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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/01/2002, BUS 4 - HOUSING ELEMENT TASK FORCE council Wn�ap j ac En6a RepoRt mm M1umbcr s C I TY OF SAN L U IS O B I S P O FROM: John Mandeville, Community Devqlopment Direct Prepared By: Jeff Hook, Associate PI.-er—? SUBJECT: HOUSING ELEMENT TASK FORCE CAO RECOMMENDATION Adopt a resolution establishing an ad hoc Housing Element Task Force and provide direction on appropriate stakeholder groups to include in the task force. DISCUSSION Background Earlier this year the City Council approved a work program for the Housing Element Update. Part of the City's outreach effort during the update process is to establish a Housing Element Task Force. The Task Force will provide a community "sounding board" for new housing policies and programs, to provide a broad perspective on housing issues, and where appropriate, to contribute new program ideas. The City's Planning Commission is, under state law, the primary agency responsible for long- range planning matters, including preparation of the Housing Element. The Commission would continue to be responsible for guiding the updated element's content and format, and for environmental review. The Task Force will augment the Commission's role by involving a broad spectrum of community viewpoints in the preparation of the document and help build community consensus on the tough choices necessary to tackle the City's housing needs. Stakeholder Representation If Council creates the Task Force, staff suggests that it define the stakeholder groups to be included. The recommended stakeholder groups are listed in Attachment 2. These groups will be asked to suggest individuals to serve on the Task Force. Those individuals' names would then come back for Council action. In some cases, there may not be an organization representing a particular group or perspective. In those instances, staff will contact individuals active in housing issues for nominations. Timing and Logistics Even under the best of circumstances, updating the Housing Element and evaluating the environmental implications of the changes are complex and time-consuming processes. Given the level of public interest in housing and the controversy surrounding regional housing needs allocations, this update promises to be more lengthy and difficult than the last update in 1993-94. Any task that adds time or difficulty to the process needs to be carefully weighed, since the time frame for the update is already tight due to the December 2003 deadline. Moreover, draft I Housing Element Update Task Force Page 2 updates are to be sent to the State Department of Housing and Community Development at least 90 days before the element's adoption. With the limited resources available; this means time is of the essence in preparing the Housing Element. Adding additional review by a Housing Element Task Force will add time and complexity to the update process. Similar task forces for the City's environmental and economic development initiatives yielded important benefits but also added significant time and staff demands. If a task force is created, its role should be clearly defined and its review streamlined to allow the City to make reasonable progress toward the adoption deadline. Staff suggests linking the Task Force's meetings to specific stages of the update process—possibly as follows: Meeting 1: Organizational and background briefing Meeting 2: Review past Housing Element programs Meeting 3: Review possible new housing policies and programs Meeting 4: Review draft update of the Housing Element Meeting 5: Summarize and forward comments to the Planning Commission and City Council Meetings should occur once a month, from approximately January through June. The Task Force would have the responsibility of reviewing, commenting and recommending policies and programs. The Task Force would not have approval authority. While consensus would be desirable, it may not be possible and should not be required for the Task Force to complete its work. Given the group's diversity, it is primarily the range of comments and recommendations that would add value to the process. The Planning Commission and Council will have the benefit of their comments, along with public hearing comments, staff reports and other sources of information before acting on the new Housing Element. Issues To Be Addressed The need for affordable housing is a widely recognized community and statewide concern. While the causes for the current "crisis" are complex and in some cases, outside of City control, there is much the City can do to promote housing opportunities. This effort will involve simple, short-term changes to City policies and development review, and more significantly, may involve fundamental, long term changes to policies on growth, land use