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City of Georgetown
Housing Advisory Board
Minutes
June 18, 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, Cynthia Anderson, Janis Cowman-Arteaga, Debbie
Hoffman, Larkin Tom, Naomi Walker
Members absent: Hartley Sappington, Nancy Biggs, Emily Northrop
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 3:41 p.m.
1. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Housing Advisory
Board meeting held on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
Motion to approve minutes by Larkin, second by Arteaga. Approved 6-0.
2. Discussion on Housing Element of the Comprehensive Plan
Bills updated the Board on the recent City Council action to use an area of an 11-mile
radius from the center of Georgetown for the Housing Element. She related the impact
that the change would have on the Housing Plan. The 11-mile area will encompass a
larger area than the City of Georgetown Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction. The current draft
of the population and housing demographics that Mullin & Lonergan has been
completed with the three different study areas, the City limits, the ETJ, and Williamson
County have already been included in the report. This new directive will add the 11-
mile study area into the Plan to look at affordable housing resources in this area. Policy
recommendations will still be made based on the ETJ area, as Georgetown does not have
any jurisdiction outside of this area.
Bills introduced the first draft of the population and housing demographics of the
Housing Plan. She asked the Board to review the draft and return any edits or
comments to her. She also asked the Board to figure out why the projected household
size in the City is showing to be increasing, despite the national trend of a decreasing
household size and the impact of Sun City.
3. Discussion items from Staff:
a. Update on Housing and Neighborhood Development projects.
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b. Additional items.
4. Discussions items from Board members:
a. Additional items.
Naomi Walker updated the Board on the recent actions by City Council and
Williamson County Commissioner’s Court. Walker stated that after much
discussion at the recent City Council meeting to rescind City funds for Sierra Ridge,
no action was taken. At the County Commissioner’s Court, Sierra Ridge was denied
$250,000 of Community Development Block Grant funds that the Grants
Coordinator had recommended for approval.
Board adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
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Approved, Hartley Sappington, Chair Attest, Nancy Biggs, Secretary