Natasha Riley Assistant Planner City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma

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Natasha RileyAssistant PlannerCity of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Conoco-Phillips Campus Global Shared
Services Downtown Bartlesville
Frank Lloyd Wrights Price Tower The tree that
escaped the crowded forest.
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Bartlesville Demographics

• Boasts one of the highest per capita incomes in
  the State of Oklahoma (3rd in the State)
• 30.7 Bachelors degree or higher
• Current housing boom and population growth is
  stimulating the need for more affordable housing
  for support service workers

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Building a Task Force

• Green builder/Manufacturer
• Local Developers
• City Council Representative
• Planning Commission Representative
• Realtors
• Bankers
• Historic Preservationist

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Task Force Accomplishments

• Identified the at-risk populations
• Determined the need
• Established a definition for Affordable
• Set goals for the development and retention of
  affordable units
• Made strategic recommendations

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Bartlesvilles First Affordable Housing Plan

• Analysis confirmed that 16.7 of the workforce
  cannot afford to buy or rent housing in the City
  of Bartlesville
• An additional 34.5 of the workforce cannot
  afford to buy, but can afford to rent housing in
  the City of Bartlesville
• Together, 53.6 of all workers, the majority of
  all workers, cannot afford to buy a home within
  the City of Bartlesville.

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Proposed strategies

• Bartlesvilles Affordable Housing Task Force
  identified eleven strategies to increase, retain,
  and repair our affordable housing stock.

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Waiver of Development Fees

• For affordable housing construction and
  renovation
• Building permit related fees
• Development impact fees
• Inspection fees

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Infrastructure Support

• City in-house labor for
• construction of public infrastructure systems
• Streets
• Water
• Sewer

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Affordable Developments

• Linden Apartments

• Interurban Subdivision

• 54 units affordable to very-low to low income
  families
• Received 50,000 in development fee waivers
• Received City in-house labor assistance

• 38 single-family homes affordable to
  moderate-income families
• Received 230,000 in infrastructure support, fee
  waivers, and TIF
• 6,000/Unit

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Building Code Design Review

• New technologies, design, and building materials
  to lower building costs
• Manufactured Housing
• Permitted by right with design standards
• Mobile Homes
• Permitted by special permit

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• Fast Track Development Review for affordable
  housing projects
• 24-hour building permit or 10 discount
• Sales Tax Rebates
• Partial or full rebate on city sales tax paid for
  construction materials purchased within the city
  limits that are used in construction or
  rehabilitation of affordable housing units

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• Subdivision Design
• Modifications to development design standards
• Lower the development cost of the subdivision,
  thereby lowering the lot costs

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• Tax Increment Financing
• Public/Private Partnership
• Subdivision Development
• City pays for infrastructure
• Increased property and sales tax revenues repay
  City investment

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• Inclusionary Zoning
• Housing Replacement Ordinance
• No net loss Replace or pay fee-in-lieu
• Affordable Housing Trust Fund
• Property taxes, impact fees, TIF
• Community Land Trust
• Private, non-profit corporations
• Acquire, develop, and hold land
• Ownership of land remains with CLT Local control
  of land Keeps housing affordable for future
  families
• Physical structure sold or leased to individuals

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Bartlesville, OklahomaAffordable Housing

• Inclusive Task Force Membership
• Demographic Study and Strategic Plan
• Plan Implementation
• Waiver of Development Fees
• Infrastructure Support
• Design and Code Review Panel

Natasha RileyAssistant PlannerCity of Bartlesville, Oklahoma