Eastside Redevelopment Board recommends updated East Side plan, removes low-barrier shelter from draft

The Eastside Redevelopment Board voted at a special meeting to recommend that the Community Redevelopment Agency board approve an updated East Side redevelopment plan, and adopted an amendment to remove a proposed low-barrier homeless shelter from the plan.

Consultant Megan O'Hara of Urban Design Associates summarized a roughly 12-month process that produced the draft plan. "This is a process that kicked off at the beginning. It was actually April first of last year, so we're nearing the exactly, 12 month mark," O'Hara said. The consultant said the plan is organized into analysis, recommendations and special demonstration projects, and that public engagement informed priorities for housing, streets, parks and small-business support.

The plan calls for topics ranging from land use and zoning to transportation, housing, neighborhood development, and open space. Special demonstration projects discussed included…