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18 Responding to a question from Dr. Brown about how people apply for housing, Mr. Peter Loach, representing PHA, said they have to follow VHDA guidelines. He said there is a federal rule against restrictions based on residency. He said when there is a vacancy, they first go to the area Section 8 waiting list and Region Ten. Dr. Brown said he would like to be reassured the City is not the only one paying to make low income and special needs housing available. Mr. Loach noted that Albemarle County approved CDBG funds for a Crozet project. Mr. Norris said the question is if we put in 5% of funding should there be a blanket residency requirement. He said the goal should be to have multi-jurisdictional projects. Mr. Huja said he serves on the PHA Board, but is not paid so he has no conflict of interest. He said having a side agreement on the residency and percentage would meet the same goal. Mr. Taliaferro agreed with Mr. Huja. He said he thinks we should give preference to City residents, but does not want to cause problems. He said he would like to seek multi-jurisdictional projects in the future. Mr. Huja noted there were no residency requirements when the City provided funds for the Dogwood Housing project. Mr. Taliaferro made a motion to approve staff’s recommendation by the following vote. Ayes: Dr. Brown, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Huja, Mr. Norris, Mr. Taliaferro. Noes: None. RESOLUTION : SPECIAL PERMIT TO INCREASE RETAIL AREA, PARKING AND YARD REGULATIONS AT 910-916 GROVE STREET/909-911 KING STREET Mr. Huja said he is not opposed to the idea, but would like to encourage them to contribute to affordable housing. Mr. Tolbert said that the proposal, which has not been adopted, is to require 5% of units be affordable. Ms. Valerie Long, counsel for the applicants, said they originally did not think this condition would apply because they are not seeking higher density. She said the rd issues are setbacks and reconfiguring the retail space. She said this is the 3 phase of the th project, and noted that the 4 phase will require rezoning, and then the affordable housing policy will be in effect. She said the applicant is happy to commit to doing that at that time. Mr. Tolbert said that the proposal is still in draft form. Mr. Norris asked if it would be fair to hold this project to a different standard. Dr. Brown agreed with Mr. Norris, and said he would have trouble applying a policy that has not been written yet and holding up the project. He said the policy should be applied once it is approved. Dr. Brown made a motion to approve the special use permit. Mr. Taliaferro seconded the motion. Mr. Brown said there was an omission regarding set backs that needs to be included in the resolution.