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>> I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE MONDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2022, MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE JOINING ME ARE COUNSELOR ADAM AASEN NEXT TO ME. AND COUNCILOR NELSON IS JOINING
[a. Resolution CC-04-18-22-01]
REMOTELY. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO DISCUSS, IT'S RESOLUTION CC-04-18-22-01. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNSEL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, ADOPTING THE CARMEL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SPONSORS COUNCIL RIDER BECAUSE THIS IS COMING FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION SYNOPSIS, THE RESOLUTION UPDATES AND REFORM MATS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. JUST A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE GET GOING.THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AT OUR APRIL 18TH, COUNCIL MEETING, SO COUNSELORS HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO REVIEW THE PLAN AND WATCH THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD AT THAT MEETING SO WE'LL DIVE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TONED. PRESENTING ADRIENNE WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF EACH SECTION DISCUSS CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IT HE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL AND WE COULD DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT COUNCILORS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AS WE GO ALONG. AND NORMALLY, THE CHAIR WILL STOP AND ASK FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF ANY OF THE COUNCILORS HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR TO ASK QUESTIONS. I AM ALLOWING TWO HOURS FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT, SO WE'LL BE STOPPING AT 7:00, SO WHATEVER WE CAN COVER AT THAT TIME, WE WILL. AND NOW I'LL TURN OVER TO EYE
DREWIAN. >> THANK YOU, I'M ADRIENNE KEELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. THIS DOCUMENT ITEM COMES TO YOU FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION, THIS IS THE FOURTH DRAFT OF THE DOCUMENT AS IS COMES TO THE COUNCIL AFTER TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE FULL PLAN COMMISSION REGULAR MEETINGS, AND FIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS OF THE FIVE COMMISSION MEETING WHICH WAS THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT. THE DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AT CARMEL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT.COM, THE TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT IS THROUGHOUT THIS WEBSITE AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS A PDF BY CLICKING "DOWNLOAD THE PLAN." AS I MENTIONED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING WE HAVE A DRAFT 4-A, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING WAS THE CLEAN VERSION IF YOU WILL, THE RELATE OF ALL THE PLAN COMMISSION'S ANNOTATIONS AND REVISIONS. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT I MOVE THROUGH THE DOCUMENT THIS EVENING SHOWING THAT ANNOTATED VERSION THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE CHANGES AT THE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL. IT LOOKS THE SAME AS THE CLEAN PDF EXCEPT THERE ARE HIGHLIGHTS AND RED-LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO START, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DRAFT OF THIS DOCUMENT TO EXPLAIN AND REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS LEVELS OF PLANNING THAT WE DO HERE IN CARMEL AND MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE ALL SEE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING, WHETHER IT'S A SITE BEING REZONED, OR A STREET BEING IMPROVED, OR MULTIUSE BEING INSTALLED. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLAN IS THE MOST BROAD VERSION, OVERARCHING VIEW, OF THAT CITYWIDE VISION OF VALUES AND PRIORITIES. SO, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED, HOWEVER IT IS NOT AN ORDINANCE IN AND OF ITSELF, AND IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOUND IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OR THE CITY CODE, FOR INSTANCE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO DOES NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE, FUNDING, OR SPECIFIC DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENTS OR RODE IMPROVEMENTS. SO, I WANTED TO SET THAT OUT AS A REMINDER BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT. BECAUSE, WE'LL START TO SEE
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VARIOUS METRICS AND MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARDS, THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE STANDARDS AND IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A GUIDE. SO, MOVING INTO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF THIS IS INTRODUCTRY. THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN WE'VE OUTLINED THE PROCESS AND CALLED SECTION 0 AND START WITH POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, MOVING INTO THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, STREETSCAPE FACILITIES, ARE THINGS THAT OCCUR ALONG WITH THE STREETS. AND THEN SUBAREA PLANS. SO, IN THAT PROCESS SECTION, I'LL CLICK THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, IT'S JUST A GENERAL TIMELINE OF WHERE WE BEGAN AND WHERE WE ARE. AND HOPEFULLY, MOVING TOWARD ADOPTION HERE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS; UM, THE REACH OF OUR ENGAGEMENT THAT TOOK PLACE EARLY ON. WE HAD A TALK OF THE TOWN WEB SERIES. THERE'S A LINK HERE TO SEE THOSE, AND THERE WERE FOUR OF THOSE ONLINE WEBINARS. WE HAD IN-PERSON POP-UPS, LAST MAY, 2021. VARIOUS, KIND OF DISCOVERY MEETINGS AS WELL AS OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE ATTENDED ALONG THE WAY WITH TOWN HALLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK, FOR INSTANCE. AND NOW, THIS, POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, NOW WE'RE REALLY GETTING INTO THE, KIND OF THE MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT. THERE ARE 8 POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVE IS. THEY'RE LISTED ON THIS TITLE PAGE, BUT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT DOVE INTO THE PDF, CLICK INTO THE VARIOUS ITEMS AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU INTO THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THERE'S AN INTRODUCTARY PAGE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL. THE TEXT HERE WAS TO HELP DEFINE THE FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF CITY COUNCIL, THE PLAN COMMISSION, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND ALL THE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT THEY REVIEW AND HOW IT CAN ALL BE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND NOW, THAT TAKES US TO THE FIRST POLICY GOAL, WHICH IS MANAGE COMMUNITY FORM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SO FAR, WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH, A FEW THINGS QUICKLY? THE I MENTIONED THERE ARE EIGHT OF THESE POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, SEVEN OF THE 8 COME FROM THE EXISTING C-3 PLAN AND THERE IS ONE NEW ONE. BUT, WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME, AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 3 PLAN TO UPDATE AND REFRESH SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES, THE PURPOSE OF THIS OBJECTIVE WHICH IS MANAGE THE COMMUNITY FORM IS REALLY HOW THE ENVIRONMENT IS SHAPED INTO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES AND UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, BY TALKING ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, AND CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHAPING NEIGHBORHOOD EDGES, WHETHER IT'S WHERE BUILDINGS ARE PLACED OR BUILDING ARCHITECTURE, THE AESTHETICS OF BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. SOME OF THE THERE WAS A OF DISCUSSION AT THE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL. SOMETIMES WE WOULD INTRODUCE[00:10:05]
A TOPIC OR A SENTENCE AND WHEN READ BY OURS, IT MAY BE WASN'T AS CLEAR AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND IT WAS TAKEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO, WE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION. AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND WHERE CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND HOW PICKED USE FORM, FOR INSTANCE, IS MORE APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS RATHER THAN CITYWIDE. SO. I WON'T GO THROUGH ANY OF THESE LINE BY LINE, BUT, WE DID THE PLAN COMMISSION DID ADD AT THE END AN OBJECTIVE TO HELP THAT TALKS ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH STAKE HOLDERS AND RESIDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CITY REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PLANS AND EVERYONE'S ROLES TO TRY ANDKEEP THAT CONVERSATION AT THE FOREFRONT. >>> ADRIENNE, SO, TO THAT POINT ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION, ARE THERE SPECIFIC PLANS IN PLACE FOR
THAT CONTINUING EDUCATION? OR IS THAT JUST A GOAL? >> TO SOME EXTENT, I MEAN WE HAVE A GOOD COMMUNICATION OUTLET AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY RELATION'S DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR WEEKLY E-NEWS LETTER AND PRINT NEWS LETTER AND WE TRIED TO BE MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH CONTENT THAT'S RELATED TO OUR DEPARTMENT IN MESSAGING AND GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS THAT GOOD ON IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS AND ADDITIONAL WAYS TO GET THE
WORD OUT. >> IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, ABOUT 1.1...
