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Project Phoenix team reports limited public turnout but targeted feedback on traffic, parking and massing
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Summary
Consultants for Project Phoenix presented public outreach results (about 46–50 downtown stakeholder responses) emphasizing concerns about traffic, construction impacts and parking; consultants plan further civil engineering due diligence and schematic design.
Consultants presented a Project Phoenix update to the council on Oct. 28, describing a short public outreach period that included stakeholder meetings and a public session on Oct. 14 and an online Mentimeter survey. The team reported roughly 46–50 responses concentrated among downtown business owners and long‑term residents. The top concerns identified were traffic flow and congestion, construction impacts (timeline and disruptions), and parking supply and management.
Project representatives said they used precedent images and a massing exercise to test public appetite for architectural scale and materials; responses placed massing and building height toward the lower end of acceptability, with architectural detail scoring marginally higher. Consultants said they would proceed to civil engineering due diligence (utilities and stormwater) and a two‑month schematic design phase ahead of development plan submittal early next year.
Councilmembers urged broader outreach beyond downtown stakeholders and asked about posting the survey link on the city's website and including it in utility bills to increase representativeness. Consultants indicated they were open to expanding outreach subject to the constraints of the MOU and project timeline.
