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Carefree planning commission and EDAB debate parking, signage and implementation dates for village center redevelopment plan
Summary
Commissioners and staff reviewed the town's Village Center Redevelopment Plan status, discussing signage and wayfinding installation, a circulation/parking plan due soon, potential short-term parking acquisitions, facade grant progress, and the need to update the 2015 plan with clearer timelines and deliverables.
Planning staff and members of the Town of Carefree's Planning and Zoning Commission and Economic Development Advisory Board on July 14 reviewed the Village Center Redevelopment Plan, focusing discussion on parking and circulation, signage placement, facade grants and next steps for implementation.
Staff explained the redevelopment-area designation is enabled by state statute and provides special powers for property acquisition, disposition and use of public funds within the redevelopment boundary. The plan, adopted from the 2015 Village Center master plan, includes goals and five objectives; commissioners said the objectives and goals are not aligned and suggested reconciling them as part of an update.
Signage and circulation: staff said final shop drawings for gateway and wayfinding signs are under production and installation is expected in the near term. "This should be hopefully, by the end of the year,"…
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