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Alpine City Council adopts updated moderate-income housing element
Summary
Alpine City Council voted unanimously March 11 to adopt Ordinance 2025-4, updating the city's moderate-income housing element to reflect new state reporting and recent local data; council discussion focused on population projections and household-size assumptions.
The Alpine City Council on March 11 adopted Ordinance 2025-4, updating the moderate-income housing element of the city's general plan to reflect new data and changes in state reporting requirements.
The measure, described by staff as an update with no change to local goals or policies, adjusts the statistics and tables in the existing housing element that had been maintained through 2024. Staff told the council the state has stopped publishing the spreadsheet tool the city previously used, forcing municipalities to rely on alternative data sources.
Staff said the ordinance does not create new housing mandates for the city but updates the official report the state requires of cities and counties of a certain size. "This one's pretty, pretty easy," the city staff member said, explaining the annual reporting requirement and the need to replace the state's discontinued spreadsheet tool. Council members discussed population projections and household-size assumptions that feed the plan's figures. One council member said, "Ever since the state has required it, Alpine City has been in compliance," emphasizing the city has met reporting rules in prior years.
Council members pressed staff on why several planning documents show higher future population estimates than current local projections. The discussion touched on annexation areas and entitled lots; staff said the city currently has roughly 200 approved vacant lots and noted buildout estimates can stretch over decades.
Voting and next steps: A council member moved to adopt the document as presented; another council member seconded. The council took a roll-call vote and approved Ordinance 2025-4 unanimously. The motion and roll-call occurred during the March 11 meeting; the ordinance's effective date was not specified in the meeting record.
Votes at a glance: - Consent calendar (approval of Feb. 11 minutes): approved by roll call (yes votes recorded as Jessica Smuin; Brett Rummler; Jason Thielen; Chrissy Hanneman). This vote adopted the consent calendar and passed. - Ordinance 2025-4 (moderate-income housing element): motion to adopt, seconded; roll-call vote recorded as unanimous (Jessica Smuin; Brett Rummler; Jason Thielen; Chrissy Hanneman). Outcome: approved. - Motion to go into closed session to discuss property acquisition and litigation and to adjourn public meeting afterward: motion moved and seconded; roll-call vote recorded as unanimous (Jessica Smuin; Brett Rummler; Jason Thielen; Chrissy Hanneman). Outcome: approved; council adjourned to closed session.
The council and staff said they will use the updated housing element as the city's current report to the state. The transcript does not record an implementation schedule or an effective date for the ordinance.
