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Council allows Curry PUD to meet workforce-housing commitment with payment to housing fund; debate over long-term value
Summary
On third reading the council approved a Curry PUD amendment allowing the developer to satisfy a 15% workforce-housing commitment through a payment in lieu (52 bedrooms → $1,040,000 at $20,000/bedroom). Council and housing staff debated enforcement, vacancy trends, and how the housing development fund would be used.
Bloomington Common Council voted on Feb. 5 to amend the Curry planned unit development (the Rolato at 105 S. Pete Ellis Drive) to allow the workforce-housing obligation to be met through a payment to the city’s housing development fund rather than by providing units on-site.
Planning staff said the original zoning commitment required workforce housing equal to 15% of bedrooms (52 bedrooms on this site). Using the administrative manual rate in place at the time ($20,000 per bedroom), the payment in lieu equated to $1,040,000. Planning staff and the petitioner said the property has repeatedly struggled to…
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