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��-�►� Together with the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy adopted on December 13, 1993, the 2004 Housing Element of the City of Redwood City commits the City and Redevelopment Agency to affordable housing activities and expenditures that are in excess of State Law requirements. The following are some of the commitments that will enhance both the City's and the Redevelopment Agency's ability to increase the supply of affordable housing in Redwood City and insure that the Agency is in compliance with the legally mandated production requirement at the end of the ten-year period, or December 31, 2014. ■ Redwood City has entered into an agreement with the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County that established additional requirements with respect to affordable housing. ■ As noted above, the City has drafted a Downtown Area Plan which identified opportunity sites for the development of housing in the downtown. Given that the Plan Area is virtually coterminous with the Project Area, it is anticipated that implementation of the Plan will require at least 15% affordable housing. In addition, the Agency will continue working on the identification of housing opportunities in locations outside of Redevelopment, including sites zoned for mixed-use projects. ■ The City also reviews facilities and services for special needs populations within Redwood City such as the homeless, victims of domestic abuse, persons with disabilities, seniors, and small and large families. ■ The City has implemented a number of policy changes to encourage new housing and preserve existing housing, such as revisions to the °In-Law" Unit Ordinance, rezoning of duplex parcels, and implementation of a cluster housing development incentive program and a density bonus program to increase the number of new housing units. ■ The Ciry intends to explore additional programs to further encourage affordable in-fill development, including: • Participation with a non-profit to educate the public about affordable housing; • Creating a single-family medium density zoning district to allow smaller residential lots; • Revising the accessory unit ordinance to allow for tandem parking; • Rezoning underutilized commercial sites for residential development; � Utilizing landbanking funding for the develapment for specific housing programs, projects and affordable housing opportunities; Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. 18610.001 \030-003; 12/6/2004; DRAFT ' 26