<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><table role="presentation" id="gmail-m_-6243459969076051127composerContent" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:inherit;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" id="gmail-m_-6243459969076051127area5" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td width="580" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:10px 0px 0px;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" width="580" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:10px;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px"><h2 style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(113,26,30);background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="background-color:transparent">Applicant-Sponsored Neighborhood Meetings</span></span></h2><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><br></p><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px"><br><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><strong>Simplifying Code for Affordable Development (SCAD) Text Amendment (TC2200001) Open Call Meeting – August 30, 2022 </strong></span><br>Anthony Property Group and Habitat for Humanity are conducting an in-person public meeting to discuss their proposal for a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Their text amendment seeks to simplify the UDO to allow for more affordable development to be built in Durham. (Note: This is proposal was developed and submitted by a group of practitioners from the private field that does not include Durham City-County staff.)<br> <br><strong>Date</strong>: Tuesday, August 30^th<br><strong>Location</strong>: 1305 W Club Blvd., Durham, NC  27705 (go in through main entrance on W Club)<br><strong>Time</strong>: 7:00 pm<br> <br>Those who would like to attend that will need childcare or Spanish translation services, please email <a href="mailto:dave.olverson@tndpartners.com" target="_blank">dave.olverson@tndpartners.com</a>.<br><br><br><strong>Please Note:</strong> The information found under this section of <strong>Applicant Sponsored Meetings</strong><span style="background-color:transparent"> is provided only as an additional form of notice and is not a requirement of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The Planning Department shares meeting information provided by applicants as a courtesy only.  As such, if a meeting is not listed here due to an oversight on the part of the applicant or the Planning Department, the meeting can still be held as long as all UDO mailed notice requirements were met per UDO Section 3.2.3, </span><a href="https://durham.municipal.codes/UDO/3.2.3" target="_blank">https://durham.municipal.codes/UDO/3.2.3</a>.<br><br><br><br></p><h2 style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(113,26,30);background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">Amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)</span></h2><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px"><br></p><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">There are two pending text amendments to the UDO that are still in process and that have not yet been scheduled for Planning Commission or Governing Body review at this time, they are listed below:</p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><strong>Planning Commission-Initiated Text Amendment</strong> is centered around the ways in which development can connect people: connections between streets, people, bicycles, and other forms of mobility </li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><strong>Privately-Initiated Text Amendment </strong>is centered around simplifying the ordinance to allow for more affordable development to be built in Durham. This was developed and submitted by a group of practitioners from the private field that does not include staff.  </li></ul><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">If you are interested in potential amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, or would like to comment on upcoming amendments, you can find more information at <a href="https://durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement/land-use-home/" target="_blank">durham.mysocialpinpoint.com/growthmanagement/land-use-home/</a> .<br><br></p></div></td><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;width:0px;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" id="gmail-m_-6243459969076051127area6" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td width="580" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:10px 0px 0px;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" width="580" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px 10px 10px;border-collapse:collapse"><div><div style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.engagedurham.com/" target="_blank"><img vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="500" height="127" src="https://www.durhamnc.gov/Areas/CivicSend/Assets/Uploads/3098/5aa02aa7b06647c485d85467c113f198_optimized.jpg" alt="Engage Durham" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 500px; max-width: 100%; clear: both; display: block; margin: 0px auto; height: 127px;"></a></div></div></td><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;width:0px;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" id="gmail-m_-6243459969076051127area7" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td width="580" align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:10px 0px 0px;border-collapse:collapse"><table role="presentation" width="580" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;width:580px;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><tbody><tr align="left" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;vertical-align:top;line-height:14pt;font-size:10pt;padding:10px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px"><h2 style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(113,26,30);background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">Durham’s New Comprehensive Plan Update</h2><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">Durham is working on a new Comprehensive Plan, a long-range vision for our community! The Comprehensive Plan decides what can be built where in Durham. <br><br></p><h3 style="font-size:14px;background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><strong>Thank you for your input on draft Comprehensive Plan policies!</strong></h3><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">The first engagement on draft policies that ran from late April through the end of June is now closed. Thank you to all the residents and staff who helped draft these policies, engaged residents on these drafts, and provided input on how to improve the draft policies!  Over the next couple months, staff will be reviewing all the input received and working to make the final draft policies better align with resident perspectives, priorities, and with the adopted Community Goals and Objectives. Staff will also be drafting an engagement summary that shares how we engaged and who we heard from. The engagement summary will be published along with a full de-identified version of all the input we received during this phase. <br><br></p><h3 style="font-size:14px;background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><strong>More input opportunities will be coming!</strong></h3><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px;text-align:justify">This recent engagement phase is not the end of opportunities for the community to review and provide feedback on the draft plan components. We will continue to take feedback and to incorporate feedback as we revise the draft policies this summer. In the fall we will release a draft of the full plan and will again seek feedback and incorporate revisions before the plan is brought to our elected officials for adoption. Residents will continue to have opportunities to review, ask questions, get answers, and provide comments up to and through the adoption process. We anticipate the adoption process will begin this winter (late 2022 or early 2023).<br><br></p><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px;margin:0px">If you have feedback or questions, please feel free to contact <a href="mailto:ENGAGEDurham@DurhamNC.gov" target="_blank">ENGAGEDurham@DurhamNC.gov</a> and please <a href="https://engagedurham.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=7335ed0e15514e8d755debd02&id=b63ff5f6cc" target="_blank">sign up for our mailing list</a> to ensure you receive future project updates!</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">be a kind human</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bonita Green</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>