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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda_HAB_06.20.2022Notice of Meeting for the Housing Adv isory B oard of the City of Georgetown June 20, 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. 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L egislativ e Regular Agenda B C ons ideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the May 16, 2022 regular meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board. - S tephanie Mc Nic kle, P lanning Tec hnician C P resentation and dis cus s ion on existing programs , outreach methods, and relevant stakeholders needed to meet the objectives of ac tion item #76 of the Implementation plan in the 2030 C omprehens ive P lan . - C esar Ac os ta, S enior P lanner 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 meeting. Page 1 of 25 __________________________________ R obyn Dens more, C ity S ec retary Page 2 of 25 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board June 20, 2022 S UB J E C T: C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion to approve the minutes from the May 16, 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: 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 25 Housing Advisory Board Page 1 Minutes May 16, 2022 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board Minutes May 16, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. 809 Martin Luther King Jr. Street Board Members present: Wendy Cash, Chair; Linda Sloan, Christie Cowden, Regina Watson, Secretary Board Member(s) absent: Eric Marin, Nikki Brennan, Vice-chair; Charles Collins Staff present in-person: Nat Waggoner, Assistant Planning Director; Cesar Acosta, Senior Planner, Stephanie McNickle, Planning Specialist The Meeting was opened by Chair Wendy Cash at 2:31 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 December 12, 2021 regular meeting of the Housing Advisory Board. - Stephanie McNickle, Planning Technician Motion by Board member Sloan to approve the minutes from the December 12, 2021, Housing Advisory Board meeting. Second by Board member Watson. Approved. 4-0. C. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2022 regular meeting of the Housing Advisory Board. - Stephanie McNickle, Planning Technician Motion by Board member Sloan to approve the minutes from the April 18, 2022, Housing Advisory Board meeting. Second by Board member Watson. Approved. 4-0. D. Presentation and discussion of Housing Element Action Items and Housing Advisory Board Work Plan - - Nat Waggoner, Asst. Planning Dir. - Long Range Staff reviewed what was discussed during the April 18th Housing Advisory Board meeting. Staff stated today they want to review the action items to develop a workplan Page 4 of 25 Housing Advisory Board Page 2 Minutes May 16, 2022 Staff reviewed the action items completed. • Submit a budget request to complete a small area plan for the Track-Ridge- Grasshopper Neighborhood. • Evaluate becoming a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) direct entitlement jurisdiction in FY21. • Expand homeowner home repair to workforce homeowners. Staff reviewed over the Action Items Remaining. • Develop a process to identify target neighborhoods. - Pending • Maintain home repair program for low income homeowners. – In Progress • Define metrics to classify “neighborhoods with rapid value increases” to consistently identify areas of focus (e.g., average annual increase of median home value). - Pending • Support the establishment of neighborhood associations. - In Progress • Evaluate city policies for inclusion of workforce housing incentives, including special districts (MUD, PID) and special finance districts (TIRZ). • Identify potential revenue sources for creating a housing fund for use in development agreements and programming. - Pending • Update MUD/PID and residential PUD policies with definition of housing diversity. - Pending • 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. - Pending After discussion and reviewing each of the above action items remaining, staff explained the exercise. During the exercise, each board member selected an action item they feel is important to work towards. After the exercise the item selected is: • 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. Staff stated this action item is a high effort, high impact which means that will take the rest of 2022, or maybe 6 months to break up in a phase. Page 5 of 25 Housing Advisory Board Page 3 Minutes May 16, 2022 Staff stated during the next schedule meeting, staff will come back to the Board with potential possibilities and ways to break this action item out into phases and what a milestone would look like. The Board can come to consensus on the envision those milestones and what they look like along with how long it would take to achieve the goal. Staff thank the Board for doing the exercise. Staff gave a report from the City Secretary’s office regarding the future meeting dates of the Housing Advisory Board meetings. Staff stated City Council may move the Housing Advisory Board meetings to quarterly. However, until