OKAY. POLICY GOAL 1.2 IS ENHANCE ECONOMIC VITALITY. THESE OBJECTIVES REVOLVE AROUND WAYS TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTS, FUTURE RESIDENTS, EMPLOYERS, RETAILERS, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OBJECTIVES IN HERE, BUT, EXAMPLES ARE, UM, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY TO DO THAT, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABLE FORM OF BUILDING, TO ALLOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DESIRE EMPLOYERS DESIRE EMPLOYEES DESIRE, RESIDENTS DESIRE, WALKABLE, PLACES WHICH ARE WALKABLE, SO, THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN HERE. AS WELL AS ATTRACTING REGIONAL AND LOCAL AMENITIES. SOMETHING THAT WE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL IS YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT'S BEEN IN THE PLAN AND IT'S IN THE C-3 PLAN, BUT TRYING TO BE AS CLEAR AND STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND THAT'S GOOD FOR FOLKS INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALSO GOOD TO BE CLEAR WITH RESIDENTS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE. BUT, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT WE WERE JUST, UM, STREAMLINING FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING IT EASIER TO DEVELOP, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT L LESSENING THE STANDARDS OR EDUCATION OR RESULTS, WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS WHILE STILL GAINING THE - INVESTMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND, AGAIN, OTHER EFFORTS WERE MADE TO PUT A MORE POSITIVE SPIN ON IT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT SINGLE-USE DEVELOPMENT COULD LACK VITALITY, AND WE PUT THAT IN
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MORE CONTEXT AND OTHER CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IN THE OBJECTIVES. THE GREEN TEXT, AND IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO READ ON SCREEN, THESE OBJECTIVES WERE HIGHLIGHTED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SECTION 1 REGARDING IF THAT OBJECTIVE WAS RELEVANT TO THE SCOPE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, NOT JUST IN THIS SECTION, BUT THROUGHOUT ALL EIGHT OF THEM. AND, YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THEM WERE KEPT, AND THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND SOME OF THEM WERE REMOVED, SO, THAT'S WHAT THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS IN THE TEXTINDICATES. >>> THERE'S A SECOND PAGE TO THIS ENHANCED ECONOMIC
OBJECTIVES OR POLICY GOAL. >> COUNCILOR RYDER? >> WHAT SHE JUST TALKED ABOUT, IS THIS A DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT OR A POLICY DOCUMENT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAD SOME ARGUMENTS ABOUT AT PLANNING COMMISSION. PUSHING POLICY OBJECTIVES, SOME OF US FELT, AT TIMES, DURING THE PLAN WERE NOT PART OF THIS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WOULD DO THEMSELVES. SO, THAT'S WHERE THESE CAME UP, IF YOU SEE, YOU'LL SEE THE FINE LINE BETWEEN IS IT
DEVELOPMENT OR POLICY? >> I'LL MOVE ONTO POLICY GOAL WON'T OPINION 3 WHICH IS FOSTER A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THESE OBJECTIVES OUTLINE WAYS TO CELEBRATE AND STRENGTHEN THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AND IDENTITIES OF PLACES THROUGHOUT CARMEL. AS WE KNOW THE AREA BETWEEN 31 AND KEYSTONE, NORTH OF 115TH LOOKS AND FEELS A LOT DIFFERENT WEST OF 31, VERSUS THE AREA EAST OF 31, AND EVEN THE AREA SOUTH OF 116TH STREET BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND KEY STONE. AND WITHIN EACH OF THOSE AREAS, THERE ARE VARYING DEGREES OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND FEELS, AND HOW THINGS FEEL THERE. SO, THE OBJECTIVES ENCOURAGING MORE DETAILED PLANS IN TERMS OF SUBAREA AND CORRIDOR PLANS OR BUILDING UPON FACILITIES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND CELEBRATING THOSE SUCH AS CHURCHES, PARKS, SCHOOLS, FIRE STATIONS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH A CERTAIN AREA. AND PROMOTING A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND CELEBRATING THAT EVERY -- THAT WE HAVE LAR HOMES, WE HAVE A VARIETY.
THE PLANNED COMMISSION DISCUSSION PROBABLY, THE MOST TALKED ABOUT TOPIC THAT WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE AND APPEARED IN A FEW OTHER POLICY GOALS, WE HAD REFERENCED THE CONCEPT OF A 20-MINUTE CITY, MEANING YOU HAV DESTINATIONS WITHIN A 20-MINUTE RADIUS THAT SOMEONE COULD LIVE, WORK, PLAY, DO ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED DO. YOU KNOW, WE STILL, WE STILL FEEL THAT THAT CONCEPT IS RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT, BUT CALLING IS A "20-MINUTE CITY" WAS CONCERNING AND MAY BE CAUSED
MORE CONFUSION THAN WAS NEED AROUND THE SUBJECT. >> THAT IF WE PUT THAT
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CONCEPT IN THERE, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DROP CONCEPTS NODES SO PEOPLE CAN WALK OR BIKE. AND WE DECIDED THAT WASN'T THE TREND WE WERE LOOKING FOR. YES, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THINGS CONVENIENT, BUT IT'S ALSO NICE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE PLACES TO BE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. SO, YOU COULD MOVE AS LONG AS THAT'S AVAILABLE IN PARTS OFCARMEL, THEN WE STILL HAVE THE CONCEPT. >> SO, THE PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY BASED ON BOUNDARIES, WAS THAT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION?
>> THAT WAS PART OF IT, BUT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE THAT WAS MORE CONFUSING THAN IT NEEDED TO BE. THE INTRODUCTARY PARAGRAPH TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS IN PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES AND MIX OF HOUSING STYLES AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS AND SCHOOLS AND PARKS WHICH GAVE NEIGHBORHOODS IDENTITY. WE FELT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO PORTRAY THE INTENT OF FOSTERING A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAN CREATING AN OBJECTIVE ABOUT THAT.
>> COUNSELOR AASEN? >> THANK YOU. >> SO, NEIGHBORHOOD NODES ARE NOT DISCOURAGED IN THIS DOCUMENT, JUST, NOT HIGHLIGHTED?
>> I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING REMOVE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN, BUT NOTHING IS
DISCOURAGING NEIGHBORHOOD NODES, CORRECT? >> NO. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND, THERE'S, I MEAN IF YOU TRY AND PLOP ONE OUT ON A BUSY CORNER ON THE WESTSIDE, THAT WOULD ABPROBLEM.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T BELONG EVERYWHERE. >> NOTHING IS DISCOURAGING
IT, NO. >> OKAY. >> AND THEN, FINALLY, THERE WAS ONE NEW OBJECTIVE ADDED 1.3.6 WHICH STATES PROMOTE HOUSING OPTIONS TO SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE. THAT WAS A POPULAR REQUEST. ALONG THOSE LINES AND I'VE LOOKED AT THIS, BUT NOT IN DETAIL, AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. BUT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN
THERE ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ABILITY AT ALL? >> YES, LATER IN THE
DOCUMENT. >> BECAUSE, AGING IN PLACE, I THINK, ENCOURAGING SAYS ADUS, NOT REQUIRING THEM, BUT ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE AVAILABLE, SUCH AS 20-MINUTE NODES ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT AVAILABLE. IN TERMS OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, BECAUSE THAT AS YOU KNOW EPIDEMIC WAS AN ISSUE EVEN PRIOR TO TODAY.
