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City staff propose reconstituting Housing Advisory Committee to address affordable, workforce and accessible housing
Summary
City development staff presented proposed revisions to the ordinance that governs the Housing Advisory Committee, seeking to broaden membership, refocus duties on missing-middle and accessible housing and create a clearinghouse for policy ideas; councilors discussed quorum and membership size concerns.
Morgantown — Ricky Yager, director of Development Services, presented proposed revisions to the city ordinance that establishes the Housing Advisory Committee and asked council whether it wished to reconstitute the committee with clarified duties and expanded membership.
Staff rationale: Yager told council the committee — created in 2014 to improve communication among the city, the university and student-housing stakeholders — was active under earlier leadership but waned after the COVID period and is now…
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