At the September 29 Natural Features Protection (NFP) Review Board meeting, staff presented information on the NFP Phase 2 project including information on the mapping analysis, community input, and proposed updates to the NFP overlay map. The board decided to schedule a special meeting in October for further review of the map and text amendments to the ordinance. A recording of the 9/29 meeting is available at www.imaginekalamazoo.com/projects/nfp2
The special meeting of the NFP Review Board will be held on Tuesday, October 13 starting at 4:00 PM. Information on how to access this virtual meeting and leave public comment can be found here: www.kalamazoocity.org/notices. The board will review the latest draft of the NFP Overlay District, which was updated after the September 29th meeting to reflect recommendations from the public the board agreed should be included on the map. You can download a PDF copy of the map, use the interactive web map, and leave a comment here: www.imaginekalamazoo.com/projects/nfp2
(Note: the green solid color represents what the new NFP overlay district would look like in its entirety once adopted by City Commission; you can distinguish the current overlay district which is shown in orange/dotted parcels and the expansion areas proposed to be added are shown in pink/hatched lines).
The next steps for this project will be to:
Mail notice letters to all of the parcel owners being added to the overlay district
Hold a virtual townhall to provide background and answer questions (October 28 at 6:00 PM – full information is at www.imaginekalamazoo.com/projects/nfp2 )
Present the map to the Planning Commission at their next regular meeting scheduled for November 5