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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_HOUAB_04.18.2022City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board Minutes April 18, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. 809 Martin Luther King Jr. Street Board Members present: Wendy Cash; Nikki Brennan, Charles Collins, Linda Sloan, Christie Cowden, Regina Watson arrived at 3:30pm. Board Member(s) absent: Eric Marin Staff present in -person: Nat Waggoner, Assistant Planning Director, Sofia Nelson joined at 3:45pm. The Meeting was opened by Chair Wendy Cash at 2:35 p.m. 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 March 28, 2022 regular meeting of the Housing Advisory Board. -Stephanie McNickle, Planning Technician Motion by Board member Sloan to approve the minutes from the March 28, 2022, Housing Advisory Board meeting. Second by Board member Cowden. Approved. 5-0. Nat Waggoner stated the minutes from the December 13, 2021 will be voted on during the May 161" meeting and explained the reason. At this time item D was discussed before item C. D. Presentation and discussion of policies and available tools of the 2030 Housing Element. Nat Waggoner, PMP, AICP Asst. Planning Dir. -Long Range Nat gave a binder of the 2030 Housing Element to the Board. Nat stated during the last the meeting, the Board discussed some of the tools and asked are we innovating for housing? Nat shared where to locate the policies, tools and the implementation plan for the 2030 within the Housing Element binder and highlighted for the Board how it's organized and where items that are related to housing are broken in the implementation plan. Nat reviewed the table of Housing Advisory Board Page 1 Minutes April 18, 2022 contents. Nat stated there is a goal for the city of Georgetown. It's about diversity and preservation or neighborhoods for everyone in the city and affordability. Nat reviewed the three policy themes which are repeated throughout the document given to the Board. Nat reviewed the policy documents and goals Council adopted for Housing included in the 2030 Housing Element. Nat stated we will need at least 2000 housing units for those earning less than $25,000 Nat also stated that we will need at least 2000 housing units for those making $75,000 to $99,000.00 a year by 2030. Nat stated in 2016 Georgetown had approximately 25,000 households and currently we have approximately 32,000 households. Nat stated the city can gather data as to how many homes were built between 2016-2021, but we are unable to determine the price of the homes. Discussion regarding the housing needs by 2030 for different income ranges. It was stated the medium household value for February 2022 was $465,000. and the medium income for 2021 was about $97,000. It was also stated the medium average for rental is about $1.30-$1.40 per square foot. Nat reported 80% of our workforce is spending more than 30% on their rent. Nat gave a summary of the housing inventory and additional information in the document given to the Board. Nat reviewed over Subarea Profiles which is an Appendix of the 2030 Housing Element. Nat stated we are waiting on data from the Austin Board of Realtors which includes MLS sales transactions which should be out this summer. Nat continued to review the key implementation tools in the document given to the Board. It was stated the action plan for Track Ridge and San Jose neighborhood has been completed, which is an example of an action item completed items are organized throughout the whole implementation plan. The Board thanked Nat for the document and great information. The board asked what are we doing to draw affordable housing developers to the community? What is our criteria for that? The Board discussed modular homes because it seems more affordable. Staff stated we do not have something explicit to incentivize modular home communities. The Board stated there must be some out there that are quality. Staff stated today we have our workforce housing developments that we allow for a diversity of housing products in a specific zoning district. The other incentive available in our Development Code is are the workforce housing standards, where we basically relaxed some of the rules in terms of height or setback or impervious coverage to allow developers to provide more housing units_ Housing Advisory Board Page 2 Minutes April 18, 2022 The Board and staff discussed timing and involvement of the HAB in the upcoming UDC updates that will be happening later this year and making sure the Housing Advisory Board is a stakeholder and a part of that process. Nat asked if there are any questions on the Housing Element shared. The Board thanked him again for the information. C. Presentation and discussion of the City Council Strategic Plan report from December 2021- Nat Waggoner, PMP, AICP Asst. Planning Dir. - Long Range Nat stated in December the City Council came together and evaluated their strategic plan and there were five areas emphasis. Once of those was housing and there is a guiding principle associated with housing that Council adopted. There are some strategic initiatives or some initiatives around that housing area of emphasis that we see as part of our plan. We recognise that this strategic plan is a two- or three-year initiative, but there are some strategies associated with affordable housing as well as multifamily and also diversity and mixed use development. Nat stated we do not have a time frame in our work associated with the establishment of a housing policy. We do know that some of these things associated with that action item will come forward as part of the UDC update. E. Presentation and discussion of Housing Advisory Work Plan- Nat Waggoner, PMP, AICP Asst. Planning Dir. - Long Range Nat stated Council has given direction regarding the frequency and purposes of the Board and Commissions. Council recommends the Housing Advisory Board meet quarterly, unless needed for the purposes of low-income housing tax credit and other important information to keep the Board updated and informed. Discussion regarding community outreach such as TRG and San Jose and the positive effect of Homeowners Associations. The Board discussed brainstorming over the next month or two to review action items and pick out the top five that as a Board to explore before they start meeting quarterly. Motion to Adjourn. Approved (6-0). The meeting was adjourned at 4:21 p.m. Approve , Wendy Cash, Chair Housing Advisory Board Minutes April 18, 2022 Attest, -)Regina Watson, Secretary Page 3