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component. Planning staff created and the public is
now using a Universal Permit Application which
streamlines and encourages more complete permit
submittals shortening project review timelines.
H-F-2 Fast track all develo pment projects which are
comprised fully of units affordable to extremely
low, very low, and low income households with
long term affordability restrictions. Utilize a fast
track schedule mutually acceptable to the
project applicant and the city.
The city continues to fast track all development
projects, which are made up of fully of units
affordable to extremely low, very low-, and low-
income households with long-term affordability
restrictions. As well as using a fast-track schedule
mutually acceptable to the project applicant and the
city.
As of late, the City continues to prioritize affordable housing projects by coordinating and focusing staff
efforts across departments on residential projects
particularly those with high unit counts, and
affordable units.
Modify combine
with H-3.
H-F-3 Acquire sites for potential affordable housing
projects, with subsequent disposition to
affordable housing providers.
In 2015, the City allocated the old Bennet Valley
Senior Center to affordable housing and is currently
in a DDA (Development agreement) approved by
Council for the transfer and development of
affordable housing on those parcels. Since then, the
City has not purchased property solely for affordable
housing.
The City continues to provide first right of refusal for surplus City land to developers of affordable
housing. As determined by budget and goal-setting
processes, the Housing Authority funds property
acquisition and banks land acquired for later
provision to affordable housing developers. The
Economic Development and Housing staff also
Delete. This is an
ongoing effort as
sites are acquired
The City is not
relying on
acquired sites to
meet the RHNA.
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continue to seek opportunities to acquire sites
throughout the planning period.
In November 2020 the City's Real Property Team
began a citywide survey to identify and classify
surplus lands. One of the sites identified is APN 182-
030-032.
H-F-4 Defer payment of development fees for
affordable units.
The City continues to allow applicants to defer
impact fees to final occupancy instead of permit
issuance. Many projects, including affordable
housing developments, use the option to defer
impact feels to final occupancy, though the City does
not track specific numbers.
Continue, new
program H-37.
H-F-5 Revise the local Density Bonus Ordinance to
ensure it reflects state law and to simplify the
city process of obtaining a density bonus.
The City continues to revise the local Density Bonus
Ordinance to ensure it reflects state law and to
simplify the City process of obtaining a density
bonus.
In January 2019, the City Council adopted a revised
Density Bonus Ordinance consistent with state law
and allowing up to 100% density bonus within the
Downtown and North Station Area Specific Plan
areas.
Delete, program
completed.
H-F-6 Develop a checklist specific to affordable
housing developments which will facilitate such
projects in the Design Review process.
In 2019, the City began work to develop a checklist
specific to affordable housing developments which
will facilitate such projects in the Design Review
process.
The City Council adopted Objective Design
Standards for Streamlined and Ministerial Residential
Developments (Zoning Code Chapter 20-39)
effective December 20, 2019, to incorporate the
intent of the Santa Rosa Design Guidelines to the
Delete, objective
design standards
will be
implemented as a
part of the City’s
typical processes.
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greatest extent possible while complying with the
intent of State legislation to facilitate and expedite
the construction of housing in Santa Rosa.
H-F-7 Ensure that regulations contained in the Santa
Rosa Zoning Code provide development
standards, parking requirements, and use
allowances which facilitate the development of
housing for all income groups
The City ensured that the Zoning Code contain a
number of concessions and a reduced parking
requirement to facilitate the development of housing
for all income groups, including through the density
bonus program and the housing allocation plan.
The City's 2016 Housing Action Plan seeks to increase
affordable housing development - a key tool in that
effort is the Housing Allocation Plan Ordinance
(renamed "Inclusionary Housing" Ordinance).
In 2019, the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance was
amended to:
(1) Revise the inclusionary (on-site) affordable unit
percentage requirement
(2) Modify the Housing Impact Fee structure (3)
Reduce the inclusionary percentage and housing
impact fee for multifamily housing and mixed-use
development in the Downtown Area to help
encourage higher intensity development,
(4) Establish a new Commercial Linkage Fee to
increase affordable housing development within the
City.
Delete. This is
covered under
additional
Housing Element
programs.
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H-F-8 Continue to participate in regional conservation
efforts regarding sensitive habitat and
endangered species to ensure that mitigation
opportunities are available to maintain
adequate sites at appropriate densities to
accommodate the city’s regional housing
needs allocation.
The City continues to participate in regional
conservation efforts regarding sensitive habitat and
endangered species to ensure that mitigation
opportunities are available to maintain adequate
sites at appropriate densities to accommodate the
city’s regional housing needs allocation.
On a project-by-project basis, the City continues to
implement the requirements of CEQA as they
pertain to California Tiger Salamander and other
sensitive species, ensuring that appropriate
mitigation is required when necessary.
Modify, continue
as program H-1.
H-G-1 Maximize energy efficiency in residential areas. The City continues to maximize energy efficiency in residential areas.
The City participates in the County Property
Assessed Clean Energy retrofit program, the
Sonoma Clean Power renewable utility provider, and
implementation of CALGreen building standards and
select Tier 1 standards. The City has adopted all-
electric reach code standards for most new
residential development effective January 1, 2020.
Projects are reviewed for compliance with the
Climate Action Plan.
Continue,
combine with H-
G-2 and H-G-5.
New program H-
41. H-G-2 Require, energy efficiency through site
planning and building design by assisting
residential developers in identifying energy
conservation and efficiency measures
appropriate to the Santa Rosa area.
The City continues to require, energy efficiency
through site planning and building design by
assisting residential developers in identifying energy
conservation and efficiency measures appropriate to
the Santa Rosa area.
Continue,
combine with H-
G-1 and H-G-5.
New program H-
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The City participates in the County Property
Assessed Clean Energy retrofit program, utilizes
Sonoma Clean Power as utility provider, and
implements CALGreen building standards and select
Tier 1 standards. The City also implements the
requirements of the City's Climate Action Plan at the
project level and has adopted all-electric reach code
standards for most new residential development
effective January 1, 2020.
H-G-3 Promote energy effici ency in the provision and
use of water in all residential developments
The city promotes energy efficiency in the provision
and use of water in all residential developments.
In 2019, ongoing smart meter upgrade to replace
existing manual reading meters to smart meters that
can report hourly usage rates, detect leaks and water
waste. In addition, new de velopment is required to
comply with CALGreen building standards, Water
Efficient Landscape Ordi nance, and the Climate
Action Plan.
In 2020, a citywide upgrade from manually read
water meters to smart meters that report hourly
usage rates, detect leaks and water waste was nearly
completed.
Continue,
combine with H-
G-4. New
program H-41.
H-G-4 Reduce the amount of water used, encourage
the use of recycled water for landscaping where
available, and require compliance with the city’s
Water Efficient Landscape Policy
The City continues to reduce the amount of water
used and require compliance with the City’s Water-
Efficient Landscape Policy.
Continue,
combine with H-
G-3. New
program H-41.
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As of late, the City continues to implement WELO
standards for new construction and administers
rebate programs for turf replacement.
H-G-5 Continue to require the use of fuel efficient
heating and cooling equipment and other
appliances, in accordance with the city’s green
building program.
The City continues to require the use of fuel-efficient heating and cooling equipment and other
appliances, in accordance with the City’s green
building program.
The City still implements CALGreen building
standards and select Tier 1 standards for energy
efficiency in new construction. CALGreen building
standards are required also for additions and
remodels. The City adopted all-electric reach code
standards effective January 1, 2020, which are
applicable for most new residential development.
Continue,
combine with H-
G-1 and H-G-2.
New program H-
41. H-G-6 Continue to fund energy conservation through
the Housing Authority’s rehabilitation loans and
develop programs to assist low income
households and rental properties in meeting
weatherization and energy conservation needs.
The City continues to fund energy conservation
through the Housing Authority’s rehabilitation loans
and continues to develop programs to assist low-
income households and rental properties in meeting
weatherization and energy conservation needs.
In 2020, the Housing Authority continues to use its
affordable housing funds to construct new, energy
efficient units and to rehabilitate residential units to include energy efficiency. In addition, the Housing
Authority is tracking im provements for energy
efficiency will be considered in the future.
Continue. New
program H-41.
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H-G-7 Work with organizati ons specializing in green
building measures to develop public-private
partnerships supporting energy efficiency
retrofit programs for existing residential
structures.
The City continues to work with organizations
specializing in green building measures to develop
public-private partnerships supporting energy
efficiency retrofit programs for existing residential
structures.
In 2020, the City continued to participate in the
County's Property Assessed Clean Energy loan
program for energy efficien t retrofits of existing
residential structures.
Continue. New
program H-41.
H-G-8 Increase local energy awareness The City continues to increase local energy awareness. In 2020, the City updated web resources
to direct residents and de velopers to opportunities
for energy efficient rebate programs, Property
Assessed Clean Energy retrofit programs, and other
energy-efficiency resources.
Continue. New
program H-41.
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8. Goals, Policies, Programs
This section discusses the City’s eight-year housing plan and commitment fo r how it will meet the housing needs of everyone in the community. The City ’s housing plan covers the planning period of January 31, 2023 – January 31, 2031 and includes se veral goals, policies, and actions that focus on expanding the housing stock and offering a wider range of housing choices for everyone in the City.
Equity, inclusion, and anti-displacement are th emes are woven throughout the document and reflected in a number of actions. The City aims to ensure that Santa Rosa is an equitable and inclusive city by protecting and providing opportunities to those residents who are most vulnerable.
Adequate Sites
GOAL H-1: ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL SANTA ROSA RESIDENTS.
Policy H-1-1 Ensure there is a sufficient suppl y of land zoned to accommodate the projected housing needs.
Policy H-1-2 Identify infrastructure needs in infill areas; seek new sources of funding for planning and financing infrastructure improvements; and prioritize investments to lower construction costs and catalyze new housing development, particularly in disadvantaged and historically underserved communities, such as neighborhoods in Central Santa Rosa and Southwestern Santa Rosa which have higher concentrations of communities of color coinciding with the City’s lowest median income levels, as described in the Assessment of Fair Housing.
Policy H-1-3 Facilitate infill housing along commercial corridors, near employment centers, near high-frequency transit areas, an d in all zones that allow residential development as a way to revitalize comm ercial corridors, promote walkability and increased transit ridership, and provide increased housing options.
Policy H-1-4 Engage in active consultation wi th local tribal repres entatives to identify opportunities to preserve and featu re tribal, cultural, historical, and archaeological resources.
Policy H-1-5 Work with local tr ibal representatives to implem ent a cultural and historic education program for City staff and developers.
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Program H-1 Adequate Sites. The City will monitor the Sites Inventory annually, and as projects are processed through the Pla nning and Economic Development, to ensure sufficient capacity is maintained to accommodate the City’s remaining RHNA numbers. Should the City fall into a no-net-loss situation, within 180 days, the City will identify a replacement site to ensure the remaining RHNA is being met.
Time Frame: Annually monitor and as projects are processed Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Program H-2: Lot Consolidatio n and Small Site Development. The City shall help facilitate consolidation of small lots in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan to allow development to utilize the land more effi ciently, achieve ec onomies of scale, and offer opportunity for improved si te design and amenities. The City encourages the consolidation of small lots to facilitate the development of mixed-use and multifamily developments, particularly for affordable housing by:
● Maintaining an inventory of sites on the City’s website. ● Assisting developers in identification of parcels with lot consolidation potential.
● Continuing to utilize a ministerial process for lot consolidation unless other discretionary reviews are required as part of the project.
Time Frame: By the end of 2024, cons ider appropriate lot consolidation incentives to facilitate mixed use development. Promote the program through dissemination of brochures at public counters and providing information on City website.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 100 lower-income units in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan to improve ho using mobility and reduce
displacement due to overcrowding and overpayment.
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Program H-3: Encouraging Housing in Mixed-Use Projects. The City shall incentivize development of residential units in mixed-use projects in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan. The program shall create incentives for residential and mixed-use infill development, including but not limited to:
● Priority project processing
● Deferral of development impact or permit fees
● Flexibility in development standards such as parking, setbacks, and landscaping requirements
● Density and intensity bonuses
● Support for infrastructure upgrades
Responsible Agency: Planning and Economic Development
Timeframe: Reach out to developers to obtain feedback by January 2024, develop incentives by October 2024, review annually and amend as needed.
Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: 10 very-low- inco me units, 10 low-income units, and 78 moderate income units to improve access to high resource areas including the downtown for lower-income households and increase housing mobility opportunities.
Program H-4: Opportunity Development Areas. Facilitate higher-density and affordable housing development in the Opportunity Areas identified within the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan and within other Priority Development Areas (PDAs), which include sites near the rail transit corridor and on regional/arterial streets for convenient access to bus and rail transit.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as projects are processed.
Entities: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: 10 very-low- inco me units, 10 low-income units, and 78 moderate income units to improve access to high resource areas for lower- income households and increase housing mobility opportunities.
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Program H-5: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The city will promote the construction of affordable ADUs through the following actions, which are aimed at providing an increased supply of affordable units throughout the city, thereby increasing access to high resource established ne ighborhoods outside of the Downtown and Opportunity zone areas and help reduce displacement risk for low-income households.
● Continue to implement a multilingual public information and proactive outreach campaign via the City’s website and other outlets to inform property owners of the standards for ADU development, permitting procedures, construction resources, and the importance of ADUs to Santa Rosa, including ADUs affordable to lower-income households. ● Collaborate with Napa Sonoma ADU to offer residents pre-reviewed plans and provide incentives to residents using these pre-reviewed plans. ● Consider providing funding to assist with the ongoing Napa Sonoma ADU services.
● Provide information and offer review of resident’s homes floor plan to encourage residents to apply for AD Us, particularly where their homes already include space that is config ured for a conforming ADU (e.g., carriage houses, au pair quarters, second kitchens on floors with separate entrances).
● Develop multilingual outreach material for public dissemination, including updates to the City’s website, information at City Hall and via other appropriate print and digital media, particularly directed to historically underrepresented communities (suc h as residents of Central and Southwestern Santa Rosa) and in collabo ration with local agencies serving such communities (such as the Communi ty Action Partnership of Sonoma County).
● Identify incentives for construction of ADUs with new development, which may include differing collection of im pact fees for the square footage associated with the ADU until issuance of the certificate of occupancy. ● Monitor ADU production and affordabilit y every other year and adjust or expand the focus of the education and outreach efforts. If needed, identify additional sites and to accommodat e the unmet portion of the lower- income RHNA.
Time Frame: Make ADU materials available by December 2023 and implement proactive outreach campaign by June 2024; identify funding source by June 2023, evaluate effectiveness of ADU a pprovals and affordability every other year, starting April 2024 and identify additional site capacity, if needed, by 2025.
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Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 519 ADUs to improve housing mobility and reduce displacement risk. Ensure distribution of ADUs includes 200 ADUs in areas that are proximate to services and employment opportunities for lower- and moderate-income households, and incentivize 100 AD Us in high resource, predominantly single-family neighbor hoods to promote housing mobility opportunities for lower- and moderate-income households.
Program H-6: Innovative Housing Options. Explore innovative and alternative housing options that provide greater flexibility and affordability in the housing stock. This may include consideration for further reduction in regulatory barriers for tiny houses, inclusionary housing, microhomes, housing cooperatives, and other alternative housing types as well as explore a variety of densities and housing types in all zoning districts. The city will also consider amending the Zoning Code to allow movable tiny homes to be considered an ADU.
The city will use the findings of this program to target development of a variety of housing types in areas of concentrated overpayment to reduce displacement risk as well as promote inclusion and support integration of housing types based on income to facilitate mobility opportunities in high resource areas and areas of high median income to support integration of housing types based on income to facilitate mobility opportunities.
Time Frame: Explore innovative and alternative housing options to help further housing production by December 2 024, amend the zoning ordinance as needed.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 200 lower income units to improve housing mobility and reduce displacement risk, aiming for at least 50 in close proximity to jobs, transit, and other services and 50 integrated into predominantly single-family, and higher income areas.
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Program H-7: Prohousing Designation . The City shall strive to receive and maintain through the sunset date of January 1, 2025, the State’s Prohousing Designation by demonstrating a sufficient nu mber of polices that sign ificantly contribute to accelerating housing production. Juri sdictions that receive a Prohousing Designation will receive incentives in th e form of additional points or other preferences in the scoring of competitiv e State funding gran t programs in the areas of housing, transportation, infrastructure, and land use.
Time Frame: Initiate application in 2023 and maintain designation through sunset date of January 1, 2025.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Increase the City’s competitiveness in receiving affordable housing funding from the State.
Program H-8 Sites Identified in Previous Cycles. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2(c), any non-vacant sites identified in the prior fifth Cycle or vacant sites identified two or more consecutive planning periods, shall be provided by-right development when at least 20 percen t of the units in the proposed development are affordable to lower-income households.
Time Frame: Upon adoption of the Housing Element.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: General Fund
Program H-9 Large-Lot Development and Subdivision: To facilitate the development of large lots for affordable housing and provide for development phasing for development of 50 to 150 uni ts, the City will give high priority to processing housing developments that include housing for all income levels on lots larger than 10 acres, specifically site 7, and provide incentives on a case-by-case basis for development of high-density residential on large sites.
