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Description
In the next two decades, Ames could increase by more than 15,000 residents. Being prepared for growth and expansion is the goal of Ames Plan 2040. Once approved by the Ames City Council, this proposed comprehensive plan for Ames would provide policy guidance addressing growth challenges and opportunities ahead.
The draft plan is available for review on the City’s website: www.CityOfAmes.org/AmesPlan2040 and includes a feedback form.
A
City
council
will
consider
formal
written
comment
later
in
october,
and
that's
what
we're
really
encouraging
people
to
do
is
to
take
a
look
at
the
plan
and
if
they
have
specific
issues
or
concerns
to
please
provide
those
to
us.
We've
been
taking
most
of
those
comments
to
the
aims
plan
2040
website,
which
is
hosted
on
cityofames.org.
A
So
if
any
time
anybody
has
a
question
they
want
to
insert
while
I'm
doing
a
presentation,
you
can
use
the
raise
your
hand
function
as
an
attendee.
I'll
see
that
I
think
on
the
side
of
my
screen
and
the
other
option
is,
there
is
a
question
and
answer
function
within
the
zoom
webinar
and
we
can
see
questions
there
and
we
can
circle
around
to
those
as
we
get
them
as
well.
A
So
comprehensive
plan
has
has
many
purposes
for
municipality.
You
can
address
a
lot
of
different
issues
for
a
community.
This
is
just
an
example
of
some
of
those
sample
issues
that
can
come
up.
It
really
helps
guide
a
lot
of
future
decision
making
it
isn't
about
making
decisions
for
today
it's
about
guiding
those
decisions
for
the
future
and
they
can
relate
to
economic
development
growth
patterns.
They
also
are
a
legal
document
that
helps
frame
our
decisions
for
the
future.
A
Comprehensive
plans
can
take
many
forms.
We
highlighted
some
of
these
issues
at
the
outset
of
our
planning
process
as
things
that
are
usually
of
concern
to
a
community
they're,
not
necessarily
necessarily
phrased
this
way
in
every
plan,
but
they're
often
addressed,
and
it
gives
you
a
little
bit
of
a
sample
of
what
people
are
generally
concerned
about
in
a
plan
and
some
of
the
things
to
keep
in
mind.
As
we
talk
about
our
plan.
A
What
is
a
comprehensive
plan?
Is
it's
quite
a
bit
different
than
the
more
precise
regulatory
things
that
we
do
at
the
city
for
development?
This
is
really
a
planning
exercise.
It
has
a
longer
planning
horizon,
typically
15
to
25
years,
it's
more
about
goals
and
policies
that
it
is
about
direct
requirements.
A
It
gives
that
great
framework
to
help
guide
future
decisions
they're
mostly
administered
through
the
city
council,
in
terms
of
making
decisions
that
would
affect
long-range
planning,
they
aren't
really
applied
at
the
day-to-day
level
by
staff.
What
staff
is
typically
working
with
are
ordinances
that
have
details
based
on
the
comprehensive
plans
you
may
have
heard
of
a
zoning
ordinance
or
subdivision
ordinance
or
a
building
code.
A
A
city
council
decided
almost
four
years
ago
to
look
at
updating
or
replacing
that
plan,
and
the
reason
for
that
is:
we've
really
just
outgrown
the
plan.
It
had
a
population
projection
of
just
under
60
000
people
we're
well
over
66
000
at
this
point
and
we're
looking
at
a
new
horizon
for
the
planning
period.
So
it's
really
time
to
start
doing
a
new
plan
and
look
at
aims
going
further
out
into
the
future
than
what
1997
planning
had
been
able
to
look
at.
A
So
we
start
off
with
trying
to
envision
aims
and
we
had
a
lot
of
opportunities
at
the
initial
outside
of
this
process
for
people
to
give
us
ideas,
we
weren't
asking
people
to
respond
to
our
specific
requests,
we're
asking
what
did
people
envision?
What
do
you
want
in
a
community?