>> AND ADUS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED, THAT'S ONE POTENTIAL SOLUTION. AGING IN PLACE TAKES MANY FORMS, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OTHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE MORE TO BE
ENCOURAGED. ANYTHING ELSE ON 1.3? >> 1.4: REENFORCE ADAPTABILITY. THIS GOAL IS SURROUNDING THE ANALITY TO MANAGE AND ADAPT TO CHANGE.
I THINK ONE EXAMPLE THAT WE JOKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS WAS WHEN THE IPHONE DIDN'T EXIST. BUT, WHETHER IT'S NATIONAL INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF AT THE FOREFRONT NOW IS WORKING FROM HOME AND HOW THAT AFFECTS OFFICE SPACES. SOMETHING, TRANSPORTATION RELATED, RIDE SHARE, DIDN'T
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REALLY EXIST WHEN THE C-3 PLAN WAS ADAPTED, APPS LIKE UBER OR LYFT, SO, JUST, THESE ALL OF THESE OBJECT TOU TOUGHERS SPEAK TO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, TO KEEP YOU GO NIMBLE, ADAPTING PARKING LOTS, WHETHER IT'S A DEVELOPMENT, OR A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT IS BUILT THAT COULD BE REPURPOSED AT A LATER TIME TO ANOTHER TYPE OF USE OR YOU KNOW, REUSING BUILDINGS FOR INSTANCE, JUST IN GENERAL. THE, MAY BE THE MOST PROMINENT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A RESTAURANT ON MAIN STREET THAT USED TO BE A LIBRARY. THAT'S A REUSE OF A BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN CLIMATES OR TIMES COULD HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN TO CREATE SOMETHING ELSE SO. WE WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. THE PLAN COMMISSION WE HAD A LOT OF I'LL SAY THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL OF THESE, BUT, MOST OF THE CHANGES IN THIS SECTION WERE MORE CLARIFYING, WE DID ADD SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE SURVEY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND WOVE THAT INTO OJECTIVE 1.4.9. BUT, OTHER THAN THAT A LOT OF WHAT THE PLAN COMMISSION TALKED ABOUT WAS BEING FORFIC GEOGRAPHICALLY ABOUT WHERE CERTAIN THINGS ARE MORE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE PLACE IN TERMS OF MIXED USE AND THATKIND OF THING. >> THE NEXT POLICY GOAL IS CULTIVATE COMMCOMMUNITY CHARACTER. THIS REVOLVES AROUND HOW CAN CARMEL DISTINGUISH OURSELVES FROM OTHERS AND BE THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES THAT WE COULD BE. AGAIN, THERE ARE STRATEGIES IN HERE REGARDING HOUSING OPTIONS, IMPROVING GREEN SPACES AND CREATING MORE GREEN SPACES, PRESERVATION AND INSTALLATION OF TREE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. MAINTAINING, MINIMIZING THE VISIBILITY OF SURFACE PARKING. OBVIOUSLY, PARKING IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED BUT WE COULD DO WHAT WE CAN TO PUT IS BEHIND THE BUILDING, BELOW THE BUILDING, ABOVE THE BUILDING, IN A STRUCTURE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, PUBLIC HEART.
>> COUNCILOR HAS A QUESTION. >> I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING PUTTING IN THE PARKING ALONG WITH PUBLIC ART. BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER SECTION SAYS ENCOURAGE, BUT 1.5 SAYS REQUIRE. IS THIS A POLICY GOAL THAT REQUIRES ANY AND ALL PUBLIC PARKING TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES OR IS IT A
GOAL AND IS ENCOURAGED. >> ANYTHING THIS THIS DOCUMENT IS A GOAL AND IS
ENCOURAGED. >> THEN I WOULD POINT OUT THAT DISCREPANCY THAT IT SAYS ENCOURAGED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE LANGUAGE.
>> ALL RIGHT. IT REGARDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE THE EMPHASIS ON TREE PRESERVATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED DURING THAT DISCUSSION, AND, WE REMOVING AN OBJECTIVE REGARDING PUBLIC ART. BECAUSE WE FELT
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IT WAS -- OH, YES, THAT WAS THE (INAUDIBLE) >> YES. YES.
>> (INAUDIBLE) >> UNDER THE CULTIVATING CHARACTER, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT WHICH EXISTING CHARACTER IS WORTHY OF PRESERVING? EXISTING BUILDINGS? DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURES, ABOUT OUR CITY'S CHARACTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE OR MAINTAIN?
>> I'M QUICKLY LOOKING THROUGH HERE, UM, I OTHER THAN PRESERVATION OF TREE CANOPY, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE UNLESS I RUN ACROSS IT IN ANOTHER SECTION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S MENTIONED HERE.
>> THE REASON I BRING IT UP, I KNOW THERE ARE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, WITH YOU THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A TRUE HISTORIC VALUE BUT MAY HAVE A VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER. AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO EYE IDENTIFY THAT AS WE OBTAIN PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN OUR CHARACTER WORTH PRESERVING PLANNING
WISE THAT MIGHT BE WORTH A DISCUSSION. >>> I CAN MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
I HESITATE TO WRITE SOMETHING OR NARRATE SOMETHING HERE ON THE FLY,
IF... (INAUDIBLE) >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
>> 1.6 IS LIGHTEN CARMELS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT AND THIS POLICY GOAL SPANS A COUPLE OF PAGES, BUT THIS ONE COVERS A LOT OF TERRITORY FROM OBJECTIVES REGARDING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING. HOUSING NEAR JOBS AND THAT'S COUNCILOR HANAN THAT OBJECTIVE 1.6.3 IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MENTIONED. GREEN BUILDING, INVASIVE SPECIES, UM, THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AFFECT, THE, UM, TAPPING OUR LOCAL AND OUR LOCAL TALENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS. WHICH WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE HERE IN CARMEL TO INNOVATE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND NEW PROGRAMS, TRYING TO CULTIVATE PROGRAMS THROUGH THAT. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WE COVER A LOT OF GROUND HERE IN THIS POLICY GOAL. THERE WAS ONE IRBELIEVE THERE WERE TWO OBJECTIVES REMOVED BASED ON THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO AS AN ADMINISTRATION. THE NO
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IDLING POLICY WAS ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE CAN DO FOR CITY VEHICLES ANYWAY. AND THEN, THERE WAS AN OBJECTIVE ABOUT WORKING WITH UTILITY PROVIDERS TO ENSURE A MODERN ELECTRICAL GRID. OTHER THAN THAT, LIKE, OTHER SECTIONS THERE WERE JUST SOME CLARIFICATION TEXTREVISIONS. >>> 1.7 IS SUPSUPPORT HEALTHFUL LIVING. THIS POLICY GOAL, THESE OBJECTIVES, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE, HEALTHFUL LIVING REVOLVES AROUND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION, VARIOUS THINGS, BUT, THESE OBJECTIVES SURROUND THE WAYS THAT CTIES CAN AND POLICIES CAN HELP ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND BE INVOLVED WITH PROGRAMS THAT AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND BEING A PARTNER WITH THOSE. THERE WAS A GROUP LOCALLY IN INDIANA THAT WAS STARTED PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO OR SO, AND WE FINALLY PUT THE CITY PLANNERS TOGETHER IN A ROOM WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE REALLY FRASSLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BUILTZLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OZLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BUILTLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BULED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BUZLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BUZLED AT THE ONSET OF DIABETES AND OBESITY CRISIS AND TRYING TO LINK OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE OUTSIDE. ONE NEW OBJECTIVE ADDED THROUGH THE PLANNED COMMISSION PROCESS WAS TARGETING ACQUISITION OF UNDEVELOPMENTED PARCELS ADJACENT TO GREEN TRAILS FOR FUTURE GREEN SITES. I THINK THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT WHETHER WE LEARNED WHETHER -- THE NEWEST EXAMPLE IS THE MIDTOWN PLAZA, OR HAVING PARK SPACE, EVERYONE WANTS MORE. THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH. SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO BUILD OURSELVES CRAZY WITH PARK SPACE. SO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP DO THAT, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE EXPLICIT AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO ADD IN OBJECTIVE 1.7.3. BECAUSE, CURRENTLY, THE PLAN ADJACENT TO GREENWAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, TRAILWAYS BECOMES PUDS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE EXECUTED AND USE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES FOR GREEN SPACE, SO, THANK YOU.
