Agenda Packet 12-12-18 Work Session

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Community Response to Online Survey Following 11/28/18 Meeting 87 Comments on Options • Need a broad and systematic approach • Must address income disparity. • Many are vulnerable. Allow for/support cheaper options rather than pleasing the aesthetics of the housed population. • Must find a way to pay for affordable units with deep analysis of pro-con of each. • Don’t cannibalize existing housing. • Infill is expensive, won’t help keep costs down. • Critique of the list as a whole and the survey. • Call for comprehensive analysis of impact to evaluate any options. • Specific commentary on specific options (see full report) Other: • No mention of impact of climate change. • Critique that the group is stacked in favor of developers/business interest. • Advocacy for those in the bottom income bracket and need to protect them. • Critique of increased density and of eliminating transportation related SDCs (negative impact to traffic and parking more people living outside of city and commuting in). • Critique that changes to support ADUs and Missing Middle types won’t support affordability. Threat to neighborhood livability without data to support that it will help the problem. • Call for increased density, especially in downtown area. Dismay at approval of low- density development (800 Willamette). • Critique of lack of in-depth analysis of options and poorly constructed survey. • Support or opposition for specific options (see full report) December 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 2