This meeting was held in person at City Hall.
Council Member Disch was absent
Commissioner Abrons was absent
Commissioner Sauve resigned from the Planning Commission at the December 5, 2023 meeting (link)
APPROVED: Staff recommendations for amendments to chapter 55 of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to emphasize multimodal transit. Changes are proposed for “Transportation Impact Analyses Requirements and Review Criteria” (Sections 5.29.8 and 5.29.6), “Required Plan Information” (Section 5.29.8), and “Criteria for Review of a Traffic Impact Analysis” (Section 5.29.6.E). (Legistar)
- This item was postponed from the December 5, 2023 Planning Commission meeting. https://a2council.com/ann-arbor-city-planning-commission-december-5-2023/
- From the staff report: “An error in the notice for a public hearing to be held by the City Planning Commission on December 5, 2023 for amendments to the Unified Development Code related to transportation impact analyses was discovered after publishing and after a Planning Staff Report was prepared. The public hearing was held and closed while a correct notice was published for a new public hearing to be held on December 19, 2023. No changes to the proposed amendments have been made. Please refer to the December 5, 2023 Planning Staff Report including December 5, 2023 Draft Ordinance for a description, report and analysis of the proposed amendments.”
- Changes include updating references to the “2010 Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Transportation Impact Analyses for Site Development” to the “2023 Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Multimodal Transportation Impact Analyses for Site Development, or the latest revision thereof.”
- City Council adopted these amendments at second reading on May 6, 2024. https://a2council.com/ann-arbor-city-council-may-6-2024/
APPROVED: Site plan for a 16 story residential building at 333 E William Street from developer Core Spaces. The new building will have 202 units with 645 bedrooms, replacing the existing University of Michigan Credit Union building. (Legistar)
- Core Spaces, the developers of this project, held a public engagement meeting on April 10, 2023: https://a2council.com/333-e-william-core-spaces-public-engagement-meeting-april-10-2023/
- From the staff report (link), “This project was originally designed to utilize the premium floor area options provided in Section 5.18.6, which are eliminated by Ordinance ORD-23-32. As originally proposed, the project utilized the affordable residential unit premium, the green building LEED Gold Certification premium, and the pedestrian amenity premium. Without premiums, the project will be physically identical, but the developer has chosen to no longer include affordable housing units. The total amount of Floor Area remains as 230,126-sq feet or 881%.”
- The Planning Commission approved the removal of downtown premiums at their September 19, 2023 meeting: https://a2council.com/ann-arbor-city-planning-commission-september-19-2023/
- City Council approved the removal of downtown premiums at their December 4, 2023 meeting: https://a2council.com/ann-arbor-city-council-december-4-2023/
- https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/12/16-story-ann-arbor-high-rise-with-pool-terrace-to-rise-next-to-downtown-library.html
- City Council approved the development agreement, as amended, on February 20, 2024. https://a2council.com/ann-arbor-city-council-february-20-2024/
Legistar and Video Links
Legistar: https://a2gov.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1069335&GUID=62B864C3-4ABE-4EB3-909B-4BD5A1EACB5B
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ybfYjKmwyPA
CTN Video: https://ctnvideo.a2gov.org/CablecastPublicSite/show/9147
Meeting Length: 1h 52m