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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Affordable Housing Committee - 07/24/2018APPROVED on August 6, 2018 NOTE: Date/time/place of next meeting: MONDAY, August 6, 2018, 10:30 a.m., 2nd Fl., Summit Room AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE July 24, 2018, 10:00 AM, City Hall, Members attending: Tom Bailey, Leslie Black-Plumeau, Sandy Dooley, Todd Rawlings, Michael Simoneau, and John Simson (Chair); Member absent: Larry Michaels Others present: Monica Ostby, PC liaison Minutes by Sandy Dooley AGENDA 1. Call to order, emergency procedure, agenda review, comments from guests 2. Review and approval of July 10, 2018, minutes 3. Chair’s remarks – Meeting with Planning Commission (PC) 4. Finish up draft of Citywide IZ (Inclusionary Zoning) 5. Discuss our position re potential special treatment of SEQ to prepare for future joint meeting with PC 6. Prepare for future meeting with Frank VonTurkovich 7. New business 8. Adjourn 1. Call to order, emergency procedure, agenda review, comments from guests: John called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m. and summarized emergency evacuation instructions. Re agenda: Monica asked that the subject presented in the email she sent to committee members that morning be included on the agenda of a future committee meeting. As committee members had not read the email, no decision was made as to putting this subject on a meeting agenda. Leslie voiced her desire that “preparation of a marketing/media plan re affordable housing” be included on a committee agenda in the near future. Committee members were supportive of her request. There were no comments from the public. 2. Review and approval of July 10, 2018, minutes: Leslie moved and Mike seconded motion that the July 10, 2018, minutes be approved as distributed. Motion passed, vote: 5-0-1. 3. Chair’s remarks – Meeting with Planning Commission: John reported that his and Sandy’s presentation of the Committee’s July 10, 2018, Progress Report at the July 10, 2018, Planning Commission meeting had been received with considerable interest and discussion. Planning Commissioners clearly see the need for LDRs related to increasing the supply of affordable housing in the City as a high priority. Consistent with this view, they decided to hold a special joint meeting with the Affordable Housing Committee that will focus solely on the Committee’s draft Citywide Inclusionary Housing LDRs. John and Sandy inquired as to timing of sharing the draft regulations with the Planning Commissioners, housing developers, and others (sharing with the public would take place at same time as sharing with developers). Did the Planning Commissioners want to see the draft regulations before they were sent to developers and other interested parties? The PC’s response was that they were fine with distribution to them and others simultaneously. Mike indicated that the committee might want to ask to present the draft regulations at a SBBA (South Burlington Business Association) meeting. Committee members were positive re this suggestion. Monica indicated that the Planning Commission, at its meeting that evening (July 24th), would be discussing whether to delay any action on the VonTurkovich request for a zoning change to the UVM parcel bordering Spear Street until after it reviewed and assessed the Industrial and Agricultural (zoning) district (I-A), which governs South Burlington property owned by UVM, from a holistic perspective. Monica indicated she would be advocating for action on the VonTurkovich request to be delayed until after the PC’s holistic review of the I-A district. She encouraged committee members to attend that evening’s PC meeting. No committee member indicated availability to attend. Monica left the meeting at this point. 4. Finish up draft of Citywide IZ (Inclusionary Zoning): (a) Committee members reviewed Sandy’s draft of an addition to the Inclusionary Subdivision subsection that provides the City with the option to purchase or transfer its option to purchase affordable building lots. Discussion focused on the time period the City would have to exercise this option or option to transfer its option. Members agreed that the time period should be changed from 120 days to 90 days and that the references to consultation with the Affordable Housing Committee be deleted. Otherwise, members were satisfied with the draft. (b) Committee members then considered whether the City should have the option to purchase or transfer an option to purchase any other inclusionary units that are developed under these regulations. Following discussion committee members agreed that the City should have the option to purchase or transfer its option to purchase all home-ownership inclusionary dwelling units developed under these regulations upon their resale. The time period for this option to purchase or transfer the option to purchase will be 30 days. Sandy agreed to draft this language and add it to the draft IZ document. (c) Committee members then reviewed the definitions Sandy had drafted for: affordable housing (this would replace the current definition), inclusionary housing (new definition), and inclusionary unit (new definition). Members identified places where the AMI percentages needed to be corrected and requested a couple of minor (not substantive) changes. With these modifications, committee members were satisfied with the draft definitions. Following this review, including identification of agreed-upon modifications, Tom moved and Mike seconded the motion to approve the draft Citywide IZ regulations document and authorize John to send it to Paul Conner for initial review once today’s changes have been incorporated. During discussion of the motion, Todd stated that while he supports the committee’s work product, he wanted the record to include his concern regarding the income levels targeted in the draft regulations. Specifically, his concern is that the AMI (Area Median Income) percentages (80%, 100%, and 120%) are too high. Motion approved by vote of 6-0-0. 5. Discuss our position re potential special treatment of SEQ to prepare for future joint meeting with PC: Due to lack of time, committee members discussed this subject very briefly. Major negative identified was the challenge of developing a compelling case for singling out a specific section of the city for different treatment vis-à-vis the Contribution to the Housing Trust Fund developer option. Major positive identified is that, due to the income demographics of the SEQ, special treatment is needed to promote inclusion of households across the income spectrum in all City neighborhoods. Members agreed to explore this subject further at a future meeting. 6. Prepare for future meeting with Frank VonTurkovich: due to lack of time, delayed until a future meeting 7. New business: none identified or discussed. 8. Adjourn: Tom moved and Todd seconded motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed (6-0-0) and meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m. “Bike rack” ● Tom will prepare a “Summary” of the proposed changes (from May 29, 2018, meeting minutes) ● work on Committee’s page on the City’s website ● (Quoted from January 23, 2018, meeting minutes) “John asked Mike to prepare a work plan for the committee to collaborate with Coralee to enhance its effectiveness in communicating with residents via the City’s website and via other means. The plan should include specific assignments to be carried out by identified committee members. Mike accepted this assignment.” Homework (not yet reported on): ● Mike will consult with an accountant regarding what incentives the City might put in place to encourage owners of undeveloped property to sell land at a “bargain price” to private developers. ● Mike will seek Yves Bradley’s input regarding development of more housing along Shelburne Road corridor.