YVHA's Sustainability and Stewardship and Project Economics Focus Teams Update May 2022 https://brownranchsteamboat.org/

Greetings! We are getting closer to developing a plan for Brown Ranch.  You may have seen the article in the Steamboat Pilot about how we are developing our scenarios and the other article about our conversations with City Council about funding.   A community meeting is planned for early June when we present the three scenarios, developed from the feedback we heard from you and the expertise of our consultants and steering committee.  During the summer, we will conduct more public outreach and plan to settle on a final scenario by the end of August.  Once the final scenario is chosen, more research will be conducted to create budgets and more specific details for the community. As our commitment to you, we want to continue to share the priorities our focus teams developed to help guide the design process. In this newsletter, you will find the priorities from the Built and Natural Sustainability Focus Team and the Stewardship and Project Economics Focus Team. We will keep you informed about any upcoming public meetings Have a great weekend! Sincerely, Jason Peasley and Sheila Henderson

Our Vision

“The Brown Ranch residents will live and connect in a vibrant, resilient, diverse, and welcoming neighborhood that provides a wide variety of housing options and services designed by and for the Yampa Valley community.”

Our Guiding Principles

● The Brown Ranch will provide affordable and attainable housing options for the Routt County workforce* in a timely and efficient manner that meets both the urgent and long-term need. ● The Brown Ranch will provide quality housing that is sustainable yet flexible, modern, efficient, safe, healthy, environmentally responsible, and in harmony with existing natural systems. ● The Brown Ranch will be both physically and emotionally connected to the community, providing opportunity for social cohesion and successful vibrant and healthy lifestyles. ● The community driven process to design and develop the Brown Ranch will be inclusive, fact-based, honest, cost efficient and collaborative with all relevant stakeholders.

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Built and Natural Sustainability Focus Team Principles

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Based on the numerous community meetings the Built and Natural Sustainability Team developed these principles in the following areas: ecosystems, energy, materials, resilience, water, well-being. Ecosystem Meaningful open space that: Creates and restores riparian corridors Allows for wildlife movement Considers habitat for wildlife Energy  Smallest carbon footprint that: Provides long-term affordability and energy security for residents Has the lowest life-cycle costs Materials ·Building materials that are healthy and affordable for the lifetime of a building with a. focus on durability and zero waste Resilience Community is both climate and socially resilient by: Including wildfire resilient design and building Preparing for increased temperatures Preventing food deserts Water Low flow, minimal water use development with: Adaptative reuse of water Building designs that minimize water use Low to no irrigation of private landscapes Wellbeing Ensure wellbeing through access to resources and essential to resources and essential services with: Transportation infrastructure that prioritizes walkability Connections to the environment and outdoor activities Healthy buildings with good indoor air quality Cross Cutting themes: o   Concentrated density with shared resources o   Community scale systems that can prepare for future climate conditions o   Follow the Climate Action Plan and Water Conservation Plan

Project Economics Focus Team Principles

Based on the numerous community meetings the Stewardship and Project Economics Focus Team developed these principles in the following areas: simplicity, wealth-building, mobility, affordability, communication education and relationships. Simplicity: ·      Simple and inclusive restrictions ·      No short-term rentals. Foster community, make housing available for full-time locals ·      Reserve for local employees, not for those who work remotely ·      Ensure definitions are clear and understandable (i.e. what does “sole residency” mean?”) Wealth Building ·      Ensure that residents are able to enjoy housing stability and build wealth ·      Keep residents from “missing out”on the benefits of home ownership Mobility ·      Promote movement of residents from low income to deed restrictions ·      Offer a range of housing options so that there is room of mobility ·      Housing for first-time homeowners, aging residents, growing families, etc. ·      Ensure rents and mortgages are affordable so residents are not cost-burdened. Affordability ·      Ensuring long-term affordability through appreciation caps, setting an appropriate and resale formula and stewardship techniques. ·      The housing authority would own the land and separate the economics of infrastructure from the development economics to make homes more affordable (only paying for the structure) Communication Education and Relationships ·      Maintain strong relationship between residents and YVHA ·      Offer support and oversight to residents to maintain the quality of homes and ensure residents are able to make payments ·      Provide education and clear expectations/guidelines for residents throughout the process

Steering Committee

A team of 20 community members tasked with creating an overall vision along with the main priorities that will guide development through the coming decades. The community members are: Andrew Beckler Anne Warhover Cecilia Escobar Ed MacArthur Erin Miller Gates Gooding Genevieve Kalmes Kimball Crangle Kristin Brown Wilson Lina Grant Marsha Daugenbaugh Megan Moore-Kemp Patrick Phillips Patrick Staib Roger Ashton Sarah Jones Tatum Health Tim Wohlgenant Vanessa Avitia Webster Jones Learn More

Brown Ranch Planning Team

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An affordable housing development for the Yampa Valley

Yampa Valley Housing Authority

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