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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda_HAB_10.22.2014Notice of Meeting for the Housing Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown October 22, 2014 at 3:30 PM at 103 W. 7th Street, Georgetown, TX 78626; Convention & Visitors Bureau The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City at least four (4) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 113 East 8th Street for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Regular Session (This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.) A Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the September 17, 2014 meeting. B Update from Walt Doering and Monica Williamson on the meeting with GISD regarding the Workforce Housing Locations study. C Discussion and possible action on additional housing affordability study data researched by city staff. --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator D Reminder of the next regular meeting date of November 19, 2014. Adjournment CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the ______ day of __________________, 2014, at __________, and remained so posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. ____________________________________ Jessica Brettle, City Secretary City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the September 17, 2014 meeting. ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. SUBMITTED BY: ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Draft Housing Advisory Board Minutes_September 17, 2014 Cover Memo Housing Advisory Board Minutes, September 17, 2014 1 City of Georgetown Housing Advisory Board Minutes September 17, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Convention & Visitors Bureau 103 W. 7th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Members present: Clay Woodard, Joe Ruiz, Brenda Baxter, John Gavurnik, Walt Doering, Harry Nelson, Monica Williamson Members absent: Brad Curlee and Larry Gambone Staff present: Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator, Tammy Glanville, Recording Secretary 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. The meeting was called to order at 3:34 by Chair Woodard. Agenda A. Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the August 20, 2014 meeting. Motion by Board Member Gavurnik to approve the minutes from the August 20, 2014 Housing Advisory Board meeting. Second by Board Member Ruiz. Approved. (7-0). B. Discussion and possible action on the comments and feedback from the City Council Workshop presentation on August 26, 2014.--Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator Bills compiled notes provided by Chair Woodard, Board Member Doering and Executive Assistant, Daly from council member’s comments on the presentation. Chair Woodard asked Bills to provide a brief summary to the Board for those not able to attend workshop. Bills stated overall the workshop went well with a few exceptions. Chair Woodard asked Board Member Doering his thoughts and opinion’s. Board Member Doering agreed presentation went well with a few exceptions. Member Doering did express concerns on the time spent preparing the presentation and if council doesn’t support our presentation then we need to ask what would they like us to do differently. Also, we need to answer all their questions again. Housing Advisory Board Minutes, September 17, 2014 2 Board and staff discussed several comments from council. Bills stated she is looking into a consulting firm to conduct an independent study addressing the demographics for the region before the end of fiscal. The other alternative Bills stated is using Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) application model. Bills briefly explained CAPCOG and how the model is used for analyzing if development is cost effective; in addition, the model pulls the latest census data. Board members voiced their concerns on spending taxpayer’s money for consulting firm. Board Member Williamson stated perhaps having a professional consultant will give more weight to the fact there’s a need for Affordable Housing. Board Member Doering would like to remind council the Housing Advisory Board was tasked to come up with building incentives for Affordable Housing in Georgetown not 30 miles outside of Georgetown. If council wants to change the task of the Housing Advisory Board, Doering believes they need to change the Board’s task. Board and staff had lengthy discussion on council’s comment “as long as there’s enough affordable housing within a 30 mile radius”. Doering voiced concern all council is doing is transferring all Housing cost to Transportation. Chair Woodard suggested for next month’s meeting Housing Advisory Board do the following: • Adjust our focus a little. • Bills will provide some statics that have already been done for the Planning and Zoning Commission in order to address council members concerns on “what is the make-up of the City (Commercial & Residential-80%)? What is the breakdown (owner/renter, multifamily, etc) of the residential property? • Bills will confirm 30% of the housing cost payment includes principle and interest only not taxes and insurance. • Board Member Doering and Williamson volunteered to meet with the new GISD superintendent to discuss Workforce Housing, proposed locations and criteria’s. C. Announcement about the 1st Sidewalk Master Plan and Public Facilities Access Audit Open House on September 30, 2014 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. at City Council Chambers.--Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator Bills briefly explained the purpose of the Open House is to (1) Educate the public on accessibility (Transition Plan) and capital planning for facilities (2) Collect and Validate city wide and downtown specific sidewalk infrastructure data as well as (3) Get public input on project prioritization. Parts of these projects affect many areas of the city, Housing Advisory Board Minutes, September 17, 2014 3 including Parks and Recreation, downtown economic activity and culture, and public access to civic life. The Sidewalk Master Plan will provide a comprehensive look at the city’s pedestrian network and create policies for future development of new, and prioritization for upgrading and infill on existing sidewalks. Bills stated if you are interested in attending; please let her know so we can make sure any posting requirements are met to avoid quorum conflicts. D. Discussion about moving the date of the next regular meeting date scheduled for October 15, 2014 and moving the location of the November 19, 2014 meeting.--Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator. Bills stated she will be out of town attending a conference on October 15, 2014 therefore; our regularly scheduled meeting will need to either be cancelled or rescheduled. Additionally, November 19, 2014 the CVB conference room will be unavailable so we will have to meet at an alternative location. It was decided next Housing Advisory Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. E. Adjournment. Motion by Board Member Gavurnik to adjourn. Second by Board Member Ruiz. Approved. (8-0). Adjourned at 4:28 __________________________________ _______________________________________ Approved, Clay Woodard, Chair Attest, Lawrence Gambone, Secretary City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Update from Walt Doering and Monica Williamson on the meeting with GISD regarding the Workforce Housing Locations study. ITEM SUMMARY: Board members Doering and Williamson met with Fred Brent, the new superintendent for the Georgetown Independent School District. Attached are the notes from the meeting as well as an addendum to the Workforce Housing Locations Study that totals the acreage of the multifamily sites per school. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator ATTACHMENTS: Description Type GISD Meeting notes Cover Memo Acreage Available per School Backup Material Fred Brent. Ed.D. GISD Superintendent Georgetown Independent School District Meeting October 9, 2014, 3:00 p.m. We shared with Superintendent Brent copies of the City of Georgetown 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Housing Element, and the draft of Workforce Multifamily Locations, Georgetown Housing Advisory Board. The latter document included Clay's calculations on acreage available at every GISD school for workforce housing. Walt described GHAB's task, given by Council, to identify locations for workforce housing. He mentioned that, at GHAB's 2013 presentation, Council wanted assurance the locations distributed students proportionately within each school, and thus helped GISD fulfill its mission. Monica addressed the January, 2014, meeting with Superintendent Joe Don Lee. She stated these same locations were presented to Lee, who gave his unequivocal support for GHAB's selections. Also, she shared Lee's concern for building more affordable housing in Georgetown. She noted, too, his thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback on the locations. She mentioned Council, at its workshop in August, 2014, wanted reassurance as to whether the new superintendent supported these locations, too. She then presented Brent with two questions for his feedback, namely: 1. Whether these 14 locations would support GISD's mission and provide a premier educational experience for students at all economic levels?, and 2. If not, what suggestions would GISD have for GHAB to do different? Supt. Brent reviewed the locations. After raising some questions, he likewise gave his unequivocal support to the 14 locations. In addition, he expressed his desire for maintaining communications with the City and Planning Department. He also talked about his commitment to diversity and its importance for today's children. And he mentioned his desire to provide every child, whatever their economic level, an opportunity to be all they can be in life. --Monica Williamson and Walt Doering, 10/9/14 Acreage Available Per School Georgetown Independent School District For each school campus, below is a good approximation of the amount of acreage available for Workforce Housing: Elementary School Acres 1. Cooper 184 2. Frost 37 3. Carver 73 4. Pickett 73 5. Village 23 6. McCoy 20 Middle School Acres 1. Benold 151 2. Forbes 128 3. Tippet 147 High School Acres 1. East View 167 2. Georgetown 259 Our thanks to Clay Woodard, Chairperson, Georgetown Housing Advisory Board, for preparing this data. --9/19/14 City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: Discussion and possible action on additional housing affordability study data researched by city staff. --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator ITEM SUMMARY: Please see the attached report. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator ATTACHMENTS: Description Type CAPCOG Balanced Housing Model Cover Memo 1 CAPCOG Envision Tomorrow Balanced Housing Model The Capital Area Council of Government (CAPCOG) was formed in 1970 and is one of 24 councils of government in Texas. They serve as an advocate, planner and coordinator on important regional issues in the 10-county Austin Metropolitan area. In 2011, they were awarded a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop the Sustainable Places Project. It was an initiative integrating planning, analytics tools and community visioning to help Central Texas maximize public- sector return on investment. One of the tools that was developed with the project was the Envision Tomorrow Balanced Housing Model. This tool leverages demographic data and the power of scenarios to estimate the community’s future housing needs. Using the 2012 American Community Survey data, the model uses state and national level trends to analyze the city’s existing housing supply, household income and tenure (rental vs. owner-occupied). With this information, the application is used to create a series of estimates for future housing supply. Initial Inputs Using this model, I was able to run a basic analysis on Georgetown, as well as the nearby cities of Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Hutto, Taylor, Leander, and Round Rock. I also was able to run the analysis on all of Travis and Williamson Counties. The 2012 American Community Survey is the most current Census data available at the city and county level, which is used as our base year. The 2017 estimates for each area is based on the current population and development numbers available. 