Placement: Unfinished Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Final Draft 2025 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) Recommendation of Incentives
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Submitted By: Bolivar Gomez, Housing Programs Manager
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Mission to enhance our community's quality of life.
Executive Summary (General Business): Finalize the 2025 incentives which will be incorporated in the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) Report and will be presented to the committee on November 20, 2025.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the committee approve the AHAC Incentive recommendations to be included in the 2025 AHAC Report.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the committee provide new/additional recommendations for AHAC Incentives.
2. Move that the committee not approve the existing incentives and provide staff direction.
Background: During the August 21, 2025, AHAC meeting, the Draft AHAC Incentives were discussed with the committee. The committee affirmed that they were fine with the existing strategies that were included in the 2024 AHAC Report. The committee did, however, have minor adjustments to the AHAC Incentives Chart. The following are the 2025 Final Draft AHAC Incentives, as well as the committee comments/decisions from the August 21st meeting that are shown in bold:
A. Expedited permitting: The processing of approvals of development orders or permits for affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other projects. - Okay as is.
B. Modification of impact fees: All allowable fee waivers provided for the development or construction of affordable housing. - Okay as is.
C. Flexible Densities: The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing. - Okay as is.
D. Reservation of infrastructure capacity: The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very-low-income persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons. - Okay as is.
E. Affordable Acc...
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