>> SO, NOT ADVOCATES FOR ADDING THIS, JUST ASKING A QUESTION WAS THERE CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR MASS TRANSIT INCLUDED IN THE
DOCUMENT? >> THAT IS MENTIONED, YES. >> WE USED THE WORD "TRANSIT", I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING WHEN WE SAY TRANSIT FACILITIES OR ARE WE SAYING SOMETHING ELSE?
>> TRANSIT COULD BE SOMETHING, IT COULD BE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT,
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IT COULD ALSO BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT OPERATES LIKE, THE HOLIDAY TROLLY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S A FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. BUT, I THINK THAT'S A MORE BROAD TERM THAT COULD INCLUDE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO WE TRY TO REMAIN MORE BROAD.BUT, I CAN IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE CLEAR. I CAN...
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND NOW, OR THINK ABOUT IF ANY CHANGES ARE NEEDED LATER, I'M NOT SUGGESTING A CHANGE AT THE MOMENT BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS IF WE'RE TAKING A -- IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NEUTRAL AT THIS
MOMENT, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> OKAY.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO PRECLUDE IT BY NOT MENTIONING IT OR DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD CREATE PROBLEMS LATER IF THAT WERE TO BE DESIRED.
>> OKAY. >> COUNCILOR HANNAN. >> SHE'S GETTING INTO 1.8, THERE'S A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE AED FOR 1.8 ABOUT THAT, IT'S 1.8.1.
>> CORRECT. >> WHEN WE GET THERE. >> CORRECT.
>> 1.8 IS IMPROVE MOBILITY OPTIONS AND FUNCTIONALITY. THIS IS A NEW ONE. AND, DOES NOT EXIST, I MENTIONED, SEVEN OF THE EIGHT EXISTED IN THE C-3 PLAN, THIS WAS A NEW ONE. UM, THIS WE ADDED THIS AND FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES. WE HAVE OBJECTIVES IN THE 3-3 PLAN, THEY'VE JUST BEEN SCATTERED AMONG THE OBJECTIVES IN THE C-3 PLAN, SO WE WANTED TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE WE COULD FOCUS ON MOBILITY AND MOBILITY OPTIONS, INCLUDING EMERGING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. WHILE KEEPING THE IMPORTANCE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FRIENDLINESS IS THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. AND THERE'S OVERLAP AMONG ALL OF THOSE TOPICS, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICY GOAL. WE FELT THIS WAS NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE MOBILITY OPTIONS. AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE WAS A NEW OBJECTIVE ADDED THAT SPEAKS TO TRANSIT. I'LL READ THAT ONE REALLY QUICKLY, SUPPORT A RESILIENT REGIONAL ECONOMY BY PROMOTING REGIONAL AND INTEREST CITY TRANSIT, THIS MISSING TRANSPORTATION OPTION WOULD PROVIDE LOCAL BUSINESS WITH ACCESS TO REGIONAL WORKFORCE AS WELL AS TRAVEL ALL ACROSS THE REGION. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE ADDED IS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF SAFETY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, A FORMAL VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION OF PLANNED COMMISSION, THERE WERE A WILL THE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW SAFE IS IT FOR A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS A ROUND-ABOUT, OR CROSS A STREET OR THIS OR THAT INTERSECTION OR HOW ABOUT A BICYCLIST? OUR POSITION IS THAT SAFETY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES OF INTERSECTIONS AND ACROSS ALL USERS. SO, WE WANTED TO ADD AN OBJECTIVE THAT, EXCUSE ME, THAT UM, RELATES TO SAFETY IN GENERAL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE VISIOVISION ZERO, IT'S A MOVEMENT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 10 YEARS OR SO, AND THIS WAS COUNCILOR HANNAN SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED, I BELIEVE WE HAD VISION ZERO IN THERE, BUT WE WORKED ON MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO ZERO IN, PUN
INTENDED, ON THAT TOPIC. >> AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
>> JUST BRIEFLY, I BELIEVE I BRIEFED FOUR OF THE COUNCILORS, AND I'M HAPPY TO BRIEF THE OTHER, WHEN IT WAS IN THE PLANNED COMMISSION PHASE, AS WELL AS CHRISTINE, ABOUT PUTTING IN FORMAL LANGUAGE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT REQUIRED BUT ENCOURAGED,
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VISION ZERO, VISION ZERO IS A.ORG THAT FOLLOWED OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT PROCEEDED IT. THERE ARE 50 CITIES OR REGIONS WITH THE VISION ZERO STRATEGIC PLANS. OUR ENGINEERS CURRENTLY DO USE SAFE SYSTEMS PRACTICES WHEN PUTTING IN NEW ROUND ABOUTS OR NEW PATHWAYS, ET CETERA, WHICH ARE DESIGNED IN A SYSTEM BASED FASHION TO REDUCE SPEEDS AND THEREFORE REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR PEDESTRIANS. BUT A VISION ZERO STRATEGIC PLAN IS A LONG-TERM, 10-YEAR COMMITMENT WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER AND RESOURCES TO DO IT MORE OVER THE HORIZON, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING ENCOURAGED AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH THIS OR FUTURE ADMINIADMINISTRATION MAKE THAT HAPPY. >> THE TERMINOLOGY OF VISION ZERO IS RELATED TO THE GOAL OF HAVING ZERO FATALITIES, INCIDENTS IN THE
SAFETY, COLLISION WORLD. >> RIGHT. SO, A SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH MEANS YOU USE HUMAN ENGINEERING TO REDUCE INJURIES, VISION ZERO, AS YOU SAID, IS THE ASPIRATION GOAL TO HAVE ZERO PEDESTRIAN -- AND ACTUALLY IT INCLUDING VEHICULAR, AND THEN VISION ZERO.ORG IS A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION, A NON-PROFIT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HELPS MUNICIPALITIES TO SET UP THE GOALS AND ACHIEVE THEM.
>> THIS GOAL REACHES ACROSS TWO PAGES. BUT IS THE FINAL POLICY GOAL IN SECTION 1.
