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All right. Um, thank you very much

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everyone for attending this meeting. Uh,

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the intent of this meeting is just as a

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a a communitywide workshop on the topic

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of housing. We have a lot of good

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information to share and um and I'm

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going to be very brief with my initial

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remarks. Um this is a a a town planning

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department-led meeting. I will note uh

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that we had an agenda posted for both

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the planning commission and the town

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council. Those agendas were posted for

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the idea that if a quorum of that group

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attended, they should call to order so

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they can just join the discussion. But

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really this is a a a staff level meeting

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in which council members and commission

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members are attending. Um I do note we

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do have a quorum of the planning

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commission. Uh chairman Colonian if you

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don't mind just calling us to order.

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July 20th for this joint workshop. This

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time

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here Kenny here price

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>> here. Secretary Burke here, Vice

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» here. Secretary Burke here, Vice

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President here, and I'm here as chair

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and for the record at this time

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>> Thank you very much. And I would note we

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» Thank you very much. And I would note we

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have three council members present in

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the room. Um not quite a quorum. Uh so

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uh but everybody is free to join the

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discussion to offer feedback, engage in

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all the exercises that we'll have. Um so

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without further ado, our first speaker

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is from the state uh executive office of

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housing uh secretary Deborah Goddard and

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thank you very much for joining us

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today.

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» I thought he was going to say she's from

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the state and she's here to help us. But

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» thank you uh for inviting me here. I'm

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just going to give sort of a big picture

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uh perspective from the state level. Uh

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the executive office of housing is a

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fairly new agency for the state. We are

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the lead policy agency in terms of

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housing. A lot of you know Rhode Island

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Housing. They are your housing finance

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agency. Their focus is on lending and

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they've been around forever doing an

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excellent job with that. Um so we are an

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agency of your state. I report to the

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governor.

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So, uh, quickly let's start with how did

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we get here? We all hear housing crisis,

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housing problem. Uh, most Rhode

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Islanders acknowledge that we need more

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housing that they know there's a crunch

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because most of us are feeling it. Uh,

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it's really, I like to say, economics

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101. Uh, development cost since February

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2020, cost of construction has increased

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40%.

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From 2012 to 22, 10 years, land values

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in Rhode Island increased 81%.

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Between 2018 and 2024, home sales

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increased 65%, rents increased 60% and

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wages increased 29%. There's the formula

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uh in large part for why we are where we

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are. But we also have not been building

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housing. Uh Rhode Island has ranked last

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for quite some years in the number of

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building housing building permits issued

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per person in the state. We dug a hole.

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We're going to try and dig out of it.

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You've certainly been a partner and are

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going to be a partner in digging out,

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but it's going to take us a while and

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it's going to take a collective effort.

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We are making progress. Um if we go back

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one, sorry, we are making progress. Some

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notes down there. Uh the pace of

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building permits across the street has

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picked up. Uh last year was the best

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year since uh precoid days. So we're

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starting to get where we need to be. Um

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this is a chart staff put together today

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and it really reflects those stats I

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just gave you. in the red. That red gap

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starting particularly in around 2122

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is the difference between household

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median income in Coventry and what you

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need to buy a single family home. And

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that pretty much tracks with that data

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about when did what happened with land

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costs, what happened with construction

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costs, and there's the inevitable

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outcome. And that's just Coventry.

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One thing I like to touch on is what is

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affordable housing. Um, it refers means

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you don't pay more than 30% of your

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income for housing. Um, if you pay more

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than that, then you're considered

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costbururdened. You have trouble filling

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other needs, transportation, food,

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health insurance, whatever. That's a

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standard that's been a golden standard

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across the nation for quite decades and

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decades. As long as I've been in the

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business, for sure. In Rhode Island, the

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average rent for a two-bedroom apartment

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is, as you can read, over $2,300 a

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month. And a household would need to

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earn 92 over 92, almost $93,000.

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I really like to put numbers and to

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these uh terms we use because affordable

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housing gets a bad rap and people often

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think it's for them or those others. But

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when you start seeing these numbers, you

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see this is, you know, this is us. This

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is our neighbors. These are our kids.

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These are the people who want to come

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take entry- level jobs. Average single

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family home costs 475,000.

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Uh you need $158,000 a year income to

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support that. According to Housing Works

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Rhode Island, that's out of Roger

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Williams University. They publish a

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factbook every year. It's just loaded

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with great data. It's online if you want

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it at Housing Works Rhode Island. um

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142,000

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almost 143,000 households are rent

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burdened, meaning they spend more than

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30%

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on uh housing. What does this look like

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uh briefly for Coventry? So, our data

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shows that your average rent for

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two-bedroom is about 20 $2,000 a month,

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meaning you need to earn again over

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$83,000 to afford it. Um,

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you need an annual income of 140,000

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plus uh to a Oh, I'm sorry. I did not

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edit that one. Well, um to afford a

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starter home. Half of renters in

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Coventry are costburdened and almost a

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quarter of homeowners are

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costbururdened. So again, statewide

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issue. Um but every community is feeling

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this pain including Coventry and I know

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that's why you all are here.

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So what is the state doing big picture?

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Um, we have created um, housing 2030.

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It's the first time the state has had a

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plan since uh, in almost 20 years. Hard

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uh, to know where you're going, what you

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need to do, and talk about it when you

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don't have a plan. We now have a plan.

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Uh, big picture, by the end of 2030, we

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want to have permitted 15,000 new homes.

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And within that, there's a goal for uh,

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accessory dwelling units, which may look

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small. Um when you see the number it's I

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think it's 525 new accessory dwelling

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units that actually would triple

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production uh historic production. Uh we

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have a goal for middle market. We say

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middle market we don't need mean

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necessarily middle income. We mean town

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homes that that that as opposed to

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largecale rental um and single family

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homeowner home ownership uh cottages,

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courts, town homes. That's what that

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middle market is. and a lot of it is not

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cannot be built in the state under zone

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current zoning. Um again a goal for

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affordable rental. We also can't uh lose

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what we have. So we want to make sure we

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pay attention to the affordable housing

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we do have and preserve it. Um so those

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those are our big picture goals.

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I know you're here tonight to talk about

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your comprehensive plan. Um this is

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really critical. You know this is your

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road map. We've we've created 2030. This

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is your road mapap again to explain

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where you're going, what you're trying

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to do. Uh it does have to be consistent

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with housing 2030. We will be uh

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reviewing uh all of the comp plans the

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communities submit. You can look right

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there to Josh Barry, our planner. He'll

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be leading the way. Um [snorts] some of

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you know him. He's was a local planner.

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Uh we want want you to discuss the ways

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you can expand overall housing

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production consistent with the needs

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that you have and the needs that the

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state has. Where are your opportunities

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to expand middle market housing and

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ADUs? And what are your efforts to

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preserve homes with expiring use

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restrictions? So for instance, if you've

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had comp permit projects that had

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30-year deed restrictions, let's check

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them out. Are they coming to the end of

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it? You know, do we need to do something

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um to extend that? And uh we we want to

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be helpful. Um, I haven't gone into it.

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This isn't a sales job for the

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department, but really any of the issues

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you have, uh, we want to be helpful.

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And, uh, I just want to say you have

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got, you know, great staff. Um, I ran

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the list of all the grants that, uh,

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Doug and his staff have achieved in the

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last couple years. Um, help with

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planning for TDU, a TD, transport,

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transit, transit origin development. um

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looking at your your comp plan um as

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well as participating in our municipal

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um fellows program which helped fund

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well did fund um has funded uh planning

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planner positions in a number of towns.

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We had eight awards. You are one of

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them. I'm going to be turning this back

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to your municipal fellow in a second. Um

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and uh it's been I think it's been a

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real success. We heard from members uh

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that came to a league meeting that

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communities are often overwhelmed by

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what's coming at them. They don't have

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enough staff to address it and deal with

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it. And so we put out this grant

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program. Uh the fellows are hired by

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your the community. Um and I'm happy to

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say uh that was from federal funding

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that no longer exists, but Rhode Island

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Housing has agreed to fund another round

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out of their own proceeds. So, that's

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really what I was here to do, to set the

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stage for a more in-depth conversation

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um and introduce the executive office to

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you. We are here to help. Um and with

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that, I'm going to turn it to your

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municipal fellow.

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right here.

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>> All right. Uh thank you, Secretary

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» All right. Uh thank you, Secretary

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Goddard. Um as she alluded to, I am the

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municipal state funded uh municipal

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housing fellow for the town of Coventry.

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Um last year from July to December, we

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conducted a housing needs survey with

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Town of Coventry residents. We promoted

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in various ways. We got um a little over

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350 responses and we got a a wealth of

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good data um to use in our comp plan.

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Um, so these survey responses indicated

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that housing availability and

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affordability is top of mind for a lot

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of Coventry residents. Um, there are

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clear concerns about the cost of

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housing, both uh, home prices and uh,

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rent. Um, and there's also a desire for

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diverse housing options. People

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expressing they want mixed use housing.

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They want uh, multif family um, ADUs.

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There's broad support for affordable

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home ownership and affordable rental

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units. um strong support for adaptive

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reuse of underutilized uh vacant

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commercial buildings and plazas. A

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number of residents brought up uh

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specific uh buildings and uh strips in

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town in our commercial corridors in our

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industrial areas. Um there is also a

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desire for walkability and connectivity

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um as important neighborhood

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characteristics. Number of residents

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comparing um Coventry to other towns

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that have more of a a town center. Um

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there's also a strong desire to preserve

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existing open space and green areas. Uh

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this is a rural town. Um and then

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general support for new housing

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development, established villages in

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major roadway corridors um mainly in our

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eastern uh section of town, center New

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England um and commercial corridors in

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Route 3.

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So this was um I'm not going to go over

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all the questions, but just a highlight

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of some of the ones we got good

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responses for. Question two asked if any

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of the following applied to you. So, we

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had um 147 people said that they know

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someone who's moved or will move due to

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housing costs. Um 89 people say they

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can't afford to buy in Coventry. 71

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people said they can't afford to rent.

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Um and people who are indicating they

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will move uh due to housing costs, 61

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people. Um and just a quote that I've

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excerpted from one of our open-ended

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responses, someone saying, "We were

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forced to move and house prices and

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interest rates in all places forced us

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to spend our life savings. We still have

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a mortgage that makes it hard to get by.

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It is $3,000 a month with 50% of our

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take-home income. Rental rates for

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family of five were no better. A number

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of sentiments like this in the survey

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expressed.

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All right. In question four, so asking

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people about what housing types they

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would like to see in the future. Um

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single family was dominant, but a number

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of people 182 people saying they want

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two family, 124 people wanting multif

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family. Um there were also people uh

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wanting um housing that is aimed at

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protected groups, people with

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disabilities, the homeless, uh the

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elderly, um that sort of thing. Uh

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people looking at mixed use, uh condos,

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um and a number of people looking at uh

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accessory dwelling units, 140 people.

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All right. And then question six was one

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of our open-ended questions. is we ask

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people to uh write an action or strategy

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they think uh could promote uh co in

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Coventry uh affordable housing uh uh and

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availability.

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Um so we kind of categorize these into

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uh different groups looking people just

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generally saying they want to build more

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homes, people wanting to increase

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affordable housing. Um you know focusing

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on infrastructure readiness, sewer and

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water in our eastern section of town. Um

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taxes is is top of mind of course here.

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uh multif family homes. Um some people

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uh posted development um reusing and uh

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reuse and revitalization of existing

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buildings. Um and then support for uh

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senior housing zoning reform.

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Um and then we had a number of

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miscellaneous categories, people just

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coming up with their own unique

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solutions that didn't fit those

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categories. Um this is a quote that I

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excerpted just one idea that we got. Um

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a key strategy to improve af housing

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affordability and availability in

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Coventry would be to support the

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development of mixeduse highdensity

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housing near transport hubs and town

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center. Uh this approach maximizes land

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use efficiency, reduces infrastructure

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costs, and encourages walkability.

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Additionally, implementing incentives

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for developers to include a percentage

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of affordable units in new projects can

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ensure a steady supply of affordable

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housing without relying uh solely on

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public funding. And this will translate

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into some of the policies you'll see

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later.

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Um, and like I said, um, you know, a

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number of people saying that, uh, they

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strongly agree that, uh, affordable home

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ownership units and affordable rental

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units are, uh, needed in Coventry.

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And the last one, we asked people where

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what areas of town or villages in

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Coventry would they like to see future

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housing development? um you know um

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people pointing to Eastern Coventry and

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um those areas near the West Warick

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border. Um a few people calling out

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Almax and Kmart um that vacant lot um

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people some people pointing to Western

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Coventry um center New England central

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Coventry um and then Rout route three

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are Neneck Hill Road and Tyog Avenue our

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commercial corridor and then a number of

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other miscellaneous responses. So that

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is just a high level overview of the

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survey results we got and it's on the

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planning department web page if you want

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to read more about it.

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» Hello everyone. Uh my name is Ashley. I

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am a team leader at Weston in Samson and

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we have been working with the town of

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Coventry to update your housing chapter.

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Um we're going to go through a brief

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presentation with you and then give you

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some instructions. We have some stations

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set up around the room. We're going to

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ask you to help us and participate in a

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in an exercise with us. Um I have a

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couple of people here with me. Elizabeth

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Haney is in the back. She's going to do

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a bulk of this presentation and go over

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key findings. Um, we've done an an a

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needs analysis and looked at housing

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data in Coventry and she's going to give

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you an overview of those key findings.

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We've used that information to draft

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along with staff's help um a set of

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goals, policies, and actions that are

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directly related to those key findings.

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Um, and so we're going to go over that

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with you and sort of ask you to keep

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these key findings in mind as you go

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through these exercises. think about the

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things that we we've highlighted here.

