Agenda Item Title:
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City Council Considering Adoption of the "Building our Future" Community Housing Workshop Series Draft Final Report
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Presenter:
Dustin Fratto, Council Executive Director
Housing Workshop Staff:
Shane Pace, CAO
Dustin Fratto, Council Executive Director
Lynn Pace, City Attorney
James Sorensen, Community Development Director
Kasey Dunlavy, Economic Development Director
Justin Sorenson, Asst. Council Director
Rob Sant, Asst. Economic Development Director
Jake Warner, Long Range Planning Manager
Liz Theriuault, Senior Comms & Policy Analyst
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Description/Background:
Beginning in the summer of 2025 the City Council, Mayor, City Staff, and Guests conducted a series of housing workshops meant to build consensus amongst city officials surrounding the housing issues being faced by the city and solutions that may help us address those issues. The workshop series included five workshops. During those workshops the council moved through the following process: Understanding and identifying the challenge > Developing a unified vision > Discussing and prioritizing solutions > Agreeing to strategies, tools, and implementation (tonight).
During the March 10, 2026 Council meeting a draft of the Housing Workshop Series Final Report was presented to the City Council. This report has the potential to be adopted as policy document by the Council and to be used to guide the re-imagining of our land development code over the coming months.
This evening staff is requesting council consider adoption of the final report. Should additional amendments or discussion be desired, staff recommends removing the item from the consent calendar and holding further discussion. If no additional discussion is necessary, staff recommends moving forward with adoption.
Further action to be taken:
Staff requests the following next steps:
1. Formally adopt the final report at a future City Council Meeting.
2. Staff will provide this report to the consultant cond...
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