The Summit County Council meets Tuesday, Oct. 6, for a five-hour housing summit with county staff, the Housing Authority and community partners.

The session runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 W. Ute Blvd., in Park City. Residents can also watch on the Summit County, Utah Facebook page or join via Zoom (webinar ID 772 302 472).

Housing is the sole item on the agenda. A policy document titled "Housing Summit Policy Doc_Final.pdf" is attached, though its contents have not been made public in detail.

The session follows the council's 4-1 vote on Aug. 5 to adopt the Housing Authority's Strategic Plan, which sets a goal of 1,500 deed-restricted affordable housing units over roughly the next decade. About 1,050 of those units would be targeted for the Snyderville Basin and 450 for Eastern Summit County.

County staff estimates Summit County already has a deficit of 1,621 deed-restricted affordable units and will need 3,745 new housing units by the end of 2036, according to TownLift. About 63% of the county's workforce commutes from outside Summit County, U.S. Census Bureau data cited in the plan shows.

At the Aug. 5 meeting, council members asked County Manager Shayne Scott to organize a follow-up housing strategy session by mid-October, building on a March 2025 housing summit. Tuesday's session is that follow-up.

The five council members bring different views to the table. Chair Canice Harte has framed the strategic plan as a starting point. "We may not all agree on what the outcome is or the target should be, but we need to do the work together," Harte said at the Aug. 5 meeting, as TownLift reported.

Vice Chair Roger Armstrong, the lone vote against the plan, said in late August during a separate council discussion about rezoning policy that he supports affordable housing but wants to know the scale. "I don't want 10,000 more units and 30,000 more people," Armstrong said, as the Park Record reported.

Councilor Chris Robinson has acknowledged the tension between the county's housing goals and resistance to growth. At the Aug. 5 meeting, Robinson said the application of housing strategies "has been thorny in our experience and will be in our future," as the Park Record reported.

The agenda lists the session as a work session with no action items. The specific community partners participating have not been named.