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Um it speaks to what is happening in

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Coventry, where people are struggling,

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where the need is for types of housing.

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Um so it's an important part of the

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process to make sure that we can

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understand and have a baseline for where

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Coventry is so that we can help you

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develop goals, policies, and actions

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that help to solve some of those

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problems and move Coventry forward in

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terms of its housing needs.

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Um we're going to go through um then

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we'll go through sort of explaining to

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you how to walk through each of the

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exercises and then we would ask you once

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you've done that to stick around. We'll

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open up for some questions and we can

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have a brief kind of dialogue and we can

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try to answer some of your your

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questions. Next slide.

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Um we have information for you here.

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There is on the town's website there is

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a page that is dedicated to the

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comprehensive plan. So, please visit

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that that website. Um, there's a lot

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more information that's posted up there

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that can help you understand the work

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that the town is doing with this. Um,

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and Doug has graciously encouraged all

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of you to please email him if you have

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questions, specific comments. Um, get in

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touch with him and the department and

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that is really the best way to get your

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questions answered and to get your kind

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of your concerns on record with the

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department as they work through this

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process.

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Doug, if you wouldn't mind talking a

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little bit about why we're here. The

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town has just recently um adopted a a

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new updated comprehensive plan that

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includes a housing chapter. We were

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hired through one of those fantastic

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grants that Doug was able to secure for

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your community to take a much deeper

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dive on your housing chapter and really

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start to dig into what's going on in the

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community so that we could help you

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refine those goals, policies, and

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actions to be really specific to what's

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actually going on on the ground to make

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sure that we can address the need as

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best we can in the community. So, if

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Doug, if you'd like to speak any more to

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that.

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>> Sure. Um, we're taking an interesting

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» Sure. Um, we're taking an interesting

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approach. Some folks might recall that

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we adopted a new comprehensive plan for

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our entire community uh just in June of

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this year. Uh so the question would be

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if we just adopted a comprehensive plan,

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what are we doing here tonight? Um we

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took this strategy because we had not

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had a comprehensive plan for uh 27

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years. So it had been a long time

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coming. We uh knew there were a lot of

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things we wanted to achieve with this

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comprehensive plan and some of them were

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time-sensitive. So, we had an important

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need to get a comprehensive plan on the

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books. However, um we didn't feel great

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about the housing chapter that we had at

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the time to be honest. Um we had a

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comprehensive plan that um when I first

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came on board the town, which was about

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three years ago, was um just being

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submitted to the state statewide

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planning. uh statewide planning was

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considering um comments on the plan. At

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that point, the town's housing chapter

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said its strategy for developing

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affordable housing was that later on we

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would develop a plan to tell us how we

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would develop affordable housing. So, we

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had no meat, no details. That doesn't

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work for the state. At the end of the

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day, we're all here to comment on

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policies. We're all here to comment on a

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comprehensive plan. Ultimately, the plan

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is guided by state level documents that

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tell us topics that we need to hit. Um,

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so we actually need to tell tell people

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in our comprehensive plan how we're

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going to achieve and make progress with

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affordable housing. And we hadn't did

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that. We didn't do that in our first

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draft. Staff spent some time um trying

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to work strategies into place. Uh it

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took a it took a while. We were working

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with stakeholders. We assembled some

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groups of stakeholders to give us

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feedback on this. Um, and then we

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realized that a period of time had

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passed. A lot of the data that we were

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relying on was getting a little stale.

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And around that time, we found money to

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hire a consultant really just to focus

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on this particular element, this

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chapter, which if you're asking me is

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one of the most critical chapters to

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this community. Um, we certainly are a

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community that is seeing a lot of

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interest um from the development sector.

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00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,600
um a lot of available land in Coventry.

539
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,399
Um not all projects are uh created

540
00:33:06,399 --> 00:33:08,480
equal. Not all projects have been uh

541
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,320
well-loved by all the neighbors. That's

542
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,120
fair to say. But um Coventry is a

543
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:16,000
community that has a lot of increased

544
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,880
interest in development. Uh and there

545
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,480
are a lot of projects that are being

546
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,320
cited in uh good locations. Um, but long

547
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,240
story short is in the midst of this, we

548
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,919
wanted to really nail down and make sure

549
00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:29,679
the policies of our comprehensive plan

550
00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:31,840
were were sound. We were growing the way

551
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,320
that we wanted to. And that's why we're

552
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,720
revisiting this element in particular.

553
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,120
The goal is that as the state is right

554
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,039
now reviewing our recently adopted

555
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:43,679
comprehensive plan, by the time we're

556
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:46,240
rounding this element into shape, it

557
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,480
will actually realign and the overall

558
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,000
plan will both reach uh state approval

559
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,399
as well as being to able to incorporate

560
00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:56,799
the recent revised chapter that we're

561
00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:58,799
working on now. So, a bit of a unique

562
00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:01,120
approach for folks that are wondering

563
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,720
what are we here for and and how does

564
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,559
this correlate to the plan we adopted

565
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:06,080
last month? That's a little That's

566
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,159
probably enough for me. Thanks, Ashley.

567
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:09,909
>> Thank you.

568
00:34:09,909 --> 00:34:09,919
» Thank you.

569
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:11,760
Next slide.

570
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,839
So, I'm going to ask Elizabeth to come

571
00:34:13,839 --> 00:34:16,800
up and speak to us about the key

572
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,919
findings and the needs assessment that

573
00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:22,800
was done. And again, we're asking you to

574
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,359
sort of keep this framework in mind,

575
00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:27,280
keep this information in mind as you

576
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,359
walk through these stations. It's how

577
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:32,560
the um goals and policies were generated

578
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,480
and it's where the action items came

579
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,399
from was all based on this needs

580
00:34:36,399 --> 00:34:38,560
assessment and the data findings that

581
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:44,470
that came out of that.

582
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,480
» Thanks everybody. Got to move this down.

583
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:47,760
Not tall enough today. I didn't wear the

584
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,079
right shoes. Um so thanks for having me.

585
00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:54,320
My name is Elizabeth. Um and so um we

586
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,839
have slides with each of our I think

587
00:34:55,839 --> 00:34:57,680
it's nine key findings. And so the first

588
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,599
one is around u the characteristics of

589
00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:02,880
Coventry's housing stock. And so 76% of

590
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,960
Coventry's housing stock is uh single

591
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,200
family detached housing. Um and that

592
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,160
compares to the county which is uh 67%.

593
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,000
And for the state um that's closer to

594
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,880
56%. And that that gap kind of

595
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,800
historically has widened. So Coventry's

596
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,960
housing stock has gone to more towards

597
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,200
single family in contrast to the state

598
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,200
and the county overall. um in Coventry 2

599
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,200
to four unit buildings which is

600
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,119
sometimes called the missing middle um

601
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:32,720
is just 5.7% of the stock versus 22%

602
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,119
statewide. Um something really unique

603
00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:38,000
about Coventry is actually that 6.5% of

604
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,920
the housing units in Coventry are

605
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,760
manufactured homes. Um it's over a

606
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,720
thousand units in five parks. Um that's

607
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:48,160
seven times the amount um of uh like the

608
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,880
typical state rate. Um, and the

609
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,640
characteristics of those parks vary in

610
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,160
terms of which ones have affordability

611
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,920
restrictions and which ones are resident

612
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,440
owned communities versus which ones are

613
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,359
privately owned. Um, which we'll get to

614
00:35:59,359 --> 00:36:01,119
more later. Um, you can go to the next

615
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:04,160
slide, please. Or hold on, let me check.

616
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:09,119
Okay. Um so in terms of ownership and

617
00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:11,839
renters um the median single family home

618
00:36:11,839 --> 00:36:17,119
price is uh 40 sorry 438,000 in 2025 and

619
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:19,359
that's tripled since 2000 um which was

620
00:36:19,359 --> 00:36:24,560
around 12 24,000 in 2000 um condos as of

621
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,400
last year and this can vary because of

622
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,560
the sales volume but the price for

623
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,119
condos has actually exceeded the median

624
00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:33,599
single family home price in Coventry um

625
00:36:33,599 --> 00:36:35,359
as of last year It's it's a smaller

626
00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:36,560
volume. So that might just be a

627
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,400
characteristic of which condos were

628
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,720
coming online, but is also interesting

629
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,560
when you think about condos as kind of

630
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,760
an entrylevel point for folks to buy in.

631
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:50,400
Um in terms of what the median income

632
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,200
needed to buy the medianric home, um you

633
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,160
would need an income of around 140,000

634
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,880
to buy the medianric single family home.

635
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,760
Um but the median uh income in Coventry

636
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,839
is 102,000.

637
00:37:03,839 --> 00:37:06,960
Um, and even if you make 120% of area

638
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,119
median income, you'd still be $40,000

639
00:37:09,119 --> 00:37:14,079
short. Um, the sales volume has declined

640
00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:18,480
over the past few years. Um, so in uh

641
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,000
2025,

642
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,480
we're down um 400 from 640 sales per

643
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,520
year to 490 sales per year. So there's

644
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,359
less homes on the market, which relates

645
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:33,920
to those home prices going up. Um, and

646
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,640
the the the

647
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,320
average rent for the for a two-bedroom

648
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,839
in Coventry, my numbers are slightly

649
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:42,000
different than EOH is because uh I I

650
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,960
pulled a little bit more recent data, um

651
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,839
is now up to $2,281

652
00:37:47,839 --> 00:37:49,599
per month. And so you would need to make

653
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:52,160
$91,000 a year to be able to afford um

654
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,079
that rental price. And um but the median

655
00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:00,240
renter in Coventry earns $37,000 a year.

656
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,160
Um, and so the the affordable rent for

657
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:07,119
that household would be uh 9 $9344.

658
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:10,400
Um, and so that means that uh for folks

659
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,599
making below 80% of area median income,

660
00:38:13,599 --> 00:38:15,760
um, they really can't afford the rentals

661
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,480
that are available on the market. Um,

662
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,280
and in that survey that Dennis

663
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:22,480
highlighted, which I'll just cherrypick

664
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,720
a survey from, but of the renters who

665
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:27,359
responded to that survey, 76 of 80

666
00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:29,119
renters who responded to that survey

667
00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:32,000
said that cost is a concern for them.

668
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,440
Um, you can go to the next slide.

669
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:40,240
And so, um, Coventry has 916 units on

670
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:41,920
the low and moderate income housing

671
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,839
inventory. And so those are the units

672
00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:46,480
that have um a an affordability

673
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,040
restriction, but it also um due to

674
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,720
changes in state legislation also

675
00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:53,280
includes um manufactured homes and

676
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,680
vouchers. Um so you can see if you look

677
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,040
at the breakdown of what are the details

678
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,800
behind Coventry's low and moderate

679
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,560
income housing inventory, you can see

680
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,599
that um it sort of looks like there are

681
00:39:05,599 --> 00:39:07,760
more family units than elderly units,

682
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,200
but that's because we're counting

683
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,119
manufactured homes and vouchers as part

684
00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:13,599
of that count. But in terms of actual

685
00:39:13,599 --> 00:39:15,280
like units on the ground, there are

686
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,839
actually fewer family units than elderly

687
00:39:17,839 --> 00:39:21,040
restricted units in Coventry. And that

688
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,920
also somewhat differs um compared to the

689
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:25,680
chart of who is costbururdened in

690
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,440
Coventry. And so the chart on the left,

691
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,440
the font might be kind of small, but it

692
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,000
breaks down kind of the orange and the

693
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,720
red are who is costburdened or severely

694
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:36,400
cost burdened. Severely cost burden

695
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,160
means you're paying more than 50% of

696
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,240
your incur income towards housing costs.

697
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,560
So you you really got to make decisions

698
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,720
about where your money is going. Um and

699
00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:47,680
so you can see that among small

700
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,400
families, there's something like500

701
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,240
small families that are spending more

702
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:54,400
than 30% of their income towards housing

703
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,119
in Coventry. But you also have higher

704
00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,280
percentages of elderly non-family

705
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,680
households and um other types of

706
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,599
households who are also burdened. Um

707
00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:09,040
you can go to the next slide.

708
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,560
Um, and so Coventry, like the state, has

709
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,320
an aging population. The population

710
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,079
that's 65 and over, grew um 48% between

711
00:40:18,079 --> 00:40:20,480
uh 2010 and 2020. Um, one in three

712
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,040
residents are now 55 and older. Um,

713
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:24,880
there's also sort of a wave of folks who

714
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,200
are age incoming. So, uh, folks who are

715
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,400
in the 55 to 64 cohort, um, that

716
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,079
proportion of the population is bigger

717
00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:34,400
than the county and the state. Um, those

718
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,480
are folks who may want to down downsize

719
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,119
in coming years. um there's a smaller

720
00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:40,560
percentage compared to the state of

721
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,160
folks who are uh 18 to 34. Um which

722
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,320
means there's fewer households um moving

723
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,160
to start families and start their

724
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,680
careers here. Um there are also folks

725
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,359
who work in Coventry but aren't able to

726
00:40:53,359 --> 00:40:57,760
live here. So um we have a table here of

727
00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,520
occupations in Coventry of some of the

728
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,280
industries that exist here. And so you

729
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,359
can see that the average annual wages

730
00:41:03,359 --> 00:41:05,920
for a lot of these professions um aren't

731
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:09,040
able to afford the they they can't

732
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:10,400
access an affordable rent or an

733
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,480
affordable home price. So if you look at

734
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,960
this chart, folks who work in the

735
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,200
accommodations or food sector, retail,

736
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,240
healthcare, or construction for none of

737
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:23,520
those sectors can they afford um the

738
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,440
typical Coventry rental or the median

739
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,760
home price. The only folks who are able

740
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,560
to afford just the rental are folks who

741
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,640
work in man manufacturing or

742
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,880
professional services.

743
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:40,319
Um you can go to the next slide.

