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Recommendation to Review, Comment, and Provide Direction on the City's General Plan 2021 to 2031 Housing Element Update Process and Schedule and Authorize Staff to Request Updated Guidance from the State of California regarding Compliance with Applicable Housing Law. (Planning, Building and Transportation 481001)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 4, 2020, the City Council requested an opportunity to review and comment on the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Housing Methodology Committee's Draft Methodology for Distributing the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) among Bay Area Cities and Counties (draft methodology).
On November 17, 2020, the City Council considered a referral from Vice Mayor Knox White requesting that staff schedule a City Council discussion of how the City of Alameda (City) should plan to address the City's allocation and update its Housing Element for the period 2023-2031.
On December 1, 2020, the City Council reviewed and commented on ABAG's draft methodology. The December 1, 2020 City Council workshop materials and presentation can be viewed at www.Alamedaca.gov.
The January 19 workshop is an opportunity for the City Council to provide direction on the preferred process for the update of the Alameda General Plan Housing Element to accommodate the anticipated RHNA of approximately 5,400 residential units. Staff is requesting that the City Council review and provide direction by motion on the proposed sequence of public meetings described in this report and authorize staff to seek guidance from relevant State officials regarding Housing Element compliance relative to the City Charter.
BACKGROUND
Under the Planning and Zoning Law (?? 65000-66499.581), the City has the "responsibility to ... make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community." (? 65580, subd. (d).) This is accomplished through the adoption, ame...
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