AgdaPkt 2008-08-25 Joint City Council, HHCC and Redevelopment

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7E-2 Page 4 because the intent of that law is to ensure that cities create adequate sites. Nevertheless, the HCD staff person was cautious to provide definitive input stating that he would need to verify his interpretation of the law with other HCD staff. City staff, with advice from legal counsel (Goldfarb & Lipman), also believes that AS 1233 does not apply to Redwood City because: . More than adequate sites were already zoned and rezoned during the 1999.2006 planning period to accommodate the total 1999-2006 RHNA; and . It does not makes sense and would be confusing and costly to complete an EIR analysis of the City's outdated 1999-2006 Housing Element while the City is in the process of completing its EIR analysis for the new 2007-14 Housing Element and General Plan update. Staff, therefore, recommends that we merely demonstrate to HCD that the City had adequate housing site to meet its 1999-2006 RHNA as part of the new 2007-14 Housing Element update process. 2) AB2348 (2004) - This law requires a more detailed inventory of sites to accommodate projected housing needs: . Inventory of land suitable for residential development including vacant and underutilized residentially zoned sites and non-residentially zoned sites suitable for rezoning to residential. . Land Inventory Analysis considering capacity, affordability and suitability analysis for non-vacant sites . Adequate Sites Program . Counting Existing Units towards the Adequate Sites Requirement 3) SB 2 (2008) - This law is relevant to emergency shelters and: . Requires local governments to identify a zonel zones where emergency shelters are allowed as permitted uses without a conditional use permit or other discretionary permit. . Authorizes local governments to satisfy all or part of this requirement by adopting and implementing a multi.jurisdictional agreement . Strengthens the conditions upon which a local government can disapprove or conditionally approve supportive, transitional and emergency shelter housing projects. Next Steps Staff together with the General Plan consultants will be working to prepare the new Housing Element, including all the required revisions and analysis as required by State law. In addition to this, the City will need to begin to develop implementing policies and programs for the new Housing Element. Discussion of needs has already begun within the HHCC and at various New General Plan "affinity" group meetings and interviews with environmentalists, health officials, developers, neighborhood liaisons and other groups. In many cases, these groups discussed the need for affordable housing and raised other housing challenges, such as proximity of housing to services, transit, infrastructure, and schools.