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8.A. - Page 63 of 72 <br />Amend the City's Mixed Use Live/Work Zoning Code to allow more flexibility <br />Complete; the Mixed Use Live/Work Zoning Code Amendment was <br />for residential housing developments by summer 2019 <br />adopted by the City Council in January 2020. <br />Report to the City Council by October 2019 on community input and ideas to <br />In progress; the City is the recipient of a Challenge Grant from the <br />preserve naturally affordable housing suggested at the June 2019 Rental <br />Partnership for the Bay's Future. This grant will provide the City with a <br />Property Owner Engagement event (CMO) <br />two-year management fellow who will be working on innovative <br />funding mechanisms that allow the City to facilitate the acquisition of <br />Explore innovative housing solutions, including ways to create and preserve <br />Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing units by nonprofits and to <br />middle income and naturally affordable housing units by June 2020 (CMO) <br />implement a program to help Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing <br />landlords make repairs or capital improvements with the goal of <br />preventing them from exiting the market or converting to market -rate <br />units. <br />Launch the two pilot Housing and Homelessness Innovation Team initiatives <br />Complete; Staff launched the Downtown Street Team Pilot program in <br />by January 2020; a Downtown Streets Team, which will hire homeless <br />2019. <br />residents to help clean and beautify the city with the goal of helping people <br />develop job skills and landing a full-time job; and the Housing Locater <br />Delayed; Staff anticipates launching the Housing Locator Assister Pilot <br />Assister, which will assist homeless or at -risk households to find <br />program in fall 2020. <br />affordable housing (CMO) <br />In progress; Staff will be developing an inter -departmental plan to <br />Develop a plan by June 2020 to increase the City's overall effectiveness at <br />increase the City's overall effectiveness at serving homeless residents <br />serving homeless residents and helping them get housing (CMO) <br />and helping them get housing. <br />Collaborate with school districts to explore work force housing <br />In progress; Staff have been actively participating in the Partnership for <br />opportunities for school district and City employees by February 2020 <br />Educator and Workforce Housing Task Force, which is a task force of <br />(CMO) <br />Home For All. <br />Commence construction of 20 for purchase Habitat for Humanity affordable <br />Complete; Habitat for Humanity pulled permits in January 2020 and <br />housing units at 612 Jefferson by fall 2019 (CMO) <br />construction for the project has commenced. <br />GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS 16 1 P a g e 298 <br />