DEVELOPMENT CODES TO BETTER PROTECT SENSITIVE AREAS, CONDUCTING A FULL INVENTORY OF PUBLIC TREES IN CREATING BOTH AN URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN AND A LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS,KINDA WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
SO THEN, UH, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THE USE OF THAT? I GUESS, UH, WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW, UH, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE BUY, ALMOST LIKE BUYING CARBON CREDITS.
UH, IF YOU PRESERVE TREES OVER HERE, YOU COULD THEN HAVE CREDITS THAT YOU COULD SELL TO THAT WOULD ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MAYBE A MORE INTENSE SCALE.
RANDY, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THAT MICROPHONE? YEAH, SORRY.
UH, WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW IS TREE PRESERVATION IN ONE AREA TO BASICALLY CREDIT DEVELOPMENT IN A DIFFERENT AREA.
SO WE WOULD HAVE AN AREA WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE TREES AND TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT, WHERE THAT WOULD BE WHERE YOU DEVELOP OR TRANSFER THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM TO AN AREA THAT WE ARE OKAY.
DENSIFYING AND YOU COULD LIKE ALLOW DENSITY CREDITS THERE IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE TREES BEING PRESERVED FOREVER.
WILL THAT BE PART OF THE CODE UPDATE? UH, IT WON'T BE, I IT WON'T BE DRAFTED INTO THE CODE UPDATE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS SOMETHING WE WERE CONSIDERING IN A FUTURE TIME.
UH, IT'S PRETTY COMMON IN, UM, COLORADO AREAS NORTH AND WEST.
UH, WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IN OKLAHOMA IS CURRENTLY DOING IT.
SO IT WOULD PREVENT DEVELOPMENT, SAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND CAPTURE THE VALUE IN THEIR LAND.
BY HAVING THEM SAVE THE TREES, THEY BASICALLY SELL THOSE DEVELOPMENT RICE TO SOMEBODY WHO COULD THEN USE IT IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN.
SO YOU CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE TREE MATH WHEN YOU'RE DOING A DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT KIND OF HOW IT WORKS TO MEET THE NUMBERS? YOU WOULD, ONCE YOU SELL THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND YOU'RE PRESERVING THOSE TREES, IT'S THEN HELD IN A CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOREVER.
SO THAT COULD NEVER BE DEVELOPED.
AND THOSE TREES WOULD BE HELD THERE.
AND THEY CAN TRANSFER THAT TO A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN.
THEY COULD BASICALLY SELL IT TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER OR THEY THEMSELVES COULD USE IT TO DEVELOP MORE INTENSELY ON THE, IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN.
SO YOU HAVE A, A SAVE AREA AND THEN A BASICALLY A GIVE AREA THAT, AND YOU'VE REACHED THE END OF MY EXPERTISE OF
IS THERE A SAVE SAVE AREA OR JUST
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PLANS AND STUDIES THAT PROMPTED US TO COMPLETE THIS UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE REVIEW THE COMP PLAN ANNUALLY TO TRACK PROGRESS.
UM, SO THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED AT DURING THIS UPDATE PROCESS.
UM, WE MAINTAIN A DETAILED APPENDIX THAT RECORDS MILESTONES, COMPLETED PLANS AND PROGRESS TOWARD EACH ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A FEW OF THOSE.
IT'S ALSO INCLUDED AS APPENDIX B.
UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'VE GOT LEAD DEPARTMENT.
SO WHO IS THE KEEPER OF THAT ITEM? UM, ESTIMATED START YEAR AND THEN, UM, THE STATUS.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE COMPLETED, BUT UM, ON THE OTHER TABLE IT'LL SAY IT'LL INDICATE IF THE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN STARTED, IF IT'S ONGOING, IF IT'S ALREADY INCORPORATED AND IT'S JUST ONGOING.
UM, SO WHERE IS THIS MAINTAINED? IS IT LIKE IN THE APPENDIX OF THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT OR HANNAH'S DESKTOP? NOT HANNAH'S DESKTOP.
UM, SO IT'S AN APPENDIX AND UM, WE WILL UPDATE THAT AND THEN UPDATE IT IN THE PLAN.
SO IF EVEN IF WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE PLAN, WE CAN STILL UPDATE THAT APPENDIX.
EVERY YEAR TO SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.
AND WHAT TIME OF YEAR DO YOU UPDATE IT? UM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
SINCE I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW, SO LIKE FALL.
SO IF I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE 2024 UPDATE, IT WOULD BE AROUND THIS TIME OF LAST YEAR AND IT WOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE SOMEWHERE.
OR IF SOMEBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANTED TO DO SO, HOW WOULD THEY FIND IT? MM-HMM
THE COMP PLAN IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEY, UH, IT'S MARKED WITH THE LAST A MINUTE.
SO THEY CAN SEE WHEN IT WAS, BUT THEN THAT LATEST APPENDIX IS THERE TOO WITH THE STATUS MM-HMM
AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL.
