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• Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 11, 2015 Page 18 Specific to "Civic Engagement," Mayor Roe expressed appreciation for staffs comments regarding involving advisory commissions, recognizing that their feed- back would be helpful as they had insights to offer beyond those of the City Council and/or staff. Councilmember McGehee suggested incorporating various templates for deci- sion-making (e.g. next steps and timelines) to enhance communication efforts and ways to memorialize communication in the decision-making process providing fewer concerns for residents. Housing& Redevelopment Staff assigned: Community Development Director Paul Bilotta, Battalion Fire Chief of Operations David Brosnahan, and Deputy Fire Chief Chris Snyder Community Development Director Bilotta summarized the strategic initiatives drafted for this priority. Specific to the initiative to "establish a move-up housing program, Councilmem- ber Willmus referenced the many discussion held at the Retreat regarding this KOI and Target, and questioned how to facilitate this and how it related to high density residential (HDR) and/or medium density residential (MDR) zoning des- ignations. Councilmember Willmus questioned if MDR was the buffer between single-family residential and HDR or what specific things needed to be looked at, since he didn't see that addressed in the strategic initiative. As a first step, Mr. Bilotta advised that staff would be presenting this first look of the summary document to the HRA at their meeting next week, along with a list of target properties for them to consider as MDR sites as a preliminary for their consideration and discussion to address at the upcoming joint meeting of the HRA and City Council. Councilmember Willmus questioned if the intent was to lump rezoning with move-up housing as one and the same thing. Mr. Bilotta clarified that the main question was how to facilitate either or both beyond simply setting a goal. Mr. Bilotta opined that a first step would involve identifying MDR as an untapped need in the community and potential sites and whether they may need rezoned or other ideas on how to achieve that priority and target. Mr. Bilotta noted this may include determining the HRA's role and that of the City Council: whether acquisition, marketing, incentives or other means and all part of the programming process. Specific to other metrics listed under the Target category, Councilmember Willmus opined that he didn't recall discussion at the Retreat about putting out specific numbers on the number of living-wage jobs, owner-occupied, housing