744
00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:42,720
and uh Coventry does have an aging

745
00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:46,240
housing stock. So 58% of the units are

746
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:49,200
uh built before 1978. Um in housing

747
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,920
units from that era there is a risk of

748
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,040
uh lead paint. um those those older

749
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,119
households are more prevalent in eastern

750
00:41:57,119 --> 00:42:00,720
Coventry. Um that has real impacts. Six

751
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:03,760
children um had elevated blood levels

752
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:07,200
according to 2025 data in Coventry and

753
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,640
the tenant surve the the reports for

754
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,040
folks from Dennis's survey in kind of

755
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:14,319
the comments if we looked at the

756
00:42:14,319 --> 00:42:16,079
comments there were folks who talked

757
00:42:16,079 --> 00:42:18,640
about things like mold, water intrusion,

758
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,319
water coming through the roof, um

759
00:42:20,319 --> 00:42:22,880
failing heat and electric. um folks who

760
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,720
are renting in Eastern Coventry. Um

761
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:29,680
sometimes those types of units, older

762
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,359
multif family units are what's called

763
00:42:31,359 --> 00:42:33,040
naturally a occurring affordable

764
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,040
housing. So those are units that don't

765
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,720
have an official deed restriction, but

766
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,000
folks are able to um able to rent

767
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,520
without costing too much. Um but they

768
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,920
are in poorer condition. You can go to

769
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,190
the next slide.

770
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,520
And um one of our other other finding is

771
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,400
is um that cost burden data that I

772
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,079
already sort of talked about. So I won't

773
00:42:56,079 --> 00:42:58,319
walk you through this in great depth,

774
00:42:58,319 --> 00:43:01,040
but severe housing cost burden is

775
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,280
concentrated among non-family households

776
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,040
which can be folks living alone or

777
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,280
living with roommates and but small

778
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,359
families account for the largest number

779
00:43:09,359 --> 00:43:11,280
of folks who are a cost burden. So

780
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,200
paying more than 30% of their income for

781
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,920
housing. Um and then you can go to the

782
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,359
next slide. And so we kind of wrapped

783
00:43:19,359 --> 00:43:21,760
all that up with a summary of needs for

784
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:25,430
folks in Coventry

785
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,599
and oh we have some dynamic graphics. Um

786
00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:31,760
and so though it's not exciting to speak

787
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,800
about these statistics. So um folks in

788
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,359
Coventry there's a need for more housing

789
00:43:37,359 --> 00:43:40,960
that can um meet the population changes

790
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,599
for folks here. um folks who are elderly

791
00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:45,359
and aging, folks with disabilities,

792
00:43:45,359 --> 00:43:47,040
which can sometimes come with folks who

793
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,520
are aging, um extremely lowincome

794
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,079
households, as well as manufactured home

795
00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:54,960
park residents and renters

796
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,800
and households experiencing housing

797
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,359
instability. some of the official um

798
00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:01,680
kind of statistics about homelessness

799
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,040
like don't show Coventry as having um

800
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,599
homeless homelessness um in the official

801
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:09,680
counts but folks in the survey reported

802
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,760
that folks are camping in different

803
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,520
locations in Coventry and if you look at

804
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,520
the schools data where they report on

805
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,280
kids who are living doubled up which

806
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,359
also get counted as homeless there are

807
00:44:19,359 --> 00:44:21,839
40 students sorry I believe there's 40

808
00:44:21,839 --> 00:44:23,440
students in Coventry public schools who

809
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,079
are reported as homeless

810
00:44:26,079 --> 00:44:28,800
you can go to the next slide

811
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,160
And so um kind of going towards housing,

812
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,839
what that means is that we find that

813
00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:35,359
there's a broad a need for a broader

814
00:44:35,359 --> 00:44:37,040
range of housing types for more

815
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,680
attainable ownership opportunities as

816
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,599
well as a need among uh the workforce

817
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:43,760
and local employees. Um kind of like

818
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,160
that table that I went through. You can

819
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,400
go to the next slide. And then we had a

820
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:49,920
few additional findings that were just

821
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,000
worth noting. And I think I've discussed

822
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,880
um most of these.

823
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,119
Yeah.

824
00:44:57,119 --> 00:44:58,960
And then this is just a chart to kind of

825
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,160
visualize um a statistic that's often uh

826
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,480
frequently talked about. Um so there's a

827
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:05,839
lot of discussion in Rhode Island about

828
00:45:05,839 --> 00:45:08,000
the 10 the 10% threshold for the low and

829
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,760
moderate income housing act and

830
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:11,599
communities are subject to comprehensive

831
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:14,319
permits when you have less than 10% of

832
00:45:14,319 --> 00:45:16,240
your housing designate designated as low

833
00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:19,599
and moderate income. Um commentary today

834
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:24,240
is at um 6.23% 23% but looking at the

835
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,240
projects that are in the pipeline. Um we

836
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:29,440
made this graph and kind of put in what

837
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,680
year projects might come online for any

838
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,160
of the projects that are in um the

839
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,000
planning approval process. I just put

840
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,359
those for 2029. But what this shows is

841
00:45:39,359 --> 00:45:40,800
that Coventry is going to come very

842
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:44,240
close to getting to 10% by 2030. Um but

843
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:46,160
then that number will be recalculated in

844
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,960
2030 and the target will shift up a

845
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,560
little bit. So there may be a gap when

846
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:54,950
you get to 2030.

847
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,560
Um and you can go to the next slide. And

848
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,280
so this is sort of uh where we are. So

849
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,040
we have just completed the needs

850
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:04,560
assessment. Tonight we are going over

851
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,960
the goals, policies and actions um

852
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,760
coming from that analysis. And those

853
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,079
those will go into the final chapter

854
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:13,920
which will be approved by town council

855
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,520
and then submitted to statewide planning

856
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,870
for approval.

857
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,119
All right. And then I think Are you up

858
00:46:21,119 --> 00:46:22,240
next for the instructions?

859
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:24,069
>> Sure.

860
00:46:24,069 --> 00:46:24,079
» Sure.

861
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:26,069
>> So, keeping all of that in mind, we're

862
00:46:26,069 --> 00:46:26,079
» So, keeping all of that in mind, we're

863
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:28,720
going to ask you to engage in some

864
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:32,240
exercises with us. Um, we have three

865
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:34,560
stations that we've set up. Number one

866
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,400
is over here. We've labeled them the

867
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,160
best that we can. Number two is over

868
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,440
here. Number three is a map over here.

869
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,240
At station one, we have those key

870
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,480
findings. So, we've got those nine key

871
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,400
findings that Elizabeth went over for

872
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,079
you. And really, we're just interested

873
00:46:50,079 --> 00:46:52,400
to know, is this something that you were

874
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,560
aware of in your community, or did you

875
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,560
were you surprised by what you heard and

876
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,720
the statistics and the data that was

877
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:01,040
that Elizabeth talked through? We're

878
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,720
interested in just understanding what

879
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:04,319
the general knowledge is out in the

880
00:47:04,319 --> 00:47:06,319
public about where where people in

881
00:47:06,319 --> 00:47:08,480
Coventry are in their life and in their,

882
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:09,680
you know, where they are in their

883
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:13,520
housing needs. Um, station number two is

884
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,520
the goals and policies that we've

885
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,680
developed with the staff's assistance to

886
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,280
um, kind of high level set the tone for

887
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,680
how is Coventry going to address these

888
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,640
key issues that we've identified. So,

889
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,560
when you're at and you got a pet little

890
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,240
packet of sticky dots, we're going to

891
00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:34,240
ask you to use your red dots. And the

892
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:35,520
instructions are on the back of your

893
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,119
agenda, so you don't need to memorize

894
00:47:37,119 --> 00:47:38,640
this. You can just flip it over and look

895
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:40,400
at it. We're going to ask you to use

896
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,480
your red dots at station number one and

897
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,400
tell us is this something you knew or

898
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,880
something that surprised you. You also

899
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,280
have some purple dots. Um we're going to

900
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,000
ask you to use those at station two and

901
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,000
we're going to ask you to prioritize

902
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,319
your six top when you read through

903
00:47:56,319 --> 00:47:58,079
those. What are the six things that

904
00:47:58,079 --> 00:47:59,920
resonate with you the the most? What are

905
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:01,920
the things that you think Coventry needs

906
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,319
to focus on out of those goals and

907
00:48:04,319 --> 00:48:06,640
policies? Um, so we'll ask you to use

908
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:09,440
your your purple dots over there. And

909
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,079
then station number three is over here.

910
00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:14,800
We have a large map. Um, we have the

911
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,160
whole town on this map. We've pointed

912
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,119
out some part particular location so you

913
00:48:21,119 --> 00:48:23,440
can sort of orient yourself and you have

914
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,880
some smaller little half inch dots. Um,

915
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,200
each of those sort of ref represents a

916
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,440
different category. And we're asking you

917
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,079
to put those dots on a map and tell us

918
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:35,839
where these things make the most sense

919
00:48:35,839 --> 00:48:39,599
to you. So you can use the post-it notes

920
00:48:39,599 --> 00:48:41,680
here. You can use your smaller dots on

921
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:43,920
this board um according to kind of the

922
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,319
themes that we have come up with um with

923
00:48:46,319 --> 00:48:48,079
staff's help in terms of where you think

924
00:48:48,079 --> 00:48:50,720
housing is most appropriate. We also

925
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,119
have another it's kind of behind the

926
00:48:53,119 --> 00:48:54,640
screen. You can't really see it, but we

927
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,400
have another station over here where we

928
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:57,920
just have some blank white paper for

929
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,760
you. And there's markers and pens and

930
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,000
post-it notes. And anything that you

931
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,480
have as a thought or an idea or a

932
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:06,800
commentary that's not captured in one of

933
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,359
those three stations, we ask you to just

934
00:49:09,359 --> 00:49:11,359
put it down on paper for us. We will

935
00:49:11,359 --> 00:49:13,119
look at all of that and we will give all

936
00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:15,599
of that information to staff. So any

937
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:17,119
thoughts or ideas that you have that

938
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:18,800
somehow don't get captured in these

939
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,359
three stations, um there's a a we're

940
00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:23,599
calling it a parking lot basically.

941
00:49:23,599 --> 00:49:25,599
That's a great place to put any of your

942
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:27,359
ideas or thoughts that are not related

943
00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:29,920
to one of the three stations.

944
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,710
>> Um, yep. Can you just go back to slides

945
00:49:32,710 --> 00:49:32,720
» Um, yep. Can you just go back to slides

946
00:49:32,720 --> 00:49:34,319
just for folks who are listening online

947
00:49:34,319 --> 00:49:37,119
or to the one with the um the URL on it?

948
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:40,640
I think it's slide might be before one.

949
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,559
So, if folks are are are listening in

950
00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:44,079
online, um you're able to also

951
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:45,680
participate in these activities. If you

952
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:49,910
go to tinyurl.comousing26,

953
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,599
that'll take you to an online survey

954
00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:54,079
where you're able to drop pins on a map

955
00:49:54,079 --> 00:49:56,640
and complete um parallel activities to

956
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:58,400
the activities folks are doing tonight.

957
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:03,349
So, it's tinyurl.comousing26.

958
00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:06,240
Thank you for that reminder.

959
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:10,480
If you can go back. Yep. Thank you.

960
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:14,079
Um you can go one more.

961
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:17,680
So, this is a QR code. This you can use

962
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,520
to scan this on your phone. And what

963
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:21,839
we've done on this survey that is online

964
00:50:21,839 --> 00:50:23,920
is all of the action items. I think

965
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,559
there's like 36 of them. We talked about

966
00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:28,880
the idea of being able to discuss those

967
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,720
here tonight, but it's just too much

968
00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:33,680
information um to ask everyone to read

969
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,839
36 action items, think about those, and

970
00:50:35,839 --> 00:50:37,839
dot vote on all of that. And so, we took

971
00:50:37,839 --> 00:50:39,920
this to a higher level and did goals and

972
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,559
policies. We're doing the map so that we

973
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:44,319
can get an idea of where people think

974
00:50:44,319 --> 00:50:45,760
specifically it's appropriate for

975
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:47,680
certain types of housing development.

976
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:49,839
But what we've also done online is given

977
00:50:49,839 --> 00:50:52,640
you this QR code. You can scan this with

978
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,680
your phone. I believe we also had we'll

979
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,359
get you the URL. I thought it was on

980
00:50:57,359 --> 00:51:00,720
this slide. Um to you can go there and

981
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:03,200
it lists the 36 action items and it

982
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,040
gives you the ability to sort of give

983
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,280
your you know give your gauge your

984
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:08,800
interest in those. Do these seem

985
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:10,559
appropriate? to these seem like maybe

986
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:12,800
not a great idea for commentary. This

987
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,440
that survey will stay open until the

988
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,920
close of business tomorrow. Um and then

989
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,400
we'll close that. And anyone that's um

990
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,119
online will also see that at the end of

991
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:25,760
the link that Elizabeth just gave you,

992
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,520
you'll be able to move over to this

993
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,760
survey right from that one and you'll be

994
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,079
able to do both of the activities from

995
00:51:32,079 --> 00:51:37,200
home. Next slide. again promoting that

996
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,280
the comp plan, the website has

997
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,359
comprehensive plan information and that

998
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:44,800
Doug is offering to invite people to

999
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,319
come speak to him or to email him um at

1000
00:51:48,319 --> 00:51:52,160
the address there. Absolutely. Please.

1001
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:56,319
And then it's it's fair to say um as a

1002
00:51:56,319 --> 00:51:59,200
as a last remark before I think we turn

1003
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,000
it over to the engagement exercises. Um

1004
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,800
this was our our first big uh public

1005
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,160
engagement opportunity for the housing

1006
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,240
chapter. That's what's in front of us.

