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SouthPark National Technical Assistance Panel
Action
Action:
Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with the Urban Land Institute for $125,000 for a National Technical Assistance Panel to assist in identifying goals and strategies for mobility, land development, and investment in the SouthPark area.
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Staff Resource(s):
Ron Kimble, City Manager's Office
Debra Campbell, City Manager's Office
Ed McKinney, Planning
Danny Pleasant, Transportation
Sarah Hazel, City Manager's Office
Explanation
* The Urban Land Institute (ULI) offers a Technical Assistance Program to help find creative, practical solutions for some of the most challenging issues facing today's communities.
* Communities convene panels to provide timely, candid, and unbiased input from national land use and real estate experts; to kick-start critical conversations and to gain fresh insights; and discover innovative solutions to the most complex real estate development challenges.
* The ULI Technical Assistance Panel will assist the City with engaging the SouthPark community in a process to establish goals for the future. ULI will provide assistance with the following:
* Envisioning the future of SouthPark as an evolving suburban, mixed-use activity center;
* Establishing goals and expectations for future investment in the area; and
* Identifying tools and next steps for implementation of Panel recommendations.
* The Panel will also address key opportunities in the SouthPark Area, including:
* Economic Development - supporting the evolution of suburban activity center as a place for investment;
* Community Design - shaping the transition from auto-oriented to a walkable mixed-use place;
* Mobility - providing a balanced approach to mobility that creates choices and encourages walking, cycling, and public transit; and
* Neighborhood Relationships - protecting and strengthening neighborhoods as valuable places to live on the edge of a vibrant cent...
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