OKAY. >> SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS REGARDING SECTION
1 BEFORE WE MOVE TO SECTION TWO? >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE
MOVING ON. >> OKAY. SECTION TWO IS CALLED DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THIS DESCRIBES A HANDFUL OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERN CHARACTERISTICS ACROSS THE CITY. AND, THERE'S A MAP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEM, BUT, ALONG WITH EACH DEVELOPMENT PATTERN COMES WITH A DESCRIPTION OF KIND OF WHAT THE CHARACTERISTIC OF WHAT APPEARS WITHIN THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND THEY'RE DESCRIBED IN TERMINOLOGY SUCH AS BLOCK SIZE, LOT SIZE, BUILDING COVERAGE, MAXIMUM HEIGHT, BUILDING FRONTAGES, STREETSCAPE FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE, LINKAGES, PARKING, AND GENERAL USE CATEGORIES. YOU RIGHT, KIND OF OVERALL, THE PLAN COMMISSION WE SPENT TIME TRYING TO CLARIFY THINGS, BLOCK SIZE WAS A QUESTION, SO, WE SPENT TIME TRYING TO BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT THAT THAT MEANS. AND AGAIN, I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS NOT A ZONING DISTRICT. SO, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE YOU'LL SEE BUILDING HEIGHT AND BUILDING COVERAGE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS OFTEN SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR THE UDO, BUT THESE ARE MORE CHARACTERISTIC WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LARGE SWATHS OF AREAS AROUND THE CITY. THAT WE'RE CATEGORIZING THESE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. I'LL START WITH SHOWING YOU THE MAP TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW LARGE THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS REACH ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE MAP AND THE SHADIE
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CORRESPONDS WITH THE DESCRIPTION. AND I'LL START WITH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IT'S THE FIRST ONE LOCATED IN THE DOCUMENT. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW ON THIS PAGE, BUT, UM, WE TALKED, ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS NO MAXIMUM HEIGHT SUGGESTED FOR SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS, WE DID END UP PUTTING A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF SIX STORIES IN THE DOCUMENT AND DOWNTOWN, THREE STORY MINIMUM INTERSECTIONS AND AGAIN, THIS IS GEOGRAP GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED HERE IN THIS KIND OF PINKISH AREA, SO, UM, ROUGHLY, THE ROUGHLY, WEST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AN IMAGINARY LINE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OVER TO THE MERMERIDIAN CORRIDOR TO 116TH, AND FOLLOWING RANGE LINE, BACK UP. SO, THIS IS OUR DOWNTOWN, MIXED USE AREA. SO, UM, WE SWITCHED OUT A LOT OF PHOTOS, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT DOES THE NAME DOWNTOWN REALLY MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, BECAUSE DOWNTOWN COULD MEAN SOMETHING TO EVERYONE. BUT, WE ULTIMATELY SETTLED ON KEEPING THE NAME DOWNTOWN.>> COUNCILOR HANNAN. >> I MUST HAVE AN OLDER COPY OF THE PLAN, BECAUSE MINE SAYS FIVE STORIES FOR DOWNTOWN, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WAS CHANGED FROM FIVE TO SIX? YOU MIGHT HAVE THE NOTES AND I MAY BE JUST WORKING ON AN OLDER COPY.
>> IT WAS, I THINK BETWEEN DRAFT 2 AND DRAFT 3. >> OKAY.
>> BUT THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING. >> I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A TYPO ON MINE, THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY FIVE AND CHANGED TO SIX, CORRECT, IT MUST HAVE, FROM THE DRAFT TO WHATEVER WE HAVE.
>> IT PREVIOUSLY READ MAXIMUM HEIGHT FIVE ONLY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE EDGE OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WHERE FIVE STORES IS THE MAX. AND THAT BECAME CONFUSING FOR
ANOTHER REASON. >> SO, THE NEW LANGUAGE IS MAX HEIGHT 6?
>> YES. YES. IT IS, I CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE. >> IT SAYS BASED UPON
ADMINISTRATIVE FEEDBACK. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A DISCUSSION OTHER THAN THAT THE 200 FEET OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THAT THERE WAS NO MAXIMUM HEIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT INTERNALLY AND WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DETERMINED THAT WE COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, A DEFINITIVE 6-STORY MAXIMUM ON THERE AND HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE CONFUSION.
>> BUT IT WAS DONE BY DOTS AND ADMINISTRATION, RATHER THAN THE PLAN COMMISSION?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THE PLAN COMMISSION AS WELL, BUT THE PROPOSED 6-STORY MAXIMUM, WAS PROPOSED BY US AND THE PLAN COMMISSION AGREED.
>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT? >> WE DID AGREE WHEN IT
CAME THROUGH. >> RIGHT. >> RIDER?
>> RIGHT. >> ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PATTERN?
>>> NEXT IS DOWNTOWN WEST, AND THAT IS GENERALLY, THE 31 CORRIDOR. AND I'LL SHOW YOU HERE ON THE MAP. THAT RUNS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WITHIN AND ALONG A PROXIMITY
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OF 31 AND THEN DOWN TO THE 465 AREA. AND THAT'S A LONG STANDING KIND OF IN PREVIOUS PLANS BEFORE THIS, IN THE 2020 PLAN, WE KIND OF LUMPED THE 465 CORRIDOR TOGETHER WITH 31. SO, UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE A LOT HERE, WE FOLLOWED SUIT ON THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ON DOWDOWNTOWN WEST, TO BE THE MAXIMUM AND CHANGED THAT. THE STREETSCAPE FACILITIES CHANGE WAS MORE FOR CLARIFICATION TO SAY LOOK AT THE STREETSCAPE FACILITY SECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT FACILITY-TYPE OPTIONS. COUNCILOR HANNAN?>> WHY DIDN'T WE KEEP IT CALLED THE MERMERIDIAN CORRIDOR?
>> WHAT WAS THE THINKING TO NAME THIS DOWNTOWN WEST? KEVIN, DO YOU KNOW?
>> DOWNTOWN WEST, IS HOW WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED CHANGING IT. OR THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DOWNTOWN WEST, VERSUS THE MERIDIAN CORRIDOR, I DON'T BELIEVE. (INAUDIBLE)
>> (INAUDIBLE) >> (INAUDIBLE) >> I CALL LOGGED THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. >> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE MERIDIAN CORRIDOR, AND DOWNTOWN, THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, WE MERGED THEM.
>> COUNCILOR AASEN? >> THANK YOU. >> I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK IN THE PAST ALONG THE MERIDIAN AREA, ABOUT SOME OF THE PARKING LOTS FOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND WHETHER WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE LARGER PARKING LOTS OR CHANGE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MORE PARKING FACILITIES. I THINK THERE WAS EVEN TALK FROM THE MAYOR OF INFILLING SOME OF THOSE CORPORATE PARKING LOTS OR BUILDING ON THEM. YOU MENTIONED PARKING BUT IT SEEMS TO ADDRESS RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? DO WE HAVE POSITION IN THIS AREA WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE PARKS WHAT WE WANT
TO SEE? >> THIS READS FAIRLY NEUTRAL ON THE SUBJECT, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A MERIDIAN CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT WHERE WE TRIED TO MAKE IT EASIER AND ENCOURAGE MORE INFILL AND PREVAIL RESIDENTIAL HAS BEEN KIND OF NOT LOOKED UPON FAVORABLY IN THE 31 CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE TEXT RAMIFICATIONS OF HAVING RESIDENTIAL HOWEVER, IF THE RESIDENTIAL IS BUILT ME PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMETHING, I DON'T THINK, THAT ANYONE WOULD EVER BUILD SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, I DON'T THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD PENCIL OUT IN THE 31 CORRIDOR, BUT, ALONG THE LINES OF HAVING HOUSING NEAR JOBS, THERE COULD BE
INSTANCES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL. >> SO, UNDER PARKING, IS
THAT REFERRING TO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL? >> THE ALLEY LOADED GARAGES
AND LOTS? >> YES. >> THAT COULD BE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL. WE DON'T WANT GARAGES TO BE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY COULDN'T ENTER THEM OFF OF U.S. 31, BUT WE ALSO WOULDN'T WANT WE WOULD WANT TO MINIMIZE GARAGES BEING ENTERED FROM DIRECTLY FROM PENNSYLVANIA OR ILLINOIS, FOR INSTANCE,
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WHERE WE COULD AVOID IT. >> SO, GARAGES COULD REFER TO A HOME OR OFFICE GARAGE?
