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Davis commission forms subcommittees on affordable housing, housing trust fund and safe parking
Summary
Commissioners at the April 20 Social Services Commission meeting selected priorities and volunteers to form subcommittees on the affordable housing ordinance, housing trust fund, rental resources and sanctioned camping/safe parking; staff will circulate membership and meet with council subcommittees where applicable.
At its April 20 meeting the Davis Social Services Commission prioritized several items from its adopted work plan and appointed commissioners to start subcommittee work.
The commission discussed limits on forming subcommittees while city council subcommittees are active and staff advised that the commission may not create a duplicative operational subcommittee but can assign commissioners to meet with council subcommittees, hear informational briefings and provide supportive research. Commissioners agreed to proceed by assigning small teams to tasks and then meeting the council subcommittee where appropriate.
The subcommittee priorities the commission focused on were: strengthening rental resources (task two), the housing trust fund (task four), the affordable housing ordinance (including the for‑sale component) and sanctioned safe camping/safe parking. Commissioners volunteered: Commissioner Horton offered to lead work on tasks two and four, another commissioner said they would join the housing trust fund effort, and others volunteered for the affordable‑housing and safe‑parking teams. Staff said each subcommittee should cap membership at three and that absent commissioners may join by email before the next meeting.
On a formal motion to approve the subcommittee work plan as discussed, commissioners voted in favor by voice vote and staff said they will circulate final membership lists before next month’s meeting. The commission discussed timelines: CDBG/RFP timing was noted (NOA in September, technical assistance in November, applications due in January) and staff advised any changes to the RFP process should be decided by August so September notices can proceed.
Commissioners also discussed a model used previously for ordinance work: pairing commission research with a council subcommittee’s feasibility study and returning final recommendations to the full commission before forwarding to council. Several commissioners emphasized avoiding duplication and coordinating with council subcommittees early in the process.
The commission did not adopt formal recommendations to council at the meeting; it approved its internal work plan to begin outreach, research and liaison meetings.
