8.
City Council Work Session (Amended)
- Meeting Date:
- 09/29/2020
- From:
- Stacy Saltzburg, City Clerk
- Department:
Co-Submitter:
TITLE:
Discussion: Plan on how to move forward with the development of affordable housing on the Schultz Pass Parcel (the triangle at Schultz Pass Road at Hwy 180) including the discussion of a $500K general obligation bond ballot question or something similar for repayment of affordable housing monies allocated/spent on Schultz Pass Property in a future election.
DESIRED OUTCOME:
Discussion and Possible Direction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Mayor Evans requested a Future Agenda Item Request to consider a plan on how to move forward with the development of affordable housing on the Schultz Pass Parcel (the triangle at Schultz Pass Road at Hwy 180) including the discussion of a $500K general obligation bond ballot question or something similar for repayment of affordable housing monies allocated/spent on Schultz Pass Property in a future election.
INFORMATION:
To provide some history on this matter, a series of documents have been attached.
In 2017, Council engaged in a dialogue about a number of City parcels that could potentially be used for affordable housing purposes (scattered sites discussion). In June 2017 Council gave direction to staff to include the Schultz parcel in an RFP seeking proposals for affordable housing development on various City parcels. In July 2017, the Council directed staff to remove the parcel from the RFP.
A Citizen's Petition was submitted in July 2017 asking the Council to designate the Schultz Pass Parcel as open space. The Council chose not to take action on the petition and encouraged the public to seek a ballot initiative for voter approval to preserve that parcel as open space. In March of 2019 a Political Action Committee was formed for the purpose of gathering signatures for a ballot initiative. The deadline to present these signatures for the November 2020 election was July 2, 2020. The committee chose not to submit signatures at that time and are continuing to gather signatures.
In 2017, Council engaged in a dialogue about a number of City parcels that could potentially be used for affordable housing purposes (scattered sites discussion). In June 2017 Council gave direction to staff to include the Schultz parcel in an RFP seeking proposals for affordable housing development on various City parcels. In July 2017, the Council directed staff to remove the parcel from the RFP.
A Citizen's Petition was submitted in July 2017 asking the Council to designate the Schultz Pass Parcel as open space. The Council chose not to take action on the petition and encouraged the public to seek a ballot initiative for voter approval to preserve that parcel as open space. In March of 2019 a Political Action Committee was formed for the purpose of gathering signatures for a ballot initiative. The deadline to present these signatures for the November 2020 election was July 2, 2020. The committee chose not to submit signatures at that time and are continuing to gather signatures.