AgdaPkt 2017-06-26 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager June 26, 2017 SUBJECT Housing and Human Concerns Committee Housing Policy Recommendations RECOMMENDATION Provide Direction on Housing Policy Recommendations Developed by the Housing and Human Concerns Committee BACKGROUND At the February 8, 2016 “Managing Growth” study session, the Council tasked the Housing and Human Concerns Committee (HHCC) with hosting a series of community meetings to hear expert housing policy presentations and to obtain citizen input on potential housing policies. The Council recommended that tenant protection policies be the focus of these meetings and that the Committee develop options for Council consideration. The HHCC held two community meetings in May and June of 2016 to hear presentations, engage in community conversation on the topics, and obtain community input in order to make recommendations to Council. The presentation topics focused on Bay Area approaches to tenant protections and methods to increase housing production. The meetings were facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) and were well attended by property owners and renters. Many residents expressed their concerns about recent rent increases that have priced them out of Redwood City, or would force them to move soon. Several property owners expressed their concerns over potential new regulations, and potential impact to their source of income. The comments heard at the meetings were constructive, and provided beneficial background for the subsequent HHCC discussions. Following the two meetings mentioned above the HHCC held a series of regular and special meetings and formed a few small “ad-hoc” groups to focus on certain topics. The attached staff report contains the details of the HHCC recommendations made to Council on October 24, 2016 during their study session. 8.A. - Page 1