City leaders and
neighborhood leaders all know the 52 percent must be hit - it's state law.
I'd say even if NRP is mortally wounded, the money must be found to meet the
housing goal.
For information only:
The housing % is a target, not a mandate inasmuch as there is no consequence defined for not hitting the target. This is not my opinion, but is actually the formal legal opinion of the city attorney.
Concerning hitting the 52% target or not: the legislation that established the housing target did not define what "housing and housing-related expenditures" were - for the purpose of NRP. A working definition of acceptable "housing etc." expenditures was established a couple of years later by the NRP Policy Board. The Policy Board could modify the definition of qualifying expences and the compliance/non-compliance level would change - not that I'm suggesting this.
Ann Berget
Kingfield (Past Policy Board Chair)