How
do
you
want
to
look
at
the
planning
efforts
of
the
city
going
forward?
Tell
us
how
things
have
been
in
the
community.
A
We
did
that
through
two
in-person
community
advertised
events,
we
had
an
online
survey
tool
to
let
people
provide
feedback
if
they
were
unable
to
attend
the
meetings,
and
we
also
had
some
focus
groups
that
we
had
organized
to
deal
with
specific
issues
related
to
maybe
housing
or
to
development,
environmental
issues
just
different
kinds
of
groups.
That
may
have
a
specific
issue
that
they
wanted
to
have
some
input
on
in
in
the
initial
process.
A
Some
of
those
initial
thoughts
before
we
got
really
into
the
details
were
really
boiled
down
to
what
we
call
the
big
picture
thoughts.
This
is
how
rdg
described
this
to
the
city
council.
People
were
interested
in
a
city
with
variety
transportation,
equality,
a
vibrant
and
balanced
market,
meaning
looking
at
at
the
growth
options
for
the
city,
not
just
saying
we're
good,
as
we
are
really
not
saying,
the
status
quo
is,
is
what
we're
looking
for
embracing
environmental
aspects
of
of
the
community
and
planning
for
the
environment.
A
Some
other
comments
are
about
be
bold,
be
unique,
make
us
interesting
in
a
creative
community
and
then
to
think
about
the
character
at
all
scales,
meaning.
How
does
it
work
not
just
on
a
big
picture
level
of
the
city
and
how
it
how
it
looks
and
feels?
But
how
do
you
make
quality
places
at
a
at
a
building
scale
on
a
block
scale,
as
well
as
at
a
neighborhood
scale?.
A
From
those
basic
general
themes
we
decided
here
are
some
of
the
topics
that
we
needed
to
work
on
in
the
plan.
This
is
before
we
started.
Writing
any
of
the
draft
policies
or
goals
for
the
city.
We
in
essence
decided
these
were
the
topics
that
needed
to
be
addressed
for
the
city.
The
number
one
issue
was
expansion.
We
have
a
limited
amount
of
vacant
land
in
the
city
at
this
time
and
same
as
when
we
started
the
process
so
where
we
would
grow.
Next
was
one
of
the
most
critical
issues
to
the
city
council.
A
So
from
that
initial
input,
city
council
had
multiple
workshops.
They
had
11
workshops
to
talk
about
how
to
draft
the
plan.
What
goes
into
the
projections,
how
to
evaluate
growth
scenarios
and
then
to
look
about
look
at
how
these
things
will
come
together
as
chapters
within
a
plan
and
how
will
they
integrate
to
make
sure
it's
a
comprehensive
plan?
All
of
these
meetings
were
held
with
the
city
council
in
the
council.
Chambers
is
public
meetings
and
broadcast
on
channel
12
and
later
in,
because
of
covet
also
broadcast
is
as
part
of
a
zoom
meeting.
A
At
the
end
of
this
process,
we
kind
of
decided
we
had
some
unifying
themes.
These
are
the
kind
of
details
in
the
plan
that
seem
to
be
cross-cutting
and
of
value
across
all
of
the
chapters
they
aren't
just
chapters
in
and
of
themselves,
but
really
reflect
the
nature
of
the
plan
when
you
think
of
it
on
the
as
a
whole
document.
A
When
we
first
started
out,
we
had
to
decide
what
are
we
planning
for,
and
we
looked
at
a
lot
of
the
the
growth
trajectories
of
the
city.
How
had
the
old
plan
looked
at
this?
What
were
we
looking
at
as
a
community
in
terms
of
of
need
for
the
community,
and
what
we
settled
on
was
a
one
and
a
half
percent
growth
rate
really
based
on
the
non-student
population
of
the
community.
A
Students
that
that
live
here
are
obviously
included
in
our
population
estimates,
but
they're
kind
of
a
a
group
that
doesn't
evolve
and
age,
obviously
the
same
as
as
the
permanent
residents
of
the
community.
