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Housing Advisory Board
Minutes
August 20, 2018, at 4:00 p.m.
Historic Light and Waterworks Building, 406 W. 81h Street
Georeetown, Texas 78626
Members present: Nikki Brennan; Mary Calixtro; Randy Hachtel; Jennyce Hume; and Lou Snead,
Chair
Members absent: Bob Weimer
Staff present: Susan Watkins, Housing Coordinator; Nat Waggoner, Long Range Planning
Manager and Recording Secretary
Call to Order by Chair Snead at 4:05 pm. with reading of the meeting procedures.
Legislative Regular Agenda
A. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the July 23, 2018 meeting.
Karen Frost, Recording Secretary
Motion by Brennan, second by Hume to approve the minutes as presented. Approved 5 —
0.
B. Presentation and discussion on Subarea Profiles. Susan Watkins, AICP, Housing
Coordinator
Watkins presented information on Subarea Profiles including summary information for the
entire study area including the city limits and extra -territorial jurisdiction (ETI) and the
general organization of the draft Subarea Profiles.
Snead asked Watkins to clarify what consultant means by "Entry Level Home Buyers"
Wl UIL ULC "%_UILSU1tant Takeaway" slide. Snead asked Watkins to clarlly "1L0W 11lany 1LV11LC
buyers".
Snead asked Watkins to clarify percentage (%) of multi -family in Subarea 1; agreeing that
subarea 1 has 33% multifamily (twice the percentage as the whole planning area -16%).
Hume asked that consultant define "affordable".
Calixtro expressed concerns about the diversity of Subarea 1 and the mix of recently
constructed and older built homes (property tax increases as a result of new construction).
Hachel asked that the consultant provide zoning, lot size and percentage of "developable
land" per subarea.
C. Presentation and discussion of potential policy tools for upcoming Housing Toolkit. Lou
Snead, Board Chair
Snead introduced the summary Toolkit and asked if the Board had questions or concerns.
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Hume shared that tools may vary by subarea. For example, gentrification tools may involve
subarea 1. Other tools may address undeveloped land. Weimer suggested that tools may
also very over time/phase. Some tools may address immediate concerns, others will take 5-
10 years to develop. Weimer expressed that the Housing Element and Toolkit should focus
on immediate concerns (short term impact) as well as intermediate and long term strategies.
Calixtro concurred that tools could be geographically appropriate using the Sun City
example with the death of spouse the need to consolidate households or allow for smaller
lot sizes or accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Calixtro asked, how many tools are we
restricted to recommending.
Brennan suggested that smaller lot sizes and property tax relief are good tools.
Hume asked if the consultant can share more information on what is affordable given AMI.
Snead shared that City of Austin and Georgetown operate on different scales.
Snead shared the two tools with the most merit: surplus land (GISD, City of Georgetown,
and Williamson County) and community land trust.
D. Update on the 2030 Plan Update process.
Board moved to add a meeting to 10/29/2018 at 4 pm at the Planning Office.
Board moved to change the September meeting to 9/24 at 4 pm at the Planning Office.
How does Georgetown unemployment compare to the Austin Region and Texas?
Adjournment
Motion by„Hachtel, second by Hume to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 5:52 pm.
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Loobnead, Chair Attest, 1—?4ntcly Hachtei, Secretary
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