The City will provide technical assistance and incentives to subdivide parcels in the housing sites inventory larger than 10 acres for projects including affordable housing. The City will offer expedited review for the subdivision of larger sites into buildable lots as long as the develo pment is consistent with City land use and environmental regulations, and prio rity processing for subdivision maps including affordable housing.
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To ensure the program is successful, the city will reach out to developers annually, and as projects are processed, of affordable housing and incorporate necessary strategies such as ministerial lot splits or other incentives.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as projects ar e processed through the Planning and Economic Development Department and incentives will be adopted within one year of adoption of the Housing Elemen t. Annually meet with developers and incorporate and revise strategies at least every two years.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: General Fund
Quantified Objective: 250 lower-income units to reduce displacement risk.
Conservation
H-2 CONSERVE AND IMPROV E THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
Policy H 2-1 As the City’s housing stock ages, pu rsue all available federal and state funds to assist with housing preservation and rehabilitation.
Policy H-2.2: Preserve the affordability of fede ral- and state-subsidized units at risk of conversion to market rate or other affordable housing resources.
Program H-10: Code Enforcement Activities. Continue the Code Enforcement activities monitoring housing and neighborhood conditions through enforcement of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP), a coordinated inter-departmental City task force lead by Code Enforcem ent. NRP's mission is to improve living conditions and quality of life in fo cus neighborhoods throughout the City, resulting in safer environments and increased property values. NRP focuses on eight neighborhoods in Central Santa Ro sa, which corresponds to areas with higher concentration of communities of color (specifically, a predominant Hispanic population) and some of the lowest median incomes in the city.
Through this effort, the City will continue to target improving housing conditions in areas of need to facilitate place-based revitalization and assist in reducing displacement risk for these residents by improving living conditions and enabling them to remain in their home and community.
Code Enforcement staff shall continue to provide property owners and tenants with information on how to rectify violations, who to contact in Code Enforcement for assistance, and other resources that may be pertinent to the citation, particularly available housing repair assistance and subsidy programs for lower-income, senior and disabled households.
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Time Frame: Pursue funding for additional assistance annually and as notices of funding availability (NOFAs) are made av ailable. Provide information on the City’s website by June 2023, printed materials by December 2023, update annually as needed.
Entities: Departments of Planning an d Economic Developm ent, Housing and Community Services, Police, Fire, City Attorney, Recreation and Parks Funding: City General Fund, HOME and Community Development Block Grant, Housing Authority Reserves
Quantified Objective: Rehabilitate 200 housing units (25 extremely low income, 25 very low income, 75 low income, and 75 moderate income) through the NRP Program and provide grants to at leas t four households with disabilities annually, reducing displacement.
Program H-11: Housing Conditions Survey. To ensure the City has an accurate percentage of the homes in need of rehabilitation an d replacement, the Ci ty will complete a Housing Conditions Survey in older neighborhoods and ne ighborhoods with lower median incomes, to evaluate rehabilitation need. Based on findings of the focused evaluation, the City will iden tify measures to encourage housing preservation, conservation, and acquisition rehabilitation, and mitigate potential costs, displacement and relocation impacts on residents. These measures may include, but are not limited to:
• Streamline permit review for home re pairs on housing units identified during the conditions survey.
• Seek funding to offer relocation assistance to low-income tenants or owners displaced during rehabilitation efforts.
• Seek funding to develop a housing rehabilitation program (see H-9).
Time Frame: Complete a Housing Condit ions Survey by December 2023 and determine next steps by June 2024.
Entities: Department of Planning and Economic Development Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: See program H-10, and program H-12.
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Program H-12: Housing Rehabilitation. The city will pursue fundin g to reinstate the Housing Rehabilitation and Conservation Program (HRCP) and the Loan Program to promote conservation and rehabilitation of the existing housing stock. The city will continue to offer the Housing Acce ssibility Modification Grant Program to assist low-income renters wi th disabilities. The city will advertise the programs on the City’s website, add social media posts to the City’s account and include information in the quarterly newsletter. The city will al so distribute information in multiple languages on the available programs in areas of concentrated rehabilitation need, where the need for rehabilitation may be greatest, such as in the Downtown/Station area and the City’s older neighborhoods in southwestern Santa Rosa.
Additionally, seek opportunities to reinstate the Housing Authority’s rehabilitation loan progra m to improve residential energy conservation and develop programs to assist low-income households and rental properties in meeting weatherization and energy conservation and preservation needs.
Time Frame: Ongoing; provide informat ion on the City’s website by January 2023, printed materials by March 2023, u pdating each annually or as changes are made. Pursue funding for additional assistance annually and as notices of funding availability (NOFAs) are made available.
Entities: Departments of Planning an d Economic Developm ent, Housing and Community Services, Police, Fire, City Attorney, Recreation and Parks Funding: City General Fund, HOME and Community Development Block Grant, Housing Authority Reserves
Quantified Objective: Rehabilitate 500 housing units (150 extremely low income, 150 very low income, 100 low income, and 100 moderate income) annually and provide grants to at least four househ olds with disabilities annually, reducing displacement. Target at least half of thes e units to be rehabilitated in areas of concentrated poverty, overpayment, and where rehabilitation need is greatest, such as in older neighborhoods and the Downtown/Station area.
Program H-13: Mobile Home Park Preservation. Encourage the preservation of mobile home parks through the Conversion of Mobile Home Parks Ordinance.
Time Frame: Implement City’s Mobile Home Parks Conversion ordinance on a project-by-project basis.
Entities: Departments of Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
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Quantified Objective: Preserve 1,573 mobile home spaces (787 moderate income spaces, 262 low-income spaces, 262 very low-income spaces, and 262 extremely low-income spaces) to conserve as affordable housing.
Program H-14: Mobile Home Park Rent Control. The Housing and Community Services Division will continue the Mobile home Park Re nt Review Program to establish the maximum base rent allowed in mobile home parks on an annual basis for spaces that are under a rental agreement with a term of 12 months or less. The City shall encourage affected residents to convene quarterly meetings to assure that the amount of rent charged at mobile home parks does not increase more than the amount set forth in the Mob ile Home Park Rent Control Ordinance.
This information will be shared back with the Department of Housing and Community Services.
In implementing this program, the Co unty is protecting affordable housing options (17 privately owned mobile home parks with 2,155 mobile home spaces), supporting anti-displacement efforts and furthering fair housing.
Time Frame: Undertake an update of the Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance to review the annual rent increases and the maximum base rent allowed upon an in-place transfer of ownership of a mobile home for each year.
Entities: Department Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Reduce displacement risk for residents of 17 mobile home parks.
Program H-15: Preservation of At-Risk Housing Units. The City shall work proactively and continue to maintain and update th e affordable housing database as a mechanism to monitor and identify units at risk of losing their affordability subsidies or requirements. Fo r complexes at risk of converting to market rate, the City shall:
● Contact property owners of units at risk of converting to market-rate housing within one year of affordability expiration to discuss the City’s desire to preserve complexes as affordable housing.
● Coordinate with owners of expiring subsidies to ensure the required notices to tenants are sent out at 3 years, 12 months, and 6 months. ● Reach out to agencies interested in purchasing and/or managing at-risk units.
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● Work with tenants to provide multilingual education regarding tenant rights and conversion procedures pursuant to California law.
Time Frame: The City will prepare the Risk Assessments bi annually by January and July of each year, ongoing work with responsible entities to ensure tenants receive education of housing rights and preservation/acquisition status.
Entity: Department of Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund, CDBG, HOME
Quantified Objective: Preserve 319 units as affordable housing.
Program H-16: Santa Rosa Housing Trust. Utilize the Santa Rosa Housing Trust to maximize and leverage available federal, state, and local funding to assist in the development of affordable housing, the preservati on and rehabilitation of low-income housing, the development and mainte nance of homeless shelters, and the acquisition and development of facilities for the physically and developmentally disabled. Implement a system to track pr ojects supported by the Santa Rosa Housing Trust, including units by affordability category.
Time Frame: Implement tracking system for Santa Rosa Housing Trust funds by December 2023; Ongoing, allocate funds annually and as affordable projects are proposed.
Entity: Department of Housing and Community Services
Funding: Santa Rosa Housing Trust Fund
Quantified Objective: Use Santa Rosa Housing Trust with other funding sources to support development of 300 total units over the planning period, including 150 units for lower-income households (50 units of extremely low-income housing, 50 units of very low-income housing, and 50 units of low-income housing) and 150 units of the 771 uni ts affordable to moderate-income households. Target at least 150 units affordable lower- and moderate-income households in predominantly single-fam ily, affluent neighborhoods, including eastern portions of the city.
Program H-17: Affordable Housing Tracking. The city will develop a system to review and document the number of a ffordable units annually. The system will track projects approved, including ADUs, the number of affordable units by income level, and the various funding sources.
Time Frame: Annually, starting in July 2023 and continuing through the planning period.
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Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Program H-18: Inclusionary Housing. Implement the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to increase the number of affordable units in Santa Rosa, through collection of residential in-lieu fees and commercial linkage fees. Use fees generated for the development of housing units affordable to extremely low-, very low-, and low- income households. Continue to tr ack the projects supported by the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance fee pr ograms, including number of units by affordability category. Eval uate the feasibility and co nsider requiring onsite inclusionary units once a minimum of 6 units is reached.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as development proposals are received. Evaluate the possibility of an onsite inclusionary requirement by December 2024, make revisions by June 2025.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Use Residential In-Lieu fees and Commercial Linkage fees to support development of 400 afford able units over the planning period, including 50 extremely low-income units, 75 very low-income units, and 75 very low-income units of the 1,919 units affordable to lower-income households and 100 units of the 771 units affordable to moderate-income households. Target at least 150 units affordable lower- and moderate-income households in predominantly single-family, affluent neighborhoods, including eastern portions of the city.
ProgramH-19: Essential Housin g Bond Financing Program. In partnership with a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and non-profit asset manager, utilize tax exempt bonds to fund:
(1) the acquisition of existing market-rate apartment complexes and restrict future rents to be affordable to households that earn very low to moderate incomes, and (2) the construction of new development of deed-restricted affordable housing. In order for asset managers to access these types of bonds, Cities must join a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and authorize the JPA to issue these bonds on behalf of the City. The JP A, in partnership with the non-profit asset manager, then purchases the apartment complex, using only money from the bond financing, and sets the rents to be affordable to low- to moderate- income households.
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Time Frame: Establish JPA structure or join existing JPA by July 2023 Implement construction or acquisition projects.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Target at least 150 units affordable lower- and moderate- income households in predominantly si ngle-family, affluent neighborhoods, including eastern portions of the city.
Special-Needs Groups
GOAL H-3: INCREASE SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, SENIORS,
PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, FARMWORKERS, FEMALE- HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
Policy 3-1 Give priority in providing housing assistance to those groups with demonstrated special needs, such as lower income households, seniors, persons with disabilities, persons with mental health conditions or psychiatric disabilities, large families with children, female-hea ded households, victims of domestic violence, and people who are experiencing homelessness.
Policy 3-2 Encourage housing developers to produce affordable units by providing development standard incentives for projects that include new affordable units available to special needs groups.
Program H-20: Support Affordable Housing Development . Work with housing developers to expand opportunities for affordable lo wer-income housing for special-needs groups, including persons with physical and developmental disabilities, female- headed households, large families, ex tremely low-income households, and persons experiencing homelessness by creating partnerships, providing incentives, and pursuing funding opportunities.
● Prioritize projects that are in areas with currently low percentages of renter- occupied households to facilitate housing mobility and integration of ownership and rental units, primarily north and northeas tern Santa Rosa (areas considered RCAAs as identified in the Assessment of Fair Housing). ● Support affordable housing develo pment for special-needs groups throughout the city, including in areas that are predominantly single-family residential. The target populations include seniors; persons with disabilities, including developmental disabiliti es; female-headed households; and
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persons experiencing homelessness to reduce the displacement risk for these residents from their existing homes and communities. ● Promote the use of the density bonus ordinance, application process streamlining, fee deferrals, and co nsider development fee exemption for projects that are 100 percent affordab le to encourage affordable housing, with an emphasis on encouraging a ffordable housing in high-resource areas and areas with limited rental opportunities currently. ● Facilitate the approval process for la nd divisions, lot line adjustments, and/or specific plans or master plans resulting in parcel sizes that enable affordable housing development and pr ocess fee deferrals related to the subdivision for projects affordable to lower-income households. ● Give priority to permit processing for projects providing affordable housing for special-needs groups.
● Work with public or private sponsors to identify candidate sites for new construction of housing for special ne eds and take all actions necessary to expedite processing of such projects.
● Encourage residential development near parks, open space, transit routes, civic uses, social services, grocery stores, and other health resources. ● Partner with nonprofit and for-profit affordable housing developers to support their financing applications for state and federal grant programs, tax-exempt bonds, and other programs that become available. ● Pursue federal, state, and private funding for low- and moderate-income housing by applying for state and federal monies for direct support of lower-income housing construction and rehabilitation, specifically for development of housing affordable to extremely low-income households.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as projects are processed by the City. Annually apply for funding and annually engage with housing developers.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: Where feasible, le verage state and federal financing, including Low- Income Housing Tax Credits, CHFA mult ifamily housing assistance programs, HCD Multifamily Housing Loans, CDBG funds, HOME funds, and other available financing.
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are in higher-income, predominantly si ngle-family neighborhoods to promote mobility opportunities.
Program H-21: Funding for Affo rdable Housing Development. Aggressively participate in available federal, state, and private nonprofit programs for the provision of affordable housing. Support affordable housing sponsors by continuing to provide funds to subsidize th e production of affordable housing. Participate in tax credit and mortgage revenue bond programs that provide tax- exempt, low- cost financing to developers of projects making a portion of the units affordable.
Evaluate, and consider action as appropriate, the use of “boomerang” funds, an allocation of increased property tax from former rede velopment project areas, for affordable housing projects and programs. Monitor and support state and regional efforts to establish a perm anent dedicated revenue source for affordable housing development.
To build on this effort, the City will establish a prioritiza tion strategy for affordable housing development with community input obtained through the Housing Element update process and subs equent outreach. The prioritization strategy should encompass anti-displac ement efforts in Santa Rosa Equity Priority Communities, neighborhoods with high rates of poverty (such as the neighborhoods in Downtown/Station Santa Rosa and west Santa Rosa), housing needs for lower-income, special-needs groups (such as large families and persons with disabilities), and housing mobility opportunities for lower-income households to access areas of hi gher median income (such as the neighborhoods in north and northeast Sa nta Rosa that qualify as RCAAs and are considered exclusive as described in the Assessment of Fair Housing).
Time Frame: Ongoing; annually apply and/or participate in programs. Establish prioritization strategy by January 2025; initiating community outreach in June 2024.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund; Tax cr edit and Mortgage Revenue Bond, “Boomerang” funds
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Program H-22: Housing for Persons with Disabilities. Ensure that persons with disabilities (including persons with developmen tal disabilities) have increased access/placement in residential units rehabilitated or constructed through City and County programs by completing the following:
● Continue to cooperate with nonprofit agencies that provide placement or referral services for persons with disabilities, including identifying placement opportunities in high resource areas.
● By June 2024, develop targeted marketing plan to promote local resources and programs for persons with disabilit ies, including educational materials on reasonable accommodation, housing rights, and access to legal aid.
Identify community-based partners to support dissemination of program materials. Ensure that in addition to being offered in multiple languages, all program information meets ADA accessi bility standards. Coordinate the marketing and outreach plan develo pment and implementation with the North Bay Regional Center and other relevant organizations that support the Santa Rosa residents with disabilities.
● Encourage development of housing wi th visitability standards, special housing arrangements, including shared and congregate housing, including supporting affordable housing develope rs obtain federal and state funds and committing City funds.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as projects a re processed. By June 2024, develop marketing program and reach out to non- profit agencies and coordinate with the North Bay Regional Center, and other relevant organizations on an annual basis during the planning period.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objectives: 850 units for special needs groups, including persons with disabilities. Of these, 200 in sites ne ar transit, medical services, and with educational opportunities and 200 in high-resource areas.
Program H-23: Housing for Farmworkers. The city will support the development of rental housing for seasonal and permanent farmworkers. To provide housing and meet the needs of farmwork ers, the city will work with advocate and outreach groups in Sonoma County to identify sites suitable for farmworker housing in Santa Rosa.
Time Frame: Annually meet with developers.
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Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund and State Funding from HCD
Quantified Objective: 480 units for extremely low-income households. Of these, 200 in low resource/areas of concentrated poverty and/or sites near transit, medical services, and with educational opportunities.
Program H-24: Housing for Persons Experiencing Homelessness. The City will maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless and to assist those who are homeless. To this end, the City will implement the following:
● Provide funding to groups providing sh elter and other services to people who are homeless.
● Support programs that address long -term solutions to homelessness, including job training and placement, and that provide other supportive services.
● Adopt policies to promote new models for providing temporary housing solutions in response to emerging needs and emergency situations, including non-congregate shelters. Support innovative pilot programs and initiatives.
● Provide multilingual information at City Hall, community centers, libraries, and schools on resources available for emergency housing assistance and expand marketing of resources to reach Equity Priority Communities, neighborhoods with higher rates of poverty (and therefore more vulnerable to displacement), as identified in th e Assessment of Fair Housing. Use community-based partners to reach vulnerable households and equity priority communities in the identified neighborhoods. Provide all materials digitally and printed in multiple languages.
