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Memorandum Date: August 23, 2024 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Mark Statz, PE – City Administrator/Engineer Subject:Downtown Master Plan Logistics At the City Council’s last meeting, a public hearing was held on whetheror not to institute a moratorium on Planned Unit Developments in the M-1 and M-2 Zoning Districts as suggested by the Planning and Zoning Commission. In short, this would have paused all development in downtown for a period of up to a year. The purpose of the proposed moratorium was to study the guiding documents related to downtown redevelopment, including the: Downtown Master Plan and Development Guidelines, Comprehensive Plan, City Code. The purpose of the study would be to clear up existing discrepancies on issues such as density, building height, number of allowed building stories, parking, architecture and the like. Additionally, the planning commission recognized that the public has expressed interest in revisiting the feasibility of downtown redevelopment as it is presented in the Downtown Master Plan. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council voted 3-2 in favor of the following motion, which did not include a moratorium. Resolution: WHEREAS, the community concern of malalignment of documents is supported by the City Council who also feels that there is a malalignment of documents that are guiding decisions, and WHEREAS, the council declined to vote for a partial or complete moratorium, today, NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Centerville expresses to the community that they are completely committed to investigating, engaging, and supporting a community-involved and professionally supported pathway to realigned documents and goals.