Tim Gergen, representing Clark & Anderson on behalf of People City Mission, asked the council to approve a conservation easement to preserve flood-storage capacity at 110 Q Street tied to a new building block currently in construction. Gergen said the proposed easement covers an existing area that is effectively unusable for the mission and that the easement was negotiated with watershed management and the city law department to align with the already-approved special permit earlier this year.

Council raised no substantive objections during the hearing. The item, introduced by Bowers, was called for roll-call approval and passed unanimously, 7-0.

What happens next: the conservation easement will be recorded as part of the project’s approvals and will remain in effect to preserve flood storage for the parcel.