SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
OCTOBER 11, 2022
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
AFTER PUBLISHED
AGENDA
AGENDA
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AGENDA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
MEETING DATE: October 11, 2022
Item
#13 RPT 22‐089
Hayward Residential Design Study Update (P
reviously Named Residential Objective Standards and Zoning Consistency Update) Que
stion: Is there a sense from the community about how high and how large they are willing to have projects go to reach our housing goals? Suggestion: In the Promote Housing Goal, would it make sense to add "throughout the city" or something similar to the end of the description sentence to reflect our commitment to equity and inclusion?
Question: In future reports that include the RHNA numbers, is it possible to break out rental and ownership numbers?
The initial round of outreach for the Hayward Residential Design Study focused on identifying the aspects of design (massing/bulk, landscaping, parking, relationship to the street, etc.) that are most important to community members, without getting into specifics. Generally speaking, the community demonstrated an appetite for denser development as long as it is attractively and sensitively designed to the surrounding context. In the next phase of the project, which is now underway, the project team will develop a series of specific options for decision makers and the community to consider. These options will introduce and illustrate choices and tradeoffs around height, setbacks, and other design features. Feedback on the options will serve as the basis for the objective residential standards that will be developed in the final phase of the project next spring.
Thank you for the feedback on the Vision Statement. We will revise the Promote Housing
Goal to include “throughout the city” at the end and will share an updated version on the project website.
City staff are evaluating the potential availability and feasibility of i ncluding this information in future reports.