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The previous Housing Element included a comprehensive update that included reviewing all Goals, Policies and Programs which were proposed by the Housing Element Update Taskforce. With the comprehensive update completed in 2012, most of the programs included in the 2007-2014 Housing Element have been carried forward with minor adjustments and refinements where necessary. HCD REVIEW On September 23, 2014, staff submitted the draft Housing Element to HCD for the 60 day public review period. During this review period, HCD received two comment letters: one from Citizens for a Caring Community, and one from Christine T. Steiner (included within Attachment 5, Exhibit F). The City received preliminary HCD comments on October 16 and November 13, 2014. Staff worked with HCD to provide additional background information, analysis and suggested amendments to the Goals, Policies and Programs to address HCD comments and concerns. HCD requested the following additional information: • Responses to the comments from Citizens for a Caring Community and resident Christine Steiner. • Additional information documenting housing need for extremely low income households and associated cost burdens for housing. • Clarification of water and sewer capacity during the next planning period. • Clarification of the timeline and progression of Program 6.3 relating to second unit incentives. • Description of the Growth Management process and additional analysis related to potential constraints and revisions made to Growth Management controls per Program 30.2. The most substantial change requested by HCD involved Program 30.2, regarding the City's Growth Management Ordinance. Within Program 30.2, the City committed to revisiting the Growth Management Ordinance to ensure that it would not interfere with the construction of affordable housing. HCD requested that the program be revised to be more specific and to include examples of potential solutions to be presented to City Council. Staff's revisions include examples of allocation exemptions that other cities have utilized to ensure that their Growth Management Ordinances do not provide unreasonable constraints on the ability to meet RHNA requirements. The listed examples are not inclusive of all potential options and do not commit the City to a specific approach. Further options and analysis will be presented to the Council at a later date, prior to January 2016. The revisions resulting from HCD comments to the Background Report and the Goals, Policies and Programs are provided in Attachment 5, Exhibit H. Although HCD expressed concern with adequacy of the City's 163 unit surplus in the Very Low- and Low-income categories, HCD did not specifically request an increase in the capacity of the City's draft Housing Sites Inventory (Appendix B) which included the CM Capital 2 site with a tentative maximum density of 12.5 units per acre. On November 20, 2014 the City received the attached letter from HCD indicating approval of the draft Housing Element with submitted revisions included as Attachment 5, Exhibit I. Page 3 of 8