HomeMy Public PortalAboutCED June Department ReportMemo /
To: City Council
From: Michelle Groenevelt, Community & Economic Development Director, AICP
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 6/13/19
Re: Monthly Department Report – May 2019
Housing:
McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA) will review an request for proposal for a Local Housing development for the parcel they own on Davis Ave in June. There is joint work session with the
Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission and Council on June 27 on potential code updates for local housing.
Code Update:
Diane Kushlan, a planning consultant, is leading the Code Update process in 2019. The non-conforming code amendment is a public hearing at the County Commissioner is June 24. Staff and
consultant worked together on potential local housing codes. The Airport code was continued to the August 6 P&Z meeting.
Civic Campus Planning:
Dennis Humphries, the consultant who is working on the library planning, will hold the third civic campus planning steering meeting in McCall June 13 to meet with the Civic Campus Steering
Committee and hold a work session with the City Council in the evening. He will be going over two preferred concepts.
Urban Renewal:
A new timeline for MRA new district has been developed and the goal is to get this completed before 2020. MRA’s next meeting is June 16. CED Director presented on a panel Urban Renewal
as part of the Citizen’s Planning Academy in Boise on June 5.
GIS:
Worked with the Historical Preservation Committee to create the McCall Area Historical Tour Application which is now available for download on the Google Play store and will soon be
available on the Apple i-tunes. Finalized story map for public information of the McCall Fiber project (Rapid).
Garrett Mapp, GIS Analyst, is serving on the CPE project committee. Updating subdivision boundaries and creating updated links to subdivision plats.
Building:
The City Hall office remodel project is underway; Completion of the front lobby area will be mid-/late-July. The Building Official is managing that process. See Building Permit Report
for more information on permit activity and revenues.
Planning:
A large mixed-use project is coming through planning and zoning with a mix of residential unit sizes and multiple commercial components. The P&Z Commission is fully staffed but one seat
to represent the City Limits is opening up and applications are currently being accepted for that position. P&Z has recently heard an update on the airport code and will be participating
in the local housing workshop with City Council later this month.
Economic Development:
Business Outreach: Thank You Packets continue to be distributed to local businesses licensed and located within the City of McCall.
Grants: Grant report is attached.
Public Art: A work session with the McCall Public Art Advisory Council and City Council is scheduled for July 26. The artwork on Lardo Bridge will be installed September 9, 2019.
Historic Preservation: Erik Cordes, BSU Graduate Student Intern, is working with staff until mid-July to create the tools and strategies needed to complete an inventory of McCall’s historic
properties.
Other: Staff provided administrative and facilitation services for June 4 regional meeting to discuss roadway project priorities, funding, and partnerships. The meeting was attended
by representatives from Valley County, Cascade, Donnelly, McCall, New Meadows, ITD, LHTAC, TVT, and WCMEDC.