1007
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,800
Uh these policies, this is very much uh

1008
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,720
the the document itself hasn't been

1009
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:17,200
assembled. Uh these are this is a very

1010
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,440
strong draft, but we're looking for that

1011
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,839
feedback now. But this is going to be

1012
00:52:21,839 --> 00:52:24,400
moving into the local adoption process.

1013
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:25,920
So there'll be important steps where

1014
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:28,240
this is going to be reviewed uh by the

1015
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:29,920
planning commission and a recommendation

1016
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:31,200
from the planning commission will be

1017
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:32,960
provided to the council. There'll be a

1018
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,599
council hearing on this matter. Um this

1019
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:38,319
is going to be the stand alone or the uh

1020
00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:40,960
the the the the standing website that

1021
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:42,160
we're going to use throughout the whole

1022
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,960
process. Uh, and uh, the idea is through

1023
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:46,400
the entire process, we're going to have

1024
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:48,960
my email address be where you can give

1025
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,839
comments throughout it all. I'm going to

1026
00:52:51,839 --> 00:52:54,400
oftentimes be just passing those along

1027
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,160
to our decision makers as we move from

1028
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:59,040
one board to another. Uh, but this is

1029
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:00,720
the first step. We want to hear from you

1030
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:02,880
early. We want to hear from you often,

1031
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,559
but this is the place that you should be

1032
00:53:04,559 --> 00:53:05,920
checking back over the course of the

1033
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,000
next few months. We anticipate bringing

1034
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,520
these plans in front of our boards in

1035
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,160
the course of the next month or two. Um,

1036
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,000
we want to get the feedback here, but

1037
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,160
this is something that this will be

1038
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:18,000
moving towards local decisions in the

1039
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,160
next few months. So, please keep this

1040
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:22,000
website handy. Keep looking for updates

1041
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:24,800
and email me with any questions. Um,

1042
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:25,190
>> thank you.

1043
00:53:25,190 --> 00:53:25,200
» thank you.

1044
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:25,829
>> Yep. Thank you.

1045
00:53:25,829 --> 00:53:25,839
» Yep. Thank you.

1046
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:27,750
>> So, you do not have to start at station

1047
00:53:27,750 --> 00:53:27,760
» So, you do not have to start at station

1048
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,839
one. You can pick any one of them and

1049
00:53:29,839 --> 00:53:32,559
move in order or not in order. It really

1050
00:53:32,559 --> 00:53:34,240
doesn't matter. We just hope that you're

1051
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:36,720
able to visit all three of them. Um, and

1052
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:38,400
we encourage you to stick around

1053
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,480
afterwards so that if there are

1054
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,720
questions, we can have a bit of a an

1055
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:46,800
open dialogue before we end the meeting.

1056
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:48,790
>> I think that's it. So, please, you know,

1057
00:53:48,790 --> 00:53:48,800
» I think that's it. So, please, you know,

1058
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:50,079
take your sticky dots, your

1059
00:53:50,079 --> 00:53:51,920
instructions, pick a station, start

1060
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:53,760
anywhere, and there's going to be staff

1061
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:55,440
there to help you or answer your

1062
00:53:55,440 --> 00:54:12,549
questions as you go.

1063
00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:18,150
No.

1064
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:28,150
But they haven't changed the

1065
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:37,270
» area.

1066
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:49,270
Just want to get a sense.

1067
00:54:49,280 --> 00:55:33,589
You can actually do up to three.

1068
00:55:33,599 --> 00:55:51,910
Happy.

1069
00:55:51,920 --> 00:56:47,829
both.

1070
00:56:47,839 --> 00:57:05,109
I probably don't have

1071
00:57:05,119 --> 00:57:14,194
That's your John.

1072
00:57:14,204 --> 00:57:27,270
[laughter]

1073
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,319
Trying to find space

1074
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:56,069
over

1075
00:57:56,079 --> 00:58:23,990
supposed.

1076
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:27,555
I hope this

1077
00:58:27,565 --> 00:58:35,190
[laughter]

1078
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:38,230
is

1079
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:55,510
your point.

1080
00:58:55,520 --> 00:59:10,630
probably.

1081
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:25,190
Okay.

1082
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:48,870
Yeah, I see.

1083
00:59:48,880 --> 01:00:03,829
That's what you find.

1084
01:00:03,839 --> 01:00:09,430
This is

1085
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:31,670
not

1086
01:00:31,680 --> 01:01:05,109
Fore

1087
01:01:05,119 --> 01:25:40,149
most.

1088
01:25:40,159 --> 01:25:44,390
Someone wants to say something.

1089
01:25:44,400 --> 01:25:46,080
» Check, check, check, check.

1090
01:25:46,080 --> 01:25:48,470
>> So, if you guys want to sort of

1091
01:25:48,470 --> 01:25:48,480
» So, if you guys want to sort of

1092
01:25:48,480 --> 01:25:51,360
reconvene, um, we'd like to give

1093
01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:53,440
everyone an we, first of all, we want to

1094
01:25:53,440 --> 01:25:55,520
thank everyone for coming, for

1095
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,719
participating. Um, we encourage we

1096
01:25:58,719 --> 01:26:01,600
encourage you to use the QR code and go

1097
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:05,600
to the the small survey for the um

1098
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:08,400
action items. There are Doug has passed

1099
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:11,120
out um a document to everyone that's

1100
01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:13,280
here. This has all of the goals and

1101
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:15,520
policies that you saw on the boards at

1102
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:18,320
station 2 and it also has all of the

1103
01:26:18,320 --> 01:26:21,280
action items outlined. Um, and Doug is

1104
01:26:21,280 --> 01:26:23,199
asking if you have comments on these,

1105
01:26:23,199 --> 01:26:25,360
you know, please contact the department.

1106
01:26:25,360 --> 01:26:27,360
Um, if you're not able to go online and

1107
01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:28,960
do that survey or if you have thoughts

1108
01:26:28,960 --> 01:26:31,679
beyond what the survey captures, um, get

1109
01:26:31,679 --> 01:26:34,239
in touch with the department. Um, and we

1110
01:26:34,239 --> 01:26:36,080
do want to open it up and give you guys

1111
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:39,280
a chance to ask any questions and I can

1112
01:26:39,280 --> 01:26:41,440
certainly field questions related to the

1113
01:26:41,440 --> 01:26:42,960
process and the project that we're

1114
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:44,880
working on. And Doug is also available

1115
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:46,639
if there are more specific questions.

1116
01:26:46,639 --> 01:26:48,400
So, I don't know if anyone has anything

1117
01:26:48,400 --> 01:26:54,709
specific they wanted to ask. I think

1118
01:26:54,719 --> 01:26:56,560
» actually it helps anyone who's watching

1119
01:26:56,560 --> 01:26:57,760
from they can hear you.

1120
01:26:57,760 --> 01:26:58,870
>> Okay.

1121
01:26:58,870 --> 01:26:58,880
» Okay.

1122
01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:01,669
>> Um so my first question is regarding the

1123
01:27:01,669 --> 01:27:01,679
» Um so my first question is regarding the

1124
01:27:01,679 --> 01:27:03,840
um housing element of the comprehensive

1125
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:06,000
plan. I know Doug you said that we

1126
01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:08,080
adopted a new comprehensive plan in

1127
01:27:08,080 --> 01:27:11,920
June. Prior to that was there no housing

1128
01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:14,239
element at all to the comprehensive plan

1129
01:27:14,239 --> 01:27:17,280
or was it just totally inadequate? Was

1130
01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:18,800
it something that we couldn't even look

1131
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:22,000
to to see if what we're doing is in line

1132
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:23,679
with the plan?

1133
01:27:23,679 --> 01:27:26,790
>> The um the comprehensive plan that we

1134
01:27:26,790 --> 01:27:26,800
» The um the comprehensive plan that we

1135
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,760
had uh representing the community prior

1136
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:32,239
to what we adopted last month was dated

1137
01:27:32,239 --> 01:27:34,560
uh 1999. So, we did have a comprehensive

1138
01:27:34,560 --> 01:27:37,840
plan. It was just 27 years old. In 2005,

1139
01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:40,960
we did develop an uh affordable housing

1140
01:27:40,960 --> 01:27:43,280
production plan. And that actually

1141
01:27:43,280 --> 01:27:45,679
stands as the the town's prior to us

1142
01:27:45,679 --> 01:27:47,199
adopting what we did last month, that

1143
01:27:47,199 --> 01:27:49,280
stood as the town's plan for how we're

1144
01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:52,080
going to further affordable housing. Um,

1145
01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:54,639
this current uh effort basically

1146
01:27:54,639 --> 01:27:56,880
incorporates the needs that the state

1147
01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:58,960
has of us having an affordable housing

1148
01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:00,719
plan. It incorporates that into this

1149
01:28:00,719 --> 01:28:05,120
housing element. So any requests for

1150
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:07,520
affordable housing that have come

1151
01:28:07,520 --> 01:28:12,159
between that update and 2025,

1152
01:28:12,159 --> 01:28:14,310
>> would those have been weighed against

1153
01:28:14,310 --> 01:28:14,320
» would those have been weighed against

1154
01:28:14,320 --> 01:28:17,440
that whatever that temporary plan was

1155
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:18,639
that was in place?

1156
01:28:18,639 --> 01:28:20,470
>> Yeah. So we we've we've had since that

1157
01:28:20,470 --> 01:28:20,480
» Yeah. So we we've we've had since that

1158
01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:22,880
time, we've always had this 10% rule and

1159
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:26,480
law from the state. Um but the idea is

1160
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:29,600
as we had affordable housing projects um

1161
01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:31,760
come to the town if there was a

1162
01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:33,520
measurement of is this furthering the

1163
01:28:33,520 --> 01:28:35,920
town's plan for affordable housing they

1164
01:28:35,920 --> 01:28:38,320
were measured against the 2005

1165
01:28:38,320 --> 01:28:40,080
affordable housing production plan

1166
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,550
>> and is the 2005 plan something that we

1167
01:28:42,550 --> 01:28:42,560
» and is the 2005 plan something that we

1168
01:28:42,560 --> 01:28:44,400
can see absolutely that we could what we

1169
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:44,960
just

1170
01:28:44,960 --> 01:28:46,629
>> we have a digital doc I can certainly

1171
01:28:46,629 --> 01:28:46,639
» we have a digital doc I can certainly

1172
01:28:46,639 --> 01:28:49,440
email it to you um it's a it's a dated

1173
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:51,520
doc but we yeah we certainly have a

1174
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:52,400
version that we can email

1175
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:53,669
>> okay yeah if you could email that that

1176
01:28:53,669 --> 01:28:53,679
» okay yeah if you could email that that

1177
01:28:53,679 --> 01:28:54,719
would be No problem.

1178
01:28:54,719 --> 01:29:00,229
>> Um, second is the um

1179
01:29:00,229 --> 01:29:00,239
» Um, second is the um

1180
01:29:00,239 --> 01:29:03,040
survey that the planning department did.

1181
01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:03,430
>> Yep.

1182
01:29:03,430 --> 01:29:03,440
» Yep.

1183
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:05,430
>> Um,

1184
01:29:05,430 --> 01:29:05,440
» Um,

1185
01:29:05,440 --> 01:29:08,320
there were 353 responders.

1186
01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:08,870
>> Yep.

1187
01:29:08,870 --> 01:29:08,880
» Yep.

1188
01:29:08,880 --> 01:29:11,350
>> Which is less than 1% of Coventry.

1189
01:29:11,350 --> 01:29:11,360
» Which is less than 1% of Coventry.

1190
01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:11,750
>> Yep.

1191
01:29:11,750 --> 01:29:11,760
» Yep.

1192
01:29:11,760 --> 01:29:14,470
>> So, I just want to state that that I

1193
01:29:14,470 --> 01:29:14,480
» So, I just want to state that that I

1194
01:29:14,480 --> 01:29:16,560
don't feel is something that even should

1195
01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:19,199
be being shown on slides to support

1196
01:29:19,199 --> 01:29:21,440
where we're headed in this plan. It's

1197
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:24,719
353 people out of 35,000.

1198
01:29:24,719 --> 01:29:27,040
So, I just wanted to state that as a

1199
01:29:27,040 --> 01:29:28,870
>> That's fair. Yeah. I mean, we we were we

1200
01:29:28,870 --> 01:29:28,880
» That's fair. Yeah. I mean, we we were we

1201
01:29:28,880 --> 01:29:31,920
were happy with the outcome we got. Um I

1202
01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:33,040
mean, you know, we

1203
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:35,750
>> That's bad. It's kind of sad. 353

1204
01:29:35,750 --> 01:29:35,760
» That's bad. It's kind of sad. 353

1205
01:29:35,760 --> 01:29:37,520
people. That's

1206
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:39,270
>> Yeah. And I can describe the promotional

1207
01:29:39,270 --> 01:29:39,280
» Yeah. And I can describe the promotional

1208
01:29:39,280 --> 01:29:41,840
efforts of the survey. Um I mean, we we

1209
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:44,159
ran ads in the paper. We ran it on the

1210
01:29:44,159 --> 01:29:46,960
town Facebook multiple times. We uh we

1211
01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:49,840
actually had Dennis um out at multiple

1212
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:52,560
community events um making people aware.

1213
01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:54,880
Um it's difficult to get people to and

1214
01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:56,639
it was it was a detailed survey. It

1215
01:29:56,639 --> 01:29:58,320
wasn't a answer two questions and you're

1216
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:00,719
done. I mean it it it was a it estimated

1217
01:30:00,719 --> 01:30:03,120
about 15 minutes. Uh it's hard to get

1218
01:30:03,120 --> 01:30:04,560
people to take 15 minutes out of their

1219
01:30:04,560 --> 01:30:06,560
day no matter how well you promote it.

