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To: City Council
From: Michelle Groenevelt, Community & Economic Development Director, AICP
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 7/11/19
Re: Monthly Department Report – June 2019
Housing:
McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA) is advertising a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Local Housing development for the parcel owned on Davis Ave in July. There was Joint Work Session
with the Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) and Council on June 27 on potential code updates for local housing. Consultant and staff are working on code changes.
Code Update:
Diane Kushlan, a planning consultant, is leading the Code Update process in 2019. The non-conforming code amendment was approved by the County Commissioner on June 24. The Airport code
was continued to the August 6 PZC meeting and is being finalize.
Civic Campus Planning:
Dennis Humphries, the consultant who is working on the library campus planning, held the third civic campus planning steering meeting in McCall June 13 to meet with the Civic Campus
Steering Committee and held a work session with the City Council that evening. The Council narrowed the two preferred concepts to one that will be used in the Final Master Plan report.
This will be presented at the July 11 Council meeting.
Urban Renewal:
A new timeline for McCall Renewal Advisory committee (MRA) for the new district has been developed and the goal is to get this completed before 2020. A Draft Plan is underway and the
draft FY2020 budget will be reviewed at MRA’s next meeting on July 16.
GIS:
Working with the Street Dept and Idaho Power on a street light inventory of city owned lights, helping to ensure that the city is getting billed correctly and that lights are getting
transitioned to LED. Continued work on the Historic Preservation Committee web application should be available on the Apple i-tunes store shortly. Field work for mapping is in full
swing, working with the streets and water
departments as well as contractors to ensure data quality and accurate utility locations. John Driessen, GIS Tech, resigned to take a GIS Analyst position with the City of Missoula.
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. Budget revenues have been met with 3 months left to go.
Planning:
A large mixed-use project is coming through planning and zoning with a mix of residential unit sizes and multiple commercial components. A second project to utilize the local housing
incentive program was just approved by Council with four deed restricted units. Applications are still coming in strong for summer with 8 applications on the August agenda. Planning
fees for third quarter are $42,350.
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.