HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_HOUAB_09.19.2012Notice of Meeting of the
Housing Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Housing Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 03:30 PM in the
Georgetown Municipal Complex, located at 300 Industrial Avenue, Georgetown, Texas
If you need accommodations for a disability, please notify the city in advance.
Housing Advisory Board Members:
Tim Todd, Kyle Fisher, Brad Curlee, Lalena Parkhurst, Ron Pergl, Clay Woodard, Ed Mullikin, Tresa
Sauthier
Housing Advisory Board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 03:30 PM.
Call to Order at 03:30 PM
1.Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the July 11, 2012 meeting.
2.Introduction of the new board Recording Secretary, Christina Richison.
3.Update on the adoption of the Housing Element.
4.Discussion and possible action on steps toward implementation of the Housing Element
recommendations.
5.Discussion on meeting schedule for the rest of the calendar year.
6.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 _________________, 2012, at __________, and remained so posted for at
least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
__________________________________
Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
Minutes of the Meeting of the
Housing Advisory Board
and the Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Housing Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met on Wednesday , September 19, 2012
.
Board Members Present:
Brad Curlee, Lalena Parkhurst, Tim Todd, Ed Mullikin, Clay Woodard
Board Members Absent:
Ron Pergl, Tresa Sauthier
Staff Present:
Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator; Christina Richison, Recording Secretary
Minutes
Regular Meeting
1.Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the July 11, 2012 meeting.
Motion to approve the minutes by Curlee, second by Parkhurst. Approved 5-0 . (This
item was postponed until Woodard joined the meeting at 3:57pm.)
2.Introduction of the new board Recording Secretary, Christina Richison.
3.Update on the Housing Element.
·Bills provided update.
o There was no August HAB meeting.
o CC unanimously approved the plan but needs more details on what the
vision means. (Todd wanted to know what we are trying to accomplish;
what is an acceptable ratio.)
o Bills is working on formatting the Housing Element and then will distribute.
o Bills said it was time to implement with first and second policy
recommendations (language on the 2
nd
item was changed to find appropriate
amount of multi-family housing for the city.)
·Additional Research.
o Principal planner Jordan Maddox and Bills currently researching other cities
around Georgetown to analyze and detail ways to further define a future
level multi-family housing for the city. The goal of the research is to find out
what other neighboring cities allow as far as zoning and to draft a memo on
what Georgetown could do. Todd suggested looking at cities of comparable
size and density. Bills added that student population is not an issue for us as
most Southwestern University students live on campus.
4.Discussion and possible action on steps toward implementation of the Housing Element
recommendations.
·Identify land use prospects.
o Identify certain land use for multi-family that considers optimal suitability,
e.g. roads, utilities, ease of walking and use to develop a set of criteria for CC
to assist with approving/denying re-zoning requests. Bills to talk with
Utilities and provide maps to the board that reflect current and future utility
capacities. .
o Address questions on acceptable ratio. (Bills emphasized the pitfalls and
flexibility of our zoning makes it difficult to say what the anticipated ratio
will be because it is difficult to know how the different zones that allow for
multi-family will be used.)
·Develop criteria for reviewing / approving tax credits.
o Bills to email an outline of criteria to HAB.
How will tax credits be handled / monitored? Establish a set of
criteria for reviewing and approving tax credits as well as monitoring
tax credit lifespan and dangers in the expiration process with the
possibility for change from affordable housing to market housing.
(Noted that San Gabriel apartments and Texas Housing Foundation
received tax credits, and Georgetown Senior and Kiron at Mesquite
did not get approved.)
o Bills will put an application packet on the website.
o Bills will call TDHCA to check on existing tax credits that may soon expire.
Woodard joined the meeting at 3:57 p.m.
5. Discussion on meeting schedule for the rest of the calendar year.
The Housing Board has two open seats currently. Two of the four functionally specific
positions are open on the HAB (total members are 9; 4 specific, 5 at-large). The areas of
specialty that are open are for a member with mortgage experience and a member with
housing construction experience. The five non-specific positions are recommended to
have knowledge of senior housing, real estate and / or social services.
·The next meeting will be October 17.
·Due to the holiday schedule, there will not be the regular November meeting and
the December meeting will be moved up a week to the 12th.
6.Adjournment
Motion by Todd to adjourn meeting at 4:27 p.m., second by Woodard.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM.
Approved :Attest:
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Board Member Name Secretary