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Housing Plan Advisory Committee
August 27, 2025
Committee Members Present: Chairperson Geralyn Nolan, Ivas Garcia, Valen Cepak, Aaron Shipp, June Martin, John Nesmith, Brian Yung
Committee Members Absent: None
City Staff Present: Community Development Administrator
David Brower, Community Development Analyst Raney Whitwell, Planning & Development Services Director Anthony Armstrong, Planning & Development Services Assistant Director Molly Hitchcock,
Planning Administrator Chrisine Leal, Principal Planner Heather Wade, Staff Planner Ashley Klein, Land Development Review Administrator Robin Macias, Assistant City Engineer Lucas Harper,
Staff Assistant Tiffany Romero
Call meeting to Order and consider absence request.
Chairperson Nolan called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.
Hear Visitors
There were no visitors present.
Agenda Items
Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
July 23, 2025
Committee Member Cepak motioned to approve the minutes, Committee Member Garcia seconded the motion, the motion passed 5-0.
Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the implementation of top-ranked Actions in the Housing Action Plan.
Administrator Brower displayed a list of goals that the Committee previously discussed. The Committee’s goals are to present recommendations to Council for the following actions:
Amend the UDO to allow for greater density and a wider variety of housing options.
Reduce or eliminate fees for affordable housing development.
The Committee also expressed interest in exploring rezonings that would permit additional density and housing types. Their discussion included examining areas currently without residential
uses and consider mixed-use zoning to identify opportunities for incorporating housing.
Director Armstrong addressed the Committee regarding how construction costs are determined. He explained that in the context of affordable housing, it is difficult to find contractors
willing to build three homes for the same cost as constructing a single market-rate home. With limited crews and capacity, contractors can only take on a set number of projects, and
the return from building one higher priced home often outweighs the incentive to build multiple lower cost homes. He challenged the Committee to consider how cost might be distributed
across as many opportunities as possible to help achieve lower housing prices. He also highlighted the human resource limitations in construction, noting that ensuring the availability
of skilled crews and trades at the right time is a persistent challenge.
Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding future meetings of the Committee.
Chairperson Nolen asked the Committee to come up with their top 3 goals and to be able to support it before the next meeting.
Discussion and possible action of future agenda items.
September Agenda- Potential Fall Workshop.
Adjourn
Committee Member Cepak motioned to adjourn the meeting. Committee Member Garcia seconded the motion, the motion passed 7-0.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30.
Approved: Attest:
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Geralyn Nolan, Chairperson Tiffany Romero, Board Secretary