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Poulsbo panel narrows scope for 12‑unit cottage‑court pilot; breaks into cost and finance working groups
Summary
City staff and a blue‑ribbon panel agreed to focus a workshop on what would be required to make a 12‑unit cottage‑court demonstration viable, splitting into breakout groups to analyze costs and financing and returning recommended next steps to the commission.
Rob Gilder, the city administrator, opened the session by urging the commission to move from concept to a concrete recommendation for a demonstration project. “So the objective is to produce an actual recommendation that can ultimately support a demonstration project of a 12 unit Cottage Courtyard,” he said.
Panel members split into two working groups: one to estimate site and construction costs and the other to test selling‑price assumptions, subsidies and buyer profiles. The groups were given roughly 75 minutes to develop an initial cost stack and financing assumptions and to report back to the full panel.
Why it matters: commissioners said the pilot is meant to test an attainable‑homeownership pathway for local workers in Poulsbo. Participants agreed the meeting’s deliverables — cost assumptions, preferred ownership models and recommended regulatory tweaks — will feed the Blue Ribbon Commission’s July agenda and subsequent council conversations.
Next steps: staff will circulate Rick’s slide deck and whiteboard photos, and the commission expects to resume the policy and incentives discussion at a subsequent session. The commission did not take any formal votes at the meeting.
