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FISCAL IMPACT City Council previously authorized professional services contracts for the Objective Design Standards. No changes are proposed to the Professional Services contract at this time. No fiscal impacts would occur as a result of adoption of the Objective Design Standards. BACKGROUND The draft objective design standards are split into two documents: (1) those related to sites identified in the Housing Element; and (2) those related to smaller infill development in multifamily zoning districts, located principally downtown and limited areas outside of downtown. The Planning Commission and City Council reviewed a draft of the ODS at their December 14 and December 20, 2022, meetings, respectively. Previously, in September 2021, the Planning Commission reviewed an earlier version of the ODS, which was the first effort to convert the 2012 Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines to objective standards. The Planning Commission agenda reports (without attachments) for the December 2022 and the September 2021, meetings are attached to this agenda report as Attachment 3; this attachment also includes the excerpted minutes from the September 2021, meeting. Below is a summary of the feedback provided by the Planning Commission and City Council at the December 2022, meetings. In addition, prospective developers provided a number of comments on the Housing Element sites' ODS, as did a member of the public; these comments are attached to this agenda report in full as Attachment 4. Summary of feedback from Planning Commission and City Council December 2022 • Clarifying question regarding development standards for sites with density greater than eight dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and up to 29 du/ac; • Comment regarding "green" features and Reach Code; • Clarifying question and comment regarding affordability requirements and bedroom mix and how they might interface; • A general comment about new development needing to fit into existing neighborhoods, • Comment to allow more, smaller units; • Add another "tier" of open space requirements for projects and ensure dimensions of open space correlates to required open space amounts; • Address three types of solid waste receptacles and trash chutes in multifamily buildings; • A comment to require a significant architectural element (e.g., a tower, stepback, colonnade, roof terrace, or increased corner building setback) when a building is located at the end of a view corridor; • A comment that a greater percentage of low water-use trees be considered to match the 75-percent requirement for low water-use shrubs' • Amend introductory language in Appendix A related to City Council discretion; Page 2 of 10