Council members and staff updated the public on early planning for the city‑owned "landing" site, a multi‑parcel property that city speakers said has cleared surplus‑land procedures and is available for development.

City staff described recent meetings with a Rural Community Housing Development Corporation‑affiliated developer that favors concentrating an initial affordable‑housing phase on the east side of the landing. Staff said the developer's current pro forma suggests roughly 40–50 affordable units would be the minimum to make a project financially feasible, with additional areas reserved for higher‑density residential, commercial space and some higher‑end units to cross‑subsidize affordability.

Staff also briefed the council on financing options the developers have discussed, including a potential Mello‑Roos community facilities district to raise bond funds for on‑site infrastructure. Staff warned that forming such a district would require detailed outreach and landowner support and typically levies parcel assessments over time to pay off bonds.

The city noted some of the money originally envisioned for a master plan was reduced; the staff said about $200,000 remains from an EPA brownfields grant and recommended using that to develop public programming for the west side of the site and to fund a focused outreach process (two to three meetings) so the community can refine priorities before the city pursues site control or formal financing steps.

Public commenters asked that outreach be broad and visible — not limited to online notices — and urged attention to workforce housing as well as income‑qualified units. Staff also raised co‑housing and adaptive reuse options (for example, turning hotel common spaces into shared housing) as potential ways to help the finances pencil out.

Council direction: staff will continue discussions with the developer, pursue targeted public outreach and report back with refined concepts and financing alternatives. No formal action or land sale was taken at the meeting.