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Fayetteville Unified Development Ordinance

Advisory Committee Meeting

09/01/09

Report: Angie Hedgepeth

Governmental Affairs Consultant FRAR/HBAF

Present: Jimmy Kizer, Butch Dunlap, Gordon Rose, Chuck Gore, Doug Peters, Mark Ledger, Jon Parson, Karl Legatski Others: John Gillis, Jackie Trinchitella, city staff

What Happened: Rob Anderson (Chief Development Officer) said the staff is currently testing module 3 of the UDO. He said he would like to have the ordinance ready for a city council presentation around the first of the year. It was discussed on how to proceed with digesting the information. A group decision was made to meet on the 1^st Tuesday @ 5:15 and the 3^rd Thursday @ 5:15. During these sessions the committee will break down the following articles in the ordinance.

From Section 30-5 DEVEOPMENT STANDARDS – Module 3

1^st meeting A. Off-Street Parking, Loading, and Circulation

2^nd meeting B. Landscaping and Tree Protection Standards

3^rd meeting C, D & E – Open Space Set-Asides, Fences & Walls, Exterior Lighting

4^th meeting F. Community Form Standards

5^th meeting G. Single-Family Design Standards plus 30-6 (Subdivisions)

6^th meeting H, I & K – Multi-Family Design Standards, Commercial, Office, and Mixed Use Design Standards & Transitional Standards

7^th meeting J, L & M – Large Retail Design Standards, Signage & Traffic Impact Analysis

What’s Next: Clarion & Associates (Consultants who wrote the UDO) will be in attendance at a special meeting with the Advisory Committee on September 14^th @ 11:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be for Clarion to receive feedback from the group on the UDO and to answer any questions they may have. Jimmy Kizer (Engineer) said he would like to know what is the driving force for this change and what are they using as their source of information. Everyone was in agreement that these questions should be the segway into the meeting.

What Was Said:

Rob Anderson – “We’ve all done a lot of work to get where we are today. Unfortunately it is going to take a lot more time to get through this kind of like Gallo...no wine before it’s time. We want there to be a sense of urgency still. Somewhere around the first of the year. My goal is to get to the end of this with 6 or 8 real things that you’ve got to have and 6 or 8 things we’ve got to have. You’re not going to get everything and we’re not going to get everything. Fair is fair.”

Marsha Bryant (City Planner) – “We’ve started case studies on Module 3 and we are lost.”