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Board presses for clarity on City of Palms and Midtown plans before recommending incentives
Summary
Members urged definitive goals for City of Palms/Midtown redevelopment and asked staff for updates on preservation assessments, demolition cost estimates and design standards before advancing recommendations to council.
Board members spent a sustained portion of the meeting discussing the future of the City of Palms site and Midtown design standards. Several members said they want a clearer, shared picture of what the city wants to be "when we grow up," with options ranging from preserving historic elements to clearing the site to attract large investment.
Staff said no final decision to demolish had been made and that the city had hired engineers to evaluate structural and demolition costs; members asked for a staff update at the next meeting. The group also discussed using targeted incentives and design standards to guide future development in Midtown, and proposed a focused workshop to distill 1–3 concrete recommendations to send to council.