UM, IF YOU SEE THE YEAR AND IT SAYS 2024, YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS UPDATED IN 2024, BUT WE CAN ALSO ADD A DATE ON IT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHEN IT WAS LAST TOUCHED IT.
UH, SO WHEN ITEMS ARE COMPLETED, THEY MOVE TO A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE TABLE.
WE DON'T JUST DELETE 'EM, CHECK 'EM OFF.
WE LIKE TO KEEP 'EM THERE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
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UM, THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY THREE THINGS THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES.
HOUSING ASSESSMENT, UM, WE COMPLETED THAT.
THE ADMIN SHIFT PLAN AND THEN THE PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT THAT WAS, UM, COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
UM, SATISFIES THAT ITEM AT THE TOP.
SO I PRESENTED THIS UPDATE TO SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, INCLUDING THE EDMOND BIKE COMMITTEE, THE MOBILITY COMMISSION, CITIZENS PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO REVIEWED THE FULL UPDATE AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IN JULY.
DID ANY OF THEM MAKE CHANGES? UM, THERE WAS NOTHING FROM CITIZEN PARTICIPATION OR PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I POINTED OUT THE CHANGES THAT MOBILITY COMMISSION IN BY COMMITTEE.
IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS. SO I POINTED THOSE OUT IN THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS SPECIFICS ABOUT BIKE SHARE AND THEN THEY WANTED THAT NEW ACTION ABOUT MAINTENANCE STATUS.
NEXT STEP AFTER TODAY IS BRINGING US TO YOU FOR FINAL ACCEPTANCE IN OCTOBER.
UM, LOOKING BEYOND ADOPTION, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH REOCCURRING TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF AND BOARDS.
UM, JUST TO KEEP THE PLAN FRONT OF MIND.
WE'LL ALSO PREPARE AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, SUCH AS TO PLAN CATEGORIES AND THE OVERALL TRAJECTORY OF THE PLAN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY OVERVIEW OF THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
NOW QUESTIONS? ARE WE GONNA CALL IT THE ADMIN PLAN? 2025? WHEN DO WE ROLL THE NUMBER? I'M HOPING WE CAN JUST SAY THE ADMIN PLAN LIKE IT SAYS ON THE, OKAY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I STILL SEE 2018 ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S COUNSEL PACKET.
WHY IN THE WORLD, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, SO
SO, UM, YOU'RE HOLDING OFF ON THAT BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
WE WANTED TO GET THESE UPDATES OUT OF THE WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, EDMOND SHIFT, THAT WAS 2022.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS COMP PLAN IN BETTER SHAPE.
SO THEN WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT CODE IS APPROVED, WE WILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN.
WE'LL HAVE TO UPDATE THE CONFERENCE PLAN AGAIN.
SO WE DIDN'T WANNA TOUCH ANYTHING NOW BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TOUCH IT NEXT YEAR.
PROBABLY THE PROBLEM IS WE KEEP KICKING THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THIS IS THE ONE TOPIC THAT SEEMS TO KEEP COMING UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IS WHEN WE CREATED THE 2018 PLAN, THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE CATEGORIES AND SURE ENOUGH, WE'VE TURNED INTO A CITY THAT SEEMS TO DO ALL OF OUR WORK BY PUD.
SO I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE DELAYING SOMETHING THAT WE JUST KEEP SAYING IT'S COMING.
SO, SO THE LAND USE PART WAS UPDATED IN 20 18 20 19 AND THEN UPDATED AGAIN AS THE EAST EDMUND PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
SO IT'S NOT THAT FAR OUT OF THE DATE.
UH, I THINK THE PUDS YOU CONTINUALLY SEE ARE MORE OF A SYMPTOM OF OUR ORDINANCE, OUR CODE BEING OUT OF DATE.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO LIKE, TO MAKE THAT VISION HAPPEN WITHOUT A PUD BECAUSE OUR CODE IS BASICALLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT I I, I STILL THINK PART OF THAT IS SOME OF THOSE PLANNED CATEGORIES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THE CITY THAT IS SUBURBAN INFILL AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT REALLY, I MEAN, WE MAY BE MISSING AN ENTIRE CATEGORY.
UH, I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT DOESN'T KNOW.
RANDY AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE SINCE
WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SUBURBAN INFILL WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE MAP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ONE AND TWO ON THE MAP, BUT THAT IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE BY AND LARGE ACROSS EDMOND.
AND IT IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST LAND USE WE HAVE.
AND WE WERE PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE.
SO I, I STILL THINK OUR, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING LAND USE IN THIS UPDATE IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN MOST RECENTLY UPDATED IN 23 I THINK WHEN, UH, THE EAST EDMOND PLAN WAS INCORPORATED IN, UH, AND WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WITH OUR LAND USE MAP.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF, IN MY OPINION, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY DEVELOPERS NEEDING TO CHANGE BECAUSE IT IS STILL IN DATE
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AND STILL, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VISION THAT PEOPLE HAVE SET.BUT THEY JUST WANNA DO EVERYTHING BY PUD.
