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Commissioners point to Alpine West, River Village and Johnson Village as examples where grants and PDs enabled housing
Summary
Commissioners and staff described recent projects that used the PD process and state grants to increase density and finance affordable units; they noted grant funding often made projects feasible.
Commissioners discussed recent local projects that illustrated how PDs and outside funding can combine to produce more housing than standard zoning allows.
Staff cited Alpine West as a PD that moved to higher density (a cap cited at 165 units) in exchange for public benefits and described River Village and a Johnson Village project as developments that relied on sizable state grants. "Both had pretty large grants from the state to to help them get over Subsidize that?" one staff member said, noting grants were instrumental in making the projects financially viable.
Commissioners observed that nonprofit partners and grant funding often bridge the gap created by high land prices and construction costs, and that some creative approaches'including long-term land-lease models and park-model mobile homes'may be used to lower costs. Several members emphasized that compatibility mitigations (setbacks, fences, turn lanes) remain important when greater density is proposed.