So
we
have
a
static
population,
essentially
between
18
and
25.
That's,
that's
almost
always
a
component
of
the
community,
so
we
needed
to
look
at.
A
You
know
isu
enrollment
changes.
One
of
the
factors
that
goes
into
this
is
that
isu
enrollment
doesn't
mean
that
every
student
that
they
have
enrolled
lives
in
ames
in
general.
We
assume
15
to
20
percent
of
the
enrollment,
doesn't
live
in
ames.
That
was
pre-coveted.
We
don't
have
any
different
statistics
at
this
point
in
time.
So
that's
a
good
sense
of
the
community.
As
we've
grown
in
total
population,
our
proportion
of
students
in
the
community
is
less
than
50
percent.
A
A
A
So
when
you
look
at
a
map,
that's
shown
on
this
screen,
that's
evaluating
over
60
000
people
being
added
to
the
city,
which
is
well
beyond
the
fifteen
thousand
person
projection.
So,
ultimately,
after
doing
this
exercise,
we
were
able
to
break
this
down
into
smaller
pieces
that
we
called
tears
and
the
tears
are
really
our
ability
to
think
about
this
in
smaller
chunks
of
growth
more
in
a
five
to
ten
year
time
horizons.
A
So
the
city
council
selected
what
I
would
term
as
these
priority
areas
for
us.
Ultimately,
what
they
chose
was
a
little
bit
of
growth
in
all
four
of
these
main
directions.
You
can
see
the
outlined
blue
areas,
they're
referred
to
as
tier
one
and
those
are
the
most
readily
developable
areas,
meaning
they're
they're,
the
easiest
to
extend
services
to
in
a
relatively
efficient
in
a
manner,
and
then
we
had
tier
two,
which
is
green
and
tier.
A
A
A
So
a
comprehensive
plan
just
is
not
about
what's
the
land
use
map
and
where
are
we
going
to
grow
so
after
we
have
figured
out
our
growth
patterns
and
our
targets,
we
need
to
understand:
how
does
that
really
become
a
community?
What
are
our
goals
for
our
vision
for
the
community,
our
city,
our
neighborhoods,
all
of
the
aspects
of
living
on
a
day-to-day
basis?
That's,
what's
really
going
to
make
this
a
comprehensive
plan,
rather
than
just
a
land
use
planning
exercise.
A
A
Our
land
use
some
of
our
backbone
infrastructure
that
we
have,
but
then
we
move
into
the
six
chapters
that
talk
about
our
aspirational
vision
and
goals
for
the
community,
that's
where
we
have
land
use
and
growth,
environment,
mobility,
parks,
trails
and
greenways,
neighborhoods
housing
and
sub-areas,
as
well
as
community
characters.
Our
final
chapter.
A
A
You
do
have
to
look
at
the
plan
and
read
some
of
the
policies,
but
I
hope
tonight
I
can
give
you
a
sense
of
what
the
elements
are
about
and
if
you
have
questions
and
you
like
to
understand
what
may
be
in
the
plan
or
how
we
could
address
a
concern,
we
can
talk
about
that
in
the
questions.
At
the
end.
A
It's
the
the
chapter
that
talks
about
land
use
designations
and
the
land
use
map
which
which
again
many
people
think
of
the
comprehensive
plan
as
a
land
use
map,
there's
more
to
it
than
that.
But
this
is
the
chapter
that
embodies
that
land
use
planning
effort
and
the
policies
shaping
how
our
residential
patterns
work.
Our
densities
of
development
work,
where
our
economic
growth
is
going
to
be
in
the
city.
A
So
in
general,
this
chapter's
gonna
again
address
much
of
what
what
I
just
stated.
It
does
give
a
history
of
the
scenarios
and
tears
a
lot
of
that
is
meant
to
be
educational
to
the
public.
If
you
hadn't
been
involved
two
years
ago
and
how
we
got
there,
you
can
get
a
good
sense
of
what
went
into
that
planning
exercise
and
that'll
be
helpful
to
the
future
as
well.
