HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-24-25 Public Comment - P. McGown - Please consider Midtown's UDC recommendations!From:Patty McGown
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Please consider Midtown"s UDC recommendations!
Date:Sunday, November 23, 2025 11:43:54 AM
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Dear Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Commissioners,
This feels like it’s been happening for way too long. The feeling that I’m screaming my hands off and being ignored
and yet expected to pay my assessment fees and even to be grateful for not being heard. Sounds bad? Yeah feels
awful really.
But let’s be real here! The Midtown neighborhood deserves your attention. Their recommendations on the UDC
update are and have been reasonable since the beginning of this process, and must be considered.
Please view their comment submitted November 18th, 2025, by their Neighborhood Association president, Emily
Talago, on behalf of the steering committee.
They make a substantial case for the following recommendations:
Zone Map Changes:
● Centennial and BonTon as requested
● Re-zone N. 7th URD/B2-M from Main to at least Peach (possibly Tamarack) as B1
○ Or a Midtown version of B3-C
● Re-zone residential East/West of N 7th to RA/RB, incremental to current built
● Restrict B-3 to halo around Main Street: Mendenhall, Babcock
Draft Text Changes:
● Table 38.420.020-1. Increase 12 unit/acre maximums to 60
● 38.530.020.L. Edit snow removal storage area- increase minimum percentage from 15 to
50% unless haul off contract is filed with the city
● 38.400.060.B.3. Edit Mitigation of Transportation Impacts to maintain min LOS C, and
strike a.(1-3.) exceptions
● 38.530.040.A.1.a Strike Midtown Urban Renewal District from list of exempt from parking
requirements
To quote their submission letter,
"Neighborhood concerns are not obstacles; they are data, and they should (must) guide you."
Thank you,
Patty McGown