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Councilors, consultants steer RFP toward workforce, missing-middle housing at Gateway site
Summary
City staff and consultants asked councilors to confirm priorities for a request for proposals (RFP) to redevelop the Gateway site, with broad support for workforce (80–120% AMI) and mixed housing types, accessible ground-floor units and a mix of rental and limited ownership opportunities.
Matt Brinkley, principal at Green Top Planning, told the Town City Council and Urban Renewal Agency during a Jan. 29 joint study session that staff is preparing an RFP to solicit development interest for the Gateway site and wanted confirmation on housing priorities. “We—re developing an RFP. So this is a solicitation that would be sent out to potential developers, to determine whether or not, there—s interest in redeveloping the site and what specifically that redevelopment would look like,” Brinkley said.
Councilors and consultants focused on middle- or workforce-housing serving households making roughly 80% to 120% of area median income (AMI), and on unit types that fit current household sizes. “I would say that there is definitely need for housing that is affordable to households at 80 to 120,” Brinkley said, describing both incentive gaps and financing constraints that make that product hard to deliver without public support.
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