2012 Estimated 2017 Population Households Population Households Cedar Park 51,664 17,574 67,163 22,923 Georgetown 50,145 19,304 59,667 22,804 Hutto 15,882 5,216 25,689 8,437 Leander 26,818 8,579 37,556 12,515 Pflugerville 47,602 16,013 61,883 20,813 Round Rock 104,543 34,847 117,160 40,400 Taylor 15,475 5,638 16,185 5,885 Travis County 1,062,335 409,351 1,137,761 455,104 Williamson County 441,748 154,373 540,260 190,479 2 Current Housing Summary The report breaks down the households into five income brackets, less than $15K, $15k<$35K, $35<50K, $50K<75k and $75K and above. In Georgetown, we have 5,984 renter households and 13,320 owner-occupied households. With 24% renter households, the city has a lower percentage of rental than Williamson County (33%) and Travis County (49%). Hutto is the only comparable with a significantly lower amount of rental housing. 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 <15k 15k <35k 35k <50k 50k <75k 75k <100k+ Tenure by Household Income Georgetown Owner occupied Renter occupied 24% 29% 15% 23% 23% 44% 34% 49% 33% 76% 71% 85% 77% 77% 56% 66% 51% 67% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% Housing Tenure % of Owner- Occupied % of Renters 3 Approximately 40% of Georgetown households make less than $50,000 annually, which is greater all comparables other than Taylor. All Households per Income bracket Less than $50k $50,000 and above % below $50K Cedar Park 4,854 12,720 28% Georgetown 7,796 11,508 40% Hutto 1,643 3,573 31% Leander 2,702 5,877 31% Pflugerville 4,377 11,636 27% Round Rock 12,466 22,381 36% Taylor 3,076 2,562 55% Travis County 187,120 222,231 46% Williamson County 51,461 102,913 33% 4 Housing Affordability The Current Housing Affordability section calculates the amount of available housing units in each income bracket based on the current rents and mortgage payments per household. In Georgetown, approximately 50% of renters pay more than 30% of their gross income in rent. Households paying 30 to 50% of income towards rent are considered an unaffordable rate, while those paying more than 50% are considered to be paying severely unaffordable rates. Compared to the surrounding jurisdictions, half were more and half were less affordable in rental units. Rental Affordability by City/County Affordable Unaffordable Severely Unaffordable Hutto 61% 26% 13% Williamson County 58% 24% 18% Round Rock 58% 25% 17% Cedar Park 53% 28% 19% Georgetown 50% 30% 20% Travis County 47% 25% 28% Taylor 44% 26% 30% Leander 43% 34% 23% Pflugerville 41% 33% 26% In the owner-occupied households, Georgetown is 76% affordable. Owner-occupied is more affordable than rental, which is in line with the original housing deficit findings in the Housing Element. Affordable 50% Unaffordable 30% Severely Unaffordable 20% Georgetown Rental Housing Affordability 5 In the owner-occupied segment, Georgetown is slightly more affordable than most other jurisdictions. Owner-Occupied Affordability Affordable Unaffordable Severely Unaffordable Pflugerville 78% 15% 7% Round Rock 76% 17% 7% Georgetown 76% 12% 12% Williamson County 74% 18% 8% Cedar Park 72% 21% 7% Travis County 71% 17% 12% Taylor 71% 20% 9% Leander 69% 22% 9% Hutto 63% 22% 15% Affordable 76% Unaffordable 12% Severely Unaffordable 12% Owner Housing Affordability 6 Future Units Needed Using the future population estimates and a projected breakdown of households by age and income bracket, the future units needed by 2017 were calculated in seven income brackets. The table below shows that a majority of units need for future rental units will be for households that make less than $75,000 a year. Target Rental Units Needed to Meet Projected Demand by Income Less than $15K $15K-35K $35K-50K $50K-75K $75K- 100K $100K- 150K $150K and above Cedar Park 536 211 405 - 294 104 17 Georgetown 1,011 - 172 426 346 55 38 Hutto 113 61 113 164 123 23 1 Leander 210 631 - - 312 63 1 Pflugerville 594 153 - 267 113 134 9 Round Rock 1,398 61 729 - 1,040 403 10 Taylor 366 - 234 41 35 26 - Travis County 40,233 - - - 5,104 4,456 295 Williamson County 5,427 - 4,711 - 3,764 1,416 125 For owner-occupied units, the majority of units needed are for households making more than $75,000, however, there is still a significant need in the $35,000 to $50,000 range. Target Owner Occupied Units Needed to Meet Projected Demand by Income Less than $15K $15K-35K $35K-50K $50K-75K $75K- 100K $100K- 150K $150K and above Cedar Park 145 647 880 782 889 1,781 141 Georgetown 317 - 1,314 - 1,152 1,030 44 Hutto 175 729 542 1,197 412 80 43 Leander 449 505 726 - 1,112 505 35 Pflugerville 297 891 1,066 - 1,840 1,598 94 Round Rock 314 1,306 1,520 - 2,051 2,127 121 Taylor 11 1 - - 159 97 - Travis County 2,799 12,634 8,795 - - 32,480 826 Williamson County 2,311 10,240 6,653 - 8,397 10,629 515 7 Summary Using the Balanced Housing Model, it does not look like surround jurisdictions are producing a greater amount of workforce housing that would make up the deficit that Georgetown will experience by 2017. The model has additional information available that can be examined during the next Housing Advisory Board meeting. The data may not be useful and is difficult to summarize in this report. City of Georgetown, Texas SUBJECT: ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. 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