A
So,
with
the
growth
section
of
this
element,
which
is
really
the
first
part
of
the
chapter,
it
talks
about
how
we,
how
we
really
kind
of
put
the
framework
together
for
growth
and
focuses
on
in
general,
not
just
how
the
land
use
map
again
comes
together,
but
that
we're
supporting
different
options
for
growth
in
the
community.
And
this
is
where
we
start
to
emphasize
that
character,
counts
and
compatibility
and
context
count.
A
So
efficiency
and
just
producing
housing
or
just
producing
buildings
in
the
community
is
not
really
going
to
achieve
the
overall
vision
for
the
community.
And
this
is
where
our
growth
policies
are
trying
to
tie
together
our
our
principles
from
the
other
chapters
that
are
there
to
provide
more
more
support
for
the
com
for
the
community.
Overall,
whether
it's
for
character
for
the
variety
of
housing
and
development
that
we
need,
whether
it's
an
environmental
issue
or
whether
it's
a
health
parks,
recreation
type
of
issue.
A
This
is
where
we're
we're
tying
together
as
clearly
as
we
can,
the
relationship
of
transportation
and
land
use.
That's
one
of
those,
those
key
relationships
that
that
need
to
be
considered
if
we're
going
to
make
a
quality
place
and
have
a
sense
of
place
in
our
community
for
new
neighborhoods
and
the
reinvestment
we
expect
in
some
of
our
existing
areas
of
the
city.
A
This
is
also
where
we're
going
to
underscore
that,
although
this
plan
has
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
it,
meaning
that
it
gives
a
policy
framework
for
the
council
to
not
only
just
consider
how
growth
happens
on
the
edge
of
the
cities,
but
to
think
about
how
new
areas
may
or
existing
areas
may
evolve
in
the
city
over
the
next
20
years.
This
isn't
a
plan
that
locks
in
everything
as
it
is.
A
It
tries
to
identify
potential
needs
of
the
community
and
say
there
may
be
at
times
options
where
infill
and
redevelopment
are
a
better
choice,
or
at
least
an
agreeable
choice
to
us
that
can
match
that
of
just
expanding
the
city.
And
here's
where
we
talk
about
densities.
Different
types
of
housing
needs
in
the
community.
A
The
land
use
map,
which
is
also
housed
in
this
chapter,
and
I'm
going
to
have
this
up
for
a
second
here
as
we
go
forward.
I
don't
expect
to
be
able
to
read
this,
but
this
this
is
als.
This
is
the
map
that
does
lead
to
these
future
patterns
across
the
community,
and
this
this
land
use
map
is
quite
a
bit
different
than
our
current
way
of
mapping
the
land
use
in
the
community.
A
So
these
land
use
designations
are
trying
to
reflect
that
character
so
that
when
we
talk
about
future
changes
in
those
areas,
there's
already
a
baseline
of
what
is
the
character
of
an
area
and
the
mapping
is
there
to
describe
both
the
use
and
the
character
at
the
same
time,
which
helps
feeds
into
those
future
decision.
Making
processes.
A
A
If
it's
a
busy
road,
that's
in
a
residential
area,
it
should
look
and
feel
a
little
bit
different
than
if
it's
a
large
arterial
street,
that's
going
through
a
commercial
area.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
fill
in
our
neighborhoods?
With
streets
that
support
the
character
of
the
area
rather
than
just
thinking
of
a
street
as
a
transportation
route
through
the
community,
so
the
land
use
chapter
is:
is
consistently
looking
at
the
complete
streets
plan
to
get
guidance
on
the
nature
of
the
street
and
how
we
can
have
buildings.
A
And
people
relate
to
that
transportation
facility
in
in
the
design.
It
also
supports
improving
pedestrian
and
bicycle
pedes
and
bicycle
bicyclists
ability
to
tran
to
travel
across
the
community
and
to
think
not
just
about
vehicles
and
cars
when
designing
the
roads,
but
think
about
other
ways
that
you
move
through
the
city
and
neighborhoods.
