[Elizabeth Sodja]

Here are my thoughts, hopefully they are helpful and not too in the weeds! Feel free to ask for any clarification:

• Page 1 (exec sum): Could the citations here (GPI, Census, etc.) be hyperlinked like the citations on Page 2?
• Page 2/5 (exec sum): I agree with Andy’s concern about the definition of “starter home”. As someone whose first house was an adorable little 1902 750-square foot cottage in Logan, I think size should be considered at least as strongly as cost when considering what constitutes a “starter home”, but I don’t know how that woudl work with the state code that Andy mentions above.
• Page 5 (exec sum) Page 8 (main plan): non-productive public land could use further clarification. Do you mean municipal-owned and/or state-owned land, excluding SITLA? There are also a few other federal land managers not listed (NPS, BOR, USFS, DOD)
• Page 4 (main plan): Goal 2 bullet 4 mentions, “Expanding both infill and greenfield development, while promoting efficient development patterns that preserve natural and agricultural lands, clean air, and water,” but I’m not sure any of the proposed tracking metrics would measure this.
• Page 14 (main plan): It mentions, “regional, local, private, and non-profit organizations providing additional housing support,” but all of the mentioned programs seem larger in scope. If smaller programs will be included in Phase II, an example of an interesting smaller scale program is Green River’s Epicenter program.
• Page 7 (appendix): The link for Tooele County Housing Authortiy is dead, here’s the correct one: https://housingtc.org/ — I didn’t check all of them, was just curious about that one since I live out there. 🙂

Thank you for all the hard work on this plan!

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