The Planning and Community Development Committee (PCDC) met on April 28, 2026, from 10:01 a.m. to 12:29 p.m. The meeting focused on expanding housing access for veterans using vouchers, including a new city-run voucher incentive program and a proposed ordinance banning source-of-income discrimination against veterans. The committee also discussed amending the Unified Development Code (UDC) for data centers.
Good morning. The time is now 1001 a.m. on April 20th, 2026, and the meeting of the PCDC committee is now called to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councilmember Corps. Councilmember Castillo. Councilmember Galvan. Here. Councilmember Mesa Gonzalez. Chair Bungia. President. Sir, we have a quorum. Excellent. Thank you. I believe we also have Spanish translation available. Yes. Would I make the announcement? Thank you. First item on the agenda is approval of the minutes. Can I get uh a motion? Motion of second, all in favor. Aye. All opposed. Motion passes. Great. We have quite a few members of the public stand up to speak, so we'll begin here in a second. Every member will have three minutes to speak. So first on the list is Anita Kegley. Okay, I think that's okay. Um good morning, um, City Council members. Thank you for serving. I uh support expanding access to housing and helping voucher holders find stable homes. That's an important goal for our community. The issues isn't the goal, it's how the policy distributes the cost. Right now it places a disproportionate financial and administration burden on individual property owners. Rental housing is a business with fixed costs such as mortgages, taxes, maintenance, and insurance. When policies require, require below market rents or add delays and compliance costs, that directly affects whether a property remains viable. If the city or federal government wants to achieve a public good, the cost of that policy should be shared publicly, not carried by a small group of housing providers. A more balanced approach would include incentives like tax credits, risk mitigation fund, direct subsidies so property owners can participate without taking a financial loss, signing bonuses for voucher tenants, faster inspections payments, damage protection funds, partial rent guarantees. If policies make it financially unsustainable to operate rental housing, the likely result is fewer units, higher rents overall, or owners exiting the markets. Outcome that work against the city's goals. This is an opportunity to build a policy that works both for tenants and housing providers. Mandating participation without compensation effectively turns private housing providers into unpaid partners in a public program. That approach risk reduce in supply rather than expanding access. Thank you for hearing me. Thank you. Up next is Martha Spinks. Good morning. I'm Martha Spinks, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, retired. I know that good housing is the single most impactful factor in ensuring the success of people under stress.