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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 11, 2024 Page 4of6 Baskett noted that this would be a lot of work for staff to take on. She asked about the bill to eliminate occupancy limits that was before the State Legislature, and how it was progressing. Hirt said that it was still in committee. Baskett asked about the commercial linkage fee, and suggested that it could be counter to the City's economic vitality strategy. She wondered if there were other cities in Boulder County that also had one. Zuccaro said City of Boulder had one, but that it had only been adopted recently. Baskett said that she really liked report, and that it was well organized and well - articulated. Hunt concurred, and added that she appreciated the thoroughness and creativity of the recommendations. Baskett added that the suggestion to remove some of the strict requirements for mixed use buildings would be really helpful. Hunt was interested to see whether this kind of development in downtown Superior would be successful. Mihaly asked whether a long term residency requirement had been considered for deed - restricted affordable housing. Zuccaro said that it could be considered. Mihaly felt that it was a discussion worth having. Hirt said that resort communities would provide a model for this. He also noted that the Plan also suggested raising the AMI threshold for the inclusionary housing ordinance. Mihaly said that while a raised AMI threshold may cover more people, it would still be worth considering a residency requirement. Choi asked how staff were feeling about the level of specificity for the goals. Hirt said that they were all measurable and had trackable data points. Even though they were broad, they were still meaningful and usable. Choi asked whether the first goal would allow for increasing appropriate residential development and or increasing residential development opportunities, and whether these were mutually exclusive. Hirt felt that the need for contextually appropriate development was present in the goals. Choi said that he wanted to ensure that the language of the recommendations would properly inform Staff's work plan. Hirt suggested that they could add a few words like "appropriate context sensitive" to the goals. Brauneis said that this would potentially make the document more palatable to residents. Zuccaro said that housing unit growth was much higher between 2010 and 2017, where the City was building well over one hundred units each year. It then dropped to around 30 units per year between 2017 and 2021. He said that the 2010 to 2017 figures were in line with the projections in the Housing Plan.