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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Topic Report: Urban Village Tours <br />By: James E. Norman, CityAdminiStrator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />In 2001, most City Councilmembers, staff, gnd community representatives attended a <br />tour of mixed use, transit oriented development in Chicago. Everyone in attendance <br />agreed that much was gained from the trip. <br /> <br /> Recently, there have been discussions of the possibility of touring other sites in other <br /> areas of the country, most notable areprojectg in the Phoenix, Arizona area, as well as in <br /> the Los Angeles, California area. Staff diScUSsed the matter with the City Council during <br /> a Work Session on March 15, :2005.1 The.Council directed staff to provide cost estimates <br /> for review before further consideration.. <br /> <br />. Attached to this topic repo. rt are costs by the i!adividual trips to Phoenix and Los Angeles. <br />Staff has also provided cost estimates for combining a trip to both Phoenix and Los <br />Angeles. <br /> <br />One other option mentioned during the March 15th Work Session is that those <br />Councilmembers interested gould attend a one day tour of an urban village in Easton, <br />Ohio. A one day trip could be accomplished for less than $100 per person. The <br />remaining option would be for staff to assemble a "virtual-tour" and plan an evening <br />around a description of different' Urban villages around the country. <br /> <br />Action Statement: <br /> <br />Based upon discussion. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />CCWS: 03/22/05 <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br /> <br />