 Last month the Mayor came to the U District to tout his upzone plan and the reception got chilly rather quickly. According to displacement activist John Fox, CM Rob Johnson and the Mayor don’t feel that upzoning the UDistrict from 240′-320′ highrises from current 45′ to 65′ heights would “stimulate any increase in the amount of new residential and commercial development over what we’re already getting under current zoning.” That’s when the bullshit meter spiked, the residents howled, and the Mayor took a quick exit stage left. Please read the entire article . 
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Shirley Nixon
10/17/2016 11:22:13 pm
Late today, October 17, 2016, the City issued a Notice of Public Hearing for November 16, 2016 on the proposed U District Up-zone Ordinance. It doesn't yet have a bill number because it hasn't yet been introduced. But a version of the bill (185 pages) plus a Director's Report and appendices (nearly 200 total pages) appeared today on the OPCD web site.
Griggs
10/23/2016 12:04:01 pm
Shirley - this certainly warrants having coffee. Wednesday is quite open. Leave a Reply. |
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