THAT'S BECAUSE OUR CODE IS OUT OF DATE AND THEY CAN'T YEAH.
THEY CAN'T DO A MIXED USE BUILDING IN ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
WELL, BUT IT, BUT IT ALSO CAUSES US, IT CAUSES US PROBLEMS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE SIMPLY ON EVERYTHING WE TRY TO DO BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR EVERYTHING THE WAY IT'S SET UP.
THEY CAN THROW APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES ANYWHERE THEY WANT JUST BY ASKING FOR A-P-U-D-I MEAN, THAT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO BE APPROVED.
AND, AND I MEAN IT'S JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE DON'T USE PUDS FOR EVERYTHING AND I THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF WE APPROVE THIS UPDATE, THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE WHY DIDN'T YOU TOUCH THAT THIS TIME? I THINK ONCE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE GETS ADOPTED, I THINK YOU'LL SEE FEWER AND FEWER PUDS.
JUST BECAUSE THE CODE NOW ALLOWS CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN THAT OUR CURRENT CODE IS OUT OF DATE AND DOESN'T.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AR FOUR 13 ON THIS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
I'M STILL SCRATCHING MY HEAD OVER THAT ONE.
YEAH, I'LL FIND, I'LL FIND YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO COUNSEL.
WHERE DID THAT COME? WHO, WHO, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? I BELIEVE THAT CAME FROM THE EAST EDMOND 2050 PLAN.
'CAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRESERVING THE MORE RURAL NATURE OF EAST EDMOND.
HAVE WE DONE THAT? WE HAVE NOT.
ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER IT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
IT MAY PROVE TO BE A, A HILL TOO HIGH FOR US TO, TO GET OVER.
I JUST WANNA SAY GREAT JOB TO YOU.
THANKS FOR HANDLING ALL MY QUESTIONS.
WHAT I THINK WHAT OCCURS TO ME WHEN WE GO THROUGH PLAN UPDATES IS THIS REALLY IS THE DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES WHAT OUR CITY DOES.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS COUNCIL UNDERSTAND IT, AGREE WITH IT, AND THAT OUR POLICY DECISIONS AND THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING ALIGNS WITH IT OR ELSE THAT WE UPDATE THIS AFTER WE HAVE POLICY AND STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS IF IT CHANGES COURSE OF ANY OF THESE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, GOALS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR MYSELF TO KEEP IN MIND, BUT MAYBE ALL OF US TOO.
UM, HOW IMPORTANT THIS DOCUMENT IS.
BUT APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON IT IN MAINTAINING IT.
THANK YOU HANNAH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, THE UPDATE, WHEN IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT WE MIGHT SEE THAT THE UPDATED DEVELOPMENT CODE? I BELIEVE THERE'S A WORKSHEET.
I'M GONNA LOOK TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR BACK THERE TO GIVE YOU THE CORRECT ANSWER AS OPPOSED TO ME JUST GUESSING.
DID YOU THINK YOU WEREN'T GONNA BE CALLED UP TO THE PODIUM IN THE
A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BIG LIFT, UM, FOR ANY COMMUNITY.
UM, GOOD NEWS, YOUR WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER ON, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 27TH.
THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER WILL BE A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE CHECK-IN ON WHERE THAT PROJECT IS.
UM, OUR LEAD, UH, OUR LEAD CONSULTANT WITH, UH, FREEZE NICHOLS WILL BE HERE TO, UH, TO SHARE THAT, UH, WITH, UH, YOURSELVES AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO WE'LL DO A JOINT WORKSHOP ON THAT DAY AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET ALL INTO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
SO, SO THAT WILL BE A WORKSHOP.
SO THEY'LL PRESENT FREE NICKLES WILL PRESENT, AND THEN AT WHAT POINT, SO WOULD THAT BE A TIME THAT WE CAN GIVE FEEDBACK OR AT WHAT POINT DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE VOTING TO PROVE IT? SO IT'S IN, IT'LL, IT'LL STILL BE, IT'S PRETTY ROUGH STILL IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL LIKE CODE LANGUAGE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'LL BE A MAYBE SEVERAL MORE MONTHS UNTIL THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE IN FRONT OF PUBLIC BODIES FOR ACTION, BUT BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER AND SAY LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING.
SO KIND OF THAT MARCHISH TIMEFRAME.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS.
UM, LOTS OF, UM, IT'LL BE IN A, A SITUATION WHERE IT'S, UM, RIPE FOR FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS.
UH, WHEN DID THE PROCESS START?
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FOR THE CODE UPDATE? YEP.SO THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS FINALIZED IN 2023, I THINK.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. NOLAN.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS? THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE OUT LOUD.