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4. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PUBLIC HEARING - Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) (203-04) Affidavit of Publication of Notice of Public Hearing is on file in the City Clerk Department. 1. Housing Director Church presented the staff report for Council review with final approval slated for December 13th. Housing Coordinator Debbi Jones-Thomas described in detail nine of the twenty strategies the CHAS process had identified, five non-controversial (4, 6, 12, 16, 18) and four controversial (2,8, 19, 20.) In response to Council questions, Housing Director Church acknowledged the settlement with Legal Aid and the Redevelopment Agency, and advised that staff was implementing that agreement and the report would be corrected. Director Church explained the state law regarding the requirement for 15% of new housing developments for low and very low income households in redevelopment areas in the aggregate over the life of the redevelopment plan, which theoretically would allow all low and very low income housing to be included at the end of the plan. Director Church described Council action in 1982-83 stating the intent was to meet the 15% requirement on a project by project basis. For the record, Councilman Greenalch and City Attorney Schricker advised that it was the policy of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency to attempt to implement the 15% requirement according to the law and the agreement with Legal Aid. Councilman Greenalch asked that this clarification be made and communicated to the Planning Commission and the Housing and Human Concerns Committee. Mr. Schricker advised that the City and the Redevelopment Agency were in compliance with the agreement between Legal Aid and the Agency. MEMO 11/6/93 Councilman Greenalch, former member of the Housing and Human Concerns Committee, advised that the HHCC highly recommended inclusionary zoning and in lieu fees strategies, but the present policy of the Council was officially opposed to both, and suggested that the Council with three new members might want to revisit these controversial strategies at an appropriate time. MEMO 11/16/93 Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1993 Page 3 MINUTE BOOK NO. 52 Page No. 46