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Polycentric City Center Plan maps six activity centers and funding pathways
Summary
Consultants presented the Polycentric City Center Plan that defines six activity centers and associated public improvements, and staff outlined funding options including grants, impact fees, PIDs and tax increment financing.
Consultants told the Council the Polycentric City Center Plan envisions six distinct activity centers—Transit Center, Commercial Center, Downtown, East Gateway, Employment Center, and Recreation Center—connected by trails and transit to strengthen the City's long-range vision.
J. Ryan Wallace (MHTN Architects) described the plan as a framework to guide quality-of-life and economic goals and said completion is targeted for Aug. 1. Patrick O’Brien said the plan could be adopted either as an element of the General Plan (which would give it greater policy weight) or retained as a standalone guidance document. “The Council has several options,” he said, including adoption as a General Plan element or a standalone plan.
Presenters emphasized conceptual ideas for each center—park and trail improvements around the Transit Center, wetland-oriented commercial redevelopment, downtown plazas and flexible streets for events, gateway identity for the East Gateway, food-plaza concepts for the Employment Center, and marina activation and an amphitheater at the Recreation Center. Susan Becker (Zions Public Finance) advised prioritizing external grant funding first, then economic-development tools such as impact fees, PIDs and tax increment financing where legally appropriate.
