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Votes at a glance: Oct. 21 Housing & Community Development Committee
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Oct. 21 meeting, including contract renewals, pilot extensions and referrals to council.
Key formal actions taken by the Housing and Community Development Committee on Oct. 21 included votes to allow a remote committee member to participate, approvals to renew service funding, an extension of a pilot, a referral of a vacation‑rental code amendment to council, and a change to the committee’s meeting time.
Votes recorded at the meeting included:
- Remote participation: Motion to allow Council member Burns to participate remotely — approved (ayes recorded; chair announced Burns would be added to the role).
- Approval of minutes: Motion to approve minutes from the Sept. 16, 2025 meeting — approved (ayes recorded; one abstention noted by Stephanie Murray on that vote).
- MTO walk‑in pilot extension: Motion to continue the Metropolitan Tenants Organization walk‑in hours pilot through the end of the year (monthly frequency), focusing on library hours and piloting later evenings — approved (unanimous recorded by roll call).
- MTO contract renewal: Motion to approve renewal of the landlord‑tenant services contract with Metropolitan Tenants Organization and Law Center for Better Housing for 01/01/2026–12/31/2026 (packet ceiling $91,600) — approved (unanimous recorded by roll call).
- Inclusionary waitlist: Motion to approve renewal funding for administration of the inclusionary housing waitlist (Community Partners for Affordable Housing) — approved (unanimous recorded by roll call).
- Vacation‑rental referral: Motion to refer amendments to Title 5, Chapter 9 (vacation rentals) to council for further study — approved (unanimous recorded by roll call); staff to return with legal exposure analysis, enforcement options and revenue modeling.
- Meeting time change: Motion to change the HCDC meeting time to 6:00 p.m. for the remainder of the year — approved (unanimous recorded by roll call).
Where roll‑call tallies were given in the transcript, the chair read the ayes individually; committee members who verbally recorded votes included Council members Burns, Ailes, Harcaris, Rogers, Committee member King, Stephanie Murray, Fran Sweeney and Joanne Zalomey. The committee did not adopt any final ordinances on Oct. 21; several items were referred back to staff for revised language or analysis before council consideration.