● Continue to participate in the Sonoma County Continuum of Care (region- wide body responsible for setting vision and strategic planning towards ending homelessness in Sonoma County) to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources addressing homelessness.
Meet with service providers by December 2023 to develop strategies to target outreach about services and resources to serve homeless residents and help prevent homelessness to populations th at are currently disproportionately impacted by homelessness, as identified in Table 4-4. Time Frame: Ongoing; update resources on available emerge ncy housing assistance on a biannual
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basis. Adopt new models for providing temporary housing solutions by December 2025, implement new methods by June 2026.
Entities: Department of Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund, CDBG, HOME
Quantified Objective: 450 lower-income households. Of these, 200 in low resource/areas of concentrated poverty and/or sites near transit, medical services, and with educational opportunities.
Program H-25: Housing for Extremely Low-Income Households. Encourage additional housing resources for extremely low-income Sant a Rosa residents, including seniors, young adults, female-headed households with children, and persons with physical or developmental disabilities, and equity priority populations through a variety of actions, including:
● Facilitate and encourage the construction of ho using affordable to extremely low-income households by assisting nonprofit and for-profit developers with financial and/or tech nical assistance in a manner that is consistent with the City’s identified housing needs.
● Provide financial support annually, as available, to organizations that provide counseling, information, education, support, housing services/referrals, and/or legal advice to extremely low-income households, to mitigate risk of displacement and support housing stability for extremely low-income households, persons with disabilities, and persons experiencing homelessness, and other equity priority populations.
● Expand regulatory incentives for the development of units affordable to extremely low-income households an d housing for special-needs groups, including persons with disabilities (including developmental disabilities), and individuals and families in need of emergency/transitional housing. ● Encourage the provision of affordable housing for young adults, particularly former foster youth and young mothers, through planning consultations, streamlined permit processing, and funding assistance.
● Encourage the development of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) facilities, transitional and supportive housing, and other special housing arrangements, including committing City funds to help affordable housing developers provide SRO facilities co nsistent with the Single Room Occupancy Ordinance.
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extremely low-income residents to unders tand funding needs, and review and prioritize local funding at least twic e in the planning period, and support expediting applications on an ongoing basis.
Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund, CDBG, HOME
Quantified Objective: 480 units for extremely low-income households. Of these, 200 in low resource/areas of concentrated poverty and/or sites near transit, medical services, and with educational opportunities.
Program H-26: Housing for Senior Households . Encourage the development of affordable housing for senior populations, particular ly for those in need of assisted and skilled nursing care. Continue to provide funding and offer incentives such as density bonuses, reduced parking requirements, design flexibility, and deferred development fees.
Time Frame: Ongoing, as projects are processed by the Planning and Economic Development
Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund, CDBG, HOME, etc.
Quantified Objective: 100 units for low er-income senior households. Ensure at least 25 of the units are in close proximity to public transit, senior centers, clinics, and essential retail, such as pharmacies and grocery stores.
Program H-27: Housing for Large Households. Encourage the development of units with three or more bedrooms in affordable housing projects. Encourage new affordable housing development to provide amenit ies for residents, such as on-site recreational facilities, children’s programs (day care and/or after-school care), and community meeting spaces.
Time Frame: Ongoing as projects are proposed
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 100 units for lower-income households, targeting at least 50 units in areas of concentrated, higher rates of overpayment in the western portion of the city to reduce displacement risk.
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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
H-4: ENSURE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS AS PROTECTED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS.
Policy 4-1: Support ongoing efforts by federal and State agencies and continue city efforts, in the enforcement of fair housing la ws prohibiting discrimination in the development, financing, rental, or sale of housing.
Policy 4-2: Promote housing opportunities for a ll people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disabilit y, family status, marital status, income, ancestry, or other barriers that can prevent access to housing.
Program H-28: Build Community Acceptance. Improve community acce ptance of higher- density housing through community-based outreach, recognition of existing livable neighborhoods, and assurance of well-designed, high-density projects.
Develop a targeted neighborhood multilingual outreach program in predominantly single-family neighborhoods to facilitate meaningful discussions around housing opportunities and providing a variety of housing types in Santa Rosa. Ensure the neighborhood outreach program invites both homeowners and renting households.
Time Frame: Develop neighborhood mult ilingual outreach program by June 2024 and hold an annual event (such as a town-hall type meeting) for predominantly single-family neighborhoods throughout the planning period.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Program H-29: Fair Housing Services. Continue to fund and support Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (Fair Housing), which serves as the City’s equal opportunity housing agency, on an annual basis to provide fair housing counseling services, tenant-landlord mediation, public education, and legal referrals for Santa Rosa tenants and landlords.
The City will advertise fair housing counseling services provided by Fair Housing or another fair housing co unseling organization through a variety of means, including public information available at City Hall, on the City’s website, and public spaces such as libraries and community centers. Ensure all marketing materials for fair housing services available digitally and printed will be provided in multiple languages. Create a ta rgeted marketing program to reach neighborhoods with higher rates of poverty (such as neighborhoods in JANUARY 2023
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southwest Santa Rosa), as identified in the Assessment of Fair Housing.
Additionally, the city will target the Equity Priority Communities as identified on the City’s website. Use community-b ased partners to reach vulnerable households in the identified neighborhoods.
Time Frame: Annually contract with HUD-approved fair housing counseling organization; starting January 2023, ma ke necessary updates to fair housing program marketing materials, including translating to languages other than English; by June 2024, implement fa ir housing market ing strategy in neighborhoods with higher rates of pov erty; provide fair housing information on an ongoing basis.
Entity: Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Connect 500 lower income households with fair housing counseling and or fair housing services.
Program H-30: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – Anti-Displacement Strategies. To comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 686, the city will implement actions to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH). The ongoing and additional actions the City will take to address AFFH shall address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportunity for all persons re gardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, or disability, and other characteristic protected by the California Fair Employment and Housin g Act (Part 2.8, commencing with Section 12900, of Division 3 of Title 2 ), Section 65008, and any other state and federal fair housing and planning law.
The city identified barriers to fair ho using through the Assessment of Fair Housing, including a growing risk of displacement. Actions the City may take to address the identified barriers, and foster an inclusive community, include:
● Implement the following actions to affirmatively further fair housing in coordination with the efforts of Prog ram H-24: H-4, H-8, H-9, H-15, H-17, H-18, H-19, H-20, H-21, H-23, H-28, H-30
● Starting in January 2025, the city w ill develop strategies to expand low- barrier, low-skill job opportunities within the city, which may include:
• Reviewing the Zoning Code to alle viate constraints on small business establishment, such as to the process to secure home occupation permits
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• Reviewing business license requireme nts and procedure to alleviate constraints, such as cost or requiring physical business address • Seeking partnerships with community-based partners who provide job- readiness training, such as job training, resume and interview assistance, and other services for parents seeking employment.
• Meet with at least two community-based partners on an annual basis to expand job opportunities in Santa Rosa.
● Encourage residents from Santa Rosa Equity Priority Areas or areas of concentrated poverty to serve on boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and other local government decision-making bodies. Recruit at least three to five residents from Santa Rosa Equity Priority Areas or areas of concentrated poverty and offer stipends or other value to offset the time spent.
● Meet with fair housing providers on an annual basis to identify significant issues that prevent lower income ho useholds from accessing housing, including addressing rental criteria like poor credit or eviction histories, and gaps in services to support these households.
● The City shall identify pressing barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated individuals and present recommended policies to reduce barriers for Council review in 2024. The City will then decide whether to adopt a Fair Chance Ordinance that creates rules that limit the use of criminal records by landlords when they are screening prospective tenants. ● Upon settlement of the Coser v. City of Santa Rosa case, the City will work with interested and impacted persons and agencies to address concerns as needed.
Time Frame: Ongoing; see individual actions for associated timelines.
Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Assist 1000 households, of those 500 aimed towards lower income households, with fair housing issues, education, and overcoming barriers.
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Program H-31: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – Place-Based Revitalization Strategies. To comply with Assembly Bill (AB) 686, the City will implement actions to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housin g (AFFH). The ongoing and additional actions the City will take to address AFFH shall address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to opportuni ty for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marita l status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, or disability, and other characteristic protected by the California Fair Empl oyment and Housing Act (Part 2.8, commencing with Section 1 2900, of Division 3 of Title 2), Section 65008, and any other state and federal fair housing and planning law.
The city identified barriers to fair ho using through the Assessment of Fair Housing, including a significant difference in quality of life, presence of housing problems, and lower access to resources such as educational opportunities and healthy spaces within Equity Priority Communities, primarily located within the Downtown Station Area and neighborhoods west of Highway 101. Actions the City may take to address the identifi ed barriers, and foster an inclusive community, include:
● Implement the following actions to affirmatively further fair housing in coordination with the efforts of Program H-24, H-6, H-7, H-17 ● Explore opportunities to establish community spaces, events, and resources to foster a sense of belonging in Sa nta Rosa, particularly for populations t h a t w e r e i m p a c t e d b y h i s t o r i c e x c lusionary practices, including Black, Indigenous, Tribes and Tribal Citize ns, People of Color populations and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and Agender (LGBTQIA+).
● To ensure all residents have access to positive environmental conditions, the City will review open space requi rements by Decemb er 2025 for new developments and revise as necessary by December 2026 to ensure all residents have access to healthy outdoor spaces.
● Starting in 2024, The City will research best practices to address negative health risks and impacts associated in proximity to State Route 12 and Route 101 and industrial uses to neighborh oods that received the highest scores on CalEnviroscreen 4.0 (such as the Downtown/Station Area, see Figures 5- 4 and 5-5 ). As discussed in the Assessment of Fair Housing, residents of these neighborhoods are disproportionately lower-income households and Hispanic-majority populations when co mpared to the rest of the city. The city will then present findings to Co uncil in January 2025, such as seeking funding sources to develop and/or improve parks or recreational areas and
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programs and/or partnerships to access nearby recreational spaces located on sites that are not City-controlled. Council will decide how to appropriate funds toward alleviating negative health impacts to these neighborhoods. ● Starting in 2023, the city will meet with the school districts that serve Santa Rosa students annually to determine what, if any, outside factors impede school performance that can be a lleviated, such as stable housing opportunities, childcare opportunities for working parent(s), and other identified needs. The city will pursue solutions, which may include:
• Reviewing Zoning Code Regulations to further streamline and incentivize childcare facilities with in close proximity to schools and employment centers.
• Encourage developer-school district partnerships to explore housing programs targeted towards the educational workforce.
• If such program does not exist, develop intervention method with the city, the local school districts, an d service providers when families are identified to be at risk of homele ssness. The City will partner with the local school districts and service providers to support at-risk families with information regarding local resources, fair housing education and access to legal aid, and potential housing opportunities. Through this process, the city will track contributing factors to housing instability for families at risk of ho melessness between 2023 and 2027. In 2028, the City will identify significant patterns of contributing factors and pursue solutions to alleviate displacement risk.
• Facilitate a meeting or other coordination between SRUSD, Santa Rosa Transit and CityBus, and Sonoma County Transportation Agency to assess the need for improved transit routes or access for students. • Meet with the Sonoma County Social Services Agency by June 2024 to develop a program to assist SRUSD in training classroom aides through programs such as CalWorks and placing them in lower performing schools, such as those in west Santa Rosa, to improve educational opportunities for local students.
• Support applications by SRUSD or in dividual schools to secure grant funding for teacher recruitment and retention bonuses, classroom materials, and other incentives for teachers
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Development Areas identified in the strategy center the Downtown Station Area as a transportation hub and also identify the Roseland Area, Mendocino Corrido, Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor, and North Station on Guerneville Road as key areas for expa nded public and multimodal transit services. Meet with the SCTA and MTC/ABAG quarterly to support continued progress toward the strategy.
● Coordinate residents within Santa Ro sa Equity Priority communities to identify obstacles to reaching desire d destinations usin g available public transit and address unmet needs, including needs of persons experiencing homelessness. Meet on an annual basis, starting in March 2023.
Time Frame: Ongoing; see individual actions for associated timelines.
Entities: Planning and Economic Development, Santa Rosa Transit, Housing and Community Services.
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Assist 1000 households, of those 500 aimed towards lower income households, with fair housin g issues, education, and overcoming barriers.
Program H-32: Tenant Protection /Eviction Prevention Measures. To assist with tenant protections and eviction prevention the City will take the following actions:
● Continue to provide services to tenant s for eviction defense, tenant legal services, educational services, fair ho using assistance, re location help in substandard housing.
● Explore the development of a landlord –tenant mediation services program. ● Collaborate with non-profits and grass roots organizations to support tenants' rights and provide educat ional opportunitie s for tenants and landlords.
● Explore the development of an Anti-Eviction – Emergency Rental Assistance Fund Program for Santa Rosa low-inco me residents who are at risk of eviction due to unforeseen circumstances such as health issues, lack of insurance, job loss, disability, separation, or death of the head of household. ● Explore programs and/or policies implemented by other jurisdictions that have been successful addressing the di sproportionate impact of evictions and displacement of communities of color.
Time Frame: Ongoing, provide services and information proactively, explore the development of new programs by December 2024, create program by 2025 and implement thereafter.
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Entities: Planning and Economic De velopment and Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objectives: Provide assistance to 200 households to reduce displacement risk.
Program H-33: Real Property Transfer Tax. Continue to designate a portion of the Real Property Transfer Tax, through annual budget appropriations, to affordable housing programs. Consider increasing the portion of the tax designated for affordable housing and use these additional funds to assist with the development of affordable units.
Time Frame: Annually through budget appropriations; allocation increases by 5% annually until it is 100% of revenue.
Entity: Housing and Community Services
Funding: Real Property Transfer Tax
Quantified Objectives: Use Real Prop erty Transfer Tax revenues to support development of 300 total units over the pl anning period, including 150 units of the 1,919 units affordable to lower-income households and 150 units of the 771 units affordable to moderate-income households.
Program H-34: Participation in the Mo rtgage Credit Certificate Program. Continue participation in the Mortgage Credit Certificate (M CC) program to assist lower- income and/or first-time homebuyers in purchasing new homes. To reduce displacement risk of prospective ho mebuyers being priced out of the community, the city will promote the availability of these programs in areas with concentrations of renters, particularly low-income renters and Equity Priority Populations, through providing informat ion materials at public buildings and locations and will post the programs on the City’s website and in City buildings.
Time Frame: Develop informational materials to distribute and post on the City’s website by May 2023.
Entity: Department of Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund, MCC Program
Quantified Objective: Connect 30 eligible residents with assistance through the MCC program to reduce displacement and assist housing mobility for eligible households, target marketing of this pr ogram in areas of concentrated lower- income households and renters.
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Program H-35: Community Land Trust Program. Investigate development of a Community Land Trust program for Santa Rosa to determine its feasibility and affordable housing production possibilities. Conti nue to support the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County (HLTSC) in its efforts to work with developers and non-profit organizations to further homeownership opportunities.
Time Frame: Consider the development of a Community Land Trust program by July 2025; Participate in the HLTSC on an ongoing basis.
Entities: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Program H-36: Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. Administer the federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance program. Work with the Santa Rosa Housing Authority to actively emphasize and promote acceptance of vouchers to property owners in high-resource neighborhoods, such as neighborhoods in north and northeast Santa Rosa that qualify as racially concentrated areas of affluence (RCAAs) and are considered exclusive, as described in the Assessment of Fair Housing. Continue to maintain multilingual information about this program on the City’s website and at public meetings and events. Develop an educational program for homeowners and property owners to increase awareness of the HCV program assistance that includes proactive measures to engage the public, such as a booth at citywide public events, holding an educational program for property owners in partnership with the Santa Rosa Housing Authority on an annual basi s, and identifying community-based partners, such as local rea ltor groups and/ or property owners with tenants supported by HCV assistance currentl y, to promote HCV assistance to homeowners and property owners.
Time Frame: Develop education program for property owners and homeowners by December 2024 and implement annua lly; work with Santa Rosa Housing Authority on an ongoing basis.
Entity: Department of Housing and Community Services
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: Conserve the 1,9 03 Housing Choice Vouchers in use in Santa Rosa. Add 200 very low- income households access rental opportunities with HCV assistance, including 75 households in areas designated as high resource/RCAAs in North and Northeastern Santa Rosa.
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Governmental Constraints
H-5 REDUCE OR REMOVE GOVERNMENT CONSTRAINTS ON THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING WHERE FEASIBLE.
Policy H-5.2: Periodically review the City ’s regulations, ordinances, and development fees/exactions to ensure they do not unduly constrain the production, maintenance, and improvement of housing.
Policy H-5.1: Provide streamlined processing of residential projects to minimize time and costs in order to encourage housing production.
Policy H-5.3: Ensure that all City regulations rel ated to housing are up-to-date and consistent with State housing legislation.
Program H-37: Application Streamlining an d Compliance with Senate Bill 35 (Streamlined Affordable Housing). The City will continue to support efficient and streamlined application processing for affordable housing development applications. To this end, the City will continue to:
● Ensure that residential projects are heard by the first decision-making board, within a period not to exceed 120 days of receipt of a complete application for development approval.
● Continue to fast-track all developmen t projects that provide 100 percent affordable to extremely low-, very lo w-, and low-income households with long-term affordability restrictions. Ut ilize a fast-track schedule mutually acceptable to the project applicant and the city.
● Defer payment of development impact fees for affordable units until permanent financing is available.
