Housing Committee Meeting

1 VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY HOUSING COMMITTEE (VIRTUAL) 2 MEETING MINUTES 3 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025 4 (APPROVED) 5 6 1. Call Meeting to Order & Roll Call 7 Chair Patrice Champeau called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. 8 9 Present: Chair and Trustee Patrice Champeau, Lauren Aurelius, Razvan Ciobanu, Gustavo 10 Gallardo, Kay Smith 11 Absent: Lori Allen, Marissa Downs 12 Staff: Administrator Julie Schmelzer 13 Others: Louise Howson, susan Miller 14 15 2. Approval of Agenda 16 Motion by Gallardo, second by Smith, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried 17 unanimously. 18 19 3 & 4. Approve Minutes & Notes 20 Motion by Smith, second by Aurelias, to approve the minutes from the January 7, 2025, meeting and 21 recognize the notes from the December 3, 2025, meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 22 23 5. Comments, Correspondence and Concerns from the Public 24 Downs was unable to attend the meeting but did provide written comments about matters being 25 discussed. She indicated she agreed with much of what was provided in the housing model 26 questionnaire (in the meeting packet), but did not feel the committee was ready to provide all the 27 answers in that some decisions cannot be made until more is known about the budget and costs 28 involved. The written comments were read and made part of the record. 29 30 A letter from Meg Ziegelman, who attended the previous Housing Committee meeting, submitted a 31 letter commending the committee on the work being done. 32 33 6. Discussion/Action Items 34 a. Draft Preliminary Housing Model 35 The committee was given a summary of the comments and recommendations made to date by the 36 committee and asked members to discuss them and try to narrow down what they believed should be 37 included in a draft housing model. (The questions asked, and committee’s responses, are attached to 38 these minutes.) 39 40 b. Review Housing Plan and Recommended Code Changes 41 Schmelzer shared information about the one-, two-, and three-bedroom affordable home plans 42 Portside Builders had drawn for the committee. Based on the drawings, it was evident the current R-4 43 zoning regulations would not accommodate a small home of even 700 sq. ft., even if the garage were 44 located behind the home. In the R-4 district, in order to fit a small home with a garage behind it, the 45 R-4 standards will need to be revised. An overview of the regulations and recommended changes were 1  Minutes – January 28, 2025 - Village Housing Committee 1 discussed and it was the consensus of the committee that the Plan Commission needed to propose 2 amendments addressing home size, lot width, area and setbacks for the R-4 district. 3 7. Discussion Regarding Matters to be Placed on a Future Agenda, Referred to a Committee, Official 4 or Employee 5 The committee anticipates the Housing Partnership will have more information about the revisions 6 they are making to their model’s formula and that information will be shared with the committee. 7 8 7. Set Meeting Schedule & Topic(s); Speaker Invite List. 9 Schmelzer will try to arrange for a speaker that can present on new or alternative housing ideas the 10 committee has not yet considered. 11 12 8. Adjournment 13 Motion by Smith, second by Gallardo, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was 14 adjourned at 12:43 p.m. 15 16 Respectfully submitted, 17 Julie Schmelzer, Acting Recording Secretary 18 19 2