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ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br />Staff Responses to Issues and Questions <br /> from the October 24, 2007 Joint Work Session with the Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Infill Compatibility Standards <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Commission Sub-committee Draft Project Definition: <br />Infill development is new residential construction in established areas of the city. Infill can be <br />accomplished by developing a remnant vacant or redevelopable lot, by dividing an existing lot into <br />smaller pieces such as flag lots or alley access lots, or by developing additional housing units on <br />an existing developed lot. Infill compatibility standards are tools that can regulate the amount, <br />form, and appearance of new residential development in established areas. Regulations will <br />codify clear and objective infill standards based on public involvement, technical analysis, and <br />policy direction. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is assembling an Infill Compatibility Standards Task Team that will <br />work to identify the potential adverse impacts of residential infill in different areas of the city as <br />well as the desirable attributes of infill development, and produce recommendations for regulatory <br />standards or other tools to encourage positive outcomes and prevent the negative impacts. The <br />th <br />Infill Task Team will hold its first meeting on November 26. The Team will be asked to finalize a <br />project goal statement and develop a work plan for the next ten months, leading to <br />recommendations for consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council in late 2008. <br /> <br />Opportunity Siting <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Commission Sub-committee Draft Project Definition: <br />Opportunity Siting is a strategic planning tool aimed at facilitating the construction of dense <br />housing that is compatible with existing development in the surrounding neighborhood. The <br />process will identify specific sites and provide incentives, such as financial, regulatory, or <br />procedural incentives, to encourage development according to design standards that result in <br />compatibility with, and support from, the surrounding neighborhood. <br /> <br />An Opportunity Siting Task Team is being assembled to identify barriers to the construction of <br />high density housing and potential incentives to facilitate its construction, and produce <br />recommendations on the location, attributes, and approval process of potential opportunity sites. <br />th <br />The Opportunity Siting Task Team will hold its first meeting on November 29. The Team will be <br />asked to finalize a project goal statement and develop a work plan for the next ten months, <br />leading to recommendations for consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council in <br />late 2008. <br /> <br />Relationship of Growth Management Policies to City Code <br /> <br />The Growth Management Policies were adopted to serve as a broad framework to guide work <br />programs and the general focus of the city. As the adopting resolution indicates, these policies <br />should be used (among other things) as a tool to formulate potential changes to the code, as <br />opposed to being used directly as a means to evaluate individual land use decisions. These <br />policies were therefore, not developed as a set of objective standards that could be utilized to <br />review detailed development plans. However, the growth management policies can serve as a <br />