For City Council Meeting [December 10, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Matt Schneider, Community Development Director
Karen Peterson, Interim Planning Manager
Title
Request City Council to Approve Submittal of Draft 5th Mid-Cycle Housing Element Update to California State Department of Housing and Community Development
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BACKGROUND
All California cities are required to adopt and periodically update their Housing Elements as part of their General Plans and submit draft and adopted elements to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review and determination of compliance with State law.
On December 12, 2017, the City Council adopted the 5th Cycle 2014-2021 Housing Element Update. Because it was submitted to HCD past the statutory deadline, the City is required to submit a draft 5th Mid-Cycle Housing Element Update to HCD by December 30, 2019. Once HCD provides written findings and deems the Mid-Cycle Update meets all statutory requirements, a final Mid-Cycle Update will be presented to the Planning Commission and City Council for consideration and adoption in early 2020.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The City's consultant has completed the draft Mid-Cycle Housing Element Update (Attachment 1). This draft includes a review and update of all sections of the currently adopted Housing Element to comply with existing State law, including the following sections:
* Housing Needs and Demographics: This section includes updated data on age characteristics, growth trends, race and ethnicity, employment, household characteristics, income and housing costs, special needs groups, homelessness, housing stock characteristics and growth, housing tenure and affordability.
* Housing Constraints: This section includes updated data on market constraints including land prices and availability of land, construction labor and financing costs, and disposition o...
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