Wilsonville Names Task Force For Equitable Housing Strategic Plan

From the City of Wilsonville: The first meeting of the City of Wilsonville’s new Equitable Housing Strategic Plan Task Force is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, 4:30-6:30 pm, at Wilsonville City Hall, 29799 SW Town Center Loop E.

The public meeting provides the City’s project team an opportunity to introduce the task force members, report initial findings from a market analysis currently underway and discuss the project parameters.

Wilsonville is developing an Equitable Housing Strategic Plan, funded in part by a grant from Metro, to provide a clearer path to affordable housing for people of all household compositions, income ranges, ages and life stages.

The Equitable Housing Strategic Plan Task Force is expected to meet at least three times over the next six to eight months to evaluate current data, consider public input, provide technical expertise, and develop policies and strategies to address the gaps in Wilsonville’s residential housing stock.

A growing number of community members are burdened by the region’s lack of affordable housing. The 17-member, volunteer committee represents a broad array of professional expertise in real-estate development, finance, affordable housing, social services and related fields.

Name, Representing:

• Bryse Bishoff, Talent Recruiter & Supervisor of Recruitment Operations, DW Fritz Automation, Inc.
• John Cronkite, Resident, realtor
• Paul Diller, Resident, law professor
• Devin Ellin, Senior Housing Developer, Housing Authority of Clackamas County
• John Ginsburg, Director of Student Life & Title IX Coordinator, Clackamas Community College
• Roseann Johnson, Asst. Director of Government Affairs, Home Builders Assoc. of Metro Portland
• Rudy Kadlub, CEO, Costa Pacific Communities
• Marylee King, Resident, former Program Director of the MacDonald Center, Portland
• Kamran Mesbah, City of Wilsonville Planning Commissioner
• Taft Mitchell, Board Chair, Wilsonville Community Sharing
• Iona Musgnung, Student Life Coordinator, Oregon Institute of Technology/OregonTech
• Kevin Ferrasci O’Malley, CEO, Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce
• Craig Porter, Resident, real estate developer and lender
• Ann Gray Remmers, Director of Lending, Network for Oregon Affordable Housing
• Rebecca Small, Regional Planner, Metro regional government
• Ben West, City of Wilsonville City Council
• Liz Winchester, Asset Manager, Northwest Housing Alternatives

The City is seeking to complete the Equitable Housing Strategic Plan for the City Council’s consideration by spring of 2020.

For more information or to sign up to receive project updates, visit ci.wilsonville.or.us/housing or contact Kimberly Rybold, Senior Planner, at 503-570-1583; rybold@ci.wilsonville.or.us.

This press release was produced by the City of Wilsonville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.