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Housing and Community Development Committee
February 12, 2026

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February 12, 2026
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1 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

MINUTES

SPECIAL MEETING

October 22, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

City Hall North Conference Room A
1600 Truxtun Avenue

Members Present: Manpreet Kaur, Bob Smith, Larry Koman

Staff Present: Gary Hallen, Assistant City Manager, Phil Burns, Julie Drimakis, City Clerk
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1. ROLL CALL

2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
a. Agenda Item Public Statements
None.
b. Non-Agenda Item Public Statements
None.

3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
a. Adoption of August 7, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes
Moved by: Larry Koman
Staff Recommends adoption of minutes.

Approved

4. REPORTS
a. Update of Chronic Nuisance Property and Vacant Building Registry Assistant City Manager Hallen made staff comments. Development Services Director Burns made additional comments and provided a PowerPoint presentation. Economic and Community Development Director Byers continued the PowerPoint presentation.

Moved by: Bob Smith

2 Staff recommends the Committee discuss and receive and file the report.

Approved

1. PowerPoint Presentation

5. DEFERRED BUSINESS
a. Short Term Rental Update and Direction
The Committee will receive an update on the Short-Term Rentals and the concept to draft an ordinance to bring later to identify how to manage the Short-Term Rentals already happening throughout the City.

Assistant City Manager Hallen made staff comments and provided a PowerPoint presentation and introduced Dainius Marijosius from Deckard technologies.

Councilmember Smith made a motion to have staff bring back an ordinance to the committee. Motion was approved.

Provide staff direction on whether to bring a Short-Term Rental Ordinance to City Council to manage these units throughout the City.

1. PowerPoint presentation

6. NEW BUSINESS

7. COMMITTEE COMMENTS

8. ADJOURNMENT

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MANPREET KAUR, CHAIR

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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CITY CLERK

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