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Myles Couch <
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Subject:Item 7.a for 7/2/24
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The proposed fee increases will exacerbate our housing crisis. Please take another look at the fee
increases from a pro-housing perspective. The proposed increases are anti-housing when combined
with the City’s NIMBY-driven review and permitting processes, which require too much community input
and discretionary nit-picking. (As just one example, the City should not be subsidizing listing of historical
designations while raising fees for de-listing.)
While the City can’t directly build housing, it should continue to subsidize the building process when that
process has become extraordinarily expensive due to the City’s excessive review and permitting
requirements for straightforward residential construction projects.
Fees for discretionary review should only be increased after the City has done everything possible to
streamline permitting and review of housing projects, especially for small- to mid-sized residential and
mixed-use developments. Please go back to the drawing board with a perspective more consistent with
the City’s designation as a Pro-Housing City.
-Myles Couch
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