Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 05/19/2015

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Community Development Director Gladhill stated that two tools used in addition to the Strategic Plan for financial planning are the Capital Improvement Program and the annual budget. Planning starts with Strategic plan, then the CIP and is funded by the annual budget. The CIP is a planning document. Board Member Bentz asked about the City saying there is too much park property and looking at ways to sell it off. City Planner Anderson stated that the City did complete an inventory of city -owned land and identified land as not serving a purpose to be marketed for sale. Board Member Bentz asked about a requirement for set aside for development purposes. City Planner Anderson responded that there is a park dedication requirement that can be satisfied with land or cash or a combination of both. The general policy is to satisfy it with cash. Community Development Director Gladhill stated that City Planner Anderson's statement was correct that it is cash in lieu of land. It has to meet the master park and trail plan. He suggested looking at the term "cluster ordinances" and refining it or getting it out of the Comprehensive Plan. He explained the cluster concept. Commissioner Brauer stated that in the past, there was a misunderstanding between clustering as a strategy for developing green space and clustering as a way of cramming a lot of houses together that was never resolved. Board Member Bentz stated that a lot of people looked at it as poverty neighborhoods. Community Development Director Gladhill stated that this issue warrants some future refinement and strategy. Commission and Board Members agreed. Commissioner Brauer stated that it was ambiguous at the time and it hasn't gotten any less ambiguous. Board Member Bentz asked if there was a moratorium. Community Development Director Gladhill stated that the ordinance was repealed. The only tool that can be used is a planned unit development. Commissioner Brauer stated that he liked Board Member Valentine' s point about sustainability and that that value wasn't stressed enough in the last plan. He thinks it is crucial now to community survival. Board Member Valentine agreed with Commissioner Brauer and stated that there are plenty of people that think it is a dirty word. Commissioner Brauer spoke about the need for a discussion on what do we mean by it and how do we plan on doing about it. He talked about reviving the Andover ordinance model. He talked Environmental Policy Board / April 20, 2015 Page 7 of 11