2026-11-05 - Zoning Reform Subcommittee

Summary

Built from the posted meeting notes for the Planning Commission Subcommittee on Zoning Reform for Affordable Homeownership (9:30 to 11:00 AM).

Community outreach: the subcommittee supported staff continuing to develop booth and activity materials, with Planning Commissioners and GICH members invited to take part. Three considerations to frame the event: infrastructure, cost of development, efficiency of space. Schools were raised as venues; target date February 2027.
Motion by Kristen Morales, seconded by Matt Hall, to let staff move forward with event planning; passed unanimously.
Text amendment timeline: Chair Sara Beresford suggested a memo to the Mayor and Commission with an update, followed later by a preliminary packet of text amendments seeking feedback, not action.
The memo is timed for January 2027, ahead of the engagement event, as an educational check-in that includes a question on sequencing of text amendments. Draft in early December for the Planning Commission on 1/7; it goes through the Planning Commission, then the Clerk of Commission, then the Mayor, who decides distribution.
Schedule: keep November 19; cancel December 17; shorten December 3 to one hour (vote on the memo so it can reach the 12/10 Planning Commission agenda); future meetings start at 9:30 AM.
Staff present included Bruce Lonnee. Issue: Zoning Reform for Affordable Homeownership.