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Council refers housing action plan to planning board, schedules public input sessions
Summary
Council referred a multi-year housing action plan to the Planning Board for review and scheduled public information sessions Sept. 23 (library Levinson Room) and Sept. 28 (council meeting) to solicit input before future council adoption.
The council voted to refer the city's housing action plan to the Planning Board for review and scheduled two public information sessions to gather resident input.
Staff described the action plan as the product of years of research, public engagement and policy work including studies and committee recommendations; the plan aims to increase housing supply, lower housing costs and expand below-market-rate units. Staff noted specific immediate items — such as the 79 housing opportunity zone — would begin before full plan adoption.
Council directed referral to the Planning Board for its Aug. 20 meeting and set two public sessions: Sept. 23 (Levinson Room) and Sept. 28 (regular council meeting). Councilors thanked the housing committee and advocates and expressed interest in seeing planning-board comments and alignment with the master plan.
Next steps: Planning Board review and public information sessions in late September; staff and advocates expect subsequent council adoption steps and implementation tasks to follow.