Additionally, after the City’s PDA sunsets in December 2023, the City will review and determine if the streamlined process should be continued.
Time Frame: Ongoing as projects are rec eived by the Planning and Economic Development Department. Evaluate the City’s PDA streamlined process prior to December 2023, continue immediately after December 2023 sunset date.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 200 lower income units to reduce displacement risk.
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Program H-38: Zoning Code Amendments. Ensure that regulations contained in the Santa Rosa Zoning Code provide development stan dards, parking requirements, and use allowances that facilitate the development of housing for all income groups. ● Parking Regulations: Review and revise parking regulations, specifically the parking requirements for single family residences, for residential uses to ensure parking is not a constraint to housing development. ● Density Bonus: Review and revise the City’s density bonus ordinance to ensure compliance with state law.
● Family Definition: Amend the definition of “family” in the Santa Rosa Zoning Code to not limit family by size or relation such that it does not impede the ability of persons with disabilities to locate housing. ● Residential Care Facilities: Allow residential care facilities, regardless of size, in all zones that permit residential uses of the same type, in accordance with the City’s revised definition of family.
● ADUs: Amend the Zoning Code to allow ADUs on and adjacent to property listed on the register or in a historic district and to allow ADUs and JADUs in the Mobile Home zoning district per Government Code Section 65852. ● Low-Barrier Navigation Center: Allow low-barrier navigation centers for the homeless by right in zones that a llow for mixed-use and nonresidential zones permitting multifamily uses, per Government Code Section 65662. ● Employee/Farmworker Housing: Allow employee/farmworker housing that serves six or fewer persons as a single-family structure and permit it in the same manner as other single-family structures of the same type in the same zone and across all zones that allow single-family resi dential uses. The amendment will also treat employee/fa rmworker housing consisting of no more than 12 units or 36 beds as an agricultural use and permit it in the same manner as other agricultural uses in the same zone, in compliance with the California Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6).
● Emergency Shelters: Allow sufficient parking to accommodate all staff working in the emergency shelter, provided that the standards do not require more parking for emergency shelters than other residential or commercial uses within the same zo ne, in compliance with Government Code Section 65583(a)(4)(A)(ii)).
● Transitional and Supportive Housing: Develop a processing procedure to allow for the approval of 100 percent affordable developments that include a percentage of supportive housing uni ts, either 25 percent or 12 units,
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whichever is greater, without a conditional use permit or other discretionary review in all zoning districts wher e multi-unit and mixed-use development is permitted (Government Code Section 65651(a).
● Reasonable Accommodations: The City will review and revise the current Reasonable Accommodation procedure to ensure consistency with federal and state guidance and will review and revise findings, specifically the finding regarding potential impacts on surrounding uses, for approving reasonable accommodation requests to ensure they do not pose any barriers to housing for persons with disabilities.
Time Frame: Complete Zoning Code Amendments by December 2024; annually review Zoning Code and revise as needed.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: City General Fund
Quantified Objective: 100 units; of these, encourage 75 units in areas with close proximity to resources and services to improve access to opportunity for lower- income and special-needs persons.
Program H-39: Revised Parking Standards. To meet the mobility needs of residents, and to ensure parking standards are not a constraint on the development of housing, the City will consider modifications to the Zoning Ordinance to better encourage infill development, consider parking reductions, eliminating parking minimums, and explore instituting parking maximums.
Time Frame: Analysis, outr each and coordination will be initiated in 2024.
Recommendations to be presented to the City Council for consideration will be in 2025.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: City General Fund
Program H-40: Design Review Findings. To ensure the design review process does not act as a constraint on the develop ment of housing, the City will review and revise the subjective findings, as appropriate.
Time Frame: Review approval process st arting June 2023 through June 2024, amend the approval findings as appropriate by December 2024.
Entity: Planning and Economic Development
Funding Source: City General Fund
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Energy Efficiency
H-6: DEVELOP ENERGY-EFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND REHABILITATE EXISTING UNITS TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
Policy H-6.1: Encourage the use of energy conservation features in residential construction, rehabilitation, and remodeling.
Program H-41: Energy Efficiency in Residential Development. Maximize energy efficiency in residential areas. Use the following techniques:
● Implement CALGreen Tier 1 standards. Require, as allowed by CALGreen Tier 1 standards, energy efficiency through site planning and building design by assisting residential de velopers in identifying energy conservation and efficiency measures appropriate to the Santa Rosa area. Continue to require the use of fuel-efficient heating and cooling equipment and other appliances, in accordance with CALGreen Tier 1 standards. ● Fund energy conservation through the Housing Authority’s rehabilitation loans.
● Promote home improvement strategies for energy efficiency. ● Promote energy- efficiency improvements that are sensitive to the historic significance of the residential structure.
● Consider a program that would requi re energy-efficiency improvements when a residential structure undergoes transfer of title or major renovation. ● Promote the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program, which funds energy and water conservation improvements.
● Consider a program that requires energy audits and cost-effective energy upgrades for existing residential structures.
Time Frame: CALGreen Tier 1 standards: daily through building permit review; energy conservation: annually through budget process; efficiency strategies and audit program: 2024
Entities: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
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Program H-42: Water and Wastewater Priority. Consistent with the provisions of SB 1087, the City will adopt a written policy with specific objective standards for meeting the priority requirement for proposed deve lopments that include housing units affordable to lower-income households
Time Frame: Adopt a policy by December 2024
Entities: Planning and Economic Development
Funding: City General Fund
Quantified Objectives
Quantified objectives estimate the number of units likely to be constructed, rehabilitated, or conserved/preserved by income leve l during the planning period. Th e quantified objectives do not set a ceiling on development; rather, they set a target goal for the jurisdiction to achieve based on needs, resources, and constraints. Each quantified objective is detaile d by income level, as shown in Table 8-2
TABLE 8-2 Q UANTIFIED OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Program Extremely
Low Very Low Low Moderate Above
Moderate
RHNA 480 479 958 771 1995
New Construction
H-2: Encourage Housing in Mixed
Use 10 10 78
H-3: Opportunity Development
Areas
H-5: Accessory Dwelling Units 173 173 173
H-15: Santa Rosa Housing Trust 50 50 50 150
H-17: Housing Allocation Plan 50 75 75 100
H-20: Support Affordable Housing
Development 213 212 425
H-22: Housing for Persons with
Disabilities 213 212 425
H-23: Housing for Farmworkers 480
H-24: Housing for Persons
Experiencing Homelessness 400 50
H-25: Housing for Extremely Low-
Income Households 480
H-26: Housing for Senior
Households 25 25 50
H-27: Housing for Large
Households 25 50 25
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Program Extremely
Low Very Low Low Moderate Above
Moderate
H-33: Real Property Transfer Tax 50 50 50 150
H-38: Zoning Code Amendments 20 30 40 10
Rehabilitation
H-10: Code Enforcement 25 25 75 75
H-12: Housing Rehabilitation 150 150 100 100
H-31: Place Based Strategies 200 200 400 200
Conservation
H-13: Mobile Home Park
Preservation 262 262 262 787
H-15: Preservation of At-Risk
Housing Units 64 64 64 192
H-29: Fair Housing Services 25 50 125
H-30: Anti Displacement 200 200 400 200
H-32: Tenant Protection 50 150
H-34: MCC Program 30
H-36: Section 8 Housing Voucher
Program 318 316 315 949
H-37: SB 35 Streamlining 25 125 50
Source: City of Santa Rosa, April 2022
Note: In some cases, quantified objectives overlap and therefore identify multiple programs to achieve the RHNA.
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TABLE A-1 – SITES TO ACCOMMODATE THE MODERATE INCOME RHNA HE Site
Number APN ZONING CODE GP LANDUSE Acreage Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI VACANT
9 009-391-027 R-3-18 Med Reside ntial 0.31 5 No Vacant
10 010-244-043 R-3-18 Med Resi dential 0.34 5 No Vacant 11 014-342-031 R-3-18 Med Residential 0.77 11 No Vacant 12 031-080-020 RR-40 Med Reside ntial 0.68 10 No Vacant 13 031-140-072 R-1-6 Med Residential 0.31 5 No Vacant
14 035-063-003 CG Retail/Med Reside ntial 0.54 8 No Vacant 15 035-093-018 R-3-18 Med Resident ial 1.23 18 No Vacant 16 032-300-005 R-3-18 Med Reside ntial 0.39 6 No Vacant 17 032-300-014 R-3-18 Med Resident ial 0.79 11 No Vacant 18 041-042-012 R-3-15-SA Med Residential 1 14 No Vacant 19 036-011-046 RR-40 Retail/Med Re sidential 3.59 52 No Vacant 20 036-111-010 Pre-Zone R- 3-18 Med Residential 4.83 70 No Vacant 21 036-183-045 R-1-6 Med Reside ntial 0.34 5 No Vacant
22 036-061-028 R-3-18 Med Reside ntial 0.81 12 No Vacant 23 036-011-053 CG Retail/Med Re sidential 2 29 No Vacant 24 043-133-013 R-3-18 Med Resi dential 5.96 86 No Vacant 25 044-041-082 RR-20 Med Residential 1.56 23 No Vacant
26 125-101-018 R-3-18 Med Resi dential 0.57 8 No Vacant 27 125-043-002 R-3-18 Med Reside ntial 4.84 70 No Vacant 28 125-172-014 R-3-18 Med Residential 0.4 6 No Vacant
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Number APN ZONING CODE GP LANDUSE Acreage Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI VACANT
29 125-421-010 R-1-6-SR Med-Low Residential 0.28 3 No Vacant 30 125-381-009 R-3-18 Med Residential 0.6 9 No Vacant
31 125-521-004 R-3-18 Med Resi dential 1.74 25 No Vacant 32 173-060-017 CG Retail/Med Resi dential 0.24 4 Yes Vacant 33 173-060-015 CG Retail/Med Resi dential 0.7 10 Yes Vacant 34 173-060-009 CG Retail/Med Resi dential 7.5 108 Yes Vacant 35 173-060-010 CG Retail/Med Reside ntial 0.91 13 Yes Vacant 36 173-060-020 CG Retail/Med Resi dential 0.55 8 Yes Vacant 37 182-510-002 RR-20 Med Reside ntial 0.34 5 No Vacant
38 182-120-052 R-3-18 Med Residential 0.5 7 No
Subtotal 44.62 643
39 035-103-021 RR-40 Med-Low Residential 0.45 5 No Vacant 40 035-103-023 R-1-6 Med-Low Resi dential 1.2 13 No Vacant 41 035-101-004 R-1-6 Med-Low Resi dential 6.33 66 No Vacant 42 035-092-003 R-1-6 Med-Low Resi dential 0.6 6 No Vacant Subtotal 8.58 89
Total 53.2 732
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TABLE A-2 – SITES TO ACCOMMODATE THE ABOVE MODERATE INCOME RHNA Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
43 010-264-012 Low Residential R-1 0.79 5 No Vacant
44 010-492-003 Low Residential R-1 0.23 1 No Vacant
45 010-521-027 Low Residential R-1 0.47 3 No Vacant
46 013-321-007 Low Residential R-1 0.80 5 Yes Vacant
47 013-321-042 Low Residential R-1 0.45 3 Yes Vacant
48 010-650-043 Low Residential R-1 0.56 4 No Vacant
49 014-221-013 Low Residential R-1 0.61 4 No Vacant
50 015-073-040 Low Residential R-1 0.42 3 No Vacant
51 034-270-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 No Vacant
52 034-270-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 No Vacant
53 031-050-014 Low Residential PD -R 1.97 13 Yes Vacant 54 031-140-069 Low Residential R-1 1.32 8 No Vacant
55 034-376-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.22 1 No Vacant
56 035-063-024 Low Residential RR 0.39 3 No Vacant
57 034-270-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 No Vacant
58 031-140-080 Low Residential R-1 0.43 3 No Vacant
59 031-180-036 Low Residential R-1 0.49 3 Yes Vacant
60 031-250-033 Low Residential <Null> 0.28 2 No Vacant
61 031-240-065 Low Residential R-1 0.29 2 No Vacant
62 035-091-025 Low Residential R-1 1.53 10 No Vacant
63 035-103-006 Low Residential R-1 0.41 3 No Vacant
64 035-091-006 Low Residential RR 0.36 2 No Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
65 035-092-011 Low Residential R-1 0.27 2 No Vacant
66 035-121-057 Low Residential R-1 0.38 2 No Vacant
67 035-063-027 Low Residential RR 0.48 3 No Vacant
68 035-102-017 Low Residential RR 0.51 3 No Vacant
69 035-134-024 Low Residential RR 0.24 2 No Vacant
70 034-030-047 Low Residential PD-R 0.44 3 No Vacant
71 034-030-052 Low Residential PD-R 0.53 3 No Vacant
72 034-490-015 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 No Vacant
73 034-011-007 Low Residential R-1 0.49 3 No Vacant
74 034-011-030 Low Residential RR 0.50 3 No Vacant
75 034-021-011 Low Residential R-1 0.53 3 No Vacant
76 034-043-042 Low Residential <Null> 0.49 3 No Vacant
77 034-043-047 Low Residential <Null> 0.45 3 No Vacant
78 034-043-085 Low Residential <Null> 0.65 4 No Vacant
79 035-092-023 Low Residential R-1 0.21 1 No Vacant
80 035-093-025 Low Residential R-1 0.37 2 No Vacant
81 035-121-037 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 No Vacant
82 035-610-025 Low Residential R-1 0.24 2 No Vacant
83 035-700-077 Low Residential PD-R 0.55 4 No Vacant
84 037-022-019 Low Residential R-1 0.49 3 No Vacant
85 036-061-057 Low Residential RR 0.26 2 No Vacant
86 043-064-010 Low Residential R-1 0.77 5 No Vacant
87 038-194-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.35 2 No Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
88 036-261-044 Low Residential R-1 0.41 3 No Vacant
89 043-200-001 Low Residential R-1 0.21 1 No Vacant
90 038-254-016 Low Residential R-1 0.36 2 No Vacant
91 036-183-041 Low Residential R-1 0.24 2 No Vacant
92 038-194-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 No Vacant
93 043-064-013 Low Residential R-1 0.37 2 No Vacant
94 043-112-029 Low Residential R-1 0.43 3 No Vacant
95 043-112-057 Low Residential R-1 0.61 4 No Vacant
96 043-164-051 Low Residential R-1 0.30 2 No Vacant
97 049-561-004 Low Residential R-1 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
98 049-370-034 Low Residentia l RR 0.42 3 No Vacant
99 049-370-039 Low Residential RR 0.43 3 No Vacant
100 044-021-070 Low Residential R-1 0.31 2 No Vacant
101 044-032-006 Low Residential R-1 1.86 12 No Vacant
102 044-190-005 Low Residential PD-R 1.97 13 No Vacant
103 058-281-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 No Vacant
104 059-010-064 Low Residential R-1 0.39 3 No Vacant
105 044-200-018 Low Residential R-1 0.69 4 No Vacant
106 059-010-039 Low Residential RR 1.32 8 No Vacant
107 059-010-044 Low Residential RR 0.50 3 No Vacant
108 059-010-045 Low Residential PD-R 0.89 6 No Vacant
109 059-010-003 Low Residential RR 0.41 3 No Vacant
110 059-010-027 Low Residential RR 1.00 6 No Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
111 059-010-061 Low Residential R-1 0.34 2 No Vacant
112 058-281-020 Low Residential RR 0.78 5 No Vacant
113 059-010-014 Low Residential RR 0.31 2 No Vacant
114 059-010-025 Low Residential RR 1.00 6 No Vacant
115 134-022-007 Low Residential R-1 7.49 48 No Vacant
116 134-022-030 Low Residential R-1 0.47 3 No Vacant
117 134-042-064 Low Residential R-1 0.57 4 No Vacant
118 125-401-018 Low Residential R-1 2.66 17 No Vacant
119 125-172-031 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 No Vacant
120 125-281-023 Low Residential PD-R 0.43 3 No Vacant
121 134-042-063 Low Residential R-1 1.34 9 No Vacant
122 125-291-045 Low Residential PD-R 1.44 9 No Vacant
123 134-022-037 Low Residential RR 0.94 6 No Vacant
124 125-501-015 Low Residential R-1 0.32 2 No Vacant
125 134-290-015 Low Residential R-1 0.49 3 No Vacant
126 134-301-006 Low Residential R-1 0.33 2 No Vacant
127 152-090-014 Low Residential R-1 0.23 1 No Vacant
128 153-430-039 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
129 153-610-008 Low Residential R-1 0.21 1 No Vacant
130 152-133-003 Low Residential R-1 0.39 2 No Vacant
131 152-080-024 Low Residential R-1 0.52 3 No Vacant
132 148-010-003 Low Residential R-1 0.77 5 No Vacant
133 148-010-004 Low Residential R-1 1.07 7 No Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
134 148-010-058 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 No Vacant
135 153-570-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.38 2 Yes Vacant
136 180-080-015 Low Residential R-1 1.23 8 Yes Vacant
137 180-080-003 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
138 173-170-002 Low Residential <Null> 0.58 4 Yes Vacant 139 173-200-011 Low Residential R-1 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
140 173-190-082 Low Residential R-1 0.22 1 Yes Vacant
141 173-250-009 Low Residential R-1 0.99 6 Yes Vacant
142 173-200-053 Low Residential R-1 0.29 2 Yes Vacant
143 173-210-013 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
144 173-170-004 Low Residential <Null> 0.57 4 Yes Vacant 145 173-190-084 Low Residential R-1 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
146 173-210-034 Low Residential R-1 0.41 3 Yes Vacant
147 173-320-053 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
148 173-320-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
149 173-440-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.56 4 Yes Vacant
150 173-320-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
151 173-340-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
152 173-560-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
153 173-560-018 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
154 173-560-019 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
155 173-570-001 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.22 1 Yes Vacant 156 173-170-001 Low Residential <Null> 1.35 9 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
157 173-170-005 Low Residential <Null> 0.58 4 Yes Vacant 158 173-190-041 Low Residential R-1 0.29 2 Yes Vacant
159 173-190-042 Low Residential R-1 0.22 1 Yes Vacant
160 173-290-040 Low Residential PD-R 0.55 4 Yes Vacant
161 173-290-041 Low Residential PD-R 0.39 2 Yes Vacant
162 173-320-065 Low Residential PD-R 0.76 5 Yes Vacant
163 173-340-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.33 2 Yes Vacant
164 173-440-002 Low Residential PD-R 0.58 4 Yes Vacant
165 173-560-010 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
166 173-560-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.35 2 Yes Vacant
167 173-570-023 Low Residential PD-R 0.35 2 Yes Vacant
168 173-570-024 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
169 173-580-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
170 173-580-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
171 173-590-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
172 173-590-036 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
173 173-590-037 Low Residential PD-R 0.22 1 Yes Vacant
174 173-600-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
175 173-600-008 Low Residential PD-R 0.29 2 Yes Vacant
176 173-600-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
177 173-600-027 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
178 173-610-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
179 173-610-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
180 173-610-028 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant 181 173-620-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
182 173-620-009 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
183 173-620-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
184 173-620-019 Low Residential PD-R 0.51 3 Yes Vacant
185 173-620-022 Low Residential PD-R 0.37 2 Yes Vacant
186 173-620-025 Low Residential PD-R 0.29 2 Yes Vacant
187 173-640-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
188 173-640-021 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
189 173-650-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.83 5 Yes Vacant
190 173-660-002 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
191 173-660-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.43 3 Yes Vacant
192 173-660-015 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
193 173-660-021 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
194 173-580-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.32 2 Yes Vacant
195 173-590-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
196 173-590-006 Low Residential PD-R 0.32 2 Yes Vacant
197 173-590-010 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
198 173-590-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.34 2 Yes Vacant
199 173-590-016 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
200 173-590-035 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
201 173-600-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
202 173-600-009 Low Residential PD-R 0.34 2 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
203 173-600-024 Low Residential PD-R 0.45 3 Yes Vacant
204 173-600-028 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
205 173-600-044 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
206 173-600-046 Low Residential PD-R 0.49 3 Yes Vacant
207 173-610-008 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
208 173-610-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
209 173-610-027 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant 210 173-610-033 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
211 173-620-021 Low Residential PD-R 0.38 2 Yes Vacant
212 173-630-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
213 173-630-002 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
214 173-630-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
215 173-630-014 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
