Item B: Local Economic Development Plan

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Supporting existing business, ?economic growthGeneral code amendments - Could be part of overall land use code update package focused on local • Provide incentives for developers who meet early w/ City and neighbors retaining existing jobs, & creating new jobs Idea Status JOB CREATION: ECONOMIC GROWTH (continued) Items for Council to consider/discuss: Provide enhanced supportive services for foreclosures, homelessness, & housing assistance ? Ability to issue longer-term (e.g. 30-year) lease on City-owned properties ? Invest in wetland property to create more land for mitigation ? Sale of surplus City real estate for identified development projects ? Design a coordinated investment strategy to promote transit in key corridors to support ? redevelopment (longer-term focus but highly effective) Extensions for Land Use applications ? Look for opportunities to increase development at the airport ? General code amendments - Could be part of overall land use code update package focused on local ? economic growth • Provide incentives for developers who meet early w/ City and neighbors • Add flexibility to parking requirements in key development areas (e.g. mixed use centers) w/ a comprehensive parking strategy • Temporarily reduce land use processes (CUPs, site reviews, etc) for projects that generate employment opportunities & other economic development targets • Amend the Land Use Code and Street and Alley Design guidelines to allow 14-ft wide alleys where functionally adequate • Repeal the land use code amendment requiring add'l parking spaces for multi-unit properties in WUN & other areas • MiCap includes amendment to allow final plats as Type I (rather than Type II) application. Rather than wait for LUBA ruling, take separate action to amend. • Amend code to allow more flexibility with time extensions - Expand time frames; Create simpler process for reviews time extensions (Type I) • Allow wider opportunity for re-use of non-residential buildings in Residential zones (example: Medical offices that are vacated in R-3 or R-4 zone) • Create more flexibility w/ home occupation standards. • Relax residential uses to allow greater opportunity for small scale mixed use projects in established neighborhood areas (i.e. 19th/Agate, Cornucopia) • Allow ground floor residential in commercial zones outside of downtown. Buy local - favor local businesses and suppliers in purchasing, contracting and bid awards. ? City could temporarily process Metro Plan/Refinement Plan amendments associated with projects ? that meet specific economic development targets (instead of the applicant).