Okay, I can I yes can you hear me?

Okay, I mean thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Recording in progress.

I'll repeat.

Sorry about that.

I'd like to call to order the planning commission meeting for Thursday, October 5th.

Ms.

Hoxma roll call.

Commissioner Brenson.

Present.

Commissioner Callahan.

Here.

Commissioner Gluska.

Present.

Commissioner Lin.

Here.

Vice Chair Wama Shonjay.

Present.

Thank you.

Commissioner Mosier and Chair Sager are absent with it with notice.

Thank you.

Approval of the minutes from uh September 24th.

The draft meeting.

Ms.

Oxma, do we have uh anyone or general public comments registered?

I did have someone.

Oops, I did have someone sign up, but they are not in attendance at the moment.

So I asked maybe if later if they attend, if we could add them in, but at this time I have no one.

Okay, thank you.

Uh then we move to our next item, which uh is the study items.

Uh the 2024 comprehensive plan.

Thank you.

Uh Andrew and Elise and I are here to present um we haven't been here in a while, so uh update you on uh comprehensive plan work, specifically around updating the vision, um the racial equity analysis and the uh phase two outreach and the next steps with uh public engagement.

Um so we're gonna go basically three parts if that's okay.

Um I'll start with the vision, and we have some discussion questions where we can stop and um look at that, and then Elise will follow that up with the racial equity analysis, and we'll have uh discussion around that topic, and then um Andrew will finish up with the um phase two engagement and then um that should be it.

Um so looking uh with at the vision first.

So when um staff began looking at updating the vision um that was drafted in 2012 that was went out um to get feedback from the public.

Um so ask about the vision established as as part of the plan in 2012.

85 percent of those online um open house participants agreed or somewhat agreed that the vision is still relevant.

Um though there was a slight majority of respondents who felt that uh more needed to be added to the current vision.

So several several themes reflecting respondents' values, priorities, and concerns consistently appeared in the survey questions, right?

In responses and the idea wall that we had on the online open house, and those recurring themes generally uh fell within the themes there on the screen of housing, safety, nature or the environment, and the structure or feel of the community.

Um first we'll look at the first theme of housing.

Um although several open house survey respondents indicated that they did not have any challenges with housing, the the cost of housing and affordability were clearly primary concerns.

Um this came across in multiple responses about the ability to purchase or rent, especially for those in the middle or lower um incomes, as well as the financial capacity to remain in in home ownership in the future.

Respondents expressed concerns around the ability to age in place and the risk of displacement if they wouldn't be able to continue to live in their current homes.

Uh some other recurring themes around housing included housing diversity and uh more availability of a smaller scale housing options, though those respondents also preferred um a single family home, just smaller, and then um also the proximity to amenities and services, including housing located near parks, uh transit shopping, and uh safe and uh walkable access through through those neighborhoods.

And then also the proximity to amenities and services, including housing located near parks, transit shopping, and safe and walkable access through through those neighborhoods.

The next topic of safety.

So mentions of safety appeared across multiple questions.

The term was used to characterize personal safety as well as community safety.

Respondents emphasize that the importance of an individual's sense of safety as it relates to like crime and blight in the city, as well as safety as it relates to mobility and accessibility while people are walking or bicycling through the city.

Moving on to nature and the environment, respondents indicated they place a high value on green space, nature, tree canopy, and sustainability.

This came across as concern for maintaining and protecting the city's existing green spaces and tree canopy, valuing and being able to access or live near parks and natural areas, and then also supporting the development of housing with sustainable features and renewable utilities.

Let's see.

Reflect comments made in the last round of public engagement and include updated themes of inclusion, climate, connectivity while also cutting way back on the amount of language of the current vision and making it a true vision statement.

So I put the next slide.

So these are I'm not going to read these, but these are in your staff report.