A
And
at
the
end
of
the
chapter
is
where
we
start
to
talk
about
how
the
city
grows,
what
are
our
policies
for
for
thinking
about
annexation
and
future
expansion
of
the
city
and
and
again?
How
do
we
interface
with
that
that
rural
area,
that's
right
on
the
fringe
of
the
city,
we
currently
have
a
cooperative
plan
with
story
county
called
the
ames
ames
urban
fringe
plan,
which
we
have
a
joint
jurisdictional
agreement
with.
A
A
After
land
use
and
growth,
we
talk
about
the
environment.
Ames
has
had
a
long
history
of
environmental
stewardship
through
many
of
its
partnerships.
It
has
throughout
the
county
as
well
as
initiatives
we
take
within
the
city
to
to
make
ecological
improvements
to
our
community
and
preserve
areas
of
ecological
and
biological
value,
as
well.
A
So
within
the
environment
chapter.
We're
really
talking
about
constraints
that
affect
how
development
can
be
done.
Where
are
the
issues
that
would
likely
need
to
be
mitigated,
or,
in
some
cases,
just
outright
avoided
to
ensure
there's,
no
degradation
of
the
environment?
This
could
include
natural
features.
It
could
include
wildlife
or
habitat
that
may
exist
in
or
around
the
community
as
well
and
as
a
as
a
forward-looking
plan.
It
does
include
consideration
of
what
is
climate
action
planning
mean
for
the
city.
A
The
city
council
decided
during
this
process
that
the
climate
action
plan
we're
considering
climate
change
policies
were,
were
such
a
significant
issue
that
they
wanted
to
take
them
as
their
own
planning
effort.
So
the
city
this
fall
has
initiated
a
community-wide
climate
action
plan
process
to
really
consider
goals
for
greenhouse
gas
reductions
for
the
community
and
to
think
about
public
input
specifically
on
that
issue.
So
this
plan
does
not
set
climate
action
plan
goals.
It
has
placeholders
to
bring
decisions
from
the
future
climate
action
plan
back
into
the
plan.
A
But
those
are
those
aren't
forecasted
at
this
time.
So,
we'll
know,
probably
in
about
12
to
18
months,
is
the
expected
timeline
for
the
community-wide
climate
action
plan.
If
there
are
adjustments
that
need
to
come
into
this
plan,
we
do
expect
this
plan
to
be
adopted
before
that
climate
action
plan
is
done
now.
At
the
same
time,
the
climate
action
plan,
as
well
as
our
transportation
plans,
are
predicated
on
the
projections
of
plan
2040..
A
So
the
the
basis
for
all
of
our
evaluations
has
already
been
set
by
these
growth
projections
and
the
patterns
that
are
proposed
so
we'll
see
the
outcomes
in
transportation.
Modeling
we'll
see
the
outcomes
in
the
climate
action
plan.
Analysis
of
how
plan
2040
has
projected
this
the
community's
growth
into
the
future.
So
we
will
be
on
the
same
page
and
be
able
to
talk
consistently
about
topics
with
the
climate
action
plan.
A
A
This
map
here
on
the
rice
is
an
example
of
our
floodplain
management
areas
that
we
know
that
we
have
to
avoid
for
for
development
or
at
least
mitigate
potential
floodplain
issues
as
we
grow.
There's
a
number
of
other
issues
and
maps
that
are
included
in
this
chapter
that
help
inform
future
decision
making.
A
Parks,
trails
and
greenways:
this
chapter
is
commonly
known
as
a
parks
or
open
space
chapter,
and
it's
really
dealing
with
with
passive,
open
space
and
active
open
space.
So
the
city
manages
both
kinds
of
facilities.
We
have
preserved
areas
that
are
really
untouched.
It
might
just
have
trails
through
them
as
a
community,
if
you
think
of
mun
woods
in
the
west
side
of
town.
