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PEDS outlines budget, affordable‑housing pipeline and fee updates; warns of hit if property‑tax reform passes
Summary
Planning, Environmental & Development Services presented a $256.1M FY27 budget emphasizing pass‑through grants, affordable‑housing investments and fee schedule updates; staff warned a broad property‑tax rollback could reduce programs and slow permitting and environmental protection work.
Tanya Wilson, director of Planning, Environmental & Development Services (PEDS), told the board the department’s FY27 proposed budget is $256.1 million with a modest net decrease from FY26. She emphasized that about 57% of the PEDS budget are pass‑through funds for housing and federal programs and highlighted an $86.5 million housing trust fund that supports 2,300 pipeline units (542 complete, 1,261 underway, 500 planned).
Wilson outlined a strategic management plan focused on talent, process improvement and technology, and she described an urban forestry/Tree Loves campaign that would plant at least 500 trees a year in priority canopy‑deficit neighborhoods. She also presented fee updates for building, zoning and environmental protection permits to recover costs and maintain fund balances; staff said many fees had not been updated since 2014.
Wilson warned commissioners that a reduction in property‑tax revenues could force PEDS to scale back affordable‑housing gap funds, reduce staff and slow permit review and environmental enforcement, with potential consequences for public safety and compliance with state and federal regulatory deadlines. Commissioners asked for more detail on fee impacts and a future briefing on the proposed fee schedule before final adoption.
