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Councilmember outlines 2025 priorities: economic plan, remaining affordable housing entitlements, fire station planning and potential sales-tax discussions
Summary
Council Member Downs laid out a set of 2025 priorities for Rancho Mirage, urging the city to complete remaining affordable-housing entitlements, plan a north-end fire station and park, and evaluate revenue options including transient-occupancy and sales taxes.
Council Member Downs used his council comments time to lay out a list of priorities he recommended the city pursue in 2025: a Rancho Mirage-specific economic development plan, completion of the remaining affordable housing entitlements to meet the state-required housing element, planning for a new north-end fire station, construction of a park tied to recently approved affordable housing parcels, and evaluation of possible revenue sources to fund capital needs.
Downs said the council and staff have entitled roughly 850 income-restricted affordable housing units to date and that the California Department of Housing and Community Development requires the city to entitle about 1,100 units…
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