the decision is made by City Council the Board should meet monthly or as needed. The next schedule Board meeting is schedule for June 20, 2022 Motion to Adjourn at 3:31 p.m. ______________________________ __________________________________ Wendy Cash, Chair Attest, Regina Watson, Secretary Page 6 of 25 City of Georgetown, Texas Housing Advisory Board June 20, 2022 S UB J E C T: P res entation and disc ussion on exis ting programs, outreac h methods , and relevant s takeholders needed to meet the objec tives of action item #76 of the Implementation plan in the 2030 C omprehensive P lan . -C esar Acosta, S enior P lanner IT E M S UMMARY: At the May 2022 Hous ing Advisory Board meeting, board members prioritized the 0-2 year action items related to the housing goals of the 2030 C omprehensive plan. F or the remainder of 2022, Board members agreed to focus on ac tion item 76 “E xpand C ommunity E ducation and O utreach P rograms 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 C ity G eorgetown H ousing programs.” At this meeting of the Hous ing Advisory Board, s taff will guide the Board through activities and ques tions to identify existing stakeholders , programs and outreach methods and build cons ensus on ac tions that c an be c ompleted by the end of the year. S taff will pres ent the following questions for disc ussion. W hat are our exis ting programs? W ho are our existing stakeholders and with whom s hould we partner? W hat are our exis ting outreach strategies ? W hat are our metrics for succ es s ? Attached is a list of initial programs , s takeholders and methods for cons ideration and modific ation by the Board. F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: N/A S UB MIT T E D B Y: C es ar Acosta, S enior P lanner AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Activity and list of programs & s takeholders & methods Pres entation Page 7 of 25 Action #76 - June 20,2022 | Housing Advisory Board Page 8 of 25 22 •Reviewed Housing Action Items in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan for years 0-2 •Narrowed down to one action to focus on in 2022 •Decision to focus on Action Item #76 “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.” 5.26.22 Recap Page 9 of 25 Action Item #76 Page 10 of 25 4 Define Action Item •Scope •Existing programs •Stakeholders •City Departments to engage •External entities to engage •Metrics for success Page 11 of 25 5 Scope •“Expand Community Education and Outreach Programs to Inform residents of available support..” •Focuses on existing programs •Audience is Georgetown residents •Low to moderate Incomes •Vulnerable communities •Long term residents •Specific to housing affordability •Renter/owner preservation •Ownership assistance programs •Home Repair •Discuss: What additional coverage needs to be included in order to effectively improve programmatic outreach? Page 12 of 25 6 Q1: What are our existing programs? •Home Repair Program •Homestead exemption •Georgetown Housing Authority programs •Housing Tax Credit •CDBG •Good Neighbor Fund •Additional Programs •1.___________________ •2.___________________ •3.___________________ •4._______________________ Page 13 of 25 7 Q1b: Which programs should we focus our efforts? •Specific targeted program(s) •All programs available? Page 14 of 25 8 Q2: Who are our stakeholders? City Departments •Planning Department •CAPE •Library •Parks & Recreation •Code compliance External Entities •Habitat for Humanity •The Caring Place •The Georgetown Project •YMCA •Banks •Williamson County •Tax accessor/collector •Housing Authority Additional Entities •1._______________ •2._______________ •3._______________ •4.________________ Page 15 of 25 9 Q2b. How should we prioritize our partnerships? Reach out early on? Wait till we have a substantial strategy or product? Targeted outreach to partners or wide net? Page 16 of 25 10 Q3. Which outreach methods will be most effective? Flyers Pros Easy to produce Accessible to most ages/incomes Cons Limited by budget for printing Short range of distribution Post Cards Pros Targeted audience Quick direct messaging Cons Can be expensive Relies on mailing list/accurate addresses Less effective with renter population Website posting •Pros •Wide reach •Free •Cons •Not as accessible to older residents Social Media •Pros •Free •Easy to distribute to large audience •Multiple platforms •Cons •Lack of internet access Page 17 of 25 11 Q3. What additional outreach methods should we consider? Page 18 of 25 12 Q4. What are the metrics for success in phase 1? •Achievable in 6 months •Can be done by Planning Department alone •Tangible step to expanding/improving outreach efforts 1.________________ 3._________________ 2.________________ 4._________________ Page 19 of 25 13 Activity •Fill in the blank •We will work on promoting _ program(s) by working with stakeholder(s) using outreach strategy(ies). We will measure our success of those actions by ___________ Page 20 of 25 14 Page 21 of 25 15 Slide header – dark red, pt serif bold, >42 Page 22 of 25 16 Slide header – dark red, pt serif bold, >42 Page 23 of 25 1717 Page 24 of 25 1818 Page 25 of 25