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6.B. - Page 2 of 20 ANALYSIS In February 2019, the City Council established three top priorities: Housing, Transportation, and Children and Youth. In recognition of the critical importance of meeting residents' unique needs for housing, the City recently reorganized and moved the Housing Division from the Community Development and Transportation Department to the City Manager's Office. The Division's goal is to foster a range of housing options affordable to all income levels through policies, programs, partnerships, and projects. The City is rising to the challenge of ensuring homes for all in our community and has created a Housing Leadership Manager position to spur continued innovation and advancement of this priority. This newly created position will lead the City's housing related initiatives, building on a strong track record of market rate and affordable housing production, and will recommend creative policies and programs to support residents' housing stability. Working with staff throughout the City's organization, partners in the housing development community, public and private entities, and Redwood City residents, the Housing Leadership Manager will be uniquely positioned to initiate positive change. As a member of the City Manager's Office, reporting to the Deputy City Manager, the Housing Leadership Manager will lead the City's current housing programs and policies; help preserve existing affordable housing and protect housing options for low and middle income residents; and serve as a catalyst to help develop new housing, especially low income and workforce housing. The Housing Leadership Manager will also lead the development of communications materials to advance the City's housing accomplishments and initiatives to a wide range of audiences. Other key duties for the Housing Leadership Manager include: effectively engaging with other City departments, the public and partner agencies on the City's housing initiatives; leveraging current trends in affordable housing financing methods; working with nonprofit and private housing developers on affordable housing projects; providing financial and legislative analysis on housing -related issues; and providing staff support to the City's Housing and Human Concerns Committee. This exempt classification will be included in the Redwood City Management Employees Association (RCMEA). The proposed salary is aligned internally with the Community Development Manager - Planning classification. The proposed salary is $11,536 to $15,574 monthly. FISCAL IMPACT The combined classification and salary changes noted above will result in an estimated total annual cost increase of $57,000 for salary and salary -related benefits, which are included in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 50