A
So
the
community
looks
at
we
look
at
our
needs
as
a
community
through
both
lenses
of
just
general
green
space,
as
well
as
the
recreation
needs
of
the
city,
and
we
really
want
to
prioritize
that.
We
see
as
a
community
that
our
wellness
is
not
just
physical
but
it's,
but
it's
that
social
well-being
and
being
able
to
visit
with
other
people
interact
with
other
people
as
well
as
those
physical
recreational
activities.
We
see
that
as
a
very
great
benefit
to
building
community,
so
this
chapter
talks
about
not
just
how
do
you?
A
How
do
you
plan
for
parks,
which
is
which
is
a
key
thing,
with
the
amount
of
growth
that
we're
talking
about?
We
will
need
to
add
park
facilities
as
we
grow.
We've
identified
needs
for
not
just
neighborhood
parks
that
go
with
new
development,
but
also
for
a
large
expansion
of
community
scale
parks
that
have
larger
land
areas
for
ball
diamonds
and
soccer
fields
and
whatever
other
needs
come
up
as
recreation
trends
change
across
change
into
the
future.
A
We
talk
really,
though,
about
how
to
think
of
the
park
system
as
well
again
about
how
we
supporting
social
well-being.
How
are
we
promoting
equity
of
access
and
opportunities
across
the
community?
So
we
don't
want
to
lose
track
of
of
the
people
that
still
are
in
existing
neighborhoods
about
how
we
need
to
again
not
leave
behind
what
we
have
and
focus
on
the
future,
but
think
about
investment
in
our
neighborhoods
and
existing
park
facilities
as
well.
A
We
do
still
want
to
continue
our
our
system
of
parks
planning,
where
we
think
of
it
as
a
hierarchy
of
of
community
and
regional
parks
that
are
large
neighborhood
parks
that
are
are
really
serving
a
half
mile
kind
of
radius.
So
that's
really
that
that
walking
distance
where
we're
thinking
a
neighborhood
has
a
10
to
15
minute
walkable
access
to
green
space,
and
it
also
looks
at
how
we
want
to
plan
for
enhancements
to
greenways
with
trails
and
thinking
about
expansion
of
off-street
trail
facilities
across
the
community.
A
As
I
said
in
the
growth
areas,
all
four
of
the
growth
areas,
even
the
north
growth
area,
which
abuts
a
to
hayden,
it
would
still
need
park
space
as
well,
as
we
add
people
to
those
areas
and
and
look
at
neighborhood
parks
in
those
areas
as
we
grow.
Even
though
you're
next
to
a
large
regional,
green
space.
A
It's
important
to
note
that
the
comprehensive
plan
sets
a
framework
and
helps
us
guide
that
physical
planning
for
parks,
but
the
parks
and
recreation
department
for
the
city
also
has
what
they
call
a
parks
master
plan.
So
once
this
plan
is
adopted,
the
parks
and
recreation
department
will
dig
into
a
greater
amount
of
detail
about
the
specific
types
of
facilities
and
needs
in
the
community,
and
they
update
this
plan
every
five
to
ten
years.
To
think
about
the
recreational
aspects
and
the
programming
aspects
of
of
how
they
operate.
Our
parks.
A
A
So
here
is
a
bit
of
a
departure
in
how
we
think
of
transportation
planning
from
from
older
traditional
transportation
planning
efforts.
Many
older
transportation
systems
were
really
focused
on
the
engineering
side
of
it
and
thinking
about
the
vehicle
throughput
and
the
volume
of
traffic
that
that
is
able
to
be
accommodated
by
roadways.
A
Maybe
what
the
the
context
would
suggest
is
the
was
is
the
most
needed
improvement,
for
example.
This
would
be
how,
in
the
campustown
area,
we
did
a
corridor
study
to
understand
pedestrian
crossings
between
the
university
and
campus
town
to
the
south,
and
when
you
do
that
study,
there's
there's
20
000
cars
that
drive
on
lincoln
way,
but
you
also
have
thousands
upon
thousands
of
pedestrians
crossing
that
road.