>> YES. >> OKAY. >> YES. ARE WE READY TO
MOVE ONTO DOWNTOWN EAST? >> OKAY. >> DOWNTOWN EAST, TO SHOW YOU ON THE MAP IS THIS AREA BORDERING KEYKEYSTONE 116, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE WAY TO RANGE LINE, BUT, BECAUSE WE WOULD WANT THAT CORRIDOR TO BE DOWNTOWN ON BOTH SIDES, BUT JUST, LIKE A BLOCK OFF OF RANGE LINE UP TO 126, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, THE AREA OF MERCHANT SQUARE, AND MERCHANT'S POINT, AND IT INCLUDES THAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 116TH, AND THE GRAMMACY AREA, AND PORTIONS
OF THAT. >> DOES IT INCLUDE DIRECTLY ACROSS 116TH AND MERCHANT
SQUARE? >> MERCHANT'S POINT? >> YES.
>> YES. (INAUDIBLE) >> RIGHT HERE. >> RATHER THAN THIS PDF, BUT, DOWNTOWN EAST IS MEANT TO BE A TRANSITION FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA TOWARD RESIDENTIAL EAST OF KEYSTONE AND SOUTH OF 116TH STREET. AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE SUBSTANTIVE DOWNTOWN EAST, WE CLARIFIED THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF 116TH, AND PUT THE SAME REFERENCE REGARDING STREETSCAPE FACILITIES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS WEST NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, TO GO BACK TO THE MAP, THIS IS THIS AREA, NORTH OF 116TH STREET OVER TO THE COUNTY LINE AND BACK TOWARD THE MERIDIAN CORRIDOR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE NO CHANGES? OR JUST ONE UNDER
TYPICAL LOT SIZE? >> YES. THE ONLY CHANGE TO THAT TEXT WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE COULD BE MORE THAN FIVE PLUS ACRES THERE. EAST NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THIS AND I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE MAP THIS IS, PRETTY LARGE AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THIS SOUTH OF 116TH STREET, HOMEPLACE AREA, DOWN TOWARD
96TH STREET AND BORDERING THE WHITE RIVER PATTERN. >> EARLIER WHEN I SAID ABOUT THE 20-MINUTE THING, THE WEST, WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY INVESTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT FELT THE SAME WAY, THAT
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WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT RID OF THE CORRIDORS AND YOU SAW A WHOLE LIST OF CORRIDORS THAT WENT AWAY. I WANTED TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR BEING INVOLVED THE WHOLETIME. >> YES. >> BOUNDARY WISE, WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES THIS, WHITE RIVER PATTERN AND EAST NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERN, THE DIVISION BETWEEN THEM LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WE CLEANED THAT UP AND MADE SURE THAT THE PARKS AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THE PARKS ARE A DIFFERENT SHADE, THE PUBLIC PARKS ARE SHADED A DIFFERENT COLOR. BUT, WE CLEANED UP THIS BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE SCHOOL PROPERTIES AND THINGS THAT MADE SENSE TO REMAIN IN THE EEAST
NEIGHBORHOODS. >> OKAY, WE'LL TRANSITION TO WHITE RIVER?
>> YES. WHILE I HAVE THE MAP HERE, THIS IS THE GEOGRAPHICALLY, THE BLUE AREA, ALONG AND NEAR THE WHITE RIVER, REGARDING THE NEXT ITSELF, WE MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THE WHITE RIVER DISTRICT, CAN AND DO LIVE IN THE WHITE RIVER DISTRICT, IT'S AN ECOLOGICAL RESOURCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SOMETHING THAT I'LL MENTION REGARDING THE WHITE RIVER DISTRICT, THIS GATEWAY DISTRICT, WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED AS WHITE RIVER PATTERN, AND, SOMETHING FELT DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS AREA ALONG 96 STREET, THAN IN BEING IN THE WHITE RIVER PATTERN, SO WE RECREATED AND I'LL MENTION IT WHEN WE GET TO IT, BUT WE CREATED A NEW DEVELOPMENT PATTERN CALLED GATEWAY, TO ENCOMPASS THAT AREA ALONG
96TH STREET. >> THE NEXT PATTERN IS THE ESTATES. THERE WAS ONE CHANGE TO THAT, THAT DISTRICT IN THE PREVAIL HOSPITALITY WAS LISTED AS A GENERAL USE CATEGORY, THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE HAD FEEDBACK, AND THAT HOSPITALITY USE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ESTATES PATTERN.
AND I'LL GO TO THE MAP TO SHOW YOU WERE THAT IS. THAT'S THIS AREA SOUTH OF 116TH STREET ABUTTING THE MICHIGAN ROAD AREA, AND THE 31 AREA.
>> GATEWAY, I MENTIONED THIS A MINUTE AGO, THIS PATTERN STARTED OFF IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS THE MICHIGAN ROAD CORRIDOR PATTERN. AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, LIKE I MENTIONED, WHEN WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED ANOTHER PATTERN FOR THE AREA ALONG EAST 96TH STREET, WE DECIDED THAT THE MICHIGAN ROAD PATTERN WAS SIMILAR TO THAT AREA SO, WE HAD TO GIVE IT A NEW NAME, BECAUSE, MICHIGAN ROAD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. SO, WE CLARIFIED THAT THESE ARE AREAS ALONG OR NEAR ACCESS POINTS INTO CARMEL AND MADE A COUPLE OF PHOTO SWAPS AND CLARIFIED THAT THESE LINKAGES, THEY COULD BE CLOSER TOGETHER, BUT WE WANTED THEM TO BE FURTHER APART ALONG MICHIGAN ROAD, OR, EAST 96TH STREET BEING THE PRIMARY ROAD. AND I'LL GOOD BACK TO THE MAP. AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AREA FROM GRAY ROAD, AND ALIGHTNING JUST PAST KEYSTONE, ALONG 96TH STREET AND THE AREA OF MICHIGAN
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ROAD AND WESTWARDORY TO THE COUNTY LINE WHERE THE MAY FLOWER PARK AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS ORY TO THE COUNTY LINE WHERE THE MAY FLOWER PARK AND ALL OF THOSE AREASVRY TO THE COUNTY LINE WHERE THE MAY FLOWER PARK AND ALL OF THOSEERY TO THE COUNTY LINE WHERE THE MAY FLOWER PARK AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS TO THE COUNTY LINE WHERE THE MAY FLOWER PARK AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS ARE. IF WE'RE DONE TALKING ABOUT GATEWAY? .>> PLEASE PUT PICTURES NORTH OF 96TH STREET THERE NOT SOUTH OF 96TH STREET, OR
THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. >> YEP. >> OKAY. TYPICAL CORRIDORS: THIS MAY BE WAS THE MOST DISCUSSED TOPIC DURING THE PLAN COMMISSION'S REVIEW.
