04 - Laserfiche WebLink

hired a consultant to initiate a study on the City's development impact fees including the City's Lower Income Housing Fee. As part of the fee study analysis, the City will also review the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. The 2016 City Council Work Plan also includes tasks associated with the updated Housing Element's goals and policies to further analyze financing alternatives available for workforce housing and to continue to support Sunflower Hill to identify potential options within the City for special needs housing. GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE A Growth Management Report was presented to the City Council on October 15, 2013, determining that the annual unit allocation commencing July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2022, is 235 units, consistent with RHNA allocation requirements. On February 3, 2015, the City Council further amended Pleasanton Municipal Code Chapter 17.36 to ensure that the Growth Management Ordinance does not include constraints that would prevent the City from meeting its share of the regional housing need for all income levels during the Housing Element planning period per Program 30.2. The new amendment includes a provision that in the event that growth management unit allocations are unavailable during a particular year and the City has approved a project containing affordable units that is subject to a Affordable Housing Agreement, growth management unit allocations from previous and /or future years shall be approved in the number required to accommodate the affordable housing units. Accommodating such units may require borrowing from the next regional housing needs allocation period. The amendment also states the City's intention to have the City Manager regularly report on efforts to meet goals of the Growth Management Ordinance. In 2015, the City approved a total of 21 Growth Management Allocations. Fourteen of those allocations were approved by the City Council, and seven were administratively approved by the Zoning Administrator. Growth Management Allocations were also issued for 25 units within the Centerpointe project (north of the intersection of Valley Avenue and Busch Road) to be spread out over the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in response to concerns about the drought. STATUS OF CITY RESOLUTION 10 -390 In July 2010, the City Council adopted City Resolution 10 -390 (Attachment 2) approving enhancements to the City's existing non - discrimination housing policies. In general, the resolution highlights the City's focus on promoting the development of well- designed affordable housing for families with children, including the construction of affordable three bedroom units. The resolution also states the City's intention to have the City Manager regularly report on efforts to meet goals related to implementing non- discriminatory housing policies. Since the adoption of the resolution the City has completed the 2007 -2014 Housing Element that included information regarding the City's efforts to promote new affordable housing, including the rezoning of properties. These efforts were also carried over to the recently adopted 2015 -2023 Housing Element. There are currently 1,061 apartment and mixed use units under construction within the City, a portion of which comprise the Page 3 of 4