Project officials say Holtan Hills will bring needed development to a community facing an acute housing crisis, but their proposal, as written, faces opposition from many Girdwood residents.
A walking trail leads through the woods of the proposed development site of Holtan Hills in Girdwood, photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.
But their proposal, as written, has received an outpouring of opposition from Girdwood’s residents and its Board of Supervisors, who say that the Holtan Hills proposal doesn’t do enough to address the community’s critical need for housing that is affordable for local workers and families. “The biggest way to address this is housing. It provides mixed density. It’s not all single-family homes. It’s single-family, duplex, four plex, multi plex — and that’s just phase one,” said Adam Trombley, who is chief of staff to Mayor Dave Bronson and has overseen much of the process so far.Many residents say that few who live there will be able to afford the homes, given that condos in the area have sold recently for a half-million and more.
But the agreement does little to constrain the number of short-term rentals, does not guarantee houses will be primary residences rather than vacation homes, and also does not guarantee any or all of the housing will be built, he said. There’s also nothing to help with affordability, he said. The city’s request for a land development proposal and CY Investment’s response required an opportunity to create affordable and workforce housing. Their site plan accomplishes that, Yoshimura said during a work session earlier this month.
The Assembly’s vote on Tuesday is the next step in a continuing public process that would be largely overseen by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, Trombley said.The transfer would allow the developer to secure financing, do a traffic study and take other steps needed to create a full plan for the development. That plan would be public and go before the city’s Planning Department and Commission, in order to get the conditional use permit, Trombley said.
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