1220
01:30:06,560 --> 01:30:07,030
>> Um

1221
01:30:07,030 --> 01:30:07,040
» Um

1222
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:08,550
>> and I read everything about how you

1223
01:30:08,550 --> 01:30:08,560
» and I read everything about how you

1224
01:30:08,560 --> 01:30:10,800
promoted it, you know, while we were

1225
01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:13,920
going through this which is great. I'm

1226
01:30:13,920 --> 01:30:18,080
an involved person. I never saw it.

1227
01:30:18,080 --> 01:30:19,830
>> Never saw it because I would have

1228
01:30:19,830 --> 01:30:19,840
» Never saw it because I would have

1229
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:21,920
participated if I ever saw it. I never

1230
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:23,600
saw it. And I believe you did all those

1231
01:30:23,600 --> 01:30:24,800
things. But

1232
01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:27,990
>> I guess that's just

1233
01:30:27,990 --> 01:30:28,000
» I guess that's just

1234
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:30,229
>> just an encouragement to figure out how

1235
01:30:30,229 --> 01:30:30,239
» just an encouragement to figure out how

1236
01:30:30,239 --> 01:30:31,520
to get the word out on these things

1237
01:30:31,520 --> 01:30:34,239
better. Maybe it's you have

1238
01:30:34,239 --> 01:30:37,760
maybe it's the um

1239
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:40,719
the the the people who are over here

1240
01:30:40,719 --> 01:30:43,199
that committee, you know, they're in

1241
01:30:43,199 --> 01:30:45,440
touch with the day-to-day people a lot.

1242
01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:47,120
Maybe they need to be going out to their

1243
01:30:47,120 --> 01:30:48,960
constituents and saying, "Hey, you need

1244
01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:50,719
to fill this out. You know, you you have

1245
01:30:50,719 --> 01:30:52,800
everything to say about everything, but

1246
01:30:52,800 --> 01:30:54,560
if you want something on the record,

1247
01:30:54,560 --> 01:30:55,679
then fill these out."

1248
01:30:55,679 --> 01:30:57,750
>> No. And we definitely did we did ask the

1249
01:30:57,750 --> 01:30:57,760
» No. And we definitely did we did ask the

1250
01:30:57,760 --> 01:30:59,600
council to share with as they saw fit,

1251
01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:01,280
but again it's it's difficult to reach

1252
01:31:01,280 --> 01:31:03,280
everybody. We did we didn't um mail

1253
01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:05,120
something to every resident in town.

1254
01:31:05,120 --> 01:31:07,040
That would have been a sticker price. I

1255
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:07,920
don't think we want to delay.

1256
01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:09,030
>> Yeah, I totally get that.

1257
01:31:09,030 --> 01:31:09,040
» Yeah, I totally get that.

1258
01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:10,870
>> I mean, we we did we did give it a lot

1259
01:31:10,870 --> 01:31:10,880
» I mean, we we did we did give it a lot

1260
01:31:10,880 --> 01:31:13,760
of effort. Um and to be honest, I know

1261
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:15,679
that that 1% of the community doesn't

1262
01:31:15,679 --> 01:31:18,000
seem like much. I I think it it it was

1263
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,840
great in my eyes to still see 350 people

1264
01:31:21,840 --> 01:31:23,679
uh give us responses when we've run

1265
01:31:23,679 --> 01:31:25,280
similar surveys in this community. it

1266
01:31:25,280 --> 01:31:26,800
was before my time. I can't speak to the

1267
01:31:26,800 --> 01:31:28,400
effort. We didn't get anywhere near

1268
01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:29,760
those responses. So, we

1269
01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:30,790
>> I just don't think it's something you

1270
01:31:30,790 --> 01:31:30,800
» I just don't think it's something you

1271
01:31:30,800 --> 01:31:33,920
can hang your hat on less than 1%.

1272
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:35,750
>> I mean, I do think that the issues we

1273
01:31:35,750 --> 01:31:35,760
» I mean, I do think that the issues we

1274
01:31:35,760 --> 01:31:39,440
learned um it it does tend the the

1275
01:31:39,440 --> 01:31:41,280
opinions and attitudes because really

1276
01:31:41,280 --> 01:31:42,480
that's what it was. It was an opinion

1277
01:31:42,480 --> 01:31:44,480
and attitude survey asking our

1278
01:31:44,480 --> 01:31:46,639
residents, "What do you think?" It does

1279
01:31:46,639 --> 01:31:48,880
turn out the opinions and attitudes were

1280
01:31:48,880 --> 01:31:51,040
kind of aligned with a lot of the data

1281
01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:53,199
on, you know, where is there the biggest

1282
01:31:53,199 --> 01:31:55,840
crunch? who is at a disadvantage, who's

1283
01:31:55,840 --> 01:31:57,199
struggling with these issues, and then

1284
01:31:57,199 --> 01:31:58,800
then the survey actually turned out

1285
01:31:58,800 --> 01:32:01,360
similarly, people reporting those issues

1286
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:03,760
from their own perspective.

1287
01:32:03,760 --> 01:32:05,750
>> So, kind of in line with that, so you

1288
01:32:05,750 --> 01:32:05,760
» So, kind of in line with that, so you

1289
01:32:05,760 --> 01:32:08,400
gave us that tiny URL, which I think is

1290
01:32:08,400 --> 01:32:10,639
where people who weren't here tonight

1291
01:32:10,639 --> 01:32:12,719
can participate in these exercises,

1292
01:32:12,719 --> 01:32:14,719
right? That's where that tiny URL is.

1293
01:32:14,719 --> 01:32:17,270
>> And then you gave us this QR code.

1294
01:32:17,270 --> 01:32:17,280
» And then you gave us this QR code.

1295
01:32:17,280 --> 01:32:19,750
>> The tiny URL one is going to close, I

1296
01:32:19,750 --> 01:32:19,760
» The tiny URL one is going to close, I

1297
01:32:19,760 --> 01:32:21,440
think you said, end of business

1298
01:32:21,440 --> 01:32:24,159
tomorrow. that no the the URL was for

1299
01:32:24,159 --> 01:32:26,239
anyone that was just online and wanted

1300
01:32:26,239 --> 01:32:28,880
to engage in these exercises. Um that

1301
01:32:28,880 --> 01:32:31,600
was that was for that uh the other QR

1302
01:32:31,600 --> 01:32:34,480
code that is there on the screen. So

1303
01:32:34,480 --> 01:32:36,480
anyone that's on Zoom uh it's it's the

1304
01:32:36,480 --> 01:32:39,760
QR code that's on the screen. Um this is

1305
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:43,040
uh reflecting this document. So, what we

1306
01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:45,280
didn't have time to do tonight is to

1307
01:32:45,280 --> 01:32:48,080
look at the the 30 plus detailed action

1308
01:32:48,080 --> 01:32:50,320
items that are the details behind some

1309
01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:52,800
of the broad goals and policies. Uh,

1310
01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:54,480
we're very happy to keep getting

1311
01:32:54,480 --> 01:32:56,080
comments on this. I do encourage people

1312
01:32:56,080 --> 01:32:58,159
if you want to go on, you can give your

1313
01:32:58,159 --> 01:33:00,719
comments on this um uh tomorrow.

1314
01:33:00,719 --> 01:33:03,360
However, nothing stops anybody from

1315
01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:06,159
taking your time digesting this, getting

1316
01:33:06,159 --> 01:33:07,760
uh, you know, your own reactions to it

1317
01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:10,480
and email me any level of detailed

1318
01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:12,159
comments you have. We will incorporate

1319
01:33:12,159 --> 01:33:14,560
it in the process. Uh, some folks will

1320
01:33:14,560 --> 01:33:16,320
give me comments now, and I'd love them

1321
01:33:16,320 --> 01:33:18,159
now, and we actually will reflect on

1322
01:33:18,159 --> 01:33:19,600
them and incorporate them in the plan.

1323
01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:21,040
Some folks might want their comments to

1324
01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:22,560
go to the council or the planning

1325
01:33:22,560 --> 01:33:23,760
commission who are ultimately going to

1326
01:33:23,760 --> 01:33:25,600
vote on these things. Any comments we

1327
01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:27,040
get, we're going to share with our

1328
01:33:27,040 --> 01:33:29,199
decision makers as well. So, that that

1329
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:31,679
puts it on the record. So, I suggest

1330
01:33:31,679 --> 01:33:33,280
absolutely

1331
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:36,000
um spend time if you can tomorrow, but

1332
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:38,960
don't be afraid to email anytime to me

1333
01:33:38,960 --> 01:33:41,600
and and this my email and the website

1334
01:33:41,600 --> 01:33:43,040
are going to kind of stand throughout

1335
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:44,880
the whole process. We're probably

1336
01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:47,040
another two months from going through

1337
01:33:47,040 --> 01:33:49,600
public hearings and we want to be

1338
01:33:49,600 --> 01:33:51,520
focused on hearing from people in one

1339
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:52,560
place so you don't have to keep

1340
01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,159
switching your your your input to

1341
01:33:54,159 --> 01:33:56,000
different um receivers.

1342
01:33:56,000 --> 01:33:57,669
>> Well, and it's a lot easier if you as a

1343
01:33:57,669 --> 01:33:57,679
» Well, and it's a lot easier if you as a

1344
01:33:57,679 --> 01:33:59,120
survey monkey, right? all the answers

1345
01:33:59,120 --> 01:34:00,400
are going to come in and Survey Monkey

1346
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:02,239
is going to do all the work for you. Why

1347
01:34:02,239 --> 01:34:03,440
wouldn't you leave it open more than

1348
01:34:03,440 --> 01:34:06,159
just 24 hours from now so that people

1349
01:34:06,159 --> 01:34:08,000
who were here can get the word out and

1350
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:09,840
say, "Hey, you know, go online and fill

1351
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:11,120
out the survey. It's going to take you

1352
01:34:11,120 --> 01:34:13,520
10 minutes. It's multiple choice."

1353
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:13,910
>> Yeah.

1354
01:34:13,910 --> 01:34:13,920
» Yeah.

1355
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:17,189
>> And get like more than 353 pe more than

1356
01:34:17,189 --> 01:34:17,199
» And get like more than 353 pe more than

1357
01:34:17,199 --> 01:34:19,199
1% like

1358
01:34:19,199 --> 01:34:21,189
>> one day is not a long time. Can't you

1359
01:34:21,189 --> 01:34:21,199
» one day is not a long time. Can't you

1360
01:34:21,199 --> 01:34:23,440
leave it open for like

1361
01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:24,960
two days and let people get the word

1362
01:34:24,960 --> 01:34:27,760
out? For this, I think our goal was uh

1363
01:34:27,760 --> 01:34:30,159
to kind of tie it to the event and then

1364
01:34:30,159 --> 01:34:31,520
the consultant's going to want to take

1365
01:34:31,520 --> 01:34:33,360
the feedback we got from this event and

1366
01:34:33,360 --> 01:34:36,080
consider how that addresses it and draft

1367
01:34:36,080 --> 01:34:39,840
it. My my thought is

1368
01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:41,199
let us hear from you. I think we can

1369
01:34:41,199 --> 01:34:44,159
happily leave it open longer than today.

1370
01:34:44,159 --> 01:34:47,360
Um happy to leave it open um another 3

1371
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:51,040
days. Uh my thought is after we get that

1372
01:34:51,040 --> 01:34:52,800
feedback, we're going to try to rework

1373
01:34:52,800 --> 01:34:55,280
it in a consolidated fashion and then it

1374
01:34:55,280 --> 01:34:56,719
goes to the decision makers. Once it

1375
01:34:56,719 --> 01:34:57,920
goes to the decision makers, the

1376
01:34:57,920 --> 01:34:59,679
planning commission, the town council,

1377
01:34:59,679 --> 01:35:01,520
we still want to get your feedback,

1378
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:02,950
>> but it's hard for us to take a

1379
01:35:02,950 --> 01:35:02,960
» but it's hard for us to take a

1380
01:35:02,960 --> 01:35:04,639
consolidated rewrite of a lot of things.

1381
01:35:04,639 --> 01:35:06,719
At that point, we're editing through

1382
01:35:06,719 --> 01:35:08,960
board meetings. Uh we're editing, you

1383
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:10,639
know, in a different way. That's why we

1384
01:35:10,639 --> 01:35:12,800
wanted to get feedback soon as opposed

1385
01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:14,800
to leave it open for so long. we knew we

1386
01:35:14,800 --> 01:35:16,800
wanted to use this meeting to hear from

1387
01:35:16,800 --> 01:35:18,880
folks and see what the reactions were. I

1388
01:35:18,880 --> 01:35:21,360
mean, I'd love I would have hoped to see

1389
01:35:21,360 --> 01:35:23,520
um you know twice as many people here,

1390
01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:25,679
but as much as you try and you reach out

1391
01:35:25,679 --> 01:35:27,520
and you you seek people's guidance on

1392
01:35:27,520 --> 01:35:30,320
these, my my my takeaway is that it's

1393
01:35:30,320 --> 01:35:31,760
hard to get people to take their time

1394
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:33,360
and engage. I appreciate you guys are

1395
01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:35,280
here. It's hard to get people to engage

1396
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:36,159
on these things.

1397
01:35:36,159 --> 01:35:37,910
>> Yeah. Um, that's why no matter if we

1398
01:35:37,910 --> 01:35:37,920
» Yeah. Um, that's why no matter if we

1399
01:35:37,920 --> 01:35:39,280
could leave that up for longer. We may

1400
01:35:39,280 --> 01:35:41,120
not get the engagement we would hope to

1401
01:35:41,120 --> 01:35:44,800
get, but we want to get what we can.

1402
01:35:44,800 --> 01:35:46,719
This meeting was a great start. We'll

1403
01:35:46,719 --> 01:35:48,400
leave that open for three more days.

