RESPONSE TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS RE: JANUARY 14, 2025 AGENDA
Agenda Item 4. 24-907 Action on a Resolution Suspending Existing All-Electric Construction Requirements of the Reach Code and Request for Direction on Needed Amendments to the Reach Code and Climate Action Plan in Light of Recent Changes in Applicable Law.
Council Question:
Do we have any understanding if staff has consulted with our economic development committee or planning commission in regard to the suggested adoption of the single margin approach? Consultation of ‘people on the ground’ will be one of my priorities (go ethnographers!) but I want to be sure that this is the space to bring that question forward and understand if these are committees we would rely on for that expertise.
Staff Response :
The City Council has the sole authority over changing the City’s Reach Code; neither the Economic Development, Communications, and Marketing Committee (which has been on hiatus since September 2021), nor the Planning Commission have purview over review of the Reach Code.
Outreach will be conducted to the development community and stakeholders after Council has provided direction on the likely approach of the revisions to the Reach Code. This will provide stakeholders a more specific approach to react to as well as an opportunity to provide broader feedback on any changes. Feedback received from outreach will be provided back to the City Council and will inform the revisions to the Reach Code which will be brought back for adoption to City Council.