and development standards. A preliminary list of possible changes — initial suggestions from citizens, developers and City staff — are in Attachment 3. These changes will require careful consideration and community consensus to effect. The Task Force, working in concert with the Planning Commission and staff, will provide the forum to explore these issues, discuss implications and alternatives, and invite public participation. Other "Outreach" Tools The proposed Task Force is only one of several outreach tools planned for the Housing Element Update. The City recently introduced its newest website addition, a web page devoted entirely to housing and related issues. Regular Planning Commission meetings provide another forum for review and discussion of housing issues, particularly once the draft housing element and environmental study take shape. Staff will also participate in other community meetings or y-z Housing Element Update Task Force Page 3 events to highlight housing issues as opportunities become available, and if time and resources allow, a community wide housing survey is also possible. ATTACHMENTS 1. Draft Council Resolution 2. List of Possible Stakeholder Groups and Representation 3. Possible Program Study Areas to Promote Housing Jh/LJhousing/HousingElementUpdateTaskForceCCrpt 10-1-02 Ll- Attachment 1 RESOLUTION NO. (2002 Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC HOUSING ELEMENT TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the City is updating its General Plan Housing Element with the goals of expanding housing opportunities for all income groups and complying with state law; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and City Council have approved a Housing Element Update work program that promotes community participation in the update process; and WHEREAS, to promote community participation that reflects a wide range of interests, perspectives and needs, the City Council seeks to create a volunteer, ad hoc Housing Element Task Force to advise the Planning Commission and City Council during the Housing Element update process. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo that: SECTION 1. Housing Element Task Force. The City Council hereby establishes the Housing Element Task Force to assist the City during the Housing Element update process. The Task Force shall be an ad hoc, volunteer advisory body serving at the pleasure of the City Council. SECTION 2. Duties of the Task Force. The duties of the Task Force shall be as follows: 1. Review and comment on existing and proposed housing policies and programs in an effort to expand housing opportunities for all income groups. 2. To recommend new housing goals, policies or programs to address community housing needs. 3. Review the Draft Housing Element Update. 4. Other duties as assigned by the City Council. Council Resolution No. (2002 Series) Page 2 SECTION 3. Term and Meetings. The Task Force shall serve during the tern of the Housing Element update, from December 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003 unless extended by the City Council. Meetings shall be once a month, generally organized as follows: Meeting 1: Organizational and background briefing Meeting 2: Review past Housing Element programs Meeting 3: Review possible new housing policies and programs Meeting 4: Review draft Housing Element Update Meeting 5: Summarize and forward comments to the Planning Commission and City Council SECTION 3. Appointment of Task Force Members. Task Force members shall be appointed by a majority vote of the City Council, and shall represent a wide spectrum of community interests, perspectives, and housing needs. Upon motion of , seconded by , and on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: the foregoing resolution was adopted this day of , 2002 Mayor Allen Settle ATTEST: Lee Price, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: q611 1well ?(hreft. ilcher, C' Attorney jh/Uresolution and ordinances/housingtaskforceccres Attachment 2 September 18, 2002 HOUSING TASK FORCE - Possible Stakeholder Groups and Representation Environment(up to 3 representatives) ECOSLO SLO Land Conservancy Sierra Club Business (up to 3) Major non-governmental employer Chamber of Commerce Downtown Association Housing Consumers (up to 3) Renters/Low income household Downtown Resident Family Banking/Lending(1 representative) Real Estate/Development Community(up to 3) Housing developer/builder Realtor/Broker Architect/Planner City Residents/Property Owners(up to 3) SLO Property Owners Association Residents for Quality Neighborhoods Citizen-At-Large Housing and Social Services(up to 3) Peoples Self-Help Housing Corporation Housing Authority of City of SLO Economic Opportunity Commission Institutional(up to 3) Cal Poly Cuesta Camp San Luis Obispo Other(up to 3) County of San Luis Obispo Senior Citzen Representative Student Representative Jh/Uho us in gelementupdatethousingtasldorcel istc �- G September 18, 2002 Attachment 3 City of San Luis Obispo POSSIBLE PROGRAM STUDY AREAS TO PROMOTE HOUSING Housing Incentives 1. Increase residential density in the C-C, O and C-R zones. 