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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Mr. Corcoran stated, Right. Why sort of stop people from living the way they want to live? The other point about accessory dwelling units (AUDs), other places like Portland, Minneapolis, Atlanta and I think maybe Los Angeles, are allowing AUDs by right pretty much anywhere you can build a house. So, it's also something, we won't talk about today but will be talking about in the future. It is an idea we want to bring to you guys to talk about. It is not part of this conversation. Committeemember Broden stated, It makes sense, though. You want to roll this out and get hits on the infill, and then open up that opportunity. Mr. Corcoran replied, It is potentially all going to happen within a similar timeframe, starting at the new year when this new Zoning Ordinance takes effect. This will allow someone to do that right away. To the other point you were making, hopefully what it also does is broaden, sort of, the range of people who call themselves developers. The way I see it, anyone in this room could be a developer. In fact, I would like to encourage everyone in this room to be a small-scale developer. That is in some ways, and we'll get to it in a second, the genesis of where we started this conversation. We will discuss that later, not tonight. Committeemember Voorde stated, That sounds like a further complication for the Assessor. Councilmember White asked,Are you aware of the work being done by 466Works? How does all this fit in? I know they have plans to continue to build. I think they have a lot for nine (9) or ten (10)more houses. Mr. Corcoran replied, Yes. We ran a small-scale developer boot camp. The first (1st) one (1) was in 2017. We've updated that this year and we made sure the Patton's and others from 466Works were in attendance. What we were able to do, I think, was shift their thoughts on what they might want to deliver over time. Their first (1st) product will be Single-Family homes but they are now thinking more broadly. Especially when it comes to that wealth creation part, I think there are people really interested in how this type of housing product can help build generational wealth for people. Councilmember White followed up, Do you recall that study on housing that was commissioned by the Department of Community Investment? She came back and shared that. A lot of things I'm seeing here are what some of the recommendations were.Not necessarily looking at Single-Family but having different types of housing options. How does that fit into what you are recommending? Mr. Corcoran replied, That report helped define the market demand and potential for the range of housing types including the missing middle housing types. For instance, when we did the NNN plan, we utilized that market analysis to help us determine what we thought was a reasonable uptake in market in the NNN. So, we are in the process of getting all the graphics together to start to write it but there is all that process that went behind it. This is now that step to help us deliver that. So,we know what the potential is,but if somebody wanted to do it,it would be not necessarily difficult because we are responsive, but we don't necessarily have the place in order for them to do that. That is what this is going to help us to do. Councilmember Scott stated, One (1) thing I watch on YouTube a lot is living big in tiny houses. Have you seen that? It's pretty neat. Not only the architecture of the houses and all of that,but one (1) piece of property in one (1) the cities in New Zealand was like $1 million just on property. A EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601',p 574.235.9221 1574.235.9173 1TD 574.235.5567 vww.f.southbendin;gov 6