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Partnerships
<br /> There may be opportunity to partner with local employers to provide workforce housing.
<br /> Partnerships between the City and organizations like the Pleasanton Unified School District
<br /> (PUSD) or employers such as Valley Care could facilitate identification of the challenges of
<br /> workforce housing, how to best inform this population of existing programs related to housing,
<br /> and to brainstorm additional solutions. In its discussion of the PUSD-District Office site, as part
<br /> of the sites inventory review, the City Council expressed interest in facilitating teacher housing
<br /> or workforce housing on the site; as the land use agency, the City could consider offering
<br /> incentives such as reduced fees or streamlined review for a project that specifically targeted
<br /> the local workforce.
<br /> Smaller Units/Missing Middle Housing
<br /> One of the key concepts of affordability by design is the unit size, as this lowers the cost of a
<br /> unit, making it more affordable. The Planning Commission could consider additional policies in
<br /> the Housing Element to encourage smaller units, particularly in multifamily projects. For
<br /> example, a policy that called for a unit size mix, with a certain proportion of units required to be
<br /> less than a certain square footage and/or have fewer bedrooms.8
<br /> At the February 9 meeting, the Planning Commission also expressed interest in having scaled
<br /> impact fees for different sized units. Adjusting fees to be based on unit size, could encourage
<br /> more production of smaller units, since there could be considerable cost savings to a
<br /> developer in building a smaller versus a larger unit, depending on the cost differential.
<br /> As noted, "missing middle" housing types tend to produce more compact and affordable units,
<br /> and there may be some benefit to encouraging some alternative, innovative housing types that
<br /> may not be feasible or permissible to build today under current zoning standards. As
<br /> mentioned, the City already has an ADU Ordinance and an ordinance for SB9, including
<br /> Objective Design Standards (ODS) for both types of units.9 Identified in the Recommendations
<br /> section of this report, related to the ADU Ordinance, is a suggestion to streamline ADU
<br /> development, in recognition that ADUs can be a beneficial form of affordable and "missing
<br /> middle" housing. There are also areas of the city, aside from the larger Housing Element sites,
<br /> where additional infill housing could occur. To ensure compatibility with existing
<br /> neighborhoods, staff is working with a professional services team to develop ODS for existing,
<br /> smaller infill sites.
<br /> In addition to these sites, however, there could also be additional opportunities for integrating
<br /> alternative types of housing. This would be a focused approach in identifying specific areas of
<br /> the city that could benefit from infill and where smaller, multifamily development could be
<br /> integrated into the neighborhood. Some modifications may be needed to City zoning standards
<br /> to accommodate such units; for example — smaller minimum lot sizes or dimensions, flexibility
<br /> in how parking or on-site circulation is accommodated, or adjustments to setbacks. The
<br /> potential pros and cons of such adjustments would need to be studied and analyzed to ensure
<br /> 8 While this is a feasible strategy, it is cautioned that Housing Element Guidance, as well as the Settlement
<br /> Agreement associated with the 4th Cycle Housing Element, required the City to have proactive policies to
<br /> encourage production of affordable family housing units (i.e., units with three bedrooms). The City will likely need
<br /> to maintain a balanced approach, and continue to allow for an encourage the production of larger affordable units,
<br /> as well as smaller units.
<br /> 9 The City Council has requested a discussion of affordability restrictions for SB 9 units; this item is expected to be
<br /> brought to the Council this spring.
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