Received After Agenda Printed
March 22, 2022
Item No. SS3
From: Jennifer Ward
To: City Clerk"s Office
Subject: OCBC Comments on Item SS3 - 3/22/22 Study Session Date: March 21, 2022 4:56:05 PM
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The Orange County Business Council appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the Newport Beach City Council's consideration on Item SS3 of the March 22 Study Session agenda regarding the evaluation of a future inclusionary zoning ordinance. The Business Council is opposed to the adoption of local inclusionary zoning mandates and we strongly encourage the City to instead explore other opportunities to address housing needs in a manner that encourages needed development to occur. The business community hopes to be able to work with the City Council and staff on finding solutions to addressing our housing supply challenges via a different route than mandated inclusionary zoning. Thank you for your consideration of our feedback.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Jennifer Ward
Sr. Vice President of Advocacy and Government Affairs
Orange County Business Council
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Orange County Taxpayers Assodation
March 22, 2022
The Honorable Kevin Muldoon
City of Newport Beach
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
RE: Inclusionary Housing: Financial Evaluation
Mayor Muldoon and Council:
Received After Agenda Printed
March 22, 2022
Item No. SS3
P.O. Box 5881, Orange, CA 92863
California is experiencing a housing crisis that necessitates comprehensive solutions. While we certainly need to consider impactful actions to address this regional issue, the Orange County Taxpayers Association is concerned with your Inclusionary Housing: Financial Evaluation which threatens to place an excessive burden against housing producers.
Over the past few years, Newport Beach has demonstrated that it can create affordable homes without resorting to an Inclusionary Housing Policy. This achievement was highlighted by the OC Register's Housing Permit Report Card, which scored Newport Beach as an overall B+ with A's in both Very Low - Income and Low -Income housing production. Apart from undermining the significant value of the city's efforts to date, this policy would allow for excessively dense projects. The recommended 15% Very Low - Income inclusionary requirement for large rental projects is based on all such projects being awarded a 50% density bonus and multiple exemptions from local development/zoning standards, including parking.
Adopting an inclusionary housing ordinance at this time, especially one that increases large project density by 50% seems frankly, excessive and could impact the quality of life for the residents of Newport Beach.
We urge the City of Newport Beach to defer its consideration of any inclusionary zoning to, at a minimum, be considered in conjunction with new zoning drafted to implement the recently adopted Housing Element and sufficient time has transpired to determine whether the City's tried and true affordable housing approach is no longer sufficient to address the City's RHNA.
Sincerely,
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Carolyn Cavecche
President and CEO
Orange County Taxpayers Association
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