ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Hold a POLICY SESSION to Discuss AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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BACKGROUND: The City Council requested an opportunity to have a policy discussion on affordable housing in Peoria. This policy discussion is a follow-up to a staff report that was sent to Council in late 2017. A copy of the report is attached.
The policy discussion will consist of a staff presentation, an opportunity for questions and discussion, and conclude with direction from the Council on the following questions:
1. Where does the City Council believe is the most appropriate location (based upon surrounding amenities) for decent affordable housing?
2. What level of support/action does the City Council want to provide toward the creation and/or preservation of decent affordable housing units?
3. How does the City Council want to provide support?
4. Direction on the Policy Options listed within the Policy Session slides.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:
IMPACT IF APPROVED:
IMPACT IF DENIED:
ALTERNATIVES:
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER:
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2017 - 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Grow Peoria
2. Financially Sound City
3. Safe Peoria
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
2. Support sustainability.
3. Grow employers and jobs.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development