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City of Georgetown
Housing Advisory Board
Minutes
April 16, 2008, at 3:30 p.m.
Glasscock Conference Room—Georgetown Municipal Complex
300-1 Industrial Ave., Georgetown, Texas 78626
Members present: John Gavurnik; Vice-chair, Nancy Biggs; Secretary, Cynthia Anderson, Janis
Cowman-Arteaga, Emily Northrop, Larkin Tom
Members absent: Hartley Sappington, Debbie Hoffman, Naomi Walker
Staff present: Jennifer Bills; Housing Coordinator,
This is a regular meeting of the Housing Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown. The Board,
appointed by the Mayor and the City Council, makes recommendations to the City Council on
affordable housing matters.
Regular Session - To begin no earlier than 3:30 p.m.
Meeting called to order at 3:36 p.m.
1. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Housing Advisory
Board meeting held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
Motion to approve by Larkin, second by Biggs. Motion approved 5-0.
2. Discussion on Holly Street Village and Attainable Housing.—John Gavurnik
Gavurnik posed the question if his Holly Street Village would be attainable to
households at 80% of Area Median Income. At the lowest price of $126,900, these units
are on the high end for households at 80% AMI. Gavurnik discussed the possibility of
teaming with area employers to create market solutions for workforce housing which
would allow their employees to purchase a home at an attainable rate.
3. Discussion items from Staff:
a. Update on Housing Element progress.
Bills reviewed the main points from the Housing Element kickoff meeting in March.
She updated the Board on the two decisions the consultants had ask them to
consider: 1) to define the market area for Georgetown (in Census tracts) and 2) to
decide the maximum level of household income that we would define as attainable
housing. Bills explained after further review, she and the consultants agreed upon
Census Block groups the covered most of the city and ETJ to use for demographic
analysis. She also updated that she had chosen 30% of total household income as the
maximum for expenditure on housing for rental and homeownership to define
attainable housing.
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b. Update on Housing and Neighborhood Development projects.
Bills updated the Board on the activities of the Williamson County Affordable
Housing Taskforce. The Taskforce is attempting to form a regional strategy to plan
for affordable housing throughout the county. Bills said that sometime this summer
the Taskforce was planning to have a forum in which to discuss the issues with local
service providers, city officials and major employers.
Bills also updated the Board on the four CDBG applications the City, which included
sidewalk/drainage infrastructure projects and land acquisition for a possible
community facility. Bills will hear back from the County on the status of the
applications in May.
c. Additional items.
4. Discussions items from Board members:
a. Additional items.
Board adjourned at 4:31 p.m.
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Approved, Hartley Sappington, Chair Attest, Nancy Biggs, Secretary