University Place to move 20 Seventh Street business-district plan to a resolution vote

The University Place City Council on Tuesday completed a second study session on the 20 Seventh Street Business District plan and directed staff to return with a resolution for adoption, with no council member objecting.

The draft plan, prepared by city staff and consultants and summarized by Kevin Bridal, the city’s community and economic development director, lays out seven recommended action areas — regional collaboration; environment and climate-change strategy; land use and development patterns; housing; placemaking; economic development; and transportation and utilities. Bridal told the council the plan document and an appendix include a market analysis and that staff collected 681 survey and flash-vote responses during outreach.

Why it matters: The plan is meant to guide future redevelopment along 20 Seventh Street — a corridor the city and the Puget Sound Regional Council designated as part of a regional growth center — by recommending zoning tools, public investments and design standards intended to generate private reinvestment, address safety and improve multimodal access.

The plan’s process and scope

Bridal said an advisory group of local property and business owners met four times while the planning…