City officials reviewed strategies to activate downtown ground-floor spaces by identifying non-traditional target industries, such as small-scale manufacturing and childcare, that align with the city's comprehensive plan. They also analyzed recent building permit data, noting a significant decline in residential and commercial development that is exacerbating the local housing deficit due to high construction costs and limited state funding. To stimulate development and lower costs, the city is implementing regulatory changes that include expedited land-use reviews for projects under 200 units, the elimination of most parking requirements, and adjustments to tax exemption programs to incentivize affordable housing.
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City Center Redevelopment Authority · Mar 19, 2026 · 57:57–58:10 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: zoning comprehensive plan building permits affordable housing infrastructure density
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56:55 for permits that we've issued. - Thank you. - What's 2020 with that waterfront? - That, I believe, was we had two school bond measures that were approved, about a billion dollars of school renovations and new schools. I mean, that's not showing up at a billion, but I believe that's where that is coming from. - Moving into-- - I think '22 and '23 would be the ZoomInfo building, on the commercial side. - Yeah. - The bulk of that. - Exactly. - Right, and then I think the industrial was a lot of distribution center activity. - And HP. - And HP. - Yeah, then the market got saturated pretty quickly with warehouses and distribution centers that were being permitted, so that number fell off.
57:53 Okay, next slide. This is the residential building permits that were issued. You can see it's trending in the wrong direction. The production goal is about 2,500 to meet our population targets by 2045. We are, as this shows, 51% below the six-year historic average for number of units.
58:22 Some of this was due to the very low number of land use applications for residential projects that were submitted in 2024. So that trough in 2024 will sort of march forward and for at least a couple of years until we see those numbers improve. Couple things I wanted to mention here that, as I mentioned, the number of units received in 2025 was somewhat better than 2024, and those are still making their way, some of those are making their way through the permitting process. We had 760 compared to, let's see, 214 units were proposed in 2024.
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direct keyword 57:57–58:10 zoning, comprehensive plan, building permits, affordable housing, infrastructure, density
as a lot of distribution center activity. - And HP. - And HP. - Yeah, then the market got saturated pretty quickly with warehouses and distribution centers that were being permitted, so that number fell off. Okay, next slide. This is the residential building permits that were issued. You can see it's trending in the wrong direction. The production goal is about 2,500 to meet our population targets by 2045. We are, as this shows, 51% below the six-year historic average for number of units. Some o