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Minutes September 16, 2019
City of Georgetown, Texas
Housing Advisory Board
Minutes
September 16, 2019, at 3:30 p.m.
Historic Light and Waterworks Building, 406 W. 8th Street
Georgetown, Texas 78626
Members present: Lou Snead, Chair; Randy Hachtel; Jeannyce Hume; Bob Weimer; Nikki Brennan;
Mary Calixtro
Members absent: Nathaniel Bonner
Staff present: Susan Watkins, Housing Coordinator; Nat Waggoner, AICP, Long Range Planning
Manager; and Mirna Garcia, Management Analyst
Public Wishing to Address the Board
A. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than those posted on the
agenda.
Legislative Regular Agenda
B. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the August 19, 2019
meeting. Mirna Garcia, Management Analyst
Motion by Weimer, second by Hachtel to approve the minutes as presented. Approved
(6–0).
C. Update on capital improvements scheduled for Stonehaven Apartments. Nikki Brennan,
Executive Director, Georgetown Housing Authority.
Nikki Brennan, Executive Director of the Georgetown Housing Authority provided an update
on the capital improvements planned for Stonehaven Apartments. The organization applied for
an emergency grant and they were awarded funds. This will help with replacing the water lines
and helping with fees for the improvements. In addition, the organization was awarded CDBG
grant funds which will also help to cover the cost of additional improvements not covered by
the emergency grant. There are currently 134 residents that will need to be moved out in phases
to start the work.
Brennan also commented that it would be helpful for the organization to have individual water
meters if the city could provide assistance with that. The organization will also need to replace
street lights because the City does not replace the lights.
D. Update on the 2030 Plan Update process. Nat Waggoner, AICP, Long Range Planning Manager
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Waggoner informed the Board that the next Steering Committee meeting is this Thursday. The
Committee will review the results of the last meeting, and identify key areas to focus on, where
job centers should be located, and where other types of development should occur. Waggoner
also discussed feedback requested from the Committee, and the discussion of land use.
E. Presentation and discussion on development of the Housing Toolkit. Susan Watkins, AICP,
Housing Coordinator.
This item is a continuation from the August 19, 2019, Housing Advisory Board meeting. The
board continued to review and discuss the method for evaluating possible tools and
programs to be included in the Housing Toolkit, the implementation plan for the housing
policies outlined in the updated 2030 Plan Housing Element. The information evaluated for
each tool included: effort to implement, time horizon (estimated time to implement), staff,
cost, possibility to leverage, impact.
The Board also reviewed information prepared by Community Development Strategies
(CDS), the consultant assisting with the 2030 Plan Housing Element update, for several
potential tools for implementation of the affordability policies.
The key questions asked of the board were: Do you agree this tool will implement this
policy? Do you know of additional tools that should be considered?
The outcome of the discussion provided: preparation for Steering Committee consideration
of the implementation tools; direction to clarify tools that do not have sufficient information
or move tools HAB recommends are better suited for implementation of a different policy;
guidance for additional tool research by staff or consultants.
The Board was asked to be prepared at the October 2019 meeting to develop a
recommendation for prioritization of tools by scoring each tool in four categories: Impact,
Speed to Implement, Cost, Community Readiness.
The proposed remaining schedule for the Toolkit development was also reviewed:
• September - HAB evaluation and scoring, recommendation on prioritization
• October – HAB evaluation and scoring, recommendation on prioritization continued if
necessary
• November – Steering Committee evaluation (review scoring, prioritization
recommendation)
• November or December - Joint Session Evaluation (review recommendation on
prioritization)
• December - Public Meeting
• January - City Council workshop on Implementation
The housing policy guide provided to the 2030 Plan Steering Committee and City Council
that provides a list of potential tools for each proposed housing policy was reviewed by the
Board. The guide was most recently updated after City Council consideration of the housing
policies at the July 9th and July 23rd Council Workshop.
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F. Update from the Housing Advisory Board Chair. Lou Snead, Chairperson
No updates provided
Adjournment
Motion to Adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 5:17 pm.
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Approved, Lou Snead, Chair Attest, Randy Hachtel, Secretary