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Recommendation to Direct Staff to Transmit the City of Alameda 2015 Housing Element Annual Report to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development. Approval of an annual report is not subject to the review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), nor is an annual report defined as a "project" under CEQA. No future review is required. (Community Development 481005) [Not heard on October 4, 2016]
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Direct Staff to Transmit the City of Alameda 2015 Housing Element Annual Report to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development. Approval of an annual report is not subject to the review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), nor is an annual report defined as a "project" under CEQA. No future review is required.
BACKGROUND
The 2015 Housing Element and State Government Code require that the City report annually to the State of California, on forms provided by the State, on the City's annual progress on Housing Element implementation. Prior to submittal to the State, the report must be reviewed by the City Council. The required 2015 Annual Report is attached as Exhibit 1.
On September 12, 2016, the Planning Board held a public hearing to review the report and consider the current state of housing development in Alameda. The Planning Board recommended that the Council accept the Annual Report for transmittal to the State.
DISCUSSION
The Annual Report documents that the City issued 119 building permits in 2015, for new residential units, and that those permits included 42 deed-restricted affordable housing units for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households.
As described in the Planning Board staff report (Exhibit 1), staff concludes that:
* The City of Alameda is producing a diversity of housing types to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA),...
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