216 173-640-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
217 173-640-037 Low Residential PD-R 0.51 3 Yes Vacant
218 173-650-021 Low Residential PD-R 0.64 4 Yes Vacant
219 173-650-022 Low Residential PD-R 1.02 7 Yes Vacant
220 173-780-004 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant 221 180-520-062 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 No Vacant
222 173-560-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
223 173-560-007 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
224 173-560-014 Low Residential PD-R 0.87 6 Yes Vacant
225 173-560-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
226 173-560-022 Low Residential PD-R 0.52 3 Yes Vacant
227 173-570-015 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
228 173-570-025 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
229 173-570-034 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant 230 173-580-006 Low Residential PD-R 0.50 3 Yes Vacant
231 180-670-033 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 No Vacant
232 173-580-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.41 3 Yes Vacant
233 173-580-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
234 173-580-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
235 173-590-017 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
236 173-590-019 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
237 173-590-027 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
238 173-590-034 Low Residential PD-R 0.22 1 Yes Vacant
239 173-590-038 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
240 173-600-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
241 173-600-007 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
242 173-600-030 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
243 173-600-035 Low Residential PD-R 0.48 3 Yes Vacant
244 173-610-005 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.39 3 Yes Vacant 245 173-610-016 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.29 2 Yes Vacant 246 173-610-026 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
247 173-620-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
248 173-620-008 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
249 173-620-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.39 3 Yes Vacant
250 173-620-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.33 2 Yes Vacant
251 173-620-016 Low Residential PD-R 0.34 2 Yes Vacant
252 173-620-018 Low Residential PD-R 0.52 3 Yes Vacant
253 173-620-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.31 2 Yes Vacant
254 173-630-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
255 173-630-012 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
256 173-640-009 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
257 173-640-040 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
258 173-650-014 Low Residential PD-R 0.52 3 Yes Vacant
259 173-660-016 Low Residential PD-R 0.35 2 Yes Vacant
260 173-660-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
261 173-780-012 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant 262 182-540-021 Low Residential R-1 0.86 5 No Vacant
263 173-560-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.56 4 Yes Vacant
264 173-560-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.52 3 Yes Vacant
265 173-570-026 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
266 173-570-029 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
267 173-570-030 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
268 173-570-035 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
269 173-580-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
270 173-580-005 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
271 173-580-007 Low Residential PD-R 0.50 3 Yes Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
272 173-580-014 Low Residential PD-R 0.34 2 Yes Vacant
273 173-580-021 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
274 173-590-002 Low Residential PD-R 0.30 2 Yes Vacant
275 173-590-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.22 1 Yes Vacant
276 173-590-009 Low Residential PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant
277 173-590-014 Low Residential PD-R 0.21 1 Yes Vacant
278 173-590-018 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
279 173-590-028 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
280 173-600-002 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
281 173-600-006 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
282 173-600-019 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
283 173-600-020 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
284 173-600-023 Low Residential PD-R 0.48 3 Yes Vacant
285 173-600-029 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
286 173-600-031 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
287 173-600-032 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
288 173-600-043 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
289 173-610-006 Low Residential PD-R 0.37 2 Yes Vacant
290 173-610-009 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.25 2 Yes Vacant 291 173-610-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 Yes Vacant
292 173-610-023 Low Residentia l PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant 293 173-610-025 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
294 173-620-007 Low Residential PD-R 0.47 3 Yes Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
295 173-620-010 Low Residential PD-R 0.94 6 Yes Vacant
296 173-620-015 Low Residential PD-R 0.27 2 Yes Vacant
297 173-620-017 Low Residential PD-R 0.42 3 Yes Vacant
298 173-630-008 Low Residential PD-R 0.42 3 Yes Vacant
299 173-630-010 Low Residential PD-R 0.73 5 Yes Vacant
300 173-640-007 Low Residential PD-R 0.26 2 Yes Vacant
301 173-640-011 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
302 173-640-019 Low Residential PD-R 0.28 2 Yes Vacant
303 173-640-026 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
304 173-650-013 Low Residential PD-R 0.36 2 Yes Vacant
305 173-660-003 Low Residential PD-R 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
306 173-660-004 Low Residential PD-R 0.23 1 Yes Vacant
307 173-080-043 Low Residential R-1 0.49 3 Yes Vacant
308 173-100-001 Low Residential R-1 1.18 8 Yes Vacant
309 182-520-042 Low Residential RR 0.31 2 No Vacant
310 180-820-007 Low Residential R-1 0.51 3 Yes Vacant
311 180-820-006 Low Residential R-1 0.32 2 Yes Vacant
312 181-300-032 Low Residential R-1 0.20 1 Yes Vacant
313 182-120-030 Low Residential R-1 0.37 2 No Vacant
314 182-200-004 Low Residential R-1 0.28 2 No Vacant
315 182-190-024 Low Residential RR 0.60 4 No Vacant
316 182-090-001 Low Residential PD-R 0.24 2 No Vacant
317 181-220-049 Low Residential R-1 2.42 15 Yes Vacant
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Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
318 182-090-045 Low Residential PD-R 0.34 2 No Vacant
319 182-150-069 Low Residential R-1 1.08 7 No Vacant
320 173-620-030 Low Residential PD 72-001M-RC 6.07 39 Vacant City Land Subtotal 127.31 854
321 031-232-010 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.37 1 Yes Vacant 322 031-101-026 Very Low Reside ntial RR 5.77 9 No Vacant 323 031-110-092 Very Low Residential <Null> 1.72 3 Yes Vacant 324 031-210-088 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.56 1 Yes Vacant 325 034-460-033 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.32 1 No Vacant 326 031-380-002 Very Low Residential PD-R 1.44 2 Yes Vacant 327 031-370-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.37 2 Yes Vacant 328 037-021-021 Very Low Residential R-1 0.88 1 No Vacant 329 036-034-017 Very Low Residential <Null> 0.68 1 No Vacant 330 036-091-046 Very Low Resident ial R-1 0.59 1 No Vacant 331 049-181-075 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.83 1 No Vacant 332 049-181-063 Very Low Residential RR 0.63 1 No Vacant 333 134-011-013 Very Low Residential RR 0.54 1 No Vacant 334 134-280-019 Very Low Residential RR 0.55 1 No Vacant 335 147-420-031 Very Low Residential RR 0.50 1 Yes Vacant 336 147-420-063 Very Low Residential RR 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 337 147-420-026 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.43 1 Yes Vacant 338 157-010-018 Very Low Residential RR 0.33 1 No Vacant 339 157-010-015 Very Low Residential RR 1.36 2 No Vacant
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A Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
340 173-180-028 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.96 2 Yes Vacant 341 173-180-013 Very Low Residential RR 1.16 2 Yes Vacant 342 173-180-016 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.64 1 Yes Vacant 343 173-180-019 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.97 2 Yes Vacant 344 173-250-007 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.94 2 Yes Vacant 345 173-250-040 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.48 1 Yes Vacant 346 173-260-021 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.85 1 Yes Vacant 347 173-250-006 Very Low Resident ial RR 2.31 4 Yes Vacant 348 173-260-025 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.85 1 Yes Vacant 349 173-260-026 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 1.43 2 Yes Vacant 350 173-260-028 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.95 2 Yes Vacant 351 173-180-005 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.44 1 Yes Vacant 352 173-180-010 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.07 2 Yes Vacant 353 173-180-014 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.84 1 Yes Vacant 354 173-250-037 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.54 1 Yes Vacant 355 173-370-017 Very Low Resident ial RR 2.40 4 Yes Vacant 356 173-390-009 Very Low Resident ial R-1 0.21 0 Yes Vacant 357 173-410-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.79 1 Yes Vacant 358 173-420-030 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 359 173-430-011 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.27 0 Yes Vacant 360 173-430-012 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.27 0 Yes Vacant 361 173-430-015 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 362 173-430-022 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.23 0 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
363 173-430-037 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 364 173-430-040 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.31 0 Yes Vacant 365 173-430-046 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.43 1 Yes Vacant 366 173-430-050 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.38 1 Yes Vacant 367 173-430-052 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.38 1 Yes Vacant 368 173-450-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 369 173-450-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.57 1 Yes Vacant 370 173-380-002 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.97 3 Yes Vacant 371 173-390-011 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.46 1 Yes Vacant 372 173-410-001 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.58 1 Yes Vacant 373 173-430-007 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.35 1 Yes Vacant 374 173-430-018 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.28 0 Yes Vacant 375 173-430-021 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.29 0 Yes Vacant 376 173-430-023 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.31 0 Yes Vacant 377 173-430-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.31 1 Yes Vacant 378 173-430-028 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 379 173-430-029 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.31 0 Yes Vacant 380 173-430-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.27 0 Yes Vacant 381 173-430-041 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 382 173-430-049 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.44 1 Yes Vacant 383 173-430-051 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.37 1 Yes Vacant 384 173-430-065 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.35 1 Yes Vacant 385 173-450-011 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.49 1 Yes Vacant
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A Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
386 173-450-025 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 387 173-460-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.25 0 Yes Vacant 388 173-460-036 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.20 0 Yes Vacant 389 173-480-044 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 390 173-490-011 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 391 173-490-026 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.64 1 Yes Vacant 392 173-490-027 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.65 1 Yes Vacant 393 173-490-053 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.73 1 Yes Vacant 394 173-500-009 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.86 1 Yes Vacant 395 173-500-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 396 173-500-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.89 1 Yes Vacant 397 173-500-018 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.63 1 Yes Vacant 398 173-500-019 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 399 173-300-014 Very Low Residential RR 2.29 4 Yes Vacant 400 173-420-028 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.56 1 Yes Vacant 401 173-420-031 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.50 1 Yes Vacant 402 173-430-005 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.25 0 Yes Vacant 403 173-430-013 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 404 173-430-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.28 0 Yes Vacant 405 173-430-019 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 406 173-430-033 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 407 173-430-036 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.35 1 Yes Vacant 408 173-430-038 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.69 1 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
409 173-450-020 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.56 1 Yes Vacant 410 173-450-023 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 411 173-450-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.78 1 Yes Vacant 412 173-460-008 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.25 0 Yes Vacant 413 173-460-011 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.21 0 Yes Vacant 414 173-470-011 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.23 0 Yes Vacant 415 173-480-042 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 416 173-490-025 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.65 1 Yes Vacant 417 173-490-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 418 173-490-047 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.64 1 Yes Vacant 419 173-490-048 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.32 2 Yes Vacant 420 173-500-063 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 421 173-500-069 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.56 1 Yes Vacant 422 173-510-018 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 423 173-510-023 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 424 173-510-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 425 173-510-046 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.23 0 Yes Vacant 426 173-520-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 427 173-530-033 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.82 1 Yes Vacant 428 173-530-038 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 429 173-530-039 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 1.69 3 Yes Vacant 430 173-540-007 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 431 173-540-015 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.44 1 Yes Vacant
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A Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
432 173-540-023 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.29 0 Yes Vacant 433 173-540-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 434 173-540-029 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.34 1 Yes Vacant 435 173-540-034 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.39 1 Yes Vacant 436 173-540-039 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.36 1 Yes Vacant 437 173-550-030 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.98 2 Yes Vacant 438 173-550-033 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.39 1 Yes Vacant 439 173-170-021 Very Low Reside ntial RR 1.77 3 Yes Vacant 440 173-180-015 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.59 1 Yes Vacant 441 173-180-020 Very Low Resident ial RR 11.87 19 Yes Vacant 442 173-180-029 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 443 173-290-031 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.58 1 Yes Vacant 444 173-290-032 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 445 173-300-011 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.69 1 Yes Vacant 446 180-420-021 Very Low Residential R-1 0.80 1 Yes Vacant 447 173-380-003 Very Low Resident ial RR 2.16 3 Yes Vacant 448 173-400-019 Very Low Resident ial RR 4.46 7 Yes Vacant 449 173-430-008 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.27 0 Yes Vacant 450 173-430-016 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.25 0 Yes Vacant 451 173-430-017 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.39 1 Yes Vacant 452 173-430-031 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.31 0 Yes Vacant 453 173-430-032 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 454 173-430-034 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.26 0 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
455 173-430-039 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.26 0 Yes Vacant 456 173-430-061 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.37 1 Yes Vacant 457 173-450-001 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.79 1 Yes Vacant 458 173-460-009 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.23 0 Yes Vacant 459 173-460-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 460 173-480-045 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.20 0 Yes Vacant 461 173-490-023 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.39 2 Yes Vacant 462 173-500-012 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.69 1 Yes Vacant 463 173-500-015 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 464 173-500-017 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.86 1 Yes Vacant 465 173-500-022 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.47 1 Yes Vacant 466 173-500-032 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.73 1 Yes Vacant 467 173-500-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.69 1 Yes Vacant 468 173-500-036 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 469 173-500-033 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.47 1 Yes Vacant 470 173-510-009 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.21 0 Yes Vacant 471 173-510-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.35 1 Yes Vacant 472 173-510-011 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 473 173-510-025 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.20 0 Yes Vacant 474 173-510-043 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 475 173-510-044 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.20 0 Yes Vacant 476 173-520-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.38 1 Yes Vacant 477 173-530-035 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.64 1 Yes Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
478 173-540-025 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 479 173-540-026 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.27 0 Yes Vacant 480 173-540-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 481 173-540-037 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.26 0 Yes Vacant 482 173-540-045 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.47 1 Yes Vacant 483 173-540-046 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.71 1 Yes Vacant 484 173-550-002 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.43 1 Yes Vacant 485 173-550-016 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.51 1 Yes Vacant 486 173-550-017 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.54 1 Yes Vacant 487 173-550-028 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.70 1 Yes Vacant 488 173-550-035 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.36 1 Yes Vacant 489 173-550-036 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.47 1 Yes Vacant 490 173-550-037 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 491 173-490-028 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.67 1 Yes Vacant 492 173-490-039 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.16 2 Yes Vacant 493 173-490-040 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 494 173-490-041 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 495 173-490-045 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 496 173-500-002 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 497 173-500-011 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.63 1 Yes Vacant 498 173-500-031 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.88 1 Yes Vacant 499 173-500-034 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.46 1 Yes Vacant 500 173-740-006 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
501 173-750-036 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.16 2 Yes Vacant 502 173-740-007 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 503 173-750-018 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 504 173-750-050 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 505 173-760-017 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.66 3 Yes Vacant 506 173-760-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 507 173-790-006 Very Low Resident ial RR 3.27 5 Yes Vacant 508 173-790-009 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.53 2 Yes Vacant 509 173-510-012 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.25 0 Yes Vacant 510 173-510-013 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.20 0 Yes Vacant 511 173-510-014 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.36 1 Yes Vacant 512 173-510-021 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.29 0 Yes Vacant 513 173-510-032 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.32 1 Yes Vacant 514 173-510-051 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.21 0 Yes Vacant 515 173-520-001 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.97 2 Yes Vacant 516 173-530-037 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.56 1 Yes Vacant 517 173-540-008 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.41 1 Yes Vacant 518 173-540-018 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 519 173-540-028 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.28 0 Yes Vacant 520 173-540-030 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.34 1 Yes Vacant 521 173-540-031 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.33 1 Yes Vacant 522 173-550-018 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.46 1 Yes Vacant 523 173-550-021 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.49 1 Yes Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
