City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Revisions to the FY 2020 Long Range Planning Interdepartmental Work Program.
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ISSUE: What additional Housing and Small Business Zoning initiatives should be prioritized for FY 2020 and beyond?
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt the proposed revisions to the Long Range Planning Interdepartmental Work Program for FY 2020 and beyond.
BACKGROUND: In May 2019, City Council approved the FY 2020 Long Range Planning Interdepartmental Work Program and provided direction to explore acceleration and expansion of Housing Affordability and Small Business Zoning initiatives. In addition, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) has adopted a regional housing initiative to increase the production of all housing, including affordable housing, over the next decade in response to significant forecast shortages. In a Resolution adopted unanimously by the MWCOG board on September 11, 2019, participating jurisdictions agreed to set local targets to help attain a regional goal of 75,000 additional new units of housing (above the level in MWCOG's 9.1 Cooperative Forecast) by 2030, with 75% of the new housing to be located in activity centers and near high capacity transit and 75% to be affordable to low and middle income households. Planning Commission and City Council received background information on the regional housing initiative and staff's proposed housing and small business work items at their September 3 and September 10 meetings, respectively. Staff has prepared a revised draft FY 2020 Work Program, provided as Attachment 1 ("Bar Chart"), for City Council consideration. Descriptions of the proposed new or accelerated projects for the work program can be found in...
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