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Planning Commission recommends City Council approve Village 7 plan amendments after public traffic and safety concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council approve amendments to the Village 7 specific plan and general development plan after extended public comment about traffic, emergency response and commercial reductions; commissioners asked staff and the developer to document responses to those concerns before council review.
The City of Lincoln Planning Commission on March 20 recommended that the City Council approve amendments to the Village 7 Specific Plan and General Development Plan, following an extended staff presentation, public comment and debate.
Staff assistant planner Mikaela Noble and contract senior planner Kevin Valente presented a proposed addendum to the 2010 Village 7 EIR and a set of land-use changes covering roughly 700 acres in the Village 7 plan area. The amendments would shift acreage among land-use categories — decreasing high-density and mixed-use acreage while increasing low- and medium-density housing and open space — and consolidate park sites. Valente said the addendum concluded that the proposed changes would not introduce new…
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