524 173-550-022 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.41 1 Yes Vacant 525 173-550-023 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.41 1 Yes Vacant 526 173-550-024 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 527 173-550-042 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.02 2 Yes Vacant 528 173-550-043 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.59 1 Yes Vacant 529 173-550-044 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.60 1 Yes Vacant 530 173-760-007 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.22 2 Yes Vacant 531 173-760-016 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 532 180-040-030 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.79 3 Yes Vacant 533 173-040-007 Very Low Residential R-1 0.98 2 Yes Vacant 534 173-750-029 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.22 2 Yes Vacant 535 173-750-035 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.23 2 Yes Vacant 536 173-750-041 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.04 2 Yes Vacant 537 173-760-005 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.04 2 Yes Vacant 538 173-760-041 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.07 2 Yes Vacant 539 173-790-013 Very Low Resident ial RR 2.13 3 Yes Vacant 540 173-070-001 Very Low Resident ial RR 15.47 25 Yes Vacant 541 173-080-004 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.53 2 Yes Vacant 542 173-500-070 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.58 1 Yes Vacant 543 173-510-016 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.34 1 Yes Vacant 544 173-510-017 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.26 0 Yes Vacant 545 173-510-019 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 546 173-510-022 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.28 0 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
547 173-510-036 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.24 0 Yes Vacant 548 173-510-047 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 549 173-510-050 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 550 173-520-007 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.57 1 Yes Vacant 551 173-520-011 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.58 1 Yes Vacant 552 173-530-029 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 1.03 2 Yes Vacant 553 173-530-030 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 1.04 2 Yes Vacant 554 173-530-032 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.69 1 Yes Vacant 555 173-540-009 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.44 1 Yes Vacant 556 173-540-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 557 173-540-011 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.53 1 Yes Vacant 558 173-540-019 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.28 0 Yes Vacant 559 173-540-032 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.33 1 Yes Vacant 560 173-540-065 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 561 173-540-067 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.87 1 Yes Vacant 562 173-550-013 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.43 1 Yes Vacant 563 173-550-020 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.46 1 Yes Vacant 564 173-550-038 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 565 173-550-046 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.70 1 Yes Vacant 566 173-750-009 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.69 3 Yes Vacant 567 173-750-015 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.44 2 Yes Vacant 568 173-750-017 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.02 2 Yes Vacant 569 173-750-021 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
570 173-750-038 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.23 2 Yes Vacant 571 173-750-046 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 572 173-750-047 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.12 2 Yes Vacant 573 173-750-053 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.99 2 Yes Vacant 574 173-760-010 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 1.34 2 Yes Vacant 575 173-800-015 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.00 2 Yes Vacant 576 173-800-016 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.43 2 Yes Vacant 577 183-150-019 Very Low Resident ial R-1 1.23 2 No Vacant 578 180-040-029 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.67 1 Yes Vacant 579 183-230-003 Very Low Residential RR 0.50 1 No Vacant 580 183-240-036 Very Low Residential RR 0.49 1 No Vacant 581 183-430-040 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.57 1 No Vacant 582 183-430-038 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.58 1 No Vacant 583 181-020-011 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.22 0 Yes Vacant 584 181-040-008 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.30 0 Yes Vacant 585 181-040-022 Very Low Residential RR 0.38 1 Yes Vacant 586 181-040-070 Very Low Reside ntial RR 0.62 1 Yes Vacant 587 181-040-074 Very Low Residential R-1 0.63 1 Yes Vacant 588 183-440-018 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.07 2 No Vacant 589 181-040-073 Very Low Residential R-1 0.44 1 Yes Vacant 590 181-070-002 Very Low Residential RR 0.77 1 Yes Vacant 591 181-100-006 Very Low Residential RR 0.45 1 Yes Vacant 592 181-020-004 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.97 2 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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A
Appendix A
Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
593 181-090-012 Very Low Residential RR 1.44 2 Yes Vacant 594 181-100-041 Very Low Residential RR 0.49 1 Yes Vacant 595 181-100-042 Very Low Residential RR 0.59 1 Yes Vacant 596 181-100-058 Very Low Residential RR 0.23 0 Yes Vacant 597 181-110-026 Very Low Residential R-1 0.74 1 Yes Vacant 598 181-320-025 Very Low Residential RR 0.50 1 Yes Vacant 599 181-350-022 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 3.18 5 Yes Vacant 600 181-400-016 Very Low Residential R-1 0.48 1 Yes Vacant 601 181-370-003 Very Low Residential R-1 0.52 1 Yes Vacant 602 181-390-021 Very Low Residential R-1 0.61 1 Yes Vacant 603 181-410-029 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.34 1 Yes Vacant 604 181-460-006 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.58 1 Yes Vacant 605 181-460-017 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.38 1 Yes Vacant 606 181-530-015 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.54 1 Yes Vacant 607 181-390-018 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 0.44 1 Yes Vacant 608 181-450-002 Very Low Residential PD-R 0.65 1 Yes Vacant 609 181-540-046 Very Low Residential RR 1.03 2 Yes Vacant 610 181-460-004 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.54 1 Yes Vacant 611 181-530-005 Very Low Residential R-1 0.82 1 Yes Vacant 612 182-030-028 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.71 1 Yes Vacant 613 182-040-020 Very Low Reside ntial R-1 0.62 1 No Vacant 614 182-020-017 Very Low Resident ial RR 9.83 16 Yes Vacant 615 182-040-007 Very Low Resident ial <Null> 0.77 1 Yes Vacant
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Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
616 182-050-019 Very Low Resident ial PD-R 0.22 0 No Vacant 617 181-040-071 Very Low Residential R-1 0.48 1 Yes Vacant 618 181-040-072 Very Low Residential R-1 0.47 1 Yes Vacant 619 181-050-016 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.43 1 Yes Vacant 620 181-070-007 Very Low Residential R-1 1.22 2 Yes Vacant 621 181-090-013 Very Low Resident ial RR 1.12 2 Yes Vacant 622 181-120-007 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.64 1 Yes Vacant 623 181-230-017 Very Low Residential RR 0.69 1 Yes Vacant 624 181-370-012 Very Low Residential <Null> 0.42 1 Yes Vacant 625 181-510-005 Very Low Residential RR 1.12 2 Yes Vacant 626 182-030-046 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.83 1 Yes Vacant 627 013-311-030 Very Low Resident ial R-1 0.34 1 Yes Vacant 628 013-292-009 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.37 1 Yes Vacant 629 013-350-003 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 0.74 1 Yes Vacant 630 029-050-085 Very Low Residential <Null> 88.13 141 Yes Vacant 631 030-330-007 Very Low Residentia l RR 1.12 2 Yes Vacant 632 029-270-013 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.97 2 No Vacant 633 029-280-003 Very Low Residential RR 4.58 7 No Vacant 634 030-180-039 Very Low Residential RR 0.35 1 Yes Vacant 635 030-330-011 Very Low Residential RR 1.38 2 Yes Vacant 636 030-180-038 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.51 1 Yes Vacant 637 030-330-005 Very Low Residentia l RR 1.02 2 Yes Vacant 638 030-350-035 Very Low Residential RR 0.62 1 Yes Vacant JANUARY 2023
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Site # APN GP Land Use Zoning GIS_ACRES Realistic
Capacity IN_WUI Vacant
639 031-080-002 Very Low Residential RR 2.33 4 No Vacant 640 031-050-052 Very Low Residentia l <Null> 1.55 2 Yes Vacant 641 031-110-047 Very Low Residential RR 1.66 3 Yes Vacant 642 031-061-003 Very Low Residentia l PD-R 1.86 3 Yes Vacant 643 031-070-067 Very Low Residential R-1 0.77 1 No Vacant 644 031-101-064 Very Low Residential RR 0.76 1 Yes Vacant 645 030-330-008 Very Low Residentia l RR 1.07 2 Yes Vacant 646 030-330-014 Very Low Residentia l RR 1.29 2 Yes Vacant 647 030-330-019 Very Low Residentia l RR 1.48 2 Yes Vacant 648 030-680-025 Very Low Residential RR 0.68 1 Yes Vacant 649 031-101-039 Very Low Resident ial RR 0.46 1 No Vacant 650 031-120-043 Very Low Residential RR 1.39 2 No Vacant 651 031-133-023 Very Low Residential R-1 0.55 1 Yes Vacant Subtotal 362..2 581
Total 490.52 1,435
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ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR
SCH No. 2001082030
FOR THE
2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
City of Santa Rosa
Prepared for:
City of Santa Rosa
Amy Lyle, Supervising Planner - Advance Planning
Planning & Economic Development Department
City of Santa Rosa
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
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1. ADDENDUM TO THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN EIR ............................................................... 1
1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 GENERAL PLAN EIR .............................................................................................................. ....................... 1
1.3 PROJECT SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... ....................... 2
1.4 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM ....................................................................................................... 27
2. CEQA ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................... 29
2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 29
2.2 FINDING ....................................................................................................................... ................................... 35
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TABLE 1-1 SUMMARY OF PROGRAM CHANGES BETWEEN EXISTING HOUSING ELEMENT AND 2023- 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 3
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1.1 BACKGROUND
The proposed 2023–2031 Housing Elemen t (proposed project) will replace the existing 2015–2023 Housing Element and serve as Santa Rosa’s (City’s) guiding policy document that meets future needs of housing for all the City’s economic levels. The Housing Element is one of nine elements of the City’s General Plan.
The General Plan is the foundation development policy document of the City of Santa Rosa. It defines the framework by which the physical, economic, and human resources of the City are to be managed and used over time. The General Plan acts to clarify and articulate the intentions of the City with respect to the rights and expectations of the public, property owners, and prospective investors and business interests. The General Plan informs these citizens of the goals, objectives, policies, and standards for development of the City and the responsibilities of all sectors in meeting these. While the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) did not specifically address the 2023-2031 Hous ing Element, the policies in the Ge neral Plan address all physical impacts resulting from development in Santa Rosa consistent with the General Plan.
As a policy document, the Housing Element does not re sult in physical changes to the environment but encourages the development of housing at all income le vels within the residential designations shown in the Land Use Element of the General Plan. None of the policies in the proposed project would change the existing land use pattern, as established by the General Plan and evaluated in the General Plan EIR. All future construction within the city must comply with the General Plan, zoning ordinance, state and federal regulations, and local development standard s. In addition, future discretionary actions (i.e., use permits, design review) require independent and project-specific environmental review to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
This document serves as the environmental documentation for adoption of the City’s proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element update. This addendum to the City of Santa Rosa’s General Plan EIR (certified in May 2009; State Clearinghouse Number 2008092114) demo nstrates that the analysis in the General Plan EIR adequately addresses the potential physical impacts associated with housing built consistent with the Land Use Element of the General Plan. As the proposed project does not change any land use designations implementation of the proposed project would not trigger any of the conditions described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration.
1.2 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The General Plan EIR addresses potentially signific ant impacts related to land use consistency and compatibility; population, housing and employment; transportation and circulation; air quality and climate change; noise; biological resources; utilities and servi ce systems; hydrology and water quality; public services; cultural resources; visual resources; open space and ag riculture; geology, soils, and seismicity; hazards and hazardous materials; energy; and parks and recreation. The mitigation measures from the General Plan EIR ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE 2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
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reduce significant impacts to a less than significant level for the following environmental topic areas: air quality and climate change, and biological resources.
The General Plan EIR determined that implementation of the General Plan would result in significant and unavoidable impacts related to the following environmental topics:
• Transportation and Circulation
o C-1: Implementation of the proposed Santa Rosa General Plan 2035 would result in increased traffic volumes, delay, and a decrease in level of service (LOS) on area intersections during the peak hours.
o C-6: Implementation of the proposed Santa Rosa General Plan 2035 would result in increased motor vehicle traffic, which would contribute to an unacceptable LOS on Highway 101. • Air Quality and Climate Change
o D-1: New development under the proposed Sa nta Rosa General Plan 2035 could increase population and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the area at a rate greater than that assumed in regional air quality planning and therefore conf lict with the implementation of the Bay Area Ozone Strategy.
o D-5: The proposed Santa Rosa General Plan 2035 could conflict with implementation of state or local goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions or generate greenhouse gas emissions (directly or indirectly) that would exceed any applicable threshold of significance and thereby have a negative effect on global climate change.
o D-6: Implementation of the proposed Santa Rosa Gene ral Plan 2035, along with other foreseeable development in the vicinity, would not be consistent with the 2005 Bay Area Ozone Strategy and would result in a cumulative air quality impact.
1.3 PROJECT SUMMARY
CEQA requires the City to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with physical changes to the environment. In this instance, most of the goals, policies, and programs from the previous Housing Element are continued through to the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element. Table 1-1 identifies the changes in goals or policies between the existing 2015–2023 Housing Element and the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element.
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Table 1-1 Summary of Program Changes Between Existing Housing Element and 2023–2031 Housing Element Existing Program Implementation Status Revision to Existing Program
H-A-1 Ensure adequate sites are available for
development of a variety of housing types
for all income levels, including single and
multifamily units, mobile homes, transitional
housing, and homeless shelters.
The City has ensured adequate sites are available for development of a variety of housing types for all income levels, including single- and multifamily units, mobile homes, transitional housing, and homeless shelters.
The 2014 Housing Element identified vacant parcels available for construction of residential units at various densities. In addition, subsequent rezones in the SMART station areas have increased the number of sites zoned for high-density and residential housing.
The City Council adopted an updated Downtown Station Area Specific Plan in October 2020 that of fers strategies designed to encourage density and increase housing production for all income levels. The City is currently updating its General Plan, which will update the inventory of vacant parcels and explore density increases within appropriate areas.
Combine with Program H-F-
8, modify and continue as
new Program H-1.
H-A-2 Pursue the goal of meeting Santa Rosa’s
housing needs through increased densities,
when consistent with preservation of
existing neighborhoods. The number of
affordable units permitted each year and the
adequacy of higher density sites shall be
reported as part of the General Plan Annual
Review report.
The City continues to pursue it s goal of meeting housing needs through increased densities when consistent with preservation of existing neighborhoods.
An updated Density Bonus Ordinance was adopted in January 2019.
This ordinance allows density increases citywide up to 35%, and up to 100% within the Downtown and North Station Area Specific Plan areas. The updated Downtown Station Area Specific Plan, adopted in 2020, allows for increased residential densities.
Delete. Increased density is
not needed to meet the City’s
RHNA. The City does
continue to promote
development through
additional programs in the
Housing Element.
H-A-3 Promote conservation and rehabilitation of
the existing housing stock and discourage
intrusion of incompatible uses into
residential neighborhoods which would
erode the character of established
neighborhoods or lead to use conflicts.
The City continues to improve the living conditions in the city’s neighborhoods through active code enforcement and the
Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Combine with Programs H-
B-1, H-B-4, and H-B-9,
modify, and continue as new
Programs H-8A and H-9.
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From 2015 to present, 570 reside ntial units were rehabilitated through the ongoing administration of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
To assist low-income renters with disabilities, the City continued to offer the Housing Accessibility Mo dification Grant Program and provided the following grants for accessibility improvements:
2018: $7,588 for improvements for one household
2019: $15,000 for improvements for three households
2020: $3,000 for improvements for two households
To ensure that building code standards for existing plumbing, electrical, and other aspects of homes were maintained, the City continued to conduct inspections. As a result of the inspections, homes were rehabilitated, including:
183 units in 2018
1,436 units in 2019
131 units in 2020
As a result of the Housing Quality Standards Inspection requirements of the HCV Rental Assistance Program, homes were rehabilitated, including:
173 units in 2018
211 units in 2019
121 between January and April in 2020
COVID waivers in place April 2020 – September 2021
108 units between October 2021 and December 2021
H-A-4 Meet and confer with Sonoma County
Planning staff on a regular basis to address
housing needs of lower income and special
needs groups, to coordinate regarding issues
including infrastructure, zoning and land
The City continues to meet and confer with Sonoma County Planning staff on a regular basis to address housing needs of lower- income and special-needs groups, to coordinate regarding issues including infrastructure, zoning and land use, annexations, community acceptance strategies, homeless shelters, farmworkers, Delete. The City meets with
Sonoma County Staff
regularly to coordinate
regional efforts. Regional
efforts will be addressed
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use, annexations, community acceptance
strategies, homeless shelters, farmworkers,
persons with disabilities, environmental
issues, funding, and impact fees.
persons with disabilities, environm ental issues, funding, and impact fees.
