DDA: No Character-District Zoning, Please
The board met at its usual location in the DDA offices, but this time it was recorded by three new wall-mounted video cameras. There's no schedule yet for the airing of the video material on CTN.
Downtown Development Authority board meeting (April 1, 2009): The board of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday and passed a resolution – with some dissent – recommending that city council eliminate the character districts from the A2D2 zoning proposal.
The board also authorized spending around $75,000 to help start a business district in the Main Street area – an idea mentioned in our report on the board’s December 2008 meeting.
Additional spending, totaling around $25,000, was authorized for bicycle parking – some of it on-street.
The board also heard a report from its ad hoc committee on the discussion of the parking agreement with the city of Ann Arbor. Initial indications are that there was clear (but not unanimous) sentiment on the committee against renegotiating the existing agreement, but for exploring other alternatives.
Accessibility was a theme that came up in the form of DDA meeting material as well as real-time parking data. [Full Story]
