AgdaPkt 2021.01.25 Amended Joint SA PFA

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6.C. - Page 19 of 34 The Housing Element is required by State law to include a report on the progress the City has made in implementing the current Housing Element. Consultant will assess the continued appropriateness of the previous Housing Element programs and policies in contributing to the attainment of the stated housing goals, drawing from the Housing Baseline report prepared in Task 2.1. Consultant's project team will specifically assess all housing programs to determine whether existing programs were successfully implemented and to inform future policy recommendations. Accomplishments will be quantified where possible but may be qualitative where necessary. Needs Analysis Government Code Section 65583 requires housing elements to review specific demographic, economic, and housing topics, as well as projected housing needs. The consultant will complete a housing assessment and needs analysis to comply with Government Code Section 65583(a) and other applicable State statutes. Consultant will utilize information provided and coordinated by ABAG and 21 Elements to support this effort, as well as analysis completed by the consultant itself. Housing Constraints The Housing Constraints analysis identifies potential and actual governmental and nongovernmental (e.g., physical or financial) constraints to housing production. Consultant will update this section as necessary with up-to-date development processes and fees, as well as changes in market constraints due to economic changes since the last Housing Element was written. Consultant will assess the potential for residential development consistent with adopted land use and zoning policy, as well as opportunities for energy conservation, consistent with state law. Where constraints exist, the consultant will suggest housing programs to mitigate or remove these constraints. New laws concerning changes to the housing constraints analysis such as AB 879 will be addressed, and best practices will be explored. Resources and Sites (Opportunities) The Resources and Sites analysis will focus on site suitability for housing, building from Task 2.1 and community input. As the supply of vacant land in Redwood City is extraordinarily limited, future development will involve the redevelopment or reuse of properties that allow multi -family use in residential and mixed-use areas, infill development on vacant parcels, projected accessory dwelling units, plus the strategies developed regarding changes to land use and zoning to facilitate additional housing development. Accordingly, the chapter will reflect all updated State laws, such as AB 1397, which makes numerous changes to how a jurisdiction establishes its housing element sites inventory. This section will contain parcel -specific inventory of sites that can accommodate the 6th Cycle RHNA Allocation, using the required form provided by HCD. The consultant will provide guidelines for the identification of sites and will prepare the Sites Inventory GIS map and parcel - specific listing (table) of individual sites. The consultant team will then work to provide the required justifications that these sites can facilitate the development of housing given existing site, market, and development conditions. The analysis will also evaluate and include funding resources, administrative resources, and opportunities for energy conservation, as required by State law. Housing Goals, Policies, and Quantified Objectives Based on the analysis completed in the above items and building on the existing Housing Element, the consultant will craft a Housing Plan (eight—year implementation plan) with goals, policies, and programs relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing to cover this new planning period. REV: 01-11-2021 PR ATTY/AGR.2020.086/MIG (Moore, Iacofano Goltsman, Inc.) (Page 15 of 30) 118