Laserfiche WebLink
<br />City Council <br />Joint Study Session Summary <br />November 20, 2006 <br />Page 3 of 3 <br /> <br />encroachments and increased traffic into our existing <br />neighborhoods. <br />· Can the Highway 42 Area mirror the Downtown development? <br />This development should attract people to downtown, not take <br />people away. <br />· If buildings in the development area are Mixed Use, but can be all <br />residential, how do we control the number of units? <br />· Blend, combine and encourage consistency with Downtown. <br />· We might need to scale back on allowance of residential. <br />· The nucleus of this development is the rail station. <br />· Remember to transition the uses near the existing residential <br />neighborhoods. <br />· Structured parking would be nice, but it is expensive. How did <br />Boulder pay for their structure? <br />· We need this plan to avoid individual ownership I auto oriented <br />businesses along Highway 42. Consolidate entryways. <br />· Encourage existing uses to remain and integrate them within the <br />proposed development. <br />· Hard to imagine buildings taller than 35'. <br />· Avoid legislating uses. <br />. Paul Wood & Jeff Winston initiated discussion on types of uses, such as: <br />o Regional Retail <br />o Multi Family Residential <br />o Hospital uses <br />o Commercial Retail (i.e. - Whole Foods) <br />. Paul Wood summarized the discussion: <br />o This is what we will be focusing on: <br />· Need to protect existing neighborhoods as much as we can. <br />· This development has to have "walkability and connectivity" <br />· Uses can be included in the design standards in a "menu" type of <br />a layout. <br />· This development has to be compatible with the existing <br />downtown commercial core. <br />· The building height should be permitted as a use by right up to <br />35', and allowed to be 45' with incentives, such as vertical mixed <br />use or underground parking. <br />· Access to downtown is crucial. There should be more than one <br />pedestrian underpass. Maybe consider 3 connections, and one <br />can be an overpass. <br />. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Prepared by Sean McCartney, Principal Planner <br />Submitted by Belinda Dogan-Pishner <br />November 22, 2006 <br />