The discussion did not actually focus on forests or green spaces, as the flagged keywords were used in the context of urban development and housing policy. The word "timber" was mentioned regarding state density incentives for "mass timber" construction projects. Similarly, "parks" was only brought up in passing to list the city's Parks and Recreation advisory group and to clarify that park impact fees would not be reduced by new state housing legislation.
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City Council Workshops · Aug 10, 2026 · 36:42–36:55 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: parks timber Parks
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35:38 - And if we were to increase that, would they have the funding to match that and perhaps build? What I'm looking, if we have this many projects that are just not going through, what could we do to get some sort of surety that we will get some projects completed? And in the end, who's going to manage that project? So that's kind of where I'm heading with this, but thank you. - Yeah, I don't think that the VHA has any additional funds that they could commit, but we are hoping that this will unlock additional state funding.
36:18 And then either the developer in partnership with the VHA or the VHA would manage the project through the construction. - Sam, you mentioned the Housing Advisory Committee. That is not one of our 26 boards and commissions that we have, and we have four other advisory groups, Aviation, Lodging, Parking, and Parks and Rec. Who is on your housing advisory? - It's a mix of community members, and I'd be happy to share that list of people. - Thank you. Any additional comments? Councilor Fox. - Yeah, I forgot to ask about, so the pre-development loan piece of this, I was just wondering the interest rate versus why that particular zero to 4% was chosen
37:14 instead of perhaps a higher maybe to match the prime rate or something along those lines. And then also the second part of that would be what type of risks are you basing that rate on? - Sure, so we took our time reviewing a large number of other public pre-development loan programs, such as in Portland, the state of Oregon, the state of Washington, several CDFI programs as well. And they ranged in philosophy from going 0% to some that were higher, seven or eight,
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direct keyword 36:42–36:55 parks, timber, Parks
or the VHA would manage the project through the construction. - Sam, you mentioned the Housing Advisory Committee. That is not one of our 26 boards and commissions that we have, and we have four other advisory groups, Aviation, Lodging, Parking, and Parks and Rec. Who is on your housing advisory? - It's a mix of community members, and I'd be happy to share that list of people. - Thank you. Any additional comments? Councilor Fox. - Yeah, I forgot to ask about, so the pre-development loan piece of