City of Salinas

Housing Element Update Planning Commission

June 3, 2009

Meeting Agenda• Overview of the Housing Element Update

and Process• Review of New Legislation• Policy and Program Discussion

Adequate Sites Requirement Emergency Shelters- SB 2

• Next Steps

What is a Housing Element?• One of the Seven State-Mandated

Elements of the General Plan• Plans for the Provision of

Housing for a Variety of Income Levels

• Assesses Housing Needs at the Local Level

• Requires Review and Certification by the State

Housing Element Contents• Needs Assessment• Resources and Constraints Analysis• Review of Past Performance• Policy Program

City of Salinas 2007-2014RHNA Allocations (Growth Needs)Income Category Annual Income Range Salinas Regional

Share (units)Extremely low-

income<30% MFI* <$20,190 **456

Very low-income 0% - 50% MFI $20,191 - $33,650 911Low-income 51% - 80% MFI $33,651 - $53,840 686

Moderate-income 81% - 120% MFI $53,841 - $80,760 773Above-moderate

income>120% MFI >$80,760 1,706

TOTAL 4,076*MFI= 2009 Median Family Income ($67,300 for Monterey County)**Regional share of extremely low-income units is assumed to be 50% of the very low-income units

Housing Element Update Process

• Phase 1: Public Participation Program• Phase 2: Review Existing Conditions• Phase 3: Prepare Draft Housing Element• Phase 4: Environmental Analysis• Phase 5: Housing Element Adoption

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

Winter 2009 Winter/ Spring 2009

Phase 5

Spring/ Summer

2009

Winter 2009 Summer/Fall 2009

Public Participation Program• Community Workshop

March 18, 2009, City Council Rotunda Key Comment Topics

• Housing Availability and Affordability• Infill and Redevelopment- Downtown• Special Needs Groups• Homeownership Challenges and Opportunities

Recent Legislation• SB 520- Reasonable Accommodation• SB 1818 / AB 2280- Density Bonus• AB 2634- Extremely Low-Income• SB 2- Emergency Shelters• AB 2348- Adequate Sites

Policy and Program Discussion

Adequate Sites Program

Remaining Regional Housing Need Allocation

• Housing need in Moderate and Above-Moderate income categories met

• Remaining housing need of 1,230 Very-Low and Low income units

• Zoning Code amendments and/or rezoning required to meet remaining need

Adequate Sites Requirements• Sites must permit rental and owner-occupied

multi-family residential units by-right• Default density standard of a minimum 30 du/ac• At least 50 percent of lower income need

accommodated on sites exclusively for residential use

• Sites identified to meet the lower income housing need must have density and development standards that permit at least 16 units per site

Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements

• Amend land use and development standards in the Downtown Core to permit by-right residential development with a minimum density standard of 30 du/ac Approximately 9.4 acres of underutilized land

with capacity for 281 units

Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements

• In addition to Downtown Core, rezoning to Permit by-right residential development with a

minimum density standard of 30 du/ac on a minimum of 31.6 acres

A minimum of 14.4 acres of the rezoned land must permit exclusively residential use

Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements

• Rezoning other Areas of the City In the vicinity of the multi-modal transportation

center; At the perimeter of the downtown; Contiguous with Focused Growth Areas; or As a part of areas that have been designated

for mixed-use development• Overlay zone in the New Urbanism Interim

District

Zoning for Emergency Shelters (SB 2)

SB 2 Requirements• Identify a zone or zones where emergency

shelters are permitted by-right, without a conditional use permit or other discretionary action

• Must have capacity to accommodate the identified homeless need and in any case accommodate at least one year-round shelter

• City can adopt objective development and management standards

SB 2 Requirements• 495 unsheltered homeless persons in

Salinas (2009 Homeless Count and Survey)

• Staff has identified the Public/Semipublic (PS) zone as a candidate zone to meet requirements

Next Steps• City Council Study Session- June 23rd

• Draft Housing Element will be submitted to HCD for compliance and review

• HCD reviews for compliance and provides City with letter of suggested revisions to comply with State law

Next Steps• City will address HCD comment letter and

consider third party comments

• Upon satisfying statutory requirements, HCD will provide a letter of “substantial compliance”

• Planning Commission will recommend adoption of the Housing Element to City Council