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Councilmembers file motions to create Office of Strategic Growth and to establish a neighborhood planning cycle
Summary
Councilmember Nolan introduced two motions—one to create an Office of Strategic Growth (to launch within 90 days and report on staffing/budget and process improvements) and one to create a neighborhood planning cycle with multiple administration reports—both of which the committee advanced for passage.
Councilmember Nolan presented two related motions to the Housing & Growth Committee that the body advanced for passage. The first motion asks the administration to create an Office of Strategic Growth housed in the City Manager's Office with an intended launch within 90 days, a 90-day report detailing staffing and budget requirements, and a 120-day report proposing a comprehensive review of development processes to remove barriers to housing and economic growth.
The second motion asks for a neighborhood planning cycle to provide residents with predictable timelines for neighborhood plan work. The motion requests three reports from the administration: a 90-day implementation proposal (including budget and staffing), a 180-day set of recommendations to update the neighborhood planning process, and a 90-day proposed list of neighborhoods to populate a 10-year planning cycle.
Committee members including Mark Jeffries, Anna Albee, and others praised the motions as a coordinated approach to increase housing supply, improve customer service from planning staff, and front-load community engagement. The chair said the committee, "without objection," would move both items (numbers 7 and 8) for passage.
Next steps: administration will be asked to return with the requested reports and staffing/budget proposals; the committee advanced the motions for further legislative action.
