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Silverbend residents ask Budget Advisory Board to fund master plan
Summary
Members of the Silverbend Civic Association urged the Budget Advisory Board to recommend budget funding for a formal master plan following a city-funded vision plan; attendees said the master plan would help preserve the neighborhood's single historic district.
Christian Gray, speaking for the Silverbend Civic Association, told the Budget Advisory Board on April 16 that the neighborhood wants the board to recommend funding for a master plan in the next city budget. Gray said the city commission funded a third‑party vision plan last year and that the vision plan is under revision; the next step, he said, should be a master plan and an allocation for consultant services to prepare it.
The request matters because Silverbend is, as Gray described it, the city’s only historic neighborhood and participants said a master plan would help “mold” appropriate protections, events and design guidance for the area. Board members clarified that sustainable-development staff (referred to in the meeting as BSD/VSD) would be the department bringing any formal budget package to the commission.
Gray spoke with two fellow residents at the meeting: Blaze McGinsley and Maggie Hunt, who were listed by Gray as accompanying speakers for the Silverbend Civic Association. Commissioner Glassman, the commission member referenced in public remarks, was reported by staff as having expressed interest in proceeding with the master plan at the commission level.
The board did not take a formal vote on the request during its April 16 meeting. Staff said the next steps would be for the appropriate department to include any master-plan decision package in their department budget presentation; those department presentations are scheduled for May and June, with the board planning to discuss revenue and cost options at a joint June workshop with the commission.
The Silverbend speakers requested that the board consider recommending a placeholder amount in next year’s budget so the city could solicit and fund a consultant to prepare the master plan.
The board’s discussion confirmed procedural limits: sustainable development or the identified department must formally submit any decision package; the board can recommend the item when it forms its budget recommendations to the commission.
Ending: Staff signaled the department that would carry the request (sustainable development/business services), and the board said it would treat the item as part of the department meeting schedule for the budget cycle rather than as an immediate standalone action.
