The small area plan creates a mixed-used neighborhood with hundreds of units of affordable housing, a grocery store, business space and a 75- to 80-acre regional park as the plan itself envisions
The city now has a vision for the future ofbaked into its comprehensive plan after the City Council voted 10-3 to adopt the document.
That meeting is scheduled to include a public hearing on the request to rezone the land from privately owned park space to a mix of zonings that will allow for the development of commercial space and housing in buildings as tall as 12 stories. A legally binding development agreement mandating that the property’s owners, development firmsand the Holleran Group, commit to at least 25% of all housing built there will be income-restricted affordable housing will also be part of the package.
At that Jan. 23 hearing, the council is also expected to consider referring a question to the ballot in the upcoming April 4 municipal election that would give voters the opportunity to liftcovering the property. The legal document that bans any commercial or housing development on the land was bolstered by voters in 2021. In the November election that year, 63.
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