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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Page 7 1 the language was incorporated into the organizational capacity of the Strategic Plan to ensure it 2 would be sustainable; and to clarify that it should be obvious that more resources were needed 3 to accomplish these goals; and to position the organization to accomplish those externally- 4 focused goals. 5 6 Members Majerus and Quam concurred. 7 8 Ms. Ray reviewed revisions needed to address pocket neighborhoods and the intentional nature 9 of this Plan. 10 11 Member Quam referenced a phrase used by Member Lee at the Workshop, included in meeting 12 “creating small scale communities in a large scale world.” minutes, as 13 14 Chair Maschka concurred with the appropriateness of that phrase; along with ensuring that 15 design flexibility” senior housing had a future. Chair Maschka suggested language including “ 16 or something similar for senior housing; opining that the City had enough senior housing 17 now, but at some point in the future, it would need to be repurposed, and when being designed 18 now, should be a consideration. 19 20 Ms. Kelsey noted that the language on senior housing with a future could be included in 21 Objective A under Goal II. 22 23 Ms. Raye concurred that “flexible design should be a consideration for long-term re-use of 24 senior housing with an intergenerational concept for that use in future decades. Ms. Raye 25 opined that boomers wouldn’t control all housing at some point in the future. 26 27 “creating innovative options for senior Member Quam suggested added language for 28 housing.” 29 30 Ms. Raye suggested even broader language that the City’s existing housing stock and 31 neighborhoods have “innovative options.” 32 33 “finding innovative options for future development” as Member Quam suggested including 34 part of Goal II. 35 36 Ms. Kelsey suggested removal of “seniors” and have the broader intergenerational options. 37 38 Ms. Raye noted that while that could fit there, the Board had also specifically wanted to 39 increase senior options. 40 41 Member Quam concurred with Ms. Raye, noting that the objectives were actually two different 42 things. 43 44 Ms. Raye advised that staff would find a place for “innovative,” not just “intergenerational.” 45 46 The consensus of the Board was that it should be an umbrella objective, not specific to 47 intergenerational. 48 49 Ms. Raye suggested that the HRA’s core value ideas or principles across the board appeared 50 to focus on: “a sense of place; intentional community; innovation for long-term use and/or 51 re-use; and environmental stewardship. Ms. Raye suggested that those core principles be 52 incorporated into all goals or patterns for replication. 53 54 There was strong consensus by the HRA Board for that concept. 55