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and any other requirements for the landlord can act as a deterrent to <br />displacement. <br />(4) Provide an opportunity for lower income households to find alternative <br />housing nearby. <br /> <br />Policy Administration <br />Based on the methods of administration of relocation policies and ordinances in other <br />local cities and their implementation the HHCC recommended that a City policy be <br />administered by the City through a third party relocation vendor or consultant. Property <br />owners could be required to submit a deposit to pay for relocation assistance based on <br />the total estimated cost of relocation, the direct costs of the relocation consultant and <br />cost of City staff to coordinate. The use of a cost reimbursement basis will minimize any <br />impact to City general funds and the use of a third party consultant to administer the <br />relocation reduces the impact on limited staff resources. Further, the use of a third party <br />relocation consultant helps to ensure consistent and fair implementation of relocation. <br />The City would implement an extensive policy outreach and education process in <br />advance of the adoption of a policy or ordinance. Planning development applications <br />and building permits would be used to identify projects that require tenant relocation <br />subject to similar ordinances. Other projects causing relocation, but which do not <br />require an application or permit, would be enforced when the City is notified of the <br />action subject to the ordinance. Monetary penalties would be assessed for violations, <br />and would need to be substantial enough to provide a disincentive. More specific policy <br />administration and implementation details, including legal review, would need to be <br />developed if the Council pursued this recommendation. <br /> <br />INCLUSIONARY ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Although the HHCC initially recommended the adoption of an inclusionary zoning <br />ordinance, after conducting additional research they agreed that while they support the <br />concept of an ordinance they do not think it should be pursued at this time. They would <br />like the City to reconsider this option in the future if there are remedies to the legal <br />challenges that currently constrain inclusionary zoning. <br />The HHCC also recognized that inclusionary zoning is in many ways similar to a housing <br />impact fee. Inclusionary zoning requires a percentage of affordable units per development or <br />payment of a fee in lieu of building the units. Housing impact fees require payment of a fee for <br />the production of affordable housing or development of a percentage of affordable units in a <br />project. Typically a jurisdiction doesn’t adopt both. Since Redwood City adopted a Housing <br />8.A. - Page 7