Santa Rosa planners attend monthly Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings, made up of Planning staff from each of the nine cities within the county and from the County of Sonoma, to collaborate on state legislation related to housing and work with Sonoma County planners on annexation initiatives.
In addition, City and County planning staff meet as needed to discuss housing needs regionally. In the wake of the October 2017 wildfires, planning staff across the county have been meeting regularly to address the housing crises on a regional level. As a result of those conversations, the City has secured funding from two state programs and a direct allocation from the State to support the city’s recovery.
The City received approximately $38.5 million in Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDGB-DR)
program funds to provide loans to affordable housing developers to create new affordable housing. Five developments were identified to receive CDBG-DR funding and are in various states of review and approval with HCD. The five proj ects are anticipated to create 377 new units of affordable housing in Santa Rosa by April 2024.
The City Council authorized $10 million from the PG&E settlement monies stemming from the Tubbs fire lawsuit towards affordable housing to be administered by the Renewal Enterprise District (RED). The City's contribution was matched by a $10 million contribution from the County of Sonoma.
On September 26, 2018, the City received a $1.2 million award of CalHome Disaster Assistance (Wildfire Recovery) from HCD. The program funds were for disaster-related owner-occupied
through additional Housing
Element programs.
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rehabilitation activities that were di rectly impacted by the October 2017 wildfires. Unfortunately, this resulted in only 1 successful participant.
H-A-5 Improve community acceptance of higher
density housing through community based
outreach, recognition of existing livable
neighborhoods, and assurance of well-
designed high density projects.
The City continues to improve community acceptance of higher- density housing through community based outreach, recognition of existing livable neighborhoods, and assurance of well-designed high- density projects.
This policy is implemented on a project-by-project basis. The Planning staff continued to hold neighborhood meetings to raise public awareness of proposed projects, and to provide opportunities for increased transparency and input. In 2020, Planning staff continued to hold neighborhood meetings, pivoting to a virtual format in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to raise public awareness of proposed projects, to ensure transparency, and to receive public input.
Additionally, projects that used the City’s Pre-Application Meetings and/or Concept Design Review benefitted from early feedback regarding the project design. Community discussions around increasing residential densities in the downtown core continued as part of the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan update process prior to it being adopted in October 2020.
Continue as Program H-28.
H-B-1 Rehabilitate 50 housing units annually
through the city’s rehabilitation programs,
focusing on very low- and low-income
beneficiaries.
The City continues to improve the living conditions in the city’s neighborhoods through active code enforcement and the
Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
From 2015 to present, 570 reside ntial units were rehabilitated through the ongoing administration of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Combine with Programs H-
A-3, H-B-4, and H-B-9
modify, and continue as new
Programs H-8A and H-12.
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To assist low-income renters with disabilities, the City continued to offer the Housing Accessibility Mo dification Grant Program and provided the following grants for accessibility improvements:
2018: $7,588 for improvements for one household
2019: $15,000 for improvements for three households
2020: $3,000 for improvements for two households
To ensure that building code standards for existing plumbing, electrical, and other aspects of homes were maintained, the City continued to conduct inspections.
As a result of the inspections performed by the City’s Code Enforcement Team, homes were rehabilitated, including:
2018: 183 units
1,436 units in 2019
131 units in 2020
As a result of the Housing Quality Standards Inspection requirements of the HCV Rental Assistance Program, more than 500 homes were rehabilitated, including:
173 units in 2018
211 units in 2019
121 units between January and April 2020
COVID-19 inspection waivers were in place April 2020 – September 2021
108 units between October 2021 and December 2021
H-B-2 Discourage the subdivision of mobile home
parks or conversion to other uses through
enforcement of the Conversion of Mobile
home Parks chapter of the City Code.
The implementation of the City's Mobile Home Parks Conversion ordinance is conducted on a project-by-project basis. The City continues to discourage the subdivision of mobile home parks or Modify and continue as new
Program H-13.
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conversion to other uses through enforcement of the Conversion of Mobile Home Parks chapter of the City Code.
H-B-3 Retain federal, state and locally subsidized
affordable units which may be lost through
contract termination.
The City continues to retain federa l, state, and locally subsidized affordable units that may be lost through contract termination.
Through various City programs, 460 affordable units have been preserved since 2009. Opportunities are evaluated annually. During the planning period, no locally funded affordable units were lost to market rate.
Modify and continue as new
Program H-15.
H-B-4 Continue improving living conditions in the
city’s neighborhoods through active code
enforcement and the Neighborhood
Revitalization Program.
The City continues to improve the living conditions in the city’s neighborhoods through active code enforcement and the
Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
From 2015 to present, 570 reside ntial units were rehabilitated through the ongoing administration of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
To assist low-income renters with disabilities, the City continued to offer the Housing Accessibility Mo dification Grant Program and provided the following grants for accessibility improvements:
2018: $7,588 for one household
2019: $15,000 for three households
2020: $3,000 for two households
To ensure that building code standards for existing plumbing, electrical, and other aspects of homes were maintained, the City continued to conduct inspections.
As a result of the inspections performed by the City’s Code Enforcement Team, homes were rehabilitated, including:
183 units in 2018
1,436 units in 2019
131 units in 2020.
Combine with Programs H-
A-3, H-B-1, and H-B-9
modify, and continue as new
Programs H-10 and H-9.
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As a result of the Housing Quality Standards Inspection requirements of the HCV Rental Assistance Program, homes were rehabilitated, including:
171 units in 2018
126 units in 2019
144 between January and March in 2020
As a result of COVID-19, Housin g Quality Standards Inspections were suspended in March 2020. HCV assisted units resumed inspection in October 2021 an d HOME-funded units resumed inspections in February 2022.
H-B-5 Revise the Condominium Conversion
Ordinance to preserve rental apartments
from conversion to ownership units.
The existing Condominium Conver sion Ordinance has not been revised; however, the City has not received any applications or inquiries related to condominium conversions since the 2014 General Plan Housing Element update.
Delete. The City does not
receive applications for
condominium conversions.
H-B-6 Administer the federal Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher rental assistance program.
The Housing Authority continues to administer the Housing Choice Voucher program aiding over 2,000 households.
Modify and continue as new
Program H-36
H-B-7 Continue to designate a portion of the Real
Property Transfer Tax, through annual
budget appropriations, to affordable
housing programs.
The Department of Housing and Community Services (HCS) continues to use a portion of the Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) for affordable housing citywide. Between 2015 and early 2022, $1,606,710 of Real Property Transfer Tax revenues has been allocated to support over 350 units. The City Council authorized annual increases to the percentage of RPTT transferred to HCS until it reaches 100%.
Continue as Program H-33.
H-B-8 Review and document the performance of
affordable housing programs annually.
Report the number of affordable units
developed from various funding sources, the
number and income levels of households
assisted through various programs and the
The City continues to review and document the performance of affordable housing programs an nually, including reporting the number of affordable units developed from various funding sources, the number and income levels of households assisted through various programs, and the number of existing homes sold at affordable prices. This policy goal is met by various ongoing city Continue. New program H-
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number of existing homes sold at affordable
prices.
housing programs and is reported annually to HCD and the City Council in compliance with state law.
H-B-9 Continue to operate the Mobile Home
Repair Loan and Mobile Home Rent
Deferral programs.
Through 2021, the Department of Housing and Community
Services administered a mobile ho me assistance program funded by HCD; as of early 2022, the program is inactive. Through June 2021, the program had provided financial support to 21 mobile home owners, with a total of $618,776 in CalHome Rehab funds.
Combine with Programs H-
A-3, H-B-1 and H-B-4,
modify and continue as new
Programs H-8A and H-12.
H-B-10 Recognize existing nonconforming
residential uses which are located in non-
residential land use categories. Allow such
uses to be zoned residential and to be found
consistent with the General Plan on an
interim basis, until the area is ready to
convert and rezone to non-residential uses
The City continues to recognize existing nonconforming residential uses that are in non-residential land use categories. This policy is implemented on a project-by-project basis, as allowed through the non-conforming section in the City's Zoning Code.
Delete. This is implemented
through the City’s Zoning
Code.
H-C-1 Amend the Housing Allocation Plan, the
city’s inclusionary housing ordinance, to
change the trigger for provision of
affordable units from acres to units and to
consider elimination of the exemption for
mixed use developments and a commercial
linkage fee.
In 2019, the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance was amended to:
(1) Revise the inclusionary (on-site) affordable unit percentage requirement
(2) Modify the Housing Impact Fee structure
(3) Reduce the inclusionary percen tage and housing impact fee for multifamily housing and mixed-use development in the Downtown Area to help encourage higher-intensity development, and (4) Establish a new Commercial Linkage Fee to increase affordable housing development within the city.
Combine with Programs H-
C-2 and H-C-3, modify, and
continue as new Program H-
18. H-C-2 Implement the Housing Allocation Plan to
increase the number of affordable units in
Santa Rosa, both on site and through
collection of in lieu fees and subsequent
development of affordable units.
The City continues to implement its 2016 Housing Action Plan, which continues to increase af fordable housing development, particularly through the Housing Allocation Plan Ordinance (also known as the "Inclusionary Housing" Ordinance).
The City continues to implement the Housing Allocation Plan to increase the number of affordable units in Santa Rosa, both on site and through collection of in-lieu f ees used to subsidize affordable housing projects in various stages of financing. Since the City began Combine with Programs H-
C-1 and H-C-3, modify, and
continue, as new Program H-
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tracking the program in 2018, it has contributed $6.2 million to housing projects.
2018: $2.26 million
2019: $2.81 million
2020: $1.2 million
H-C-3 Utilize fees generated through the Housing
Allocation Plan for the development of
housing units affordable to extremely low,
very low, and low income households.
The City continues to use fees generated through the Housing Allocation Plan for the developmen t of housing units affordable to extremely low-, very low-, and low-income households. Since its inception in 1992, more than 1,800 affordable units have been supported through this fee, with a total of $28,402,475 awarded in loan funds. Funding awards by income level are as follows:
Approximately 426 units at 30% AMI
Approximately 729 units at 50% AMI
Approximately 143 units at 60% AMI
Approximately 29 units at 120% AMI
Of the awards since 1992, 379 awards, totaling $13,468,088, have been issued between 2015 and late 2021.
Some of the Housing Allocation Plan funding awards have supported special-needs groups. The City does not track specific metrics related to the special needs of the population served.
The City continues to implement the Housing Allocation Plan to increase the number of affordable units in Santa Rosa, both on site and through collection of in-lieu f ees used to subsidize affordable housing projects in various stages of financing.
2018: $2.26 million
2019: $2.81 million
2020: $1.2 million
Combine with Programs H-
C-1 and H-C-2, modify and
continue as new Program H-
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H-C-4 Consider a Commercial Linkage Fee for
non-residential development to increase
funds available for the development of
housing units affordable to very low and low
income households
This implementation Program was completed through the 2019 update to the City's Inclusionary Housing Policy.
Delete, program completed.
H-C-5 Rezone Medium and Medium High Density
sites of two acres or more concurrent with
the adoption of this Housing Element to
facilitate the development of higher density
sites
The City implemented the rezoning of Medium- and Medium High- Density sites of two acres or more concurrent with the adoption of the Housing Element to facilitate the development of higher-density sites.
Delete, program completed.
H-C-6 Rezone residential and mixed use sites in the
Downtown Station Area Specific Plan
boundary to allow residential uses by right.
The City implemented rezoning residential and mixed-use sites in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan boundary to allow residential uses by right. SMART station areas were rezoned to transit village designations to achieve consistency with the General Plan and to facilitate housing development in the station area plan boundary. This action addressed a shortfall of sites needed to meet Santa Rosa’s housing need.
Delete, program completed.
H-C-7 Utilize the Santa Rosa Housing Trust to
maximize and leverage available federal,
state, and local funding to assist in the
development of affordable housing, the
preservation and rehabilitation of low
income housing, the development and
maintenance of homeless shelters, and the
acquisition and development of facilities for
the physically and developmentally disabled
The City continues to use the Santa Rosa Housing Trust to maximize and leverage available federal, state, and local funding to assist in the development of affordable housing, the preservation and rehabilitation of low-income housing, the development and maintenance of homeless shelters, and the acquisition and development of facilities for the physically and developmentally disabled.
Continue as Program H-16.
H-C-8 Continue to provide funding for affordable
housing projects, particularly if a portion of
the project units are targeted to extremely
low income households.
The City continues to provide fi nancing for affordable housing projects through various ongoing grant programs and the use of in- lieu fees.
Combine with Programs H-
C-9, H-C-10, H-C-13, H-C-
14, H-C-15, and H-C-16,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-21.
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H-C-9 Allow Low Density sites of 3 acres or less to
develop at densities up to 15 units per acre
under the following conditions:
• Where infrastructure is sufficient to
support the increased density;
• When the project design is compatible with
the surrounding residential neighborhood in
terms of building mass, setbacks and
landscaping;
• Where at least one very low or two low
income rental units are included for every 10
market rate units with affordability
maintained for 10 years; and
• Where affordable housing units are
incorporated into the neighborhood using
superior design such that affordable units
are indistinguishable from market rate units.
The City implements the policy for allowing density sites that meet certain conditions as well as 3 acres or less to develop at densities up to 15 units per acre on a project-by-project basis.
Combine with Programs H-
C-8, H-C-10, H-C-13, H-C-
14, H-C-15, and H-C-16,
modify and continue as new
Program H-21.
H-C-10 Encourage production of residential units
downtown as envisioned by the Downtown
Station Area Specific Plan.
The City Council approved an updated Downtown Station Area Specific Plan in October 2020. The updated plan uses floor-area ratios (FAR) to encourage maximum density, reduces parking requirements, and provides fee-reduction incentives and other streamlining Programs for downtown development.
As of January 2022, 596 resident ial units are currently under construction and an additional 757 housing units are under planning review or have been approved in the Downtown Station Area Plan.
A November 2020 amendment to the City's Resilient City
Development Programs extends Programs that encourage housing and economic development within the City, including reduced review authority for certain uses within the Downtown Station Area. Also, Design Review for new developm ent or major remodel projects within the Downtown Station Area boundary is delegated to the Combine with Programs H-
C-8, H-C-9, H-C-13, H-C-14,
H-C-15, and H-C-16, modify,
and continue as new Program
H-21.
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Zoning Administrator through the Minor Design Review process further streamlining the permitting process.
H-C-11 Provide opportunities for higher density and
affordable housing development on
regional/arterial streets and near the rail
transit corridor for convenient access to bus
and rail transit.
The City's General Plan 2035, the Northwest Station Area Specific Plan, and the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan designate higher- density sites along regional/arter ial streets and the rail corridor.
Ongoing streamlining efforts incentivize development in these areas through reduced parking requirements, increased height limits, the City's density bonus ordinance, and fee incentives. The General Plan update process will include review for possible increased housing densities citywide.
The City will continue to seek opp ortunities for building affordable housing in the designated higher-density sites along regional/arterial streets and the rail corridor.
Continue as Program H-4.
H-C-12 Promote the development of second units.
Discuss this option with residential
developers during initial development
application meetings.
The City continues to facilitate the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The City-approved zoning code revisions comply with state law and create setback and parking exceptions, and fee reductions for ADUs. In additi on, utility connection fees were eliminated for ADUs less than 750 square feet.
ADU applications received:
2018: 118 (281% increase from 2017).
2019: 164 (39% increase from 2018).
2020: 61
Modify and continue as new
Program H-5.
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H-C-13 Support affordable housing sponsors by
continuing to provide funds to subsidize the
production of affordable housing.
The City continues to support affordable housing sponsors by providing funds to subsidize the production of affordable housing.
Through the Housing Authority, the City provides annual funding from a compilation of federal and local sources and programs to finance affordable housing prod uction. As of January 2022, the Housing Authority Loan Portfolio includes approximately $155 million in loan funds for over 4,500 subsidized units, across all funding sources.
Combine with Programs H-
C-8, H-C-9, H-C-10, H-C-14,
H-C-15, and H-C-16, modify
and continue as new Program
H-21.
H-C-14 Continue commitment of redevelopment
area tax increment funds for affordable
housing programs. Utilize the
Redevelopment Low- and Moderate-
Income Housing Fund for affordable
housing targeting extremely low, very low-,
low-, and moderate-income households.
With the dissolvement of redevelopment by the Governor of CA in 2011, loan repayment funds are used to rehabilitate existing dwelling units, acquire land for development of new affordable units, and provide financial assistance to permanent supportive housing units.
Combine with Programs H-
C-8, H-C-9, H-C-10, H-C-13,
H-C-15, and H-C-16, modify
and continue as new Program
H-21.
H-C-15 Participate in tax credit and mortgage
revenue bond programs which provide tax
exempt, low cost financing to developers of
projects making a portion of the units
affordable.
The City continues their participation in tax credit and mortgage revenue bond programs by providing tax credit applications and serving as the sponsor for affordable housing bond issuances.
Combine with Programs H-
C-8, H-C-9, H-C-10, H-C-13,
H-C-14, and H-C-16, modify,
and continue as new Program
H-21.
H-C-16 Aggressively participate in available federal,
state, and private non-profit programs for
the provision of affordable housing.
The City continues to participate in available federal, state, and private non-profit programs for the provision of affordable housing.
