What criteria are City staff considering to identify housing opportunity sites?
A. The following base criteria are considered in the identification of housing opportunity sites: 1. Proximity/accessibility from site to Local Services – grocery store and shopping, schools, transportation routes, community services/parks. 2. Adequate site size – approx. one acre or more to improve economic feasibility and site control. The costs for construction and long term management of housing are reduced significantly as the number of units increases. 3. Site availability – Undeveloped, underdeveloped and underutilized sites that are generally unimpeded for development due to physical conditions (steep slopes, flooding etc). 4. Seek a distribution of sites – to the extent feasible site selection should avoid the potential concentration of lower income housing in a given neighborhood or area of the City. 5. Appropriate site use or reuse – is the site best suited to serve housing needs vs. other uses such as office and/or retail. The City has a very limited amount of remaining lan
