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Show 7FM." Times Newspaper i Thursday, September 25, 2003 Page A7 CITY COUNCIL Continued from front page mayor and Will serve staggered stag-gered four-year terms. One City Council' member will be designated as a liaison. Mayor Washburn said the selection and approval of the commission members will be a "team effort on the part of the council." $ ' Orem ttSeident Julie Siebach, 624 South 400 East, asked how the public could become informed and have input with reference to the cultural cul-tural arts master plan. The mayor noted 4hat any specific land use proposals have prescribed pre-scribed public notification. Other means of communication with the public mentioned during dur-ing discussion"1 included the city's web site and the newsletter newslet-ter that is mailed with utility bills. Councilman Doug Forsyth stressed that all commission meetings are;0pen to the public as well. The council voted 7-0 to establish thetommission, but changed the wording in the ordinance by eliminating the word "facilities" from the following fol-lowing sentence: "The Cultural Arts Advisory Commission is Created to pursue pur-sue the development of cultural cul-tural arts facilities in the City of Orem." ,.. Acting in its role as the board of directors of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Orem, the council voted to authorize the preparation prepa-ration of a Draft Educational Housing Development Project Area Plan in response to a petition from the Parkway Crossing student housing project. Craig Peterson and Rob Jolley represented Parkway Crossing at "the meeting. At the beginning of the discussion, discus-sion, Washburn commended the representatives for how the project has been done "to this point". "I think it is what we hoped for," Washburn said. The first phase of the project proj-ect has been completed and houses 836 stadents. Peterson said! the first phase is "100 sold otft," and there is a "substantia"? waiting list" for the housing tulits. In addition, the leased retail space has been filled, with ' more possibilities "in the wings, waiting." The challenge, he said, is how to address the density issue. Without a parking structure, the housing development will be able to accommodate 3,000 students. With a 4,000-vehicle parking structure, estimated two years agoXd cost $14 million, mil-lion, the development could house 6,000 students. One of the purposes of establishing the student housing community with its urban village- design was to provide an appealing alternative alterna-tive to students, and prevent the proliferafton of rentals in the single family neighborhoods neighbor-hoods surrounding Utah Valley State College. The Parkway Crossing representatives said that without a pubiicprivate partnership, part-nership, the structure cannot be built. With a partnership, there is a "reasonable belief" the project can be done, but it will still take a "substantial investment"' by other investors. There is an estimated esti-mated shortfall of $4 million. Washburn, in his role as chairman of the RDA board, summarized that the action of the board, in v approving the petition, would Ibe to create a project definition and proposed budget. Then' taxing entities such as the school district, city, county, and special services districts dis-tricts would get together and determine to what degree they would (or would not) participate partici-pate in offsetting a portion of costs with tax increments. A public hearing would be held before the adoption of a final plan. If a plan were to be approved, taxes would again flow to the taxing entities once the debt was paid. In other f business, the council vot'd 4 unanimously, after an extended discussion, to send a pjiposed, site-specific Planned 'Development (PD) zone tfack to the Planning Commission. The Brooklyn Pp, or PD-24, was proposed fot'property at 717 East 1600- '.South. The Planning Commission had voted to recommend that the City Council deny the request for the PD zone and its application appli-cation to the property, but since then, applicants Chad Astle and Brady Duchere had worked on thanges to the original proposal that would be more restrictive to the developers ifl terms of density and other factors. Addressing the city staff's position on the matter, Steve Earl of the Legal Department said this concept of the PD zone does not fit in with the city's General Plan. Attached dwelling units are provided for in student housing, mixed use zones, or PRDs (planned residential developments). PRDs include single-family dwellings, twin homes, condominiums, condo-miniums, townhouses, zero lot line developments, and apartment developments. PRDs are restricted to eight units per acre, with limitations limita-tions on the height of build ings. To enact a PD zone that differs from that whole concept con-cept would require a review of the entire principle, he said. In making the motion to send the matter back to the Planning Commission, Councilmcmber Karen McCandless said the General Plan states that a PD zone should only be approved when other zoning laws cannot can-not be used or when an articulated artic-ulated need of the city must be met. Included in the motion were instructions to the commission to look at the issue of a PD versus a PRD for the site; lowering the proposed pro-posed density of 13.5 units per acre; incorporating a site plan if the PD zone is retained, or a development agreement if a PRD is used; and addressing the issue of traffic. McCandless expressed the belief that by working together, togeth-er, the applicants, the city, and the neighbors could "end up with a good product." Mayor Washburn drew applause from the audience during earlier deliberation when he stated that this area or neighborhood "has withstood with-stood a tremendous zoning density for a long, long time" and is "entitled to some consideration con-sideration from this council." He later said he had "sounded stern", but had done it intentionally inten-tionally so that "the finished product will come out a lot differently." In a separate item, the council coun-cil voted to amend the city's PRD ordinance. One of the main provisions was modifying the density requirement from eight dwelling units per acre to 16 units per acre for PRDs north of Center Street between 1-15 and 1200 West. PRDs in other areas of the city have a maximum density of eight dwelling units per acre. 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