Planning Commission Minutes 2021 05 13

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 13, 2021 Page 4 of 10 housing prices; and preference should be given to applicants who had been historically been subject to discrimination in housing based on the clear evidence that African Americans, Hispanics, and Indigenous peoples have been discriminated against all across country, which could be coordinated with the new EDI task force. RJ Harrington, 457 Raintree Court, agreed with the need for affordable housing but asked whether this was feasible in ordinance form given that there was not much more buildable space, and a project would need to be quite large to take advantage of economies of scale. He also noted that the next item on the agenda was commercial development asked where the new housing would be for all the new jobs. Brauneis clarified that the emailed public comments had been received had been distributed and were posted online. Moline moved and Howe seconded a motion to enter those into the record. Moline asked who the ordinance applied to. Zuccaro replied that anyone who had a current PDU or Plat approved would not be subject to the ordinance. Moline noted that the program would require a fair amount of City staff and analysis time, and asked how quickly it would become operational after approval. Zuccaro replied that it would go into effect about a month after the second Council reading. He noted that there were probably opportunities to enter into regional partnerships with how to do this. Staff right now could not do it based on time and expertise. Howe asked about the disadvantages to raising the 12% figure. Zuccaro replied there could be more costs associated with a new development and could theoretically deter those project but he didn't want to say if 20% would or wouldn't do that. Howe agreed that it was a tricky balance but he was interested in raising the threshold to an extent and he asked if they had looked into Longmont's plan. Zuccaro replied that in Phase II they hoped to look more into those other options such as fee waivers, density bonuses, and process exceptions that could supplement the 12% requirement. Howe asked about the Phase II timeline. Zuccaro replied that staff hoped to have discussions with Council later this year. Diehl asked about Superior's 15% threshold. Zuccaro replied that it was a new ordinance that would not apply to their new downtown development and he did not know the threshold for when it applied. Moline asked about reaching the lower income residents. Zuccaro replied that he would want to research more on that threshold and how to include those residents.