2. Eliminate the requirement for architectural review for house relocation. 3. Allow building up to four dwellings without architectural review. 4. Clarify rules to encourage PD condominiums. 5. Revise non-conforming structure rules for greater flexibility. 6. Adopt priority processing procedures for housing projects. 7. Reduce minimum residential lot sizes. 8. Expand "by right' incentives for residential development. Changes to Development Standards 9. Allow detached second residential units by right, if basic requirements met. 10. Reduce or eliminate Downtown in-lieu parking fee for dwellings. 11. Develop new multi-family housing design guidelines. 12. Amend Downtown Housing Conversion rules for"no net housing loss." 13. Revise or delete the PD rezoning category. 14. Revise the Subdivision Regulations. 15. Consider separate "suburban" and "urban"R-1 zones. 16. Re-establish the R-0(Residential Office) zone. 17. Review Group Housing standards. Revise or delete if not serving a purpose. Land Use Changes 18. Expand areas designated for R-3 and R-4 zoning. 19. Conditionally allow housing in the C-S and M zones. 20. Expand the Urban Reserve Line and consider annexations in the Foothill,LOUR, Chorro,Broad and So. Higuera corridors. 21. Expedite development of small annexation areas. 22. Possible rezonings of C-R, C-S and M zoned properties to residential or mixed- use residential/commercial. JIAAousingelemenmpdate1possiblehousingchangesb y-7 IME AGENDA / DATE - Oz ITEM#-_y RQ = Residents for Quality Neighborhoods P.O. Box 12604• San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 r;o; ILDD DIRC: FIN DIR r fI11 HIEFSeptember 30, 2002 NEY LO PW/DIRORIQ 0 POLICE CHF 06 is REC DIR . RE: Meeting Date: October 1, 2002 M UTIL IR Business Item #4 i-1 HW CIR Recommendation to adopt a resolution establishing an ad ..hoc Housing Element Task Force and provide direction on appropriate stakeholder groups to include on the task force. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council RQN submits the following comments in regard to the makeup and focus of the proposed Housing Element Task Force. Proposed Housing Task Force -`Stakeholders" • The costs of accepting the state housing mandate option of 5,450 housing units in the next 7 years will be born by the residents of San Luis Obispo according to the attached 8-4-92 staff report which considers "options" regarding the state housing . mandate. Costs to residents include: increased traffic, degradation of air quality, school impacts, and higher taxes or lower levels of service to pay for water and sewer impacts. • In spite of these pending impacts to residents, "advocates" for residents are not the majority on the committee. Possible Program Study Areas to Promote Housing • The list of subjects is generated from the presumption that the City has accepted the arbitrarily high state housing mandate of 5,450 housing units and must accommodate a 32% population increase in 7 years. When you accept a 32% population increase in.7 years, you."r defining the choices. • There is also not one reference to preserving the character of established R-1 neighborhoods as something that should be discussed in a Housing Element. Sincerely, RECEIVED SEP 3 4 2002 Cydney Holcomb SLO CITY CLERK Chairperson, RQN -- M.CTING . AGEND DATE ITEM # From: <Idalton @ calpoly.edu> To: <JHOOK@ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us>, <JMandevi@ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us>, <mdraze @ slocity.org> Date: 9/30/02 8:07AM Subject: SLO Housing Task Force Gentlemen, I'm not sure which of you might have sent me a copy of the Council agenda for Tuesday- I appreciate it very much. I wanted to let you know that I support the appointment of a Housing Task Force, with the caveats in the staff report-that its charge and schedule be very clear, so that preparation of the Housing Element can move ahead in a timely manner. I was pleased to see Cal Poly listed as a stakeholder group. If the Council approves of the task force, we would definitely want to be represented. The whole group seems large (I counted up to 25 members), but it's hard to know who should not be involved in such a critical issue. Linda YYYYf!!lltfR!!!!!!f!!!!!!R Linda C. Dalton, PhD, AICP RECEIVED Executive Vice Provost and Chief Planning Officer SEP 3 0 2002 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805) 756-2185 SLO CITY CLERK Fax (805) 756-2804 Ldalton@calpoly.edu UNCIL C1 CDD DIR C�6 L7 PIN bIR p'A_ORO LJ FIAE CHIEF Q"T30IMNeY L] PW Dili QXLERlIOPld Lal POLICE CHF ❑m0 LI ME0 DIFF 1 UTIL bik b HN 5IR