1404
01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:50,149
>> Yeah. And I really appreciate everything

1405
01:35:50,149 --> 01:35:50,159
» Yeah. And I really appreciate everything

1406
01:35:50,159 --> 01:35:52,239
that you guys put before us tonight.

1407
01:35:52,239 --> 01:35:54,480
It's it's really great. And I wish that

1408
01:35:54,480 --> 01:35:56,480
more people were actively involved, but

1409
01:35:56,480 --> 01:35:57,840
I feel like those of us

1410
01:35:57,840 --> 01:35:59,830
>> who were were here just from the

1411
01:35:59,830 --> 01:35:59,840
» who were were here just from the

1412
01:35:59,840 --> 01:36:00,960
community

1413
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:03,350
>> that at least we can get word out, you

1414
01:36:03,350 --> 01:36:03,360
» that at least we can get word out, you

1415
01:36:03,360 --> 01:36:06,320
know, I have two a sister, two nieces

1416
01:36:06,320 --> 01:36:09,440
who live in Coventry and, you know,

1417
01:36:09,440 --> 01:36:10,480
they're not here.

1418
01:36:10,480 --> 01:36:11,270
>> Yeah.

1419
01:36:11,270 --> 01:36:11,280
» Yeah.

1420
01:36:11,280 --> 01:36:12,790
>> You know, but I just feel like you're

1421
01:36:12,790 --> 01:36:12,800
» You know, but I just feel like you're

1422
01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:14,000
going to get the same thing. You're

1423
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:16,320
going to get there was what maybe 10

1424
01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:17,840
people here who are not on one of the

1425
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:18,880
councils. Yeah.

1426
01:36:18,880 --> 01:36:20,709
>> And then four people on Zoom. You're

1427
01:36:20,709 --> 01:36:20,719
» And then four people on Zoom. You're

1428
01:36:20,719 --> 01:36:23,040
going to get feedback from 14 people.

1429
01:36:23,040 --> 01:36:23,679
Yeah.

1430
01:36:23,679 --> 01:36:25,270
>> What good is that really?

1431
01:36:25,270 --> 01:36:25,280
» What good is that really?

1432
01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:27,750
>> No, I mean that that's why we

1433
01:36:27,750 --> 01:36:27,760
» No, I mean that that's why we

1434
01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:30,719
continuously have on our website, which

1435
01:36:30,719 --> 01:36:32,400
is a document that you'll see, you know,

1436
01:36:32,400 --> 01:36:33,840
we have promoted that, you might have

1437
01:36:33,840 --> 01:36:36,480
seen it pop up on Facebook. Uh you you

1438
01:36:36,480 --> 01:36:39,040
might have read the ad in the paper.

1439
01:36:39,040 --> 01:36:40,560
That's where the website's still going

1440
01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:42,080
to live on. A month from now when we

1441
01:36:42,080 --> 01:36:43,679
feel like we've taken this input, we've

1442
01:36:43,679 --> 01:36:45,679
done what we can. I want to keep

1443
01:36:45,679 --> 01:36:46,960
pointing people back to that because

1444
01:36:46,960 --> 01:36:48,719
that will point you to here's the latest

1445
01:36:48,719 --> 01:36:50,400
documents. Please review them. If you

1446
01:36:50,400 --> 01:36:52,000
have comments, please email Doug. That

1447
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:54,320
doesn't stop that communication and I

1448
01:36:54,320 --> 01:36:56,639
don't mind if I get 50 emails the week

1449
01:36:56,639 --> 01:36:57,920
of the planning commission or the

1450
01:36:57,920 --> 01:36:58,719
council meeting.

1451
01:36:58,719 --> 01:37:00,870
>> No, I totally get that and that's great.

1452
01:37:00,870 --> 01:37:00,880
» No, I totally get that and that's great.

1453
01:37:00,880 --> 01:37:04,560
I just think getting more feedback on

1454
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:06,719
leaving it open for a few days and

1455
01:37:06,719 --> 01:37:09,360
trying to get more people to participate

1456
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:11,360
is a much easier way for you to gather

1457
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:13,760
data. I mean, it's survey monkey. Yeah.

1458
01:37:13,760 --> 01:37:14,880
It's going to come together and you're

1459
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:16,159
going to have all your answers, you

1460
01:37:16,159 --> 01:37:18,719
know, versus 20 emails from people after

1461
01:37:18,719 --> 01:37:20,800
the fact who say, "Oh, I should email

1462
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:22,880
Doug about this, you know,

1463
01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:25,990
>> is that or that Survey Monkey thing that

1464
01:37:25,990 --> 01:37:26,000
» is that or that Survey Monkey thing that

1465
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:26,800
you're talking about?"

1466
01:37:26,800 --> 01:37:28,790
>> Yeah. If you if you uh take your phone,

1467
01:37:28,790 --> 01:37:28,800
» Yeah. If you if you uh take your phone,

1468
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:31,119
go to that QR code that's on the screen,

1469
01:37:31,119 --> 01:37:33,920
it'll take you to this document. I know

1470
01:37:33,920 --> 01:37:35,280
we were handing this out. I know you

1471
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:36,880
guys were just at the stations and I'll

1472
01:37:36,880 --> 01:37:38,880
give this I'll give a copy of this. Yep.

1473
01:37:38,880 --> 01:37:40,560
Take take two of Yeah. Take one of those

1474
01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:43,199
each. It's it's imagine that the

1475
01:37:43,199 --> 01:37:45,840
policies and and uh goals that you were

1476
01:37:45,840 --> 01:37:47,600
reviewing this provides a little bit

1477
01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:49,440
more meat on terms of the smaller steps

1478
01:37:49,440 --> 01:37:50,960
we'll we'll need to take to accomplish

1479
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:52,960
them. We want to hear from you on that.

1480
01:37:52,960 --> 01:37:54,639
Um we knew tonight was probably a bit

1481
01:37:54,639 --> 01:37:56,960
much to go through 30 plus of them, but

1482
01:37:56,960 --> 01:37:58,400
we want to hear from you. We kind of

1483
01:37:58,400 --> 01:38:00,880
used tonight as like a hook and asking

1484
01:38:00,880 --> 01:38:02,880
people I don't mind. Uh share with your

1485
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:04,080
neighbors, share with your friends. You

1486
01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:06,239
guys are passionate about it and I think

1487
01:38:06,239 --> 01:38:08,560
that'd be helpful to hear from the folks

1488
01:38:08,560 --> 01:38:10,239
that you guys think want to weigh in on

1489
01:38:10,239 --> 01:38:13,119
this. Feel free to share that link,

1490
01:38:13,119 --> 01:38:16,719
share this document, and if anybody has

1491
01:38:16,719 --> 01:38:18,000
feedback and they're thinking they want

1492
01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:20,719
to wait another few weeks, then we want

1493
01:38:20,719 --> 01:38:22,320
to hear from you still. But at that

1494
01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:23,920
point, we're we're taking the feedback

1495
01:38:23,920 --> 01:38:26,000
from tonight, creating a document,

1496
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:28,320
making that a formal doc out there, and

1497
01:38:28,320 --> 01:38:29,760
then that doc can still be edited

1498
01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:35,590
through the process.

1499
01:38:35,600 --> 01:38:37,520
» Well, you got Zoom and you have all your

1500
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:38,550
>> Yes. Yes.

1501
01:38:38,550 --> 01:38:38,560
» Yes. Yes.

1502
01:38:38,560 --> 01:38:40,390
>> Yeah. anyone that's on Zoom has actually

1503
01:38:40,390 --> 01:38:40,400
» Yeah. anyone that's on Zoom has actually

1504
01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:42,639
got access to this. And you want to try

1505
01:38:42,639 --> 01:38:44,239
to distribute it to people all over

1506
01:38:44,239 --> 01:38:46,159
commentary. Like not just the people who

1507
01:38:46,159 --> 01:38:47,920
live right around you or the people you

1508
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:51,199
know have the same ideas as you, but

1509
01:38:51,199 --> 01:38:53,119
really just spread it out to anybody

1510
01:38:53,119 --> 01:38:54,480
that you know or put it on your own

1511
01:38:54,480 --> 01:38:55,840
Facebook page and say, "Hey, if you live

1512
01:38:55,840 --> 01:38:57,040
in Coventry,

1513
01:38:57,040 --> 01:38:58,470
>> you know, I encourage you to fill this

1514
01:38:58,470 --> 01:38:58,480
» you know, I encourage you to fill this

1515
01:38:58,480 --> 01:39:01,040
out so that you are getting a a fair

1516
01:39:01,040 --> 01:39:03,679
representation from different areas, you

1517
01:39:03,679 --> 01:39:07,270
know, different people,

1518
01:39:07,280 --> 01:39:09,600
» embedded bugs or whatever in there."

1519
01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:10,310
>> Yeah.

1520
01:39:10,310 --> 01:39:10,320
» Yeah.

1521
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:12,159
So, if I were to go to some random

1522
01:39:12,159 --> 01:39:14,800
person and say, "Hey, Skins QR, take

1523
01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:17,280
this survey." They'd be like, "No,

1524
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,350
>> I can show you after.

1525
01:39:19,350 --> 01:39:19,360
» I can show you after.

1526
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:20,950
>> Go to the QR code." There's also a

1527
01:39:20,950 --> 01:39:20,960
» Go to the QR code." There's also a

1528
01:39:20,960 --> 01:39:22,719
website address that you can go to. So,

1529
01:39:22,719 --> 01:39:24,080
I can show you that after if you'd like.

1530
01:39:24,080 --> 01:39:25,910
>> Yeah. No, this one's not bugged unless

1531
01:39:25,910 --> 01:39:25,920
» Yeah. No, this one's not bugged unless

1532
01:39:25,920 --> 01:39:28,800
you get bugged by uh 30 housing

1533
01:39:28,800 --> 01:39:31,440
questions. This one, this one's clean.

1534
01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:34,070
>> So, if we send it out, what's the

1535
01:39:34,070 --> 01:39:34,080
» So, if we send it out, what's the

1536
01:39:34,080 --> 01:39:39,199
deadline? Uh I know that um I'm uh yeah,

1537
01:39:39,199 --> 01:39:41,520
I'm okay with Friday. I'm I'm only in

1538
01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:42,880
the office for part of this week and I

1539
01:39:42,880 --> 01:39:44,719
did want to be part of the you know when

1540
01:39:44,719 --> 01:39:46,480
we closed it, see what kind of feedback

1541
01:39:46,480 --> 01:39:48,880
we got. Uh but we can leave it open till

1542
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:49,920
Friday. I'm fine with that

1543
01:39:49,920 --> 01:39:52,390
>> vacation. Don't worry about it.

1544
01:39:52,390 --> 01:39:52,400
» vacation. Don't worry about it.

1545
01:39:52,400 --> 01:39:54,149
>> Yeah. No, but I think part of it is the

1546
01:39:54,149 --> 01:39:54,159
» Yeah. No, but I think part of it is the

1547
01:39:54,159 --> 01:39:55,840
consultant team wants to be able to take

1548
01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:56,960
feedback and

1549
01:39:56,960 --> 01:39:58,149
>> but I want them to have valuable

1550
01:39:58,149 --> 01:39:58,159
» but I want them to have valuable

1551
01:39:58,159 --> 01:39:58,880
feedback.

1552
01:39:58,880 --> 01:40:01,830
>> No, no, no. Valuable feedback if you

1553
01:40:01,830 --> 01:40:01,840
» No, no, no. Valuable feedback if you

1554
01:40:01,840 --> 01:40:03,600
leave it open for a while longer. I

1555
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:05,440
might be wrong.

1556
01:40:05,440 --> 01:40:16,149
Give it a whirl.

1557
01:40:16,159 --> 01:40:18,639
» Founding action. If you type that in

1558
01:40:18,639 --> 01:40:20,639
like it'll take you the same.

1559
01:40:20,639 --> 01:40:21,990
>> Is that is that's the link we've got

1560
01:40:21,990 --> 01:40:22,000
» Is that is that's the link we've got

1561
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:24,400
right up there on the top right.

1562
01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:25,920
It's the same link except it's a

1563
01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:28,480
different.

1564
01:40:28,480 --> 01:40:30,960
All right. Never mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1565
01:40:30,960 --> 01:40:31,199
Okay.

1566
01:40:31,199 --> 01:40:33,830
>> Right. So, so pe people only the people

1567
01:40:33,830 --> 01:40:33,840
» Right. So, so pe people only the people

1568
01:40:33,840 --> 01:40:35,760
who were on the phone could participate

1569
01:40:35,760 --> 01:40:37,119
in this exercise.

1570
01:40:37,119 --> 01:40:38,709
>> Yeah. Yeah. Because it's hard to leave

1571
01:40:38,709 --> 01:40:38,719
» Yeah. Yeah. Because it's hard to leave

1572
01:40:38,719 --> 01:40:40,400
an exercise like this open-ended for

1573
01:40:40,400 --> 01:40:42,080
weeks. Okay. And I mean part of it is

1574
01:40:42,080 --> 01:40:44,639
our goal is to move forward with the

1575
01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:46,320
feedback and then draft the plan the

1576
01:40:46,320 --> 01:40:48,239
best we can. That doesn't mean that the

1577
01:40:48,239 --> 01:40:49,920
feedback doesn't end, but it means that

1578
01:40:49,920 --> 01:40:51,280
we want to get a plan in front of our

1579
01:40:51,280 --> 01:40:52,719
decision makers. The only other question

1580
01:40:52,719 --> 01:40:55,280
I had is you um I I forget your name,

1581
01:40:55,280 --> 01:40:57,679
but you mentioned that I think it was

1582
01:40:57,679 --> 01:40:59,360
and I might get my numbers wrong because

1583
01:40:59,360 --> 01:41:00,880
there was so many numbers and so many

1584
01:41:00,880 --> 01:41:03,440
slides so fast, but you mentioned I

1585
01:41:03,440 --> 01:41:06,480
think that the average renter like to

1586
01:41:06,480 --> 01:41:10,080
rent a home in Coventry is about $2,000

1587
01:41:10,080 --> 01:41:13,280
a month, which means you have to make

1588
01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:17,440
91,000 a year, but the average renter in

1589
01:41:17,440 --> 01:41:20,000
Coventry makes 37.

