[OldNorth] B Street Visioning FEIR Workshop Wed May 16

[Valerie Vann]

Wednesday May 16th 6pm
Teen Center Central Park

Agenda attached for a walking tour
and Joint Public Meeting of the 
Historic Resources Management Commission
and Planning Commission.

No decisions will be made at this meeting;
it is an informational walking tour
and workshop on the Final EIR for
the B Street Visioning Project. The public
is invited to participate. The text
of the FEIR & Comments and the Draft EIR which
it incorporates are available on the web,
Kinko's, and City Hall.

The public meeting schedule for this
Final EIR process is:

May 16  HRMC & PC workshop meeting

May 21  HRMC hearing:
        Issues:
        Recommend certification of FEIR
        Recommend a project alternative 

May 30  Planning Commission hearing
        Issues:
        Recommend certification of FEIR
        Recommend a project alternative

June 12 Council hearing
        Issues:
        Certify the FEIR
        Approve a project alternative 

The project consists of amendments
to the General Plan, Conservation
District Guidelines and other policy
documents to allow 3 to 4 story
higher density construction/infill
on B Street, the 3rd Street corridor
and adjacent alley. 

A dozen historic residences ("contributors"
to a potential historic district & two
Merit Resource) are affected, along with 
the setting of Central Park, the adjacent 
University-Rice Neighborhood, and potential 
impacts to the Old North neighborhood, 
parking, traffic and transportation, etc. 
as a result of the proposed policy amendments and 
resulting development.

These policy changes are represented in the
EIR by conceptual development projects
(not specific projects)
and their impacts that could be expected 
to result from the amendments.

The issues are complicated and
the consequences for the entire central Davis
area and traditional neighborhoods are
potentially huge.

Disclosure/Disclaimer:
The above is my personal brief "take" 
on the issues involved and represents
nobody's views but my own.

Valerie Vann
valerie at vanngroup.com
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