Design Excellence Proposal Delayed

Council has worked on the issue of Downtown Design Excellence for roughly seven years.   For the issue’s progress in Fiscal Year 2015, please see my blog posts here and here. Following a series of procedural motions before council’s summer break, the issue returned to the Planning & Public Safety Committee on September 8, 2015. You may view video of that committee meeting by clicking here.

At that meeting it appeared that a majority of the committee were not yet ready to send the proposal forward to the full Council.   As Beth Musgrave with the Herald-Leader summarizes,

After 11th-hour objections from two developers Tuesday during an Urban County Council Planning and Public Safety Committee meeting, Vice Mayor Steve Kay reluctantly put the issue into a subcommittee for further vetting and possible changes.

While I am disappointed with this delay, I understand the concerns expressed by my council colleagues. I will work with them to address these concerns, and I will continue to seek council approval for this proposal, which helps ensure that we protect our community’s public and private investments in a vibrant downtown.

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