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EDAC to review highlighted master-plan pages and consider inviting TBA Douglas to advise on placemaking projects
Summary
Committee members asked staff to highlight master-plan pages, including future land use maps and placemaking areas, and agreed to follow up with TBA Douglas (presented as a potential consulting partner) to explore feasibility and potential developer-driven approaches for priority projects.
Members discussed potential placemaking projects identified in the city’s draft comprehensive plan and parks master plan and agreed to request highlighted pages from staff for further review. The committee also discussed a private consulting group referenced at the meeting (presented as DBA/TBA Douglas) that has worked with similar-sized communities and could help shape projects to attract private investment.
Staff described that the comprehensive plan draft includes a future land-use map and that residents gave significant feedback on two potential placemaking corridors: the Bronco Lane area near the brewery and the Dawn Drive area. Committee members asked staff to highlight the relevant pages and maps in the packet and circulate them to EDAC for review.
Members said the next step would be to identify a small set of priority projects from the plan (for example, five top priorities) and seek rough order-of-magnitude estimates before engaging in formal procurement. Members discussed TBA Douglas’s model of helping communities package projects (business cases, zoning/permitting readiness) so developers can evaluate and finance them, noting that developer-led approaches can reduce initial public costs.
Eric and other members offered to participate in follow-up discussions with TBA Douglas once staff provides the highlighted master-plan materials. The committee did not take final action; it asked staff to circulate selected plan pages and to coordinate a subsequent meeting or presentation with TBA Douglas if committee members want to pursue that option.
