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 - $33,650 911

Low-income 51% - 80% MFI $33,651 - $53,840 686

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

Above-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