That's
a
unique
context
that
doesn't
exist
in
other
parts
of
the
community.
A
So,
as
we
evaluated
the
the
study
we
kept
looking
back
at
well,
what's
the
context
and
what's
the
balance,
that's
needed
here
to
ensure
safety
and
convenience
for
both
the
pedestrians,
as
well
as
with
with
vehicles
traveling
through
that
area.
So
these
kinds
of
efforts
are
more
intentional
with
the
policies
that
you
see
in
the
mobility
element
and
we
think
that's
going
to
help
us
move
forward
that
towards
that
complete
street
principles
of
improving
transportation
across
the
community.
A
We
we
really
think
of
ourselves
as
an
integrated
community
of
neighborhoods,
with
a
lot
of
social
cohesion
and
networking
that
really
supports
people's
needs
across
the
community.
We
don't
think
of
ourselves
as
isolated
developments
and
isolated
subdivisions
we
think
of
ourselves
as
neighborhoods
within
a
community.
This
chapter
is
trying
to
address
address
those
projected
housing
needs
and
neighborhood
needs,
and
the
sub-area
component
deals
with
future
planning
efforts
that
will
be
addressing
some
of
the
redevelopment
options
in
the
city
and
areas
that
need
more
planning
to
really
realize
housing
or
growth
goals
for
those
areas.
A
So
this
chapter
has
a
lot
of
background
information
talking
about
the
housing
conditions
of
the
city
and
the
affordability
levels
within
the
city.
If
there's,
if
there
was
one
theme
that
probably
came
out
the
most
consistently
over
the
life
of
the
plan,
preparation
is
just
the
need
for
more
housing
opportunities
in
the
city,
whether
it
was
for
low
income
or
market
rate
housing.
It
was
pretty
clear
that
the
generally
people
wanted
to
see
more
housing
built
in
the
city.
A
The
data
here
is
a
little
bit
dated
back
to
2017
census
data
when
we
first
kind
of
started
putting
all
this
together,
but
relatively
the
the
nature
of
the
data.
The
specifics
have
changed,
but
the
relative
nature
of
it
hasn't
really
changed
in
the
last
three
years
and
what
what
we
have
in
our
projections
is
really
the
need
to
add
about
6
000,
just
over
6
000
housing
units
over
the
next
20
years.
That
means
adding,
on
an
annual
basis,
almost
300
housing
units
a
year
some
years.
A
A
We
would
like
to
get
a
little
more
balanced
approach
towards
that.
There's,
a
lot
of
reasons
why
how
multi-family
housing
was
built
at
a
much
rap,
much
more
rapid
pace
in
ames
over
the
past
15
years
in
many
places,
there's
national
trends
that
support
multi-family
housing
since
the
recession
as
a
preferred
choice
and
then
clearly
we
had
the
boom
in
student
housing
about
five
years
ago
that
really
pressured
our
our
housing
needs
and
added
a
large
amount
of
apartments
to
the
city
so
going
forward.
A
We
would
prefer
to
see-
and
our
land
use
planning
includes
this
more
of
a
priority
or
a
preference
for
for
ownership,
housing
options
over
rental
housing
options,
and
that
could
be
in
any
kind
of
building
format.
It
doesn't
necessarily
mean
a
large
lot
single
family
home,
but
it
does
mean
we
prefer
to
see
a
better
mix
or
balance
in
terms
of
the
housing
production
going
forward.
A
So
we
will
be
supporting
and
our
growth
areas
really
a
wider
array
of
housing
choices
to
to
try
and
meet
new
market
demand,
whether
that's
for
attached
housing
or
small
lot
housing
mixed
use,
housing
all
of
those
things
that
may
be
desirable.
We
want
to
support
in
our
growth
areas
and
then
in
our
existing
neighborhoods.
