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Business Retention & Development Committee <br />Meeting Minutes <br />January 5, 2015 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />affordability issue. Main Street realignment makes sense and doing underpass at the same <br />time. Connectivity is important but what will people do with it'? <br />Chair Dalton said if big box stores wanted to be here they would already be here. He came <br />away with: form based zoning sounds like a wonderful concept. It could provide certainty, <br />predictability and fairness to those seeking to redevelop. Form based code is more about how <br />it looks and feels rather than what is in it. <br />Chair Dalton said you don't have to have vertical mixed use, it can be horizontal. SoBoRd <br />small area plan can discuss. Cost of tunnels is prohibitive but agrees that we need a plan for <br />reorientation of Main Street. We should pursue that. <br />Commissioner Menaker said there was a remarkable lack of candor in the meeting. Chair <br />Dalton said the City is moving forward with surveying developers about the land development <br />process. <br />Council member Loo said it is a minor point but physical setting of meeting was not good. <br />Council member Lipton said once zoning is in place the process is pretty efficient. There is a <br />lot of certainty of outcome. Discussion of process and ease of process. <br />Commissioner Chris Pritchard said other communities can be more accommodating because <br />they have more land. Connectivity does need to be looked at. Form based is a good idea. <br />Citizens want something different than developers. Maybe go one on one with developers to <br />get more information. <br />There was a discussion of the SoBoRd survey. <br />Justin McClure said the conversation of process was good. Also likes form based. Likes <br />predictability. <br />Rick Brew said the PUD process can be difficult. Proposed projects need some sort of <br />variance and that creates uncertainty and negotiations with City Staff. <br />Deputy City Manager will make sure these comments get to Planning for the Small Area Plan <br />process. <br />BRaD ADVOCACY DISCUSSION <br />Vice Chair Lathrop led discussion of BRaD advocating back in October. How can BRaD <br />advocate for City -wide issues as well as quasi - judicial issues? <br />In taking an advocate role, is the makeup of the BRaD Committee appropriate? <br />Is the BRaD Committee the appropriate entity for advocacy? <br />What are other communities doing to fill the role? <br />4 <br />