Housing Commission

1/23/2024 - Minutes I. Call to Order Members Present: Jack Commo, Deac Decarreau, Jessica Bridge, Leslie Black-Plumeau, Robert Millar, Anna Wageling City Staff Present: Jazmine Hurley, Eric Vorwald, Charles Judge T Guests Present: Call to Order by: 6:04 PM Meeting Start Time: 6:04 PM F Minutes Recorded by: Anna Wageling II. Public Comment A None III. Approve Previous Meeting Minutes Decision: Approve R Motion by: Deac Second: Jack D Minutes: Leslie’s name misspelled IV. City Council Liaison Updates None V. City Staff Liaison Updates l City Council approved budget last night: investments in fire and code, municipal infrastructure l Hired permanent Police Chief (current interim) l Accepted municipal planning grant l Short term rental in final stages l Hearing regarding this in February l Cross commission collaboration: meet in March with Planning Commission to talk about recommendation - March 19 th Training Results from Multi-lingual Events l Market is such that tenants do not feel they have any rights- if they complain too much, they will be removed l Attendees came and wanted to talk about their specific situations and concerns l If there’s too much pushback, fear that landlords will remove apartment from being affordable  l Market is such that tenants do not feel they have any rights- if they complain too much, they will be removed l Attendees came and wanted to talk about their specific situations and concerns l If there’s too much pushback, fear that landlords will remove apartment from being affordable Building Homes Together l Market is such that tenants do not feel they have any rights- if they complain too much, they will be removed l Attendees came and wanted to talk about their specific situations and concerns l If there’s too much pushback, fear that landlords will remove apartment from being affordable T VI. Inclusion & Belonging Commission Liaison Updates N/A VII. Discussion: Landlord Survey Data l 50% of respondents raised rent F A l Would be good to see the percentage increase of rent (in addition to the amount) l How many of the ~30% from $100-200+ were in a new building opposed to units in single family home- how many were market rate or above AND increased again? l Asked question about STR and received 4 responses l Pull out the Big A affordable R VIII. Discussion: Changes to the Housing Trust Fund Policy Guidelines Working on new MOU with Opportunities to add IRB -Need to work with legal on the city offering a loan -HIP: clarification if it is 0% interest or not: would be helpful to have it (right now it says as determined by MOU) D IX. Approval: Changes to Housing Trust Fund Policy Guidelines Decision: Approve the recent changes to HTF guidelines as amended Motion by: Jack Second: Anna X. Discussion: Replacement Regulations & Inclusionary Zoning l Stemmed out of conversation regarding 300 Main St l Suggested Housing Commission and send to Planning Commission l Replacement regulations: -Getting signals that option 3 is the council preference l Can explore square footage instead of bedroom count l Don’t want a lot of money coming into the trust fund and then there still not being any 3- br units l We are also running out of land l 24 3-br units put into gateway, we lost 13 3-br units l What if you demonstrate that you added a 3-br but it doesn’t have to be on that property (within city limits, though) l Are we looking for market rate or Affordable 3-br units? l Are we solving the problem if the rebuilding isn’t going to rent to a family? l This also depends on the zoning districts as well l Jack: seems like the only thing we can control are the incentives  l What if you demonstrate that you added a 3-br but it doesn’t have to be on that property (within city limits, though) l Are we looking for market rate or Affordable 3-br units? l Are we solving the problem if the rebuilding isn’t going to rent to a family? l This also depends on the zoning districts as well l Jack: seems like the only thing we can control are the incentives l Robert: we are cautious about squashing construction, but this is also something that is out of our control l Pursuing option 3 with an incentive l Reason we don’t have impact fees? Didn’t pencil out with transportation, but exploring other categories l Deac: would like to see density in the document (will happen at joint meeting with Planning Commission) - base density with bonus on top of that T l Next meeting will be primarily working on the rest of this document XI. Adjourn F Motion by: Deac Second: Anna Meeting End Time: 7:59 PM R A D