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Committee holds Livable Communities Initiative pilot; asks departments to report back on integrating housing and street investments
Summary
City planning and transportation staff presented a proposed two-year Livable Communities Initiative pilot to align housing incentives with public-realm street improvements; the committee held the item and asked for an integrated report back.
City planning and transportation staff presented a multi-department proposal for a Livable Communities Initiative pilot intended to align housing incentives with public-realm street improvements and make commercial corridors more walkable and transit-supportive.
Michelle Levy, a senior city planner, summarized a recommended two-year pilot that would identify 10 to 15 corridor segments, develop objective design standards and public-realm plans in year two, and prepare cost estimates and grant-ready deliverables to pursue construction funding in years three to five. The pilot would build on existing work including the citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP), community plan updates and transit neighborhood plans.
"The big idea behind LCI is to align new housing opportunities and safer multimodal streets," Levy said in…
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