1590
01:41:20,000 --> 01:41:21,920
How is that possible?

1591
01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:24,400
How are they living here if they make 37

1592
01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:27,679
and you need to make 91? It just those

1593
01:41:27,679 --> 01:41:29,520
numbers don't make sense to me. So, I

1594
01:41:29,520 --> 01:41:30,639
need it in context.

1595
01:41:30,639 --> 01:41:32,950
>> I can I can speak to that. So, it's

1596
01:41:32,950 --> 01:41:32,960
» I can I can speak to that. So, it's

1597
01:41:32,960 --> 01:41:34,400
partly what the nature of the data

1598
01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:37,199
that's available for renting. Um, and so

1599
01:41:37,199 --> 01:41:38,960
the data that we have about the average

1600
01:41:38,960 --> 01:41:40,880
two-bedroom rent comes from Rhode Island

1601
01:41:40,880 --> 01:41:42,560
Housing, and they use a database called

1602
01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:44,719
Co-Star, which is like a corporate

1603
01:41:44,719 --> 01:41:47,920
database of rental data. So, that rental

1604
01:41:47,920 --> 01:41:50,880
data is is more about larger properties.

1605
01:41:50,880 --> 01:41:52,560
So, it probably includes some of the

1606
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:54,639
renovated mills, but it may not reflect

1607
01:41:54,639 --> 01:41:59,520
the smaller scale um like old mill

1608
01:41:59,520 --> 01:42:01,760
housing that may also be rented. It kind

1609
01:42:01,760 --> 01:42:03,760
of is skewed towards larger buildings.

1610
01:42:03,760 --> 01:42:07,119
Um, and so that is that's the reason for

1611
01:42:07,119 --> 01:42:09,760
the the kind of disjuncture is that that

1612
01:42:09,760 --> 01:42:11,600
data set only looks at buildings that

1613
01:42:11,600 --> 01:42:13,520
kind of corporate interests are

1614
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:15,040
interested in knowing the information

1615
01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:16,880
about and it doesn't they don't

1616
01:42:16,880 --> 01:42:18,719
necessarily survey all of the small

1617
01:42:18,719 --> 01:42:20,000
landlords to know what the small

1618
01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:23,040
landlords are renting for.

1619
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:27,430
>> So I'm sorry, but that's misleading.

1620
01:42:27,430 --> 01:42:27,440
» So I'm sorry, but that's misleading.

1621
01:42:27,440 --> 01:42:29,360
That's misleading.

1622
01:42:29,360 --> 01:42:32,639
You know, that's misleading information.

1623
01:42:32,639 --> 01:42:34,880
You need to be fully transparent in the

1624
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:37,119
information that you're sharing and not

1625
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:39,920
sharing information that supports what

1626
01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:42,080
you want to do. And that's how it comes

1627
01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,080
across to me is that you're giving me

1628
01:42:44,080 --> 01:42:45,840
information that supports where you want

1629
01:42:45,840 --> 01:42:49,040
to go with this plan. I want real

1630
01:42:49,040 --> 01:42:51,840
information that's totally transparent.

1631
01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:54,159
That's not transparent. And it doesn't

1632
01:42:54,159 --> 01:42:56,000
make anybody who looks at that says it

1633
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:58,159
doesn't make sense. If it costs 91 and

1634
01:42:58,159 --> 01:43:00,239
they're making 37, how are they living

1635
01:43:00,239 --> 01:43:03,119
here? they'd be on the streets.

1636
01:43:03,119 --> 01:43:04,870
>> Part of it also is that Coventry does

1637
01:43:04,870 --> 01:43:04,880
» Part of it also is that Coventry does

1638
01:43:04,880 --> 01:43:07,440
have affordable rental housing. And so

1639
01:43:07,440 --> 01:43:08,880
when you look at census data, which

1640
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:10,800
looks at the full population, that's

1641
01:43:10,800 --> 01:43:12,320
partially capturing the fact that some

1642
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:14,239
of the people who do rent here are able

1643
01:43:14,239 --> 01:43:16,800
to access housing at Coventry Housing

1644
01:43:16,800 --> 01:43:18,719
Authority. So, but I I totally hear you

1645
01:43:18,719 --> 01:43:22,000
and I do recognize that that data is has

1646
01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:23,440
that disjuncture, but I do want to

1647
01:43:23,440 --> 01:43:25,199
explain kind of the background behind it

1648
01:43:25,199 --> 01:43:27,679
and part of it is a data source issue in

1649
01:43:27,679 --> 01:43:30,639
that there is no comprehensive resource

1650
01:43:30,639 --> 01:43:33,280
to capture what small landlords are

1651
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:34,159
renting for.

1652
01:43:34,159 --> 01:43:35,910
>> I totally understand that, but you don't

1653
01:43:35,910 --> 01:43:35,920
» I totally understand that, but you don't

1654
01:43:35,920 --> 01:43:37,280
tell us that when you give us those

1655
01:43:37,280 --> 01:43:38,080
numbers. I

1656
01:43:38,080 --> 01:43:41,510
>> mean, one thing to be clear is I you

1657
01:43:41,510 --> 01:43:41,520
» mean, one thing to be clear is I you

1658
01:43:41,520 --> 01:43:43,920
guys are seeing highlights tonight. When

1659
01:43:43,920 --> 01:43:45,440
you see the full document, the document

1660
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:47,520
is going to have its sources. So, we can

1661
01:43:47,520 --> 01:43:48,960
only work with the sources of data we

1662
01:43:48,960 --> 01:43:50,800
have and we'll be transparent about the

1663
01:43:50,800 --> 01:43:53,360
sources of data. Um, at the end of the

1664
01:43:53,360 --> 01:43:56,880
day, no one's trying to hide where we're

1665
01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:58,719
ga gathering our data from and we can't

1666
01:43:58,719 --> 01:44:00,159
gather data from sources that don't

1667
01:44:00,159 --> 01:44:02,239
exist. But it's also critical for us to

1668
01:44:02,239 --> 01:44:04,960
gather the data that does exist. And so,

1669
01:44:04,960 --> 01:44:06,320
we will be transparent about the

1670
01:44:06,320 --> 01:44:08,239
sources. You guys maybe didn't see all

1671
01:44:08,239 --> 01:44:10,480
like you wouldn't see the full document

1672
01:44:10,480 --> 01:44:12,480
with the data and the citations on where

1673
01:44:12,480 --> 01:44:15,360
the data is coming from. So that's maybe

1674
01:44:15,360 --> 01:44:16,880
helps you in terms of your question on

1675
01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:19,119
the transparency

1676
01:44:19,119 --> 01:44:20,550
>> and I would just say that the text

1677
01:44:20,550 --> 01:44:20,560
» and I would just say that the text

1678
01:44:20,560 --> 01:44:22,480
responses to the survey indicate that

1679
01:44:22,480 --> 01:44:24,719
folks are experiencing what's consistent

1680
01:44:24,719 --> 01:44:27,280
with that data like multi multiple

1681
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:28,719
respondents who are saying that I am

1682
01:44:28,719 --> 01:44:30,400
stuck in the unit where I am living it

1683
01:44:30,400 --> 01:44:32,080
is in poor condition but I have nowhere

1684
01:44:32,080 --> 01:44:36,000
to go. Um, so you know, we we try to

1685
01:44:36,000 --> 01:44:38,239
triangulate as best we can from commonly

1686
01:44:38,239 --> 01:44:40,320
available data sources as well as

1687
01:44:40,320 --> 01:44:42,239
hearing from folks at public meetings as

1688
01:44:42,239 --> 01:44:43,760
well as looking at kind of the details

1689
01:44:43,760 --> 01:44:46,400
behind the survey data. Um, but we can

1690
01:44:46,400 --> 01:44:48,480
definitely reflect that nuance better in

1691
01:44:48,480 --> 01:44:50,239
the final report.

1692
01:44:50,239 --> 01:44:52,149
>> So, I just had a thought. I'm not sure

1693
01:44:52,149 --> 01:44:52,159
» So, I just had a thought. I'm not sure

1694
01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:55,040
if this is even possible, but if you

1695
01:44:55,040 --> 01:44:57,280
really want to know what the residents

1696
01:44:57,280 --> 01:45:02,400
of Coventry feel possibly when the next

1697
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:04,480
election, is it possible to have some

1698
01:45:04,480 --> 01:45:06,639
type of survey, not on the election

1699
01:45:06,639 --> 01:45:09,920
ballot, but at that facility and have

1700
01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:13,440
somebody available? So, as people are

1701
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:16,000
going in to vote, say, "Hey, you know,

1702
01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:17,280
would you mind filling out a quick

1703
01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:22,229
survey?" And would that

1704
01:45:22,239 --> 01:45:23,840
No.

1705
01:45:23,840 --> 01:45:25,430
>> No. Is that something you can check

1706
01:45:25,430 --> 01:45:25,440
» No. Is that something you can check

1707
01:45:25,440 --> 01:45:28,320
into?

1708
01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:31,430
>> You can't

1709
01:45:31,430 --> 01:45:31,440
» You can't

1710
01:45:31,440 --> 01:45:33,600
polling place is

1711
01:45:33,600 --> 01:45:36,149
>> what you're there for. Anything else can

1712
01:45:36,149 --> 01:45:36,159
» what you're there for. Anything else can

1713
01:45:36,159 --> 01:45:39,600
be construed as misleading or courage

1714
01:45:39,600 --> 01:45:46,870
courage. That's just a simple

1715
01:45:46,880 --> 01:45:49,040
» right. I'm just thinking an idea how how

1716
01:45:49,040 --> 01:45:50,480
to get more people.

1717
01:45:50,480 --> 01:45:51,350
>> The idea, Mike, I mean,

1718
01:45:51,350 --> 01:45:51,360
» The idea, Mike, I mean,

1719
01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:52,149
>> there you go.

1720
01:45:52,149 --> 01:45:52,159
» there you go.

1721
01:45:52,159 --> 01:45:55,350
>> We we we want to hear from people and we

1722
01:45:55,350 --> 01:45:55,360
» We we we want to hear from people and we

1723
01:45:55,360 --> 01:45:57,520
want to get engagement. Um,

1724
01:45:57,520 --> 01:45:59,360
unfortunately, it can be difficult to

1725
01:45:59,360 --> 01:46:01,199
engage with people on a complex subject.

1726
01:46:01,199 --> 01:46:03,280
Takes a lot of time. I appreciate you

1727
01:46:03,280 --> 01:46:04,639
guys are here. It takes time to come out

1728
01:46:04,639 --> 01:46:07,679
of your day and do this. Um, I mean, I

1729
01:46:07,679 --> 01:46:10,159
hear you.

1730
01:46:10,159 --> 01:46:13,520
Yeah. And I'm glad you came. I mean, we

1731
01:46:13,520 --> 01:46:15,600
we we want to engage with folks. It's an

1732
01:46:15,600 --> 01:46:17,679
important topic. it can be difficult to

1733
01:46:17,679 --> 01:46:20,560
keep people um to get as much feedback

1734
01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:23,040
as we'd like. We get the best we can.

1735
01:46:23,040 --> 01:46:24,960
Typically, uh the feedback can sometimes

1736
01:46:24,960 --> 01:46:26,639
come in spades when it's in front of our

1737
01:46:26,639 --> 01:46:28,159
decision makers. And that's why I keep

1738
01:46:28,159 --> 01:46:30,560
relying upon the idea of when it's in

1739
01:46:30,560 --> 01:46:32,000
front of us and our decision makers and

1740
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:33,280
folks are still thinking there's

1741
01:46:33,280 --> 01:46:34,639
something with this plan they're not

1742
01:46:34,639 --> 01:46:36,320
sure about. That's why we want to hear

1743
01:46:36,320 --> 01:46:38,320
from you. All the gailed comments will

1744
01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:40,239
be considered by staff, they'll all be

1745
01:46:40,239 --> 01:46:42,560
also passed to the decision makers. It

1746
01:46:42,560 --> 01:46:44,000
can be difficult to get people in front

1747
01:46:44,000 --> 01:46:46,239
of us when there's not a decision made

1748
01:46:46,239 --> 01:46:48,560
tonight, right? This is an academic

1749
01:46:48,560 --> 01:46:50,239
discussion and it's hard to get people

1750
01:46:50,239 --> 01:46:51,840
to come out. But this is where we start

1751
01:46:51,840 --> 01:46:58,070
to gather the underpinnings of the plan.

1752
01:46:58,080 --> 01:46:59,040
» I can't hear you.

1753
01:46:59,040 --> 01:47:02,070
>> I'm sorry.

1754
01:47:02,070 --> 01:47:02,080
» I'm sorry.

1755
01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:05,430
>> Many people can understand me from yards

1756
01:47:05,430 --> 01:47:05,440
» Many people can understand me from yards

1757
01:47:05,440 --> 01:47:08,880
away without a microphone. Sorry. Um,

1758
01:47:08,880 --> 01:47:11,199
can I ask a question about the data that

1759
01:47:11,199 --> 01:47:13,520
you do have from the survey results that

1760
01:47:13,520 --> 01:47:16,400
you gathered? Is there a way I know that

1761
01:47:16,400 --> 01:47:18,080
you made a comment about someone said

1762
01:47:18,080 --> 01:47:20,000
about their rent.