There
may
be
opportunities
for
some
of
those
things
to
happen
as
well,
but
this
this
chapter
says
we
need
to
evaluate
that
on
a
little
bit
more
fine
grain
than
we
could
as
as
a
20-year
plan.
A
But
with
that
said,
we
also
identified
that
there
are
infill
opportunities
and
we
labeled
those
as
redirection
areas.
These
are
areas
where
we
think
infill
or
intensification
of
use
would
be
a
good
thing
for
the
community
to
reach
some
of
our
housing
or
our
economic
development
goals.
Many
of
these
areas
that
would
need
a
more
specific
planning
effort
to
address
how
they
would
really
work
in
the
neighborhood
and
how
they
would
really
connect
to
the
other
neighborhoods
around
them.
A
Some
examples
of
of
these
kind
of
planning
efforts
would
be
the
lincoln
way
corridor
plan
that
we
adopted
about
four
years
ago.
There's
an
older
plan
called
the
south
lincoln
mixed
use
plan.
That's
a
plan
that
we
would
probably
revisit
in
the
future,
and
maybe
other
areas
around
campus
town
that
were
studied
previously
also
as
areas
that
would
get
studied
for
for
more
more
refined
planning
efforts.
A
A
So
the
chapter
does
talk
about
beautification
and
gateways
place,
making
some
of
those
things
you
would
just
normally
think
of
as
community
character,
components
that
we
think
can
be
improved
over
time.
But,
as
I
know
it
in
that
final
bullet,
it
also
talks
about
the
value
of
our
historic
areas,
our
public
art
commitments
and
other
community
involvement
goals
that
we
have
as
a
community.
So
this
this
chapter
is
all
encompassing
about
physical
environments
as
well
as
social
aspects
of
of
community
building.
A
Maybe
a
little
bit
different
than
the
residents
do
and
thinking
about
our
identity
and
image
is
a
valuable
thing
here
to
identify
where
gateways
and
corridors
can
really
contribute
to
a
positive
image
of
the
city
and
really
help
the
convenience
at
times
of
visitors
as
well.
We
we
look
at
how
we
can
preserve
our
historic
areas.
We
want
to
support
that
as
heritage
as
community
heritage
as
well,
and
really
think
about
adding
possible
design
characteristics
and
design
requirements
to
make
sure
that
new
development
is
again.
A
at
this
point-
that
is,
is
really
that
overview
and-
and
we
really
were
prepared
to
take
questions
from
any
of
the
attendees
again.
If
you
raise
your
hand,
you
can
I'll
unmute
you
and
let
you
have
a
chance
to
speak.
If
you
want
again,
if
you
want
to
type
in
questions,
that's
another
option
for
you
for
anybody
else.
That's
that's
just
looking
at
this
as
an
introduction,
another
chance
to
visit
with
us
as
staff
in
person.
This
time
is
on
monday.
We
have
an
event
at
the
library
as
a
drop-in,
open
house.
A
A
So
with
that,
I
turn
it
back
to
our
our
guests
and
if
anybody
is
interested
in
in
a
question,
if
you
have
the
plan
with
you
and
you
want
to
talk
about
a
specific
page,
my
plan
is
right.
Next
to
me,
we
can
do
that.
If
there's
something
in
the
presentation,
you
want
to
go
back
to
I'm
happy
to
do
that
as
well.
A
A
So
when
you
click
on
that
link,
it's
going
to
take
you
to
do
you
see
assume
you
see
my
web
page
right
now
correct.
Okay,
it's
going
to
take
you
to
this
page
and
then
you
have
to
to
click
on
either
this
public
draft
link
or
aims
plan
2040.,
and
it's
going
to
take
you
to
one
more
page
where,
where
all
the
pdf
documents
are
and
you
can
download
the
maps,
you
can
download
the
whole
plan.
A
A
If
you
wanted
to
submit
a
letter
to
staff
or
you
just
you
want
to
submit
an
image
or
do
something
that
doesn't
feel
like
it
fits
in
that
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