HomeMy WebLinkAboutMalaba and Kooistra 11.23.20From: CityClerk <cityclerk@rentonwa.gov>
To: Leslie Clark <LClark@Rentonwa.gov>; Chip Vincent <CVincent@Rentonwa.gov>; Shane Moloney
<SMoloney@Rentonwa.gov>; Ed VanValey <Evanvaley@Rentonwa.gov>; Armondo Pavone <APavo
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Date: 2020-11-23 18:36
Subject: FW: HDC Comment Letter on Renton's emergency ordinance on interim zoning controls
Attachments: HDC Comment Letter on Renton's emergency ordinance on interim zoning controls.pdf
This correspondence was received after the 5 p.m. deadline, but I will include it in my summary tonight.
-Jason
From: Patience Malaba <patience@housingconsortium.org>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 5:40 PM
To: Armondo Pavone <APavone@Rentonwa.gov>; Ruth Pérez <RPerez@Rentonwa.gov>; CityClerk
<CityClerk@Rentonwa.gov>; Council <Council@Rentonwa.gov>; Angelina Benedetti
<ABenedetti@Rentonwa.gov>; Randy Corman <Rcorman@Rentonwa.gov>; Ryan McIrvin
<RMcIrvin@Rentonwa.gov>; Valerie O'Halloran <VOHalloran@Rentonwa.gov>; Ed Prince
<EPrince@Rentonwa.gov>; Kim-Khánh Vnn <KVan@Rentonwa.gov>
Cc: Marty Kooistra <marty@housingconsortium.org>; Mark Gropper <mrg@rentonhousing.org>; Angela San
Filippo <asanfilippo@auburnwa.gov>
Subject: HDC Comment Letter on Renton's emergency ordinance on interim zoning controls
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Dear Mayor Pavone and Renton City Councilmembers,
As a nonprofit membership association representing a diverse group of organizations working directly in
the affordable housing and homeless service provision sector, Housing Development Consortium
(HDC) members produce and preserve affordable homes across the City of Renton. Our members are
committed to the creation of affordable housing and ensuring dignity for all lives through service
provision for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
As you consider the interim zoning controls in response to the Renton Red Lion de-intensification
shelter operating in the city, we express concern and urge you to work on bolstering the elements
we know are essential for our community to experience an equitable recovery – with effective
homelessness response. The COVID 19 emergency and the crisis of homelessness call for proactive
leadership that creates a path to recovery and overcomes limitations. The new homeless services
classification proposed in the emergency land-use code change would make applications onerous and
prevent an effective response to the exacerbated crisis.
We urge you to vote NO, on this emergency legislation.
Sincerely,
Patience Malaba
Director of Government Relations and Policy (Pronouns, She/Her)
Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County
1326 5th Avenue, Suite 230
Seattle, WA 98101
O: (206) 682-9541
C: (425) 245-6000
www.housingconsortium.org