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����� Priorities: <br />..�� <br />The Strategic Initiatives identified bvthe Council <br />during the Visioning Meeting in January 3020 <br />Workforce Housing <br />Multi Modal Transportation <br />}~ <br />Workforce Development <br />� <br />Downtown Vitality <br />Sustainability <br />StrategicInitiatives <br />A. Update, consolidate and <br />communicate housing policies and <br />action plans. <br />Strategies: <br />i Update the Affordable Housing Policy <br />and adopt ahousing framework / <br />blueprint based onthe work cfthe San <br />Marcos Workforce housing Task Force. <br />||. Maintain e robust website and <br />participate oaocommunity partner in <br />advancing the City's housing goals. <br />|||. Develop internal city capacity and <br />support capacity building efforts in <br />community partners toadvance the <br />City's housing goals. Work with local <br />emp|oyeraeuchae-[exmeGiate <br />University, San Marcos C|S[}. Hays <br />County, Central Texas Medical Center, <br />the banking community, the Greater <br />San Marcos Partnership and area non- <br />profits tu identify and implement <br />housing solutions. <br />|\/. Focus 0Oimproving sub -standard <br />housing and research additional funding <br />sources. <br />o. Determine appropriate role for code <br />enforcement. <br />b. Research budgetary impact of <br />increased role for Tenants Council. <br />o. Evaluate requirements for owners to <br />make repairs torental properties. <br />B. Develop dedicated housing and <br />revenue sources that meet <br />Strategies: <br />i Build additional permanently affordable <br />homes targeted toflood victims on city - <br />owned lots with C[}BG-DR funds. <br />U. Apply for HOME funds. Utilize CC)BG <br />funds tnpreserve and maintain for <br />households earning less than 8096 /\M| <br />through the Housing Rehabilitation <br />Program. <br />||. Enter into cooperative agreements with <br />other taxing entities to identify tax - <br />forfeiture properties and make them <br />available for construction of permanently <br />affordable workforce housing. <br />|||. Establish a land bank and community <br />land trust with the purpose of supporting <br />permanently affordable workforce <br />housing. <br />|V. Establish on Emergency Housing <br />Rehabilitation Program. <br />C. Implement land use and zoning <br />regulations that support <br />mixed income communities in all <br />areas of the City. <br />Strategies: <br />i Encourage mixed income communities <br />within new development. <br />||. Monitor the bonus density program for <br />effectiveness and re -assess during the <br />annual code update. <br />|||. Monitor the number ofnew missing <br />middle housing types built under Code <br />8K8TXand re -assess during the annual <br />Code update. <br />IV. Draft anordinance targeting geographic <br />locations and non-profit home builders <br />for appropriate zoning when permanently <br />affordable for sale housing im <br />constructed. <br />V. Research what isnecessary inorder to <br />