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City staff reviews comprehensive‑plan implementation: downtown, housing, transportation and stormwater priorities
Summary
Economic development and planning staff presented a year‑in review of the comprehensive plan’s short‑term implementation actions, highlighting downtown Fifth Street corridor work, housing development, infrastructure projects, stormwater programs and funding strategies including TIF and a proposed transportation sales tax renewal.
City planning and economic development staff presented a one‑year implementation update on the comprehensive plan, summarizing short‑term strategies across downtown revitalization, housing diversification, infrastructure, parks and environmental stewardship.
Aaron Griesheimer, economic development director, and Sarah Skeen, planning staff, told the commission they are pursuing several downtown and economic-development initiatives: meetings with developers for a potential conference center and hotel/mixed‑use projects along Fifth Street; a Fifth Street corridor strategy prepared by consultants (PGAV) that may identify tools such as a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district or a Special Improvement District…
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