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9.C. - Page 18 <br /> Appendix A: List of other ordinances <br /> Within California and around the country,the variety in public benefit bonus policies is incredibly <br /> rich. The three case studies in this report were selected because they were considered particularly <br /> relevant or instructive for the City of Mountain View;however,the other places we examined may <br /> also be useful for the City as it constructs its own processes and policies. Below are brief summaries <br /> of these other cities' ordinances and programs,with links to relevant documents and codes. <br /> A good general resource for land use incentives,including a model ordinance for California cities,is <br /> provided in Chapter 9 of the American Planning Association's Growing Smarter Legislative Guidebook: <br /> Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change. The guidebook is accessible online at: <br /> http://www.planning.org/growingsmart/guidebook/ <br /> Within California <br /> Berkeley <br /> In Spring 2012, the City of Berkeley adopted the Green Pathway program,which allows developers <br /> to opt in to a streamlined entitlement process if they meet certain requirements. The number of <br /> requirements varies depending on the project height,but includes: at least 20 percent affordable <br /> housing to people who earn 50 percent or less of AMI;at least 30 percent local workers for <br /> construction;waive the right to state density bonus law; 16 percent of construction workers be <br /> apprentices; and all construction and hotel (if applicable) workers be paid state prevailing wage. In <br /> exchange, the city will agree to plan approval as a matter of right if the project complies with <br /> applicable zoning and plan requirements and standards. The Green Pathway program is described in <br /> detail in Municipal Code 23B.34 (available at http://codepublishing.com/ca/berkeley/) <br /> The City also developed a downtown development feasibility study to determine the extent to which <br /> new development can support public benefits and remain financially viable. AECOM's presentation <br /> of both their method and results are available at: <br /> http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/smart growth/tap/DT Berk City Council 101011.pdf <br /> Mammoth Lakes <br /> The Town of Mammoth Lakes is in the process of developing a Community Benefits Incentive <br /> Zoning policy as a part of their Zoning Code Update. The 2007 General Plan directs the Town to <br /> "ensure appropriate community benefits are provided through district planning and development <br /> projects." Since then,the Town has completed several neighborhood district planning studies to <br /> define desired community benefits. They commissioned a paper by Dyett&Bhatia to examine key <br /> areas of consideration and recommendations for creating a defined program. The study <br /> recommends the Town create a"menu, formula, or point system" to assign values to desired <br /> community benefits ahead of time, making the program simple and transparent for developers to <br /> use. <br /> The study, completed in Fall 2012,is available for download at: <br /> http://mammothlakes.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view id=2&event id=5&metaid=25338 <br /> Page 13of15 <br />