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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda_HAB_05.16.2022Notice of Meeting for the Housing Adv isory B oard of the City of Georgetown May 16, 2022 at 2:30 P M at Historic L ight and Waterworks Bldg, 809 Martin Luther K ing Jr St, Georgetown, Texas 78726 T he C ity of G eorgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require as s is tance in partic ipating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reas onable as s is tance, adaptations , or ac commodations will be provided upon request. P leas e c ontact the C ity S ec retary's O ffic e, at leas t three (3) days prior to the sc heduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or C ity Hall at 808 Martin Luther King Jr. S treet, G eorgetown, T X 78626 for additional information; T T Y users route through R elay Texas at 711. P ublic Wishing to Address the B oard O n a s ubjec t that is posted on this agenda: P lease fill out a speaker regis tration form whic h can be found at the Board meeting. 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L egislativ e Regular Agenda B C ons ideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the Dec ember 12, 2021 regular meeting of the Housing Advis ory Board. - S tephanie Mc Nickle, P lanning Technic ian C C ons ideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2022 regular meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board. - S tephanie Mc Nic kle, P lanning Tec hnician D P resentation and dis cus s ion of the action items of the 2030 Hous ing Element and Housing Advis ory Board Work P lan for 2022 - Nat Waggoner. P MP, AI C P, As s t. P lanning Dir – Long R ange. Adjournment Ce rtificate of Posting I, R obyn Densmore, C ity S ecretary for the C ity of G eorgetown, Texas, do hereby c ertify that this Notic e of Meeting was posted at C ity Hall, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. S treet, G eorgetown, T X 78626, a plac e readily acc es s ible to the general public as required by law, on the _____ day of _________________, 2022, at __________, and remained s o posted for at leas t 72 c ontinuous hours prec eding the s cheduled time of said Page 1 of 16 meeting. __________________________________ R obyn Dens more, C ity S ec retary Page 2 of 16 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board May 16, 2022 S UB J E C T: C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion to approve the minutes from the December 12, 2021 regular meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board. - S tephanie Mc Nic kle, P lanning Tec hnician IT E M S UMMARY: F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: NA S UB MIT T E D B Y: S tephanie Mc Nickle AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Minutes Cover Memo Page 3 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 1 Minutes December 13, 2021 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board Minutes December 12, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. 809 Martin Luther King Jr. Street Board Members present: Wendy Cash; Charles Collins, Nikki Brennan, Linda Sloan, Regina Watson, Grayson Smith and Eric Marin Board Member(s) absent: N/A Staff present in-person: Sofia Nelson, Planning Director and Stephanie McNickle, Planning Specialist The Meeting was opened by Chair Wendy Cash at 3:31 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 October 25, 2021 regular meeting of the Housing Advisory Board. - Stephanie McNickle, Planning Specialist Motion by Board member Brennan to approve the minutes from the September 27, 2021, Housing Advisory Board meeting. Second by Board member Marin. Approved. (7-0) C Presentation on the use of CDBG funds to advance 2030 Housing Policies. Sofia Nelson Ms. Nelson gave a brief review of the current housing programs that include Home Repair Program, Community Development Block Grant Funding, Workforce Housing Development and Neighborhood Association support. Sofia stated from a Community Development Block Grant Funding Overview • Entitlement communities receive direct federal funding • Non-entitlement communities can be sub-recipients • CoG is subrecipient of Williamson County • Annual application for funding • Eligible projects must be in Low to Moderate Income (LMI) areas • At least 47% of households have incomes at or below 80% of the area median income (AMI) Ms. Nelson stated the active funding for Home Repair for 2021 was $100K, $97K for wastewater line for 21st street Habitat development in 2020 and 75K Home Repair in 2020 Ms. Nelson stated the Home Repair Program total funding was $170K this year. $100K – CDBG funds from Williamson County $70K – City of Georgetown Page 4 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 2 Minutes December 13, 2021 • 40K General Funds • $15K Conservation – Energy • $15K Conservation – Water Sofia stated from a Workforce Housing Development we were able to use the Workforce Standards two times within the city. The purpose was to encourage affordable housing for the workforce, the code allows flexibility to the development standards and allowable housing types for projects that foster housing affordability. We were able to reduce lot sizes and setbacks along with building height, units per building and impervious cover. It was stated the Area Median Income for 2021 in Williamson County is $98,900.00 The Workforce Housing Agreement - In exchange for alternative development standards, the applicant will reserve at least 10% units at 80% AMI for 10 years. • Owners provides quarterly reports to City • Marketing of units • Financial guarantee of performance Sofia gave a brief overview on Neighborhood Associations. Sofia stated the office notifies adjacent property owners of land use changes and rezones. We assist with distinguishing the difference between a Neighborhood Association and a Homeowners Association. Assist neighborhoods without an association in forming one. Board member stated she believes that by June 1st all HOA’s must be registered through the Texas Real Estate Commission. Board member asked about the role of the Housing Advisory Board regarding the CDBG funding and staff stated that how the bylaws are written, the Housing Advisory Board does not make recommendations, but staff feels it’s important to keep the Board informed. D Discussion on education related to innovations in housing. Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Board member Smith discussed the challenges of building in the City. He stated he feels it is very time consuming and the cost is high. He feels there is a disconnect between Council and P&Z. An application may be approved at P&Z, but then denied at City Council. He is surprised the city does not have more flexibility for Single-family zoned lots. He stated in Austin and even in Liberty Hill there are small lot zoning that is 3500 square feet, but in Georgetown the smallest lot size allowed is 5500 square feet. Board member Smith stated even in the downtown area, there are deep lots and since you cannot have a flag lot, you have all this useless land behind these homes. Board Member Smith stated there are things that could go along way by adding more eclectic housing in the downtown area. Board member Smith feels there is sometimes a “one size” fits all or a “David and Goliath” mentality when developing. Board member Smith stated City department seems like they do not communicate with one another and have their own way of looking at things regarding development. There was additional discussion on large narrow lots in the downtown area. Sofia Nelson stated these are important conversations and should be kept as a standing item, which will prep us for when the Unified Development Code diagnostics starts. The Board asked and Sofia stated the UDC diagnostic will start in 2022. Page 5 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 3 Minutes December 13, 2021 E Update on TRG and San Jose neighborhood plans. - Sofia Nelson Ms. Nelson gave a powerpoint presentation outlining the work and timeline of the Track, Ridge, Grasshopper and San Jose Neighborhoods. Sofia stated there was a community meeting along with a Council Workshop in September. There was work performed with the Steering Committee’s September, October and November that included Stakeholder Interviews, Steering Committee Meeting #7, 8 and 9, Community Meeting #3 and Analysis of Community Input. Ms. Nelson also stated there was a joint Steering Committee meeting December 13th. The neighborhood developed goals are: Conservation – Protection of legacy homeowners from displacement; Sharing and celebrating the history and culture of the neighborhoods. Accessibility – Guides infrastructure improvements for transportation and flooding concerns. Restoration – Proposes opportunities for compatible neighborhood development. Ms. Nelson reviewed each goal. Implementation Strategy – Conservation • Examine the opportunity to increase targeted Home Repair support for the TRG and San Jose neighborhoods • Increase funding for the existing Home Repair Program • Support neighborhood creation of a Neighborhood Association • Establish a homeowner education and outreach program • Establish a program to assist homeowners with the creation of a will • Tax relief – examine options for relief for legacy homeowners with homestead exemptions Ms. Nelson and the Board discussed the importance of information to the homeowners in the TRG and San Jose neighborhoods. Implementation Strategies – Conservation Historic Preservation • Complete historic resource survey that includes focus on oral history • Require a COA for demolition of low priority resources within the TRG neighborhood • Utilize Historic Landmark program • Focus on public art projects that celebrate neighborhood history Implementation Strategies – Accessibility Transportation - • Traffic and Safety Studies • Maple Street • Scenic Drive Implementation of Sidewalk Master Plan - • TRG - sidewalks on residential streets • San Jose - remove sidewalk plan for San Jose Street and focus attention on Maple Street Stormwater • Increased Maintenance • Complete Drainage Study Page 6 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 4 Minutes December 13, 2021 Implementation Strategies - Restoration Land Use • Adopt Neighborhood specific land use plans: • San Jose - specific recommendation to be an exclusive single-family neighborhood • TRG - specific land use plan that recognizes the varying character zones within the neighborhood. Regulatory • Establish an overlay district at the petition of the neighborhood association: • San Jose - establish height and setback standards unique to neighborhood. • TRG - establish height and demolition standards unique to the neighborhood. Ms. Nelson reviewed over the next steps. • Finalize Implementation Plan based on City Council feedback • Complete Draft Plan review with Steering Committees • Draft Presented to Community for feedback • P&Z recommendation to City Council • City Council Public Hearing and 1st reading • CC 2nd reading After Ms. Nelson’s presentation, the board asked what they as a Housing Advisory Board should be doing as they wait for the consultants to start the Unified Development Code diagnostics. Ms. Nelson stated the board should continue having discussions about what the best practices you are seeing in other areas and reporting them back to the Board. The Board asked and Ms. Nelson stated these recommendations will be forwarded to the consultants. Ms. Nelson stated it is important to continue these discussions, so you as a Board can convey these practices to the consultants. The Board agreed to wait to confirm the January meeting due to the regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 17th which is a city holiday. Motion to Adjourn. Approved (7-0). The meeting was adjourned at 4:39 p.m. __________________________________ _______________________________________ Approved, Wendy Cash, Chair Attest, Linda Sloan, Secretary Page 7 of 16 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board