AgdaPkt 2017-03-13 Interview and Joint SA PFA

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Goal H-4: Remove potential constraints to housing production and affordability. · Policy H-4.1: Periodically review City regulations, ordinances, permitting processes, and residential fees to ensure that they do not constrain housing development and are consistent with State law. As outlined above, there are General Plan goals and policies associated with both the retention of industrially-zoned land and the development of housing for all segments of the community. Council should weigh the pros and cons of amending the land use designation and zoning of land identified for industrial uses in order to allow for residential uses. Should the Council determine that the production of affordable housing units is a higher priority than maintaining the existing land use designations, the Council may vote to approve the General Plan Amendment initiation. Should the Council decide maintaining industrially-zoned land is a higher priority, the Council may vote to deny the General Plan Amendment initiation and direct the Applicant to satisfy the affordable housing requirements by either paying the impact fee or incorporating affordable units into the Broadway Block project site. A vote to approve the Initiation of a General Plan Amendment for the Bay Block parcels is not an approval of the project, nor is it a guarantee that the project would be approved in the future. It is simply direction to the Applicant that analysis may begin. ALTERNATIVES The Council may elect to deny the request to Initiate a General Plan Amendment and direct the Applicant to explore other options to satisfy the Affordable Housing Impact Fee that do not require a General Plan or zoning amendment. FISCAL IMPACT All costs associated with the project will be borne by the Applicant. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would be prepared for the project. KAREN VAUGHN PRINCIPAL PLANNER 7.A. - Page 7