THE CONCEPT OF THE TYPICAL CORRIDORS IS A BIT OF AN OVERLAY OF SORTS ON TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THEY INDICATE SOME KIND OF CONNECTED CHARACTER OR TRANSITION BETWEEN A PLACE OR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, FOR INSTANCE, I'LL GO TO THE MAP HERE. FOR INSTANCE, THE 146TH STREET CORRIDOR IS STILL SHOWN HERE AS A WEST NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A SMALL AREA OF DOWNTOWN WEST, AND THEN IT TRANSITIONS TO EAST NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN IT TRANSITIONED TO WHITE RIVER HOWEVER, THIS TYPICAL CORRIDOR DESIGNATION IS INTENDED TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO 106TH STREET, WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE DESIRABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING ALONG THE PATTERN OF A WEST NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ARUNNING 106TH STREET. SO, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL CORRIDOR DESIGNATION THAT RUNS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE NAP, I'LL STAY HERE, MAIN STREET IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY COULD BE WARRANTED IN THE AREA BETWEEN KEYSTONE AND OLD MERIDIAN, 116TH STREET BETWEEN KEYSTONE AND SPRING MI MILLS, IT COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME CONTINUITY, OR CONNECTION OF PLACE OR PATTERN THERE, AS WELL AS THIS IS PENNSYLVANIA, COLLEGE, AND THEN 96TH STREET. NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPICAL CORRIDORS WOULD LOOK EXACTLY THE SAMIOUS BECAUSE THE INTENT IS FOR THEM TO BE RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT THEY'RE ADJACENT TO. THE MAP, I DON'T HAVE IT PULLED UP, BUT THE MAP PREVIOUSLY HAD MORE OF THESE TYPICAL CORRIDORS ALONG IT, AND, THERE'S A LIST HERE HIGHLIGHTED. WE REMOVED WEST OF SPRING MILL, ALONG 116TH STREET, WE REMOVED THE AREA ALONG MAIN STREET, EAST OF KEYSTONE, 126TH STREET, AND THE TYPICAL CORRIDORS BROUGHT A ROT OF CONCERN IN THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING MORE INTENSE THAN WOULD BE DESIRED IN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS SO, THE PLAN COMMISSION PROCESSED THROUGH THAT AND WE PULLED BACK ON SOME OF THOSE. TO GO TO THE TEXT ITSELF, WE YOU KNOW, TRIED TO CLARIFY THE PURPOSE AS A CORRIDOR CONNECTER, AND A BUFFER. BUT, THERE
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WEREN'T OTHER THAN REMOVING SOME FROM THE MAP, WE DID NOT MAKE, AT THE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL ANY CHANGES TO THE CHARACTERISTICS PROPOSED. THE NEXT PATTERN IS THE MONON URBAN PROMINADE. THERE ARE TWO, TO EXPLAIN THE TITLE, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS PROPOSED AS THE MONAN, AREA, BOULEVARD, BUT THE BOUNDARIES PROPOSED, HERE ON THE LIGHTER GREEN. ON THE MONON, BOULEVARD WE FUND IT WAS NOT THE MONON BOULEVARD, AND THIS IS LARGER THAN JUST NORTH OF MAIN STREET DOWN TO THE DRIVE. ALONG WITH THE, ALONG WITH THIS URBAN PROMENADE PATTERN IS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. WE CHANGED THE HEIGHT AT 6 STORIES AND 3 STORIES MINIMUM AT INTERSECTIONS. AND THEN WE REWORKED THIS PURPOSE STATEMENT. BUT, IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING DIFFERENT PLANNING AND ZONING EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS, YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MONAN GREENWAY OVERLAY ZONE, A NATURAL SECTION, SO, WE'RE VERSUS AN URBAN SECTION. SO, WE'RE TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF BOTH CHARACTERISTICS ALONG THE MONAN, THE MORE URBAN AND THE MORE NATURAL. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS SIMPLY CALLED THE MONAN GREENWAY PATTERN. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE, IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS BEING MORE OF AN OVERLAY TYPE PATTERN, WE MADE IT, AND, THE EXACT THAT IT GEOGRAPHICALLY CROSSES A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, WE MADE IT BASED ON THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE MAP WHERE THAT IS. SO, IT GOES THROUGH WEST NEIGHBORHOODS, CROSSES THROUGH DOWNTOWN WEST, COMES INTO DOWNTOWN AND WE HOP OVER THE MONAN URBAN PROMENADE AND PICK UP ON SOUTH MILL DRIVE AND CROSSES EAST. SO, WE MADE THE HEIGHT DEPENDENT ON THEDEVELOPMENT PATTERN. >> COUNCILOR AASEN? >> THANK YOU.
>> UNDER THE STREETSCAPE FACILITY THE, OR, TALK ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF TREE
CANOPIES IF POSSIBLE ALONG THAT PORTION OF THE MONAN? >> ARE YOU ASKING IF TREE
PRESERVATION IS IN THAT STREETSCAPE SECTION? >> WELL, I DON'T SEE TREES MENTIONED IN THIS PART, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THERE ARE FOR THIS PORTIONS OF THE
MONAN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CHARACTER. >> YEAH, I THINK THE INTENT FOR THAT THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE IN THE UNDER OPEN SPACE, THE CONSERVATION
AREAS. >> OKAY. >> I MAY SUGGEST MAY BE MAKING A CHANGE TO MAKE THAT EVEN MORE CLEAR, THAT THAT'S OUR INTENT TO PRESERVE TREES IN THOSE AREAS AND THAT'S TO ME WHERE YOU DIFFER FROM THE MONAN PROMENADE WHERE YOU
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HAVE MORE OF AN OPEN SPACE, AS OPPOSED TO THE WOODED SECLUDED AREAS.>> WE'LL KEEP NOTES ON THIS AND AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE PLAN, WE'LL CONSIDER ANY
CHANGES. >> OKAY. >> THE NEXT PAGE IS THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN MAP. YOU KNOW, WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES THROUGHOUT, I THINK THEY'RE ALL LISTED HERE. I MENTIONED THE WHITE RIVER, SOME WHITE RIVER, ADJUSTMENTS, ADDING THE PARKS INTO IT'S OWN COLOR, RECLASSIFYING ALONG 96TH STREET AS GATEWAY AND RETITLING THE MICHIGAN ROAD.
AND THEN, THE SECTION SERIES OF PAGES ARE THE SUMMARY. THIS IS THIS TEXT IS EXACTLY PULLED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL PAGES, JUST INTO A SUMMARY SPREADSHEET IN HOPE THAT IS IT MIGHT HELP SOMEONE, SOME DAY, COMPARE THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW THIS HAS ALL BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT I FOUND THAT VERY HELPFUL WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, SO, THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT WE'LL MOVE ONTO THREE. >> YEP.
>> SO, THIS SECTION IS TITLED STREET TYPOLOGIES, CURRENTLY IN THE C3 PLAN, THIS IS YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS BETTER AS THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT WE TITLED IT STREET TYPOLOGIES, AND SIMILAR TO DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THERE'S AN INTRODUCTARY PAGE WHERE WE DESCRIBE THE DEFINITION OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF THE STREET TYPOLOGY INCLUDING RIGHT-OF-WAY, NUMBER OF LANES, LANE WIDTH, MEDIAN/TURNING LANE, ON-STREET PARKING, TREE, LAWN, AND STREET TREES AND THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT WILL FOLLOW EACH OF THE STREET TYPES. WHICH, ARE LISTED ONE PER PAGE. THE FIRST STREET TYPE LISTED IS ARTERIAL AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE'S A MINIMUM STANDARD SHOWN AND AN EXAMPLE OF AN AUGMENTED STANDARD BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT OF THE STREET, YOU MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT FACILITY ON EACH SIDE. WE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF AN AUGMENTED STANDARD TO SHOW HOW DIFFERENT PIECES CAN BE PUT TOGETHER ALONGSIDE THE STREET. AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE AT THE BOTTOM THAT GIVES YOU THE RANGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ARRANGE OF THE NUMBER OF LANES, AND OTHER METRICS THAT GO ALONG, A TREE LAWN, FOR INSTANCE, IS REQUIRED 8-FEET MINIMUM HERE. AND THEN THERE'S A NOTE TO REFER TO THE STREETSCAPE FACILITY SECTION FOR DETAILS ON THOSE STREET SIDE FACILITIES THAT
COULD OCCUR ALONGSIDE THE STREET. >> OVER ALL, I'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED SOME OF OUR LARGER STREET TYPES IN THIS PLAN VERSUS IN THE C3 PLAN, A LOT OF OUR STREET NETWORK HAS BEEN IMPROVED AND BUILTOUT OVER THE YEARS, AND SO, NOW, THERE'S A LOT OFOUT OVER THE YEARS, AND SO, NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFILL AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT REQUIRES SMALLER BLOCKS AND SMALLER STREET TOSS KEEP THEM CONNECTED. IN CONSOLIDATING LARGER STREETS, WE HAVE ALWAYS INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF STREET TYPES. I'LL GO OVER THOSE AS WE CONTINUE.
