Downtown Voices Coalition Steering Committee Meeting, April 14

Join us for the next Downtown Voices Coalition Steering Committee meeting on Saturday, April 14, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Roosevelt Commons Clubhouse, 825 N. 6th Avenue.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS (Tim Eigo)

1. Nominating Committee for officer elections at May meeting

DEVELOPMENT MATTERS

1. Las Palmas Inn Adaptive Reuse Project (Gene Kornota, Rebel Hospitality)
2. American Legion Post #1 (read Bob Graham’s blog post)
3. Golden Rule Tattoo request for Text Amendment
4. ASU Biomedical Campus Master Plan Update
5. Knipe House grant request (4/14 HP Commission Meeting)
6. Unsolicited Development Proposal (Hines proposal)
7. Renaissance Square Signage/lighting (and elsewhere?)
8. South Central Light Rail Extension (4/26 Public Meeting)
9. Phoenix Country Club parking lot swap for 15-story condo (4/19 Whitton Neighborhood meeting)

ISSUES & ADVOCACY 

1. City
   1. Budget Hearings
   2. Downtown Community Reinvestment Fund
   3. Complete Streets Design Guidelines
   4. Tree and Shade Master Plan
   5. Street Pavement Cut Policy
   6. FAA Flight Path Changes
   7. Homelessness

1. State Legislature (Ryan Boyd)
   1. SB1387 –home-based businesses
   2. SB1014 – partial fix for problem of calling for a 3/4th Council vote on a rezoning issue
   3. SB1147 – allowing counties to call for an excise tax vote for transportation
   4. SB1465 – regulating sober living homes
   5. HB2126 – tightening future language on slum and blight for GPLETs
   6. HB2371 – food truck licensing statewide

UPCOMING COMMUNITY/CIVIC EVENTS

1. 2018 Mayor’s Arts Awards, nominations due May 4
2. ArtPrize Phoenix Pitch Night Competition, artist submissions due May 4
3. Pinewood Classic and Pinewood Classic Jr., Short Leash Hot Dogs, April 21
4. CultivEAT, Growhouse at the Knipe House, April 28
5. Urban Wine & Jazz Walk, various downtown locations, May 12
6. ArtPrize Artist Pitch Night, FOUND:RE Hotel, May 22
7. Other

(Note: For downtown events and activities, visit Phoenix Urban Guide and Downtown Phoenix Inc.’s Events Calendar. For a list of community, neighborhood, and city hall meetings, visit Downtown Voices Coalition’s Downtown Phoenix Advocacy Calendar.)

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