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Neighbors object as council approves TIF for 7630 Pacific Apartments; developer, city staff defend outreach and traffic planning
Summary
Council approved tax-increment financing for a five-story, 34-unit market-rate apartment project at 7630 Pacific Street despite neighborhood opposition raising concerns about height, scale, parking and outreach; the developer said required notices and a virtual meeting were held and Public Works described measures to avoid driveway stacking on Pacific Street.
The council approved a tax-increment financing (TIF) redevelopment plan for 7630 Pacific Street that will allow demolition of an existing single-family home and construction of a five-story building with 34 market-rate apartments and underground parking, while neighbors raised objections about size, traffic, parking and perceived outreach shortfalls.
City Planning's Bridget Hadley (speaker 24) summarized the project as a single-lot redevelopment by Parkway Development LLC with an estimated $14 million total investment and roughly $1.5 million in TIF support. She said the project met the TIF criteria and master-plan goals.
Neighbor Leslie Myers (speaker 25) told the council the building is too large for the block and said she had not been contacted in neighborhood outreach; she urged the council to reduce the height and consider impacts to property values and traffic.
Will Spellman (speaker 26), representing the developer, said outreach included a virtual town hall and notices to property owners within a planning department-determined radius but acknowledged turnout was low; he said the project provides one-to-one parking (34 stalls for 34 units) and described the garage entrance and stacking accommodations.
Austin Rausser of Public Works (speaker 27) said staff evaluated expected trip generation and peak-hour impacts and required the developer to set the garage back so that several cars can stack without bleeding into Pacific Street; he also said remote gate access for parkers would help avoid driveway queues.
After discussion, the council approved the TIF resolution on roll call; the vote recorded 7 to 0 in favor.
