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March 28 2009
The annual Housing Commission Retreat took place in the Siskiyou Room of the Community Development Building
at 51 Winburn Way from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Commissioners Present: SOU Liaison: Alexandra
Armarotico, Present
Bill Smith
Richard Billin Council Liaison: Carol Voisin
Regina Ayars
Steve Hauck
Aaron Benjamin Staff Present::
Graham Lewis Linda Reid, Housing Specialist
Alice Hardesty Brandon Goldman, Senior Planner
Nick Frost
Commissioners discussed the following items
Previous Years goals and accomplishments
Commissioners reviewed each of the goals as outlined in the Housing Commission Annual Goals 2007, and
discussed whether each goal had been accomplished, and whether any of the goals should be carried over to be
included in the Annual Goals for 2009. As a part of this discussion the commissioners discussed Clay street as it
pertains to goal one- Collaborate with Staff and the City Council to identify a piece of city land to accommodate
housing for a whole range of City Employees. It was decided that the commission did collaborate with staff and the
council and that the education sub-committee helped to advance this goal, but that further work could be done to
accomplish this goal and that it might be broadened to encompass workforce housing in general and not just housing
for city employees.
A discussion of Goal number 2-Completion of the Housing Trust Fund (framework and funding source) recognized
that this goal was halfway completed, but that a funding source other than the 1985 CDBG repayments is yet to be
identified. This goal was forwarded as a priority for consideration in the 2009 Annual Goals.
Other items discussed in relation to this topic included; Rental Registry Consultation funds which could be
reallocated from the old allocation of Rental Assistance funds (since the city no longer offers a Rental Assistance
program). Other potential uses of these funds were discussed including offering them through the Housing Trust
Fund. Goldman noted only the City Council and the Budget Committee have discretion over the budget and that any
use of these funds would have to be approved by them.
Commissioner Lewis suggested that any actions taken toward the adopted goals be noted on the agenda and in the
minutes to make progress on these goals easier to track in the future.
Discussed Previous year’s City Council goals and current year’s Planning Commission Goals
Commissioner Hardesty mentioned that the Housing Commission should look at what goals might interest the
Council as well as the Housing Commission.
Discussion topics included; Transportation Systems Plan (TSP) update, Transportation Nodes, the Planning
Commission goal of transportation planning, the Croman site as it relates to City Council and Planning Commission
goals. The workforce housing element of the Croman site redevelopment plan and its dependence upon ODOT for
land was discussed at length. It was decided that though the Housing Commission may act in an advisory capacity
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once the Croman redevelopment project is farther along, that this project did not merit enough commission
involvement at this time to be considered for inclusion in the current year’s goals.
Commissioner Benjamin reminded the Commission that prior to the current Croman plan, the owners of the land
proposed a 300 unit housing development providing 10% of those units as affordable which was at the time denied
by the city.
Discussion of Transfer of Development Rights and how they relate to Current and Potential HC goals
Mr. Goldman provided a brief overview of how a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) system might work. He
mentioned many ways that the development of affordable housing could benefit from a TDR system, such as
providing zoning incentives for rental housing. Also discussed was the potential for how such a program could work
to support Transportation Oriented Districts (TOD) and Vertical Housing Projects. It was mentioned that all of these
items were discussed at the joint Planning Commission, Housing Commission and City Council meeting held to
discuss Regulatory Barriers to affordable housing held late last year. Concerns surrounding receptor sites were
mentioned.
Additional goals were discussed
Student Fair Housing- the desire for a sub-committee to work toward the creation of a fair housing ordinance and to
foster a student government relationship to help meet the housing needs of this portion of the city’s population.
Provide support for or promotion of a Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance
Work on Transit Oriented District ordinance?
Completion of a Consolidated Plan for the 2010-2015 program years
Brainstormed potential Goals for the year 2009
Establish streams of income for Affordable Housing Trust Fund/TDR $?
Contractor & Developer Education
Consolidated Plan
Student Fair Housing.
Vertical Housing
“Green” Housing Project (Demonstration Project)
Transit Oriented Districts
Work at building a relationship with SOU/create a student sub-committee
Identify land to be rezoned for multi-family housing
Look at change in the Density Bonus
Promotion of affordable rental housing
Preservation of vulnerable properties
Continue to press for inclusionary zoning
Co-housing
Homelessness prevention funds
Workforce housing creation
Discussed potential goals, prioritized them, then generated a new list of goals to be rated by the
commissioners (See table attached for final 2009 annual goal list and rating outcomes).
Commissioner Lewis suggested that the Housing Commission forward their top four goals and the two goals which
are mandatory to the City Council for consideration noting that the remaining goals will be considered areas of
interest for the Housing Commission.
Commissioner Hauk/Commissioner Hardesty/m/s that the Housing Commission forwards to the City Council the top
goals as discussed and prioritized with the understanding that the additional goals will be worked on as time allows.
Motion passed-unanimous
Adjournment at 3:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
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Linda Reid, Housing Program Specialist
Housing Commission Annual Goals
2009
The following goals and associated priority rankings were identified by the Housing Commission on March
28, 2009 in an effort to forward to the City Council specific items for consideration in establishing the
Council goals for the coming year.
Priority
Goal
points
Examine the feasibility of incentives to create workforce housing 11
Develop an RFP for vertical housing above city owned site (demonstration “green” project) 10
Preservation of vulnerable properties 9
Student Fair Housing Ordinance-Create a student housing sub-committee 9
Given
(must be completed)
Complete 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan-Create ad-hoc sub-committee
Complete Housing Trust Fund funding source(s)
Areas of Interest
Encourage the development of a Transfer of Development Rights program 7
Homeless support and prevention 6
Coordinate with other city entities to promote housing in Transportation Oriented Districts
5
(TOD)
Create a Rental Registry Program 2
Identify land to be rezoned for multi-family housing 1
Create a greater incentive to develop workforce/affordable housing using density bonus. (no dots)
The numerical value to the left of each identified goal above was derived through a selection process
where commissioners had three colored dots to apply to their top three priority uses.
Red: first priority = 3 pts Green: second priority = 2 pts Yellow: third priority = 1 pt.
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