May 16, 2022 S UB J E C T: C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2022 regular meeting of the Housing Advis ory Board. - S tephanie Mc Nickle, P lanning Technic ian IT E M S UMMARY: F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: . S UB MIT T E D B Y: S tephanie Mc Nickle AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Minutes Cover Memo Page 8 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 1 Minutes April 18, 2022 City 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, 2031 will be voted on during the May 16th 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 Page 9 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 2 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. Page 10 of 16 Housing Advisory Board Page 3 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. _________________________________ ____________________________________ Approved, Wendy Cash, Chair Attest, Regina Watson, Secretary Page 11 of 16 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board May 16, 2022 S UB J E C T: P res entation and disc ussion of the ac tion items of the 2030 Housing Element and Hous ing Advisory Board Work P lan for 2022 - Nat Waggoner. P MP, AI C P, Asst. P lanning Dir – Long R ange. IT E M S UMMARY: At the March meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board, s taff and the Board disc ussed the roles and res ponsibilities of the HAB based on the C ity C ouncil adopted bylaws , which state that the Board is res ponsible for: (1) P roviding long-range housing res earch and polic y recommendations with the hous ing element of the C ity’s c omprehens ive plan; and for, (2) R eviewing and making rec ommendations regarding hous ing developments that reques t C ity support for s tate and federal funding. In support of the firs t res ponsibility of the Board, staff provided an overview of the goals , policies and action items of the 2030 Hous ing Element at their April meeting. During the April meeting, the Board and s taff als o disc ussed the formation of an annual work plan focus ed on the implementation ac tion items identified in the plan for the term 0-2 years (2020-2022). T he Board and S taff als o reviewed the ac tion items as s ociated with the upc oming diagnostic of the Unified Development C ode (UDC ) and the s takeholder role the HAB will play in the revis ion to the C ity's development code related to hous ing. At this meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board, the staff will provide the Board an overview of ac tion items completed in the firs t two years of the Hous ing Element as well as thos e items planned for completion in the remaining period (end of 2022). F ollowing a pres entation and disc ussion of action items, the staff will lead the Board through an exercise to build cons ensus on items for the annual work plan. During the exercise, eac h Board will be given the opportunity to s elect the top three ac tion items they believe s hould be inc luded in the Work P lan for the remainder of the HAB. F ollowing eac h member’s nomination, the Board and staff will c ollectively narrow the foc us of the work plan to 1 or 2 items which can be achieved in the remainder of the c alendar year. F ollowing the prioritization exercise, staff will lead the Board in what work and information is needed to achieve the selec ted action items. In preparation of this ac tivity, the Board is asked to review thos e ac tion items completed and those remaining in the term 0-2 years attached as Exhibit 1. Eac h Board is asked to cons ider their top 3 action items for nomination. T he ac tion items selec ted for the annual work plan will be in addition to the work required to fulfill the Boards res ponsibility to meet and provide recommendations regarding housing developments that request C ity support for state and federal funding. F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: N/A Page 12 of 16 S UB MIT T E D B Y: Nat Waggoner, P MP, AI C P AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Exhibit 1 – Action Items (Term 0-2)Exhibit Page 13 of 16 Annual Work Plan and Implementation Action Items 5/16/22| Housing Advisory Board Page 14 of 16 33 Action Items Completed During Term 0-2 #Action Items Goal Element Type Term Cost City Staff Lead Status 16 H.2.a. Submit a budget request to complete a small area plan for the Track-Ridge-Grasshopper Neighborhood. 2 H P 0-2 $$Planning Complete 18 H.2.c. Evaluate becoming a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) direct entitlement jurisdiction in FY21. 2 H P 0-2 $Planning Complete 49 H.1.d. Expand homeowner home repair to workforce homeowners. 6 H P 0-2 $$Planning Complete Page 15 of 16 44 #Action Items Goal Element Type Term Cost Status 17 H.2.b. Develop a process to identify target neighborhoods. 2 H P 0-2 $Pending 47 H.1.b. Maintain home repair program for low income homeowners. 6 H P 0-2 $In Progress 53 H.3.a. Define metrics to classify “neighborhoods with rapid value increases” to consistently identify areas of focus (e.g., average annual increase of median home value). 6 H D 0-2 $Pending 56 H.4.c. Support the establishment of neighborhood associations.6 H P 0-2 $In Progress 61 H.5.d. Evaluate city policies for inclusion of workforce housing incentives, including special districts (MUD, PID) and special finance districts (TIRZ). 6 H D 0-2 $Pending 66 H.7.c. Identify potential revenue sources for creating a housing fund for use in development agreements and programming. 6 H D 0-2 $Pending 69 H.9.a. Update MUD/PID and residential PUD policies with definition of housing diversity. 6 H D 0-2 $Pending 76 H.14.a. Expand community education and outreach programs to inform residents of available support, such as homebuyer education services, home rehabilitation grants, utility billing assistance, homestead exemptions, nonprofit partnerships for home maintenance and City Georgetown Housing programs. 6 H P 0-2 $Pending Action Items Remaining in Term 0-2 Page 16 of 16