1763
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:23,280
Is there a way that you are determining

1764
01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:27,119
whether they're a homeowner or a renter?

1765
01:47:27,119 --> 01:47:28,320
Let's say something about that, Doug.

1766
01:47:28,320 --> 01:47:30,000
So, something we do when we do get

1767
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:31,760
survey results is we try to at least

1768
01:47:31,760 --> 01:47:33,440
gauge kind of does this represent the

1769
01:47:33,440 --> 01:47:35,199
community or not. And like typically it

1770
01:47:35,199 --> 01:47:37,199
doesn't. I was actually quite surprised

1771
01:47:37,199 --> 01:47:38,880
when I looked at the survey data from

1772
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:40,880
Coventry that it kind of lined up like

1773
01:47:40,880 --> 01:47:42,639
almost exactly at least with the age

1774
01:47:42,639 --> 01:47:44,239
data that I can remember off the top of

1775
01:47:44,239 --> 01:47:46,400
my head because typically excuse older.

1776
01:47:46,400 --> 01:47:48,639
Um but the percentages of participation

1777
01:47:48,639 --> 01:47:50,719
on this survey were fairly reflective of

1778
01:47:50,719 --> 01:47:53,760
the demographics of Coventry. Um which I

1779
01:47:53,760 --> 01:47:56,239
was pleasantly surprised about um get

1780
01:47:56,239 --> 01:47:58,400
like with the survey results I typically

1781
01:47:58,400 --> 01:47:59,040
see.

1782
01:47:59,040 --> 01:48:01,750
>> Yeah. And um the [clears throat] survey

1783
01:48:01,750 --> 01:48:01,760
» Yeah. And um the [clears throat] survey

1784
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:03,600
uh the survey results are public. You

1785
01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:04,960
can find them on the planning department

1786
01:48:04,960 --> 01:48:07,119
web page. We did ask not just your

1787
01:48:07,119 --> 01:48:08,639
attitudes and opinions about housing. We

1788
01:48:08,639 --> 01:48:10,880
asked a series of demographic questions.

1789
01:48:10,880 --> 01:48:12,880
Um we tried not to get too detailed, but

1790
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:14,239
we did ask, for example, what's your

1791
01:48:14,239 --> 01:48:16,320
range of income? And we have the ability

1792
01:48:16,320 --> 01:48:18,000
to even do further studies and

1793
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:19,520
cross-correlate. The people who make

1794
01:48:19,520 --> 01:48:21,280
this income, how did they answer that

1795
01:48:21,280 --> 01:48:22,960
question? The people who rent, how did

1796
01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:24,719
they answer that question? So, we can do

1797
01:48:24,719 --> 01:48:26,880
that kind of crossorrelation study. We

1798
01:48:26,880 --> 01:48:29,360
did a bit of that and the the document

1799
01:48:29,360 --> 01:48:31,199
that's on the web now gives a sense of

1800
01:48:31,199 --> 01:48:33,440
some of the like the the findings that

1801
01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:36,239
jumped out to us about the survey and

1802
01:48:36,239 --> 01:48:37,830
>> I'm sorry. Okay.

1803
01:48:37,830 --> 01:48:37,840
» I'm sorry. Okay.

1804
01:48:37,840 --> 01:48:39,910
>> So, keep in mind that's just the

1805
01:48:39,910 --> 01:48:39,920
» So, keep in mind that's just the

1806
01:48:39,920 --> 01:48:41,760
attitudes opinion survey from our town

1807
01:48:41,760 --> 01:48:43,600
residents which is somewhat different

1808
01:48:43,600 --> 01:48:45,440
than a lot of the work they're doing

1809
01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:48,639
pulling data from different sources.

1810
01:48:48,639 --> 01:48:49,830
>> Someone take this please.

1811
01:48:49,830 --> 01:48:49,840
» Someone take this please.

1812
01:48:49,840 --> 01:48:50,629
>> Yeah.

1813
01:48:50,629 --> 01:48:50,639
» Yeah.

1814
01:48:50,639 --> 01:48:56,070
>> I drop it. [laughter] Thank you.

1815
01:48:56,070 --> 01:48:56,080
» I drop it. [laughter] Thank you.

1816
01:48:56,080 --> 01:48:58,639
Any other questions? We're open to any

1817
01:48:58,639 --> 01:49:00,000
feedback. This isn't the end of the

1818
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:01,280
conversation, but we want to hear from

1819
01:49:01,280 --> 01:49:03,199
you if you have any questions, something

1820
01:49:03,199 --> 01:49:04,159
to say. Doug,

1821
01:49:04,159 --> 01:49:05,510
>> I was gonna make a suggestion.

1822
01:49:05,510 --> 01:49:05,520
» I was gonna make a suggestion.

1823
01:49:05,520 --> 01:49:08,149
>> Please maybe make a good push on

1824
01:49:08,149 --> 01:49:08,159
» Please maybe make a good push on

1825
01:49:08,159 --> 01:49:10,080
Facebook for the next three days.

1826
01:49:10,080 --> 01:49:13,270
>> No, I appreciate it.

1827
01:49:13,270 --> 01:49:13,280
» No, I appreciate it.

1828
01:49:13,280 --> 01:49:16,950
>> The cheapest and best option available.

1829
01:49:16,950 --> 01:49:16,960
» The cheapest and best option available.

1830
01:49:16,960 --> 01:49:19,750
>> I Everybody loves Facebook these days.

1831
01:49:19,750 --> 01:49:19,760
» I Everybody loves Facebook these days.

1832
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:21,679
Thanks, J.

1833
01:49:21,679 --> 01:49:24,000
That's

1834
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:25,040
hand.

1835
01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:27,030
>> Oh, we got someone's hand up. Uh

1836
01:49:27,030 --> 01:49:27,040
» Oh, we got someone's hand up. Uh

1837
01:49:27,040 --> 01:49:29,040
Samantha Sergeant, we see your hand up

1838
01:49:29,040 --> 01:49:31,040
in the Zoom. We're going to uh bring you

1839
01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:34,239
in. Uh feel free to unmute yourself and

1840
01:49:34,239 --> 01:49:39,430
and uh go ahead and speak.

1841
01:49:39,440 --> 01:49:41,679
» We don't hear you yet, Sam. Oh,

1842
01:49:41,679 --> 01:49:42,629
>> go ahead, Samantha.

1843
01:49:42,629 --> 01:49:42,639
» go ahead, Samantha.

1844
01:49:42,639 --> 01:49:45,270
>> Did that come through? Hi. I um I I just

1845
01:49:45,270 --> 01:49:45,280
» Did that come through? Hi. I um I I just

1846
01:49:45,280 --> 01:49:47,280
want to say um great job on the

1847
01:49:47,280 --> 01:49:49,679
presentation. Um Ashley, I believe that

1848
01:49:49,679 --> 01:49:51,360
was your name, right?

1849
01:49:51,360 --> 01:49:54,400
Um, and then yeah, and then I just I

1850
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:58,400
missed um the tiny URL URL, excuse me.

1851
01:49:58,400 --> 01:50:02,400
Um, what that was. I was trying to um to

1852
01:50:02,400 --> 01:50:04,400
to switch from my phone to a laptop for

1853
01:50:04,400 --> 01:50:05,760
the meeting so I could use my phone to

1854
01:50:05,760 --> 01:50:08,400
get on the tiny URL. But um

1855
01:50:08,400 --> 01:50:09,910
>> I I couldn't find I was like looking

1856
01:50:09,910 --> 01:50:09,920
» I I couldn't find I was like looking

1857
01:50:09,920 --> 01:50:10,719
everywhere for it.

1858
01:50:10,719 --> 01:50:12,149
>> Yeah, the one the one for the activities

1859
01:50:12,149 --> 01:50:12,159
» Yeah, the one the one for the activities

1860
01:50:12,159 --> 01:50:14,159
for tonight for follow.

1861
01:50:14,159 --> 01:50:18,629
>> Yeah. So that's um at covousousing26

1862
01:50:18,639 --> 01:50:22,550
or tinyurl.comousing26.

1863
01:50:22,560 --> 01:50:24,560
That should work and take you to an

1864
01:50:24,560 --> 01:50:26,320
arcgis URL.

1865
01:50:26,320 --> 01:50:28,709
>> Oh, okay. Is it too late to do it or

1866
01:50:28,709 --> 01:50:28,719
» Oh, okay. Is it too late to do it or

1867
01:50:28,719 --> 01:50:31,189
>> I think it's open till 9. So you have 10

1868
01:50:31,189 --> 01:50:31,199
» I think it's open till 9. So you have 10

1869
01:50:31,199 --> 01:50:32,159
minutes.

1870
01:50:32,159 --> 01:50:33,270
>> Okay.

1871
01:50:33,270 --> 01:50:33,280
» Okay.

1872
01:50:33,280 --> 01:50:35,750
>> Is there a way to boost that?

1873
01:50:35,750 --> 01:50:35,760
» Is there a way to boost that?

1874
01:50:35,760 --> 01:50:37,910
>> Oh, sorry. I I can't read the

1875
01:50:37,910 --> 01:50:37,920
» Oh, sorry. I I can't read the

1876
01:50:37,920 --> 01:50:39,590
>> I can't read the clock. So you have some

1877
01:50:39,590 --> 01:50:39,600
» I can't read the clock. So you have some

1878
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:40,719
time.

1879
01:50:40,719 --> 01:50:43,030
>> Yeah. And then um we'll we'll put that

1880
01:50:43,030 --> 01:50:43,040
» Yeah. And then um we'll we'll put that

1881
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:44,800
uh just so you have it, Samantha, the

1882
01:50:44,800 --> 01:50:48,000
URL uh will be back on the web screen in

1883
01:50:48,000 --> 01:50:49,840
just a bit. I think I'll ask Cody to

1884
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:52,480
screen share that particular page of the

1885
01:50:52,480 --> 01:50:54,239
presentation just so you can see it.

1886
01:50:54,239 --> 01:50:55,590
>> Awesome. Thank you.

1887
01:50:55,590 --> 01:50:55,600
» Awesome. Thank you.

1888
01:50:55,600 --> 01:50:59,109
>> Yep. It's in the top right corner of

1889
01:50:59,109 --> 01:50:59,119
» Yep. It's in the top right corner of

1890
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:01,109
>> and this is this is the URL for the

1891
01:51:01,109 --> 01:51:01,119
» and this is this is the URL for the

1892
01:51:01,119 --> 01:51:02,560
activities that occurred just here

1893
01:51:02,560 --> 01:51:04,159
tonight. It's the mapping activities.

1894
01:51:04,159 --> 01:51:06,000
It's the prioritization of the goals and

1895
01:51:06,000 --> 01:51:08,719
policies. when you get into the end of

1896
01:51:08,719 --> 01:51:11,920
that um you'll get to a link to take you

1897
01:51:11,920 --> 01:51:14,000
to the action items which is that's the

1898
01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:15,520
more detailed work that we've basically

1899
01:51:15,520 --> 01:51:17,520
didn't tackle tonight but I'm very happy

1900
01:51:17,520 --> 01:51:19,440
to hear from people uh who are

1901
01:51:19,440 --> 01:51:20,400
interested

1902
01:51:20,400 --> 01:51:22,149
>> okay great thank you so much

1903
01:51:22,149 --> 01:51:22,159
» okay great thank you so much

1904
01:51:22,159 --> 01:51:26,790
>> thank you

1905
01:51:26,800 --> 01:51:28,800
» all right if there's any other questions

1906
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:30,960
folks on Zoom uh feel free to raise your

1907
01:51:30,960 --> 01:51:32,400
hand if you want to have a question

1908
01:51:32,400 --> 01:51:34,880
anything to contribute uh and anybody

1909
01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:36,880
else in the room happy to take any Last

1910
01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:41,270
questions.

1911
01:51:41,280 --> 01:51:42,880
» I don't see anybody. Thank you very

1912
01:51:42,880 --> 01:51:44,000
much. It's not the end of the

1913
01:51:44,000 --> 01:51:46,320
conversation. Feel free again there's

1914
01:51:46,320 --> 01:51:48,400
ways to engage with us. Uh we'll be

1915
01:51:48,400 --> 01:51:50,960
promoting uh some of the you know as

1916
01:51:50,960 --> 01:51:52,960
these events evolve towards meetings as

1917
01:51:52,960 --> 01:51:54,960
these events uh come into our decision

1918
01:51:54,960 --> 01:51:58,159
makers. Uh these will be opportunities

1919
01:51:58,159 --> 01:52:00,159
for you to engage again. Uh the

1920
01:52:00,159 --> 01:52:02,239
documents on the web will be updated as

1921
01:52:02,239 --> 01:52:04,639
we take this feedback. we consider how

1922
01:52:04,639 --> 01:52:07,760
we would draft a final housing chapter

1923
01:52:07,760 --> 01:52:10,480
draft. Um, keep your eyes open for us

1924
01:52:10,480 --> 01:52:13,199
and uh, uh, use that website to see

1925
01:52:13,199 --> 01:52:14,560
when's the next meeting, when can you

1926
01:52:14,560 --> 01:52:16,480
engage uh, and what are the best

1927
01:52:16,480 --> 01:52:18,480
materials to be reflecting on. Thank you

1928
01:52:18,480 --> 01:52:20,880
very much for all those that came and

1929
01:52:20,880 --> 01:52:22,719
uh, and I'll just ask at the very end

1930
01:52:22,719 --> 01:52:24,080
uh, Mr. Clooney, if you don't mind just

1931
01:52:24,080 --> 01:52:32,870
adjourning the the board.

1932
01:52:32,880 --> 01:52:34,080
» All right. So the planning commission

1933
01:52:34,080 --> 01:52:36,320
meeting's adjourned and then we also are

1934
01:52:36,320 --> 01:52:38,800
done here.