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Subject:3/5 Council: Item 8A - Housing Needs Study Session
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Good a?ernoon Mayor and Councilmembers,
Thank you for bringing the “Housing Needs and Opportuni?es” Study Session tonight. The SLO Chamber supports
making housing a priority for our community. We know that housing of all types is an impera?ve to a community that
wants to con?nue to grow and evolve. We look forward to working with the city to cra? tangible recommenda?ons that
will help our city meet the challenge of producing housing that supports a sustainable workforce and greater investment
in our community.
We were so excited to see SLO recently recognized as a Pro Housing City. Some ini?al sugges?ons we believe that staff
should inves?gate that will promote a type of housing which is needed and is in-line with our city’s “Pro-Housing”
designa?on are the following:
The previous LUCE update s?mulated real housing development. We need to do another LUCE update or
targeted General Plan update, now that most of the projects iden?fied in the previous LUCE have come to
frui?on and look at the next areas (i.e.; Upper Monterey, Mid-Higuera, Margarita, Tank Farm areas)
During the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance discussion it was conveyed over and over the importance of Table 2A
that helped developers build those units that were accessible to the workforce of our community.
o Table 2A encouraged the type of homes that SLO needs
o Bringing back a form of table 2A helps incen?vize smaller housing types.
o A modified Table 2A could simply reduce the amount of deed restricted housing if certain metrics are
met
Flexible Density was an ordinance the Council passed to try and create these smaller housing types, but it
doesn’t seem the private sector has u?lized it. Convene some groups of the development community to
understand what has been the barrier.
Over a decade ago the city proposed a 75-foot heigh limit, but nothing has been done to that scale and has not
been used. Why is that? What are the barriers here and what can the city do to encourage that height and
density?
Thank you for your considera?on of these items and we look forward to engaging with you to help develop
implementable recommenda?ons that will keep SLO the amazing place it is by bringing a variety of housing types that
support a sustainable community.
All the best,
Jim Dantona
President and CEO
805.786.2761
jim@slochamber.org
895 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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