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I'LL GET TO THE MAP HERE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SIMILAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN MAP, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT SHADING AND DIFFERENT LINE CO COLORS CORRESPOND WITH THE DIFFERENT STREET TYPES ON THE MAP NOTING THAT THE SMALLEST STREET TYPE THAT WE FIND ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN ARE THE LOCAL STREETS. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHICH ARE MORE INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOP OR SMALLER DEVELOPMENT RATED THAT ARE IN THE TOOLBOX BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY MENTIONED ON THE MAP. SO, WITH THIS ONE, I THINK THAT I'LL GO THROUGH THE STREETS, THE STREET DESCRIPTIONS FIRST AND THEN WE COULD DIVE INTO THE MAP WHERE WE COULD ZOOM IN EASIER, SO IT'S EASIER TO SEE. BOULEVARD IS THE NEXT STREET TYPE. THE ONLY CHANGE MADE THERE WAS TO UM MAKE THE MINIMUM MEDIAN/TURN LANE ON THE GRAPHIC MATCH THE MEDIAN/TURN LANE IN THE LISTED IN THE TABLE. RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH RANGING FROM 68-100 FEET. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE REGARDING THE GRAPHIC ON THE BOULEVARD TYPE. NEXT IS THE LOCAL STREET, THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES TO THIS ONE BUT, AGAIN, I'LL POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN AN EXAMPLE OF A LOCAL STREET THAT COULD BE AUGMENTED WITH A CYCLE TRACK OR ON-STREET PARKING AND SO FORTH. THE YIELD STREET IS NOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE SMALLER TOOL KIT OF POTENTIAL STREETS, IF YOU WILL, THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT. BUT, THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE NARROWER, ABLE TO BE FIT INTO SMALLER SPACES, WOULD SEE HAVE ON-STREET PARKING, BUT, MAY BE THERE'S AN INSTANCE WHERE A TREE LAWN, THERE'S IN SPACE FOR A TREE LAWN, BUT IT COULD BE A PART OF THE STREETSCAPE AS WELL. A SHARED STREET IS THE NEXT EXAMPLE AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD OCCUR IN A DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO CLOSE THE STREET AND HAVE VENDORS OR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OCCURS, THAT IT'S DESIGNED WIDE ENOUGH TO ALLOW CARS TO PASS WHILE IT'S OPEN. BUT, ALSO, IF IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED, THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT USES WITHIN THAT STREET. WE ADDED SOME CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE USED IN PLACES WHERE IT MAY BE DESIRED TO OCCASIONALLY USE THE STREET FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN VEHICULAR TRAVEL ONLY. AND THEN WE CHANGED IS THE MINIMUM LANE WIDTH TO BE 16-FEET MINIMUM AND THEN, AT PASEO, THIS IS ANOTHER[01:30:12]
SMALLER OPTION IN THE TOOLKIT THAT SOMEONE COULD USE. AND THEN WE HAVE ALLEYS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NECESSARILY SPECIFIED IN OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN BEFORE, SO, WITH THE ADVENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOT OF ALLEYS WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE STREET TYPES?>> NO QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. CONSERVATION CORRIDORS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE C3 PLAN. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE MAP SO, YOU SEE THESE MASH MARKS ALONG CERTAIN STREETS? THOSE ARE DESIGNATED AS CONSERVATION CORRIDORS AND THEY'RE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. BUT, THIS IS TAKEN STREET FROM THE C3 PLAN AND DESCRIBES VARIOUS PRIORITIES BY WHICH THE CONSERVATION CORRIDORS COULD BE OR SHOULD BE IMPROVED. AND THEN MOVING ONTO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP ITSELF, I'LL ZOOM IN. THERE ARE A LOT OF ROUND ABOUTS TO UPDATE, WHETHER THEY'RE EXISTING OR PROPOSED, THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING EFFORT AS MORE ROUNDABOUTS GET CONSTRUCTED. THESE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE WITH THE RED SQUARE, THIS SHOWS WHERE WE'VE ADDED SOME LOCAL STREET CATEGORIES TO REFLECT WHAT'S IN THETHE OLD MERIDIAN PLAN CONNECTING OLD MERIDIAN STREET, GRAND BOULEVARD, PENNSYLVANIA, TO KEEP THAT, THOSE WERE INADVERTENTLY OMITTED IN THE FIRST DRAFT SO WE GOT THOSE BACK INTO THE DOCUMENT THROUGH THE PLANNED COMMISSION. ALONG 96TH STREET HERE, WE HAVE DESIGNATED THOSE, MADE THAT CHANGE TO MAKE THOSE BOYFRIENDS THESE SECTIONS BETWEEN WESTFIELD AND HAVERSTICK. WHERE IT GOES AROUND 465, AND THEN THE SEGMENT OF SPRING MILL, TO WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH ILLINOIS STREET, AND THEN 96 STREET,ORY TO UM, SHELBORNE, THE STREET OF 106 STREET WEST OF SHELBORNE AND THE SEGMENT OF TOWN ROAD, SOUTH OF 116TH STREET. THOSE WERE CHANGES MADE AT THE PLAN COMMISSION LEVEL. MOST OF THESE THAT YOU SEE, IF IT'S HARD TO DISTINGUISH ON THE SCREEN, THE BOULEVARD VERSUS ARTERIAL, THE ARTERIAL, THIS
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FOR INSTANCE, ALONG 106TH STREET IS ARTERIAL, THIS AREA OF 96TH STREET WEST OF SHELBORNE IS ARTERIAL, ALONG 116TH STREET, NEAR MICHIGAN ROAD, AND THEN, PENNSYLVANIA AND ILLINOIS, I THINK THE REMAINDER OF THE BOLDER LINES THAT YOU COULD SEE ON THE MAP HERE ARE DESIGNATED AS BOULEVARDS, AND THEN, THE SMALLER ARE LOCAL STREETS AND THEN YOU SEE A FEW DASHED LINE CONNECTIONS AND THOSE INDICATE CONNECTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MADE THROUGH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OR IF THE CITYPUTS TOGETHER A PROJECT, TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. >> SO, THIS INCLUDES THE
PROPOSED ROUNDABOUTS TOO? >> I BELIEVE SO, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP.
>> I'LL JUST POINT OUT AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT, AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THERE BEING NO PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT AT MAIN STREET, SO, IF ANYONE'S
WATCHING, THERE YOU GO. >> AND THEN WE HAVE THE SUMMARY AFTER THE MAP. IS
THAT? >> YES. SIMILAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, WE'VE PUT ALL OF THOSE INTO A TABLE AND MADE THE SAME CHANGES IN THE TABLE THAT WE
DID TO THE TEXT. >> YOU KNOW, ADRIENNE, THIS MAY BE A GOOD STOPPING POINT FOR US, AND WE'LL TAKE UP FOUR AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND COUNCILORS MAY BRING QUESTIONSES AFTER THEY HAVE DIGESTED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND WE'LL START OUT WITH QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WE CAN THEN MOVE ONTO SECTION FOUR. AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY, JULY 11TH, AT 5:00 P.M. SO, WE'LL MEET BACK HERE FOR THAT MEETING. AND, NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.