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Councilmembers,
At your meeting this week you will be receiving an update on the Gateway Area Plan public engagement process. As you know, CRTP strongly supports the Gateway plan. We also appreciate the significant efforts of city staff to make this planning process as transparent as possible and to continue engaging the public. However, we note that as the process
has dragged on, with more and more public meetings and no final decisions, public participation has declined and become less diverse and representative. This is an almost inevitable result of a process like this, and one which we previously predicted.
Please take this opportunity to establish deadlines ‐ or at least clear targets ‐ for adoption of the Gateway Area Plan and its implementing form‐based code. The plan is a key element of the city’s strategy to address the housing shortage and to meet climate, economic and public safety goals. Its adoption is urgently needed ‐ both to enable more walkable,
climate‐friendly housing production, and so that staff can move on to other important tasks, including infill planning for other parts of the city.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Colin Fiske (he/him)