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Policy 17:Ensure compliance with the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance by requiring each for-sale residential and non residential development to which Program17.1:Review the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and the Ordinance applies to include its pro rata share of amend d required• for consistency with the Housing Element and housing needs for low-and very low-income other City affordable housing programs, to identify incentives fa non-households or,if the Ordinance criteria are met,to The City has continued to monitor the inclusionary zoning ordinance. In 2018,the profit housing developers and other housing developers toconstruct conMbute to the lower income housing fund to January 2017,then City approved an update the to City's development impact fees,including the City's prgecls including three bedroom unts to large households: to facilitate the construction of housing affordable to annually. LowerIncome Housing Fee.The City continues to evaluate necessary updates to determine if it is appropriate to increase the percentage of affordability ro extremely low-,low-,very low-,and moderate- the onary Zoning Ordinance. support housing affordable to law-and very-ow-income households; income households.Review and modify policies for rental housing to conform with State law and recent to be consistent with recent court decisions regarding rental housing; court decisions. It is strongly encouraged that the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance requirements be met by building housing affordable to extremely-low,low and very low income households. Program 17.2:Moons'the results of the Inclusionary Zoning Ordnance annually to determine consistency with State law and recent court decisions and to determine if developers are pnmany building new housing units affordable to low-and very low-income households instead of paying in lieu fees for new developments.If it is determined by the City Cound,upon recommendation by the Housing Commission,that the Annually/Ongoing Re'er to the status for Program 17.1 Indus:wary Zoning Ordinance is not producing sufficient housing affordable to low-and very low-inane households,=raider modifying the Ordinance so that rt can better achieve that objective.As part of the Inclusionary Ordinance review,conduct meetings with developers to identify specific changes that may be considered by the City. Policy 18:Use the lower-income-housing fee to generate funds for the provision of housing affordable to extremely low-,low-and very low- income households.The low-income housing fund should be used primarily to leverage State and Program 18.1:Review and modify the lower income housing fee Federal funds in the development of housing Program annually in conformance with AB 1600,and consider changing the bass affordable to low-and very low-income households Annually Refer to the status for Program 17.1. or the fee to reflect the true cost of providing housing. and in-house loan programs,so that the fund may be used most efficiently and maintained over time. When considering allocation of these funds.priority will be given to non-profit housing developers with a project including three bedroom units affordable to large extremely low,low-and very low-income households. The City has continued to exempt all affordable housing units from the low income Progrm 182:Continue to exempt all housing units affordable!o low housing fee in 2018.As the City works on future projects,the expectation is that all Ongoing units affordable to low-and very low-income households will be exempt from and very low-income households from the be income housing fee payment of the Lower Income Housing Fee in conformance with the City's long- standing policy. Kottinger Gardens,which utilized Lower Income Housing Funds,was completed and fully leased up in July 2017. Unused Lower Income Housing Funds from Phase 1 Program 18.3:Use the Lower Income Housing Fund to help build was transferred to Phase 2,which began construction in January 2018. In addition housing affordable to low-and very low-income households on City As needed/Ongoing the City Council approved an Affordable Housing Agreement that included the owned land. dedication of 1.64 acres of land to the City to be used in partnership with Sunflower Hill on a future residential affordable housing development for individuals with special needs.The City also committed$2.25 million from the fund for the Sunflower Hill project. Program 18.4:Use the Lower Income Housing Fund to extend rent restriction agreements.purchase land,ante down mortgage costs. rehabilitate units,subsidize rents,issue tax exempt bonds post loan Explore ways to use the In July 2017,construction of Phase 1 of Kottinger Gardens was completed,and in collateral,pay pre-development costs,and otherwise help produce fund for the list of activities January 2018Phase 2 began which included funds from the Lower Income Housing housing units affordable to lower income households.The objective of in the program annuallyFund(LIRE),to assist in the redevelopment of Kottinger Place and Pleasanton this is to utile the Lower Income Housing Fund in a manner consistent and as needed.Quantified Gardens,two aging rental complexes that provide housing to extremely low-income with City ordinance and to support affordable housing,particularly Objective:150 units elderly persons.The City also committed$2.25 million from the fund for the Sunflower Hill project. developments proposed by non-profit developers that include units for large families al very low Incomes.