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Residents raise questions about sequencing, traffic impacts and housing scale
Summary
At the workshop residents urged caution: finish ongoing projects and monitor traffic impacts before broader rezoning; speakers warned about market saturation from the permitted 212‑unit project and asked how incentives and trade‑offs would be managed.
Several attendees cautioned the city to sequence projects carefully and to watch transportation effects from the permitted development before proceeding with broader rezoning. One participant (speaker 4) said they wanted to see the 'Catherine project finished and the traffic moving' before adding more change to Story Avenue, illustrating local concern about sequencing and cumulative traffic impacts.
Others asked what incentives the city would offer developers to secure public benefits—residents suggested trade‑offs such as allowing somewhat greater height in exchange for guaranteed public spaces or regenerative building practices. The planning staff said those trade‑offs and nonnegotiables are part of the next round of work and that design review and incentives can be used on a project‑by‑project basis.
