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c. VII. Conclusions and Recommendations The original Town Center Overlay was in place for 20 years. While the district's vision steadily materialized in the southern portion of the original overlay, little change occurred in the north portion during that time. As a "planned development district," the overlay offers design guidance along with flexibility for development.. The implementing zoning district provides incentives to encourage the redevelopment of the area. But the transformation of the north side of the TCO was hindered by the challenge of land assembly, ownership, and market factors and most of the properties have remained static. Other things have changed since the initial g g t al vision for the Town Center was drawn, including community attitudes. We must now add the uncertainty of a past -pandemic future as a potential driver of change. The discovery of the discrepancy between the Comprehensive Pian and the Zoning Code brought up differences of opinion. The resulting discord was lamentable, but the juncture created a singular moment of opportunity to examine community concerns and priorities through a lens of methodical, neutral and calmer -toned discourse. Despite significant challenges and limitations (not the least of which was transitioning to conduct public engagement in the time of the coronavirus), this process met its goals to engage a wide variety of community perspectives, to get a balanced picture, and to find areas of common ground, As the process nears completion, the Commission's I(liiiiw role is to determine which policy and regulatory path to take. Here are some additional considerations to assist in their deliberations, The process met its goals to engage a variety of perspectives re -Envisioning the Town Center North Overlay 112/28/2020 89