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Resident proposes lake 'rough cabins' and warns of affordable housing oversight gaps
Summary
At the Feb. 11 meeting, resident Jamal Shumpert urged the Development Corporation to consider building phased 'rough cabins' at the lake to generate Parks & Recreation revenue and warned that Neighborhood and Family Services lacks records from 2023 to present to monitor an affordable-housing partner.
During the public comment period, Jamal Shumpert (identifying himself as 'SMD 3') told the Development Corporation he supports a quality‑of‑life improvement project to build 'rough cabins' at the lake that could be managed by Parks & Recreation and later converted into homes if infrastructure were added. He described the cabins as low‑service, low‑cost units popular for recreational use.
Shumpert also raised a separate concern about affordable housing oversight: he said Neighborhood and Family Services "cannot monitor what they cannot see" and that requested information covering 2023 to the present was missing, leaving the board without records to exercise oversight. The chair thanked him and said the board would 'revisit that later in staff.' No further action or staff response was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Shumpert's comments were made during the public-comment portion of the meeting and were not advanced as formal agenda items at that time.
