CERC Update CRA Process to Date and Plan Development September18, 2014

CERC UpdateCRA Process to Date and Plan Development

September18, 2014

Review progress to date on CRA Discuss approach to: – Public Outreach– RFP / site selections

Meeting Outcomes

CAC Process to Date

• Create a vibrant mixed use area

• Create an extraordinary pedestrian environment

Guiding Principles

• CAC-led scenario development process

• “Green connections” and “Central Park”

Design Concepts

• Used scenarios to• quantify costs and benefits.

Benefits and Costs Analysis

• Determine public engagement process• Site selection• RFP process?

CRAPlan

Decisions to Date

Governance Boundary Properties of Interest Approach to Condemnation

Boundary

Approach to Condemnation

Before the City uses condemnation for any property or building, it will:

1. Meet the statutory definition of health and safety blight

2. Have been vacant and economically unproductive for a period of five years or longer

Properties of Interest

Reliable Steel Former Health Department Property Former Thurston County Housing

Authority Capitol Center Griswald’s (4th Avenue)

What Does Intervention Look Like Going Forward?

Public Engagement

Shared Vision

Shared Priorities for Investment

Tools (Public, Private)

Public and Private Investment

What is the process for engaging the broader public and communicating work done so far?

How would an RFP process work? What sites are to be included in the

plan? When should the plan be drafted?

Questions to resolve

Portland Seattle Boise

Eugene