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Attachment 1 Resolution No.19-1078 5. Minimum Zoning Near Transit: Establish state- CONCERN STATUS: High,as it ignores community context Oppose unless amended as follows: CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HOUSING wide ininimuni zoning for housing on all with the potential for significant displacement and land BALANCED SOLUTIONS • Allow all cities(not just Sensitive Communities)to ; residential,commercial and institutional zones to speculation near transit. develop context sensitive community plans that INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES allow'missing middle'housing product types to CONCERNS: This is a one-size-fits-all approach that: achieves the overall goal of providing affordable j be: • Ignores community context-creating potential land use housing around transit and a balanced land use • Minimum 36-feet high within 1/2-mile of high incompatibility issues with tall developments immediately framework. quality bus service,defined as a bus stop with adjacent to low density areas or within historic 15-min headways(weekday peak)and 30-min districts/downtowns. • Focus requirement on density not on height(as the headways(weekend) latter does not necessarily result in more units)and • Generates impacts on local infrastructure(i.e.,water,sewer, allow cities to retain design quality control to • Minimum 55-feet high(75'with density schools,traffic)while fee limitations proposed in Element 6 facilitate local acceptance. bonus)within 1/4-mile of a major transit stop, limits ability to mitigate those impacts. defined as a rail station or a ferry terminal) • Establish realistic frequency thresholds to be • Creates land speculation around transit zones,driving up considered for rail stations,specifically ACE or Housing Overlay on Low-Density Commercial land costs and in turn causing housing development costs to Amtrak train lines,which have very limited Sites: Make housing an allowable use on large rise infrequent service. commercially-zoned parcels near job centers with high quality transit. • Apply density increase as a percentage of adjacent • Requiring minimum height does not p tc;ate density,as it is land uses(example:50%increase in density or possible to build a tall multi-storyproject with lower density Tenant Protections: Sites rezoned would be height)in acknowledgement that not all luxury units. subject to tenant protections,demolition controls communities take the same form near transit lines and"no net loss"provisions. • Unaware of the fact that transit service is not static in (example:San Francisco vs the Pleasanton/Dublin Affordable Housing Required at levels not less suburban cities;tying housing requirements to transit routes Area). than state densitybonus law. Projects with 10 20 which may be eliminated due to budget cuts(or lowering j Establish increases contingent upon funding a d units should have option to pay in-lieu fee as its demanditiit it ) s problemac as nroduces density to areas that transit agency's ability to maintain headways for a affordable housing obligation. may not have any transportation. specified number of years. Sensitive Communities:receive an automatic 3- • Unaware of the fact that some commercially zoned • Allow a time period for cities to incorporate these year deferral on implementation while the cityproperties are purposely zoned as such to serve P requirements into their General Plans and obtain develops a context-sensitiveplan. predominately residential areas;as a State Green House Gas P local feedback. (GHG)reduction goal to lower vehicles miles traveled (V • Exempt historic districts/downtowns where high- Objective:Spur development near transit. • Does not include frequency thresholds or minimum density housing is not compatible with the historic headways for rail station or ferry terminal definitions. context of the area. Monitor any legislation regarding the definition and • Creates housing near transit but is unclear about proximity requirements on"low density'commercial areas. to jobs. Balanced Approach:Pursue and support policies that maintain the delicate balance of jobs,adequate affordable housing,and a robust transportation network to connect new housing to jobs and daily services.Actively discourage policies that favors one of these at the expense of the others. ! i Page 4