September 25th Community Feedback

Draft Guiding Principles Feedback

On September 25, community members gathered with City Staff to have facilitated conversations about the Draft Guiding Principles for the Duke Street Land Use Plan. On this page you can review the meeting materials and view the recording of the meeting presentation as well as provide your own feedback on the Draft Guiding Principles and see the feedback your neighbors are leaving.

The Draft Guiding Principles state our intent for the plan’s future and will shape the trajectory of the process moving forward. They will form the framework under which the community and City will develop strategies, concepts, and the Plan’s recommendations. They are intended to be aspirational and high level. They are not policy statements, recommendations, or specific requirements.

In all of these principles, ensure that community members of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and needs are welcomed and included, in a community where community health and well-being are fostered.

Create walkable neighborhoods with a mix of land uses, public spaces, streetscapes, and services.
Ensure that new development is well-designed and enhances the corridor.
Ensure that new development enhances access to neighborhood retail, civic uses, transit options, and community focal points.
Prioritize uses that serve the daily needs of the residents.
Promote economic opportunities and the retention and growth of small businesses.

Provide safe ways for people to get around along the corridor.
Create a well-connected system of streets, alleys, sidewalks, and trails that makes it easier to get around.
Support a variety of travel choices, including walking, biking, transit, and driving
Incorporate current and emerging technologies to enhance mobility and safety.

Pursue new neighborhood-serving parks and public open spaces.
Pursue opportunities for new City-parks and public open spaces.
Make it easier for people to connect to and enjoy existing parks and public open spaces.
Ensure parks and public open spaces include a wide range of amenities.

Increase the supply and diversity of housing options accessible to households of all incomes.
Expand committed affordable rental and homeownership opportunities.
Improve housing quality, safety, and long-term stability in existing and new development, where feasible.
Prioritize anti-displacement and preservation strategies to the greatest extent possible, including the potential preservation of existing committed and naturally occurring affordable housing.

Promote a sustainable urban environment, energy-efficient buildings, and renewable energy.
Implement green infrastructure throughout the corridor.
Protect the integrity of the corridor’s stream valleys, floodplains, and resource protection areas and expand the tree canopy.
Strengthen the corridor’s resilience against the impacts of extremes in heat and cold through the design of new development, parks and infrastructure.

Ensure equitable access to services and resources that improve physical and mental and health and wellbeing.
Provide opportunities for physical activity, community gathering areas, and social connection.
Expand access to affordable goods and services such as food and other resources.

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