This is done by City staff who works with HUD and HCD to access all available resources and grants to sustain and expand affordable housing in Santa Rosa.
Combine with H-C-8, H-C-9,
H-C-10, H-C-13, H-C-14,
and H-C-15, modify, and
continue as new Program H-
21. H-C-17 Allow mobile homes on single family lots
through issuance of a certificate of
compatibility
The City continued to permit mobile homes who meet the standards on single-family lots citywide.
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H-C-18 Continue participation in the Mortgage
Credit Certificate program to assist lower
income and/or first time homebuyers in
purchasing new homes
During the 5th cycle, the City continued to assist lower-income and/or first-time homebuyers in purchasing new homes by participating in the Mortgage Credit Certificate program. As of 2020, Mortgage Credit Certificates have not been available. In the meantime, staff is reviewing ability to reestablish the program.
Continue as Program H-34.
H-C-19 Investigate development of a Community
Land Trust program for Santa Rosa to
determine its feasibility and affordable
housing production possibilities
The City investigated the development of a Community Land Trust program for Santa Rosa to determ ine its feasibility and affordable housing production possibilities.
The City continues to support the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County’s (HLTSC) efforts to work with developers and non-profit organizations to further homeownership opportunities. In 2003, the City awarded a total $240,000 to assist six households in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and the Housing Land Trust.
Continue as Program H-35.
H-C-20 Encourage the development of units with
three or more bedrooms in affordable
housing projects.
The City encouraged the development of units with three or more bedrooms in affordable housing projects. The staff continuously meets and confers with applicants to address and encourage all levels of housing types and affordability.
Continue as Program H-27.
H-D-1 Continue existing programs for persons
with special needs, including disabled
persons, elderly, homeless, large families,
single parent households, and farmworkers.
The City continued to support existing programs—the Housing Accessibility Modification (HAM) Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) which is funded by HUD, and supporting developments through loans from the Housing
Authority—for persons with special needs, including disabled persons, elderly, homeless, large families, single-parent households, and farmworkers.
The Housing Authority provides funding and regulatory oversight for properties that serve special-needs individuals and families.
Modify. Implemented with
programs under Goal 3.
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H-D-2 Require new units specifically for
households with special needs by
conditioning new multifamily construction
to meet federal and state requirements for
accessibility and/or adaptability for disabled
persons.
By conditioning new multifamily co nstruction to meet federal and state requirements, the City achieved accessibility and adaptability for disabled persons during the 5th planning period.
Modify and continue as new
Program H-22.
H-D-3 Evaluate issues of “visitability” in residential building design and develop a program for
implementation of appropriate policies
and/or standards
The California accessibility codes the City adopted have “visitability” standards for new multi-family residential.
Modify, combine with H-D-
4. New program H-22.
H-D-4 Investigate and promote incorporation of
universal design feature s in new residential
construction by developing an ordinance
based on the state’s voluntary model
ordinance
The California accessibility codes the City adopted have “visitability” standards for new multi-family residential.
Modify, combine with H-D-
3. New program H-22.
H-D-5 Encourage special housing arrangements,
including shared and congregate housing
and single room occupancy facilities (SROs),
by helping sponsors obtain federal and state
funds. Commit city funds (to the extent such
funds are available for the purpose in light
of competing housing objectives) to help
non- profit developers of such housing
types.
The City encouraged special housing arrangements, such as shared congregate housing and single-room occupancy facilities (SROs), by helping sponsors obtain federal and state funds. In addition to committing city funds, the City continues to facilitate and support innovative housing approaches on a project-by-project basis to provide a variety of housing opportunities.
Combine with Program H-
D-6 and continue as new
Program H-25.
H-D-6 Encourage the development of Single
Room Occupancy facilitie s, consistent with
the Single Room Occupancy Ordinance.
During the 5th planning period, the City encouraged the development of Single-Room Occupancy facilities. As of late, the City continues to facilitate and support innovative housing approaches on a project-by-project basis to provide a variety of housing opportunities.
Combine with Program H-
D-5, modify and continue as
new Program H-25.
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H-D-7 Support the development of rental housing
for seasonal and permanent farmworkers.
During the 5th planning period, the City continued to encourage the inclusion of units for farmworkers in new affordable housing projects. In May 2021, the Housing Authority awarded $2.9 million in CDBG funds to the Mahonia Glen project.
The Mahonia Glen project will be a 100% affordable residential project consisting of 99 units, including a resident manager unit, a shared community space, and large common green space. The residential units consist of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units in three-story buildings. Of the 99 units, 43 will be designated for farmworkers and their families with additional funding from the HCD Joe Serna Farmworker Housing Program. Construction is scheduled to start in summer 2022.
Combine with Program H-
D-8, modify and continue as
new Program H-23.
H-D-8 Amend the Zoning Code to include a
provision allowing agricultural employee
housing for six or fewer residents as a
permitted residential use in residential
zoning districts.
The City achieved amending the Zoning Code to include a provision allowing agricultural employee housing for six or fewer residents as a permitted residential use in residential zoning districts.
Combine with Program H-
D-7, modify, and continue as
new Program H-23.
H-D-9 Provide funding to groups providing shelter
and other services to the homeless.
The City continues to provide funding annually for homeless shelters and services such as Catholic Charities, Community Action Partnership, Living Room, and YWCA Sonoma County. The current annual budget for these services is up to $6 million.
Combine with Programs H-
D-10 and H-D-12, modify,
and continue as new Program
H-24.
H-D-10 Amend the Zoni ng Code to allow
emergency shelters as a permitted use in the
General Commercial (CG) district, subject
to the same development standards as other
permitted uses in the CG zone.
The city achieved amending the Zoning Code to allow Emergency Shelters by right in the City's General Commercial (CG) zoning district.
Combine with Programs H-
D-9 and H-D-12, modify,
and continue as new Program
H-20.
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H-D-11 Amend the Zoning Code to define
supportive housing in the glossary and to
allow transitional and supportive housing as
residential uses, subject to the same
regulations as other residential uses in the
same zoning district.
The City achieved amending the Zoning Code to define supportive housing in the glossary and to allow transitional and supportive housing as residential uses, subject to the same regulations as other residential uses in the same zoning district.
Delete, program completed.
H-D-12 Support programs which address long term
solutions to homelessness including job
training and placement and which provide
other supportive services.
The City continues to support programs that address long-term solutions to homelessness, including job training and placement and that provide other supportive services.
The City invests approximately $5 million annually in services to support persons experiencing homelessness, including daytime support, street outreach, a winter warming center, emergency shelter and safe parking, housing assistance, and supportive services. Efforts also assist homeless service providers such as Catholic Charities, the Living Room, Community Action Partnership, and YWCA Sonoma County.
Combine with Programs H-
D-9 and H-D-10, modify,
and continue as new
Program H-24.
H-D-13 Provide incentives for development of
housing for the elderly, particularly for those
in need of assisted and skilled nursing care.
Incentives may include density bonuses,
reduced parking requirements or deferred
development fees.
The City continues to provide incentives for development of housing for the elderly, particularly for th ose in need of assisted and skilled nursing care. Incentives may include density bonuses, reduced parking requirements or deferred development fees.
Specifically, in 2016, Farmers Lane Senior Housing Project (DB 16- 004) received a density bonus of five units which were designated for moderate- income households, and two concessions (1) height, to allow parapets, and (2 ) parking, and in 2020, Linda Tunis Senior Apartments (DB20-001) received a density bonus of three units which were restricted for very low-income households.
The most recent Zoning Code includes reduced parking ratios and density bonus options for senior housing, and community care facilities.
Combine with Programs H-
D-14, H-D-15, and H-D-16,
modify and continue as new
Programs H-26 and H-16.
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H-D-14 In new senior housing built receiving any
development incentives or money from the
city, require that a substantial portion, at
least 25 percent, be available to low-income
seniors.
The City implements on a project-by-project basis that any development building receiving incentives or money from the city are required to substantiate that at least 20 percent of units be available to low income seniors. In 2020 th e Linda Tunis Senior Apartments were developed by converting an existing space to 26 affordable units, of which three units were allowed under density bonus law, ensuring that three units which were re stricted for very low-income households.
Combine with Programs H-
D-13, H-D-15, and H-D-16,
modify, and continue as new
Programs H-20 and H-22.
H-D-15 Encourage development of senior housing
not receiving city funding or concessions to
provide a substantial number of units
affordable to low-income seniors
The City continues to encourage on a project-by-project basis the development of senior housing not receiving city funding or concessions to provide a substantial number of units affordable to low-income seniors. In 202 the Linda Tunis Senior Apartments (DB20-001) received a density bonus of three units which were restricted for very low-income households.
Through the design guidelines which encourage innovative housing programs, the City hopes to stimulate development of senior housing to address the housing needs of the senior population in Santa Rosa.
Additionally, with use of LEAP (Local Early Action Plan) funding, the City is launching House Santa Rosa which will provide for more transparency on available incentives and programs that are offered by the City.
Combine with Programs H-
D-13, H-D-14, and H-D-16,
modify, and continue as new
Programs H-20 and H-22.
H-D-16 Through flexibility in design guidelines
which encourage innovative housing
programs, stimulate development of senior
housing which addresses the housing needs
of the senior population
The City continues to implement on a project-by-project basis design guidelines that can encourage innovative housing programs and stimulate the development of senior housing, which will address the housing needs of the senior population.
Combine with Programs H-
D-13, H-D-14, and H-D-15,
modify and continue as new
Programs H-20 and H-22.
H-E-1 Eliminate discrimination in housing
opportunities in Santa Rosa and assure that
access to housing will not be denied on the
basis of race, ethnic or national origin,
religion, marital status, sexual orientation,
age or physical disabilit y. As an exception,
mobile home parks and other developments
The City continues to eliminate discrimination in housing opportunities in Santa Rosa and assure that access to housing will not be denied on the basis of race, ethnic or national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, ag e or physical disability. As an exception, mobile home parks and other developments designed specifically for seniors, or the disa bled will be permitted to exclude children as permanent residents.
Combine with Program H-E-
2, continue as new Program
H-29.
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designed specifically for seniors or the
disabled will be permitted to exclude
children as permanent residents.
The City promotes the activities of Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California (Fair Housing). Fair Housing prints brochures that are provided to the City of Santa Rosa for distribution to every HCV client and to others wishin g this information. Fair Housing provides a number of services including mediation and resolution of tenant/landlord disputes and providing outreach services. Brochures are also provided to local service providers such as Becoming Independent and Disability Services and Legal Center.
In 2019, the City added a Housing Anti-Discrimination chapter to City Code to prohibit housing discrimination based on source of income, including Housing Choi ce Vouchers and other rent subsidies.
H-E-2 Continue to fund and support Fair Housing
of Sonoma County, which serves as the city’s
equal opportunity housing agency.
The City continues to fund and support Fair Housing of Sonoma County, which serves as the City’s equal opportunity housing agency.
In addition, as a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitlement jurisdiction, the City provides annual funding for Fair Housing services. The City currently has a contract with Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California.
Combine with Program H-E-
1, modify, and continue as
new Program H-29.
H-F-1 Ensure that residential projects are heard by
the first decision-making board, within a
period not to exceed 120 days of receipt of
an application for development approval
The City continues to ensure that residential projects are heard by the first decision-making board, within a period not to exceed 120 days of receipt of an application for development approval.
In 2019, the City continued to improve interdepartmental coordination and effectively prioritize residential entitlement review, particularly residential projects with an affordable component. As part of the Planning and Economic Development's Housing Action Plan, Planning staff have been working on a suite of internal and external process improvements to assist applicants and City staff when submitting and reviewing residential projects.
In 2020, despite pivoting to digital processing due to the COVID-19 pandemic the City continued to improve interdepartmental coordination and effectively prioritize residential entitlement review, particularly residential projects with an affordable component.
Planning staff created and the public is now using a Universal Permit Combine with Program H-F-
4, modify, and continue as
new Program H-37.
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Application which streamlines and encourages more complete permit submittals shortening project review timelines.
H-F-2 Fast track all development projects which
are comprised fully of units affordable to
extremely low, very low, and low income
households with long term affordability
restrictions. Utilize a fast track schedule
mutually acceptable to the project applicant
and the city.
The city continues to fast track all development projects, which are made up of fully of units affordable to extremely low, very low-, and low-income households with long-term affordability restrictions. As well as using a fast-track schedule mutually acceptable to the project applicant and the city.
As of late, the City continues to prioritize affordable housing projects by coordinating and focusing st aff efforts across departments on residential projects particularly those with high unit counts, and affordable units.
Modify, continue as new
Program H-3.
H-F-3 Acquire sites for potential affordable
housing projects, with subsequent
disposition to affordable housing providers.
In 2015, the City allocated the old Bennet Valley Senior Center to affordable housing and is currently in a DDA (Development agreement) approved by Council for the transfer and development of affordable housing on those parcels. Since then, the City has not purchased property solely for affordable housing.
The City continues to provide first right of refusal for surplus City land to developers of affordable housing. As determined by budget and goal-setting processes, the Housing Authority funds property acquisition and banks land acquired for later provision to affordable housing developers. The Economic Development and Housing staff also continue to seek opportunities to acquire sites throughout the planning period.
In November 2020 the City's Real Property Team began a citywide survey to identify and classify surplus lands. One of the sites identified is APN 182-030-032.
Delete. This is an ongoing
effort as sites are acquired
The City is not relying on
acquired sites to meet the
RHNA.
H-F-4 Defer payment of development fees for
affordable units.
The City continues to allow applican ts to defer impact fees to final occupancy instead of permit issuance. Many projects, including affordable housing developments, use the option to defer impact feels to final occupancy, though the City does not track specific numbers.
Combine with Program H-F-
1, modify, and continue as
new Program H-37.
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H-F-5 Revise the local Density Bonus Ordinance to
ensure it reflects state law and to simplify the
city process of obtaining a density bonus.
The City continues to revise the local Density Bonus Ordinance to ensure it reflects state law and to simplify the City process of obtaining a density bonus.
In January 2019, the City Counc il adopted a revised Density Bonus Ordinance consistent with state law and allowing up to 100% density bonus within the Downtown and North Station Area Specific Plan areas.
Delete, program completed.
H-F-6 Develop a checklist specific to affordable
housing developments which will facilitate
such projects in the Design Review process.
In 2019, the City began work to develop a checklist specific to affordable housing developments which will facilitate such projects in the Design Review process.
The City Council adopted Obje ctive Design Standards for Streamlined and Ministerial Residential Developments (Zoning Code Chapter 20-39) effective December 20, 2019, to incorporate the intent of the Santa Rosa Design Gu idelines to the greatest extent possible while complying with the intent of State legislation to facilitate and expedite the construction of housing in Santa Rosa.
Delete, program completed. H-F-7 Ensure that regulations contained in the Santa Rosa Zoning Code provide
development standards, parking
requirements, and use allowances which
facilitate the development of housing for all
income groups
The City has ensured that the Zoning Code contains a number of concessions and a reduced parkin g requirement to facilitate the development of housing for all income groups, including through the density bonus program and the housing allocation plan.
The City's 2016 Housing Action Plan seeks to increase affordable housing development - a key tool in that effort is the Housing Allocation Plan Ordinance (renamed "Inclusionary Housing" Ordinance).
In 2019, the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance was amended to:
(1) Revise the inclusionary (on-site) affordable unit percentage requirement
(2) Modify the Housing Impact Fee structure (3) Reduce the inclusionary percentage and housing impact fee for multifamily Delete, program complete.
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housing and mixed-use development in the Downtown Area to help encourage higher intensity development,
(4) Establish a new Commercial Linkage Fee to increase affordable housing development within the City.
H-F-8 Continue to participate in regional
conservation efforts regarding sensitive
habitat and endangered species to ensure
that mitigation opportunities are available to
maintain adequate sites at appropriate
densities to accommodate the city’s regional
housing needs allocation.
The City continues to participate in regional conservation efforts regarding sensitive habitat and endangered species to ensure that mitigation opportunities are available to maintain adequate sites at appropriate densities to accommodate the city’s regional housing needs allocation.
On a project-by-project basis, the City continues to implement the requirements of CEQA as they pertain to California Tiger Salamander and other sensitive sp ecies, ensuring that appropriate mitigation is required when necessary.
Combine with Program H-
A-1, modify, and continue as
new Program H-1.
H-G-1 Maximize energy efficiency in residential
areas.
The City continues to maximize energy efficiency in residential areas.
The City participates in the County Property Assessed Clean Energy retrofit program, the Sonoma Clean Power renewable utility provider, and implementation of CALGreen building standards and select Tier 1 standards. The City has adopted all-electric reach code standards for most new residential devel opment effective January 1, 2020.
Projects are reviewed for compliance with the Climate Action Plan.
Combine with Programs H-
G-2, H-G-3, H-G-4, H-G-5,
H-G-6, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
H-G-2 Require, energy efficiency through site
planning and building design by assisting
residential developers in identifying energy
conservation and efficiency Programs
appropriate to the Santa Rosa area.
The City continues to require energy efficiency through site planning and building design by assisting resi dential developers in identifying energy conservation and efficiency Programs appropriate to the Santa Rosa area.
The City participates in the County Property Assessed Clean Energy retrofit program, utilizes Sonoma Clean Power as utility provider, and implements CALGreen building standards and select Tier 1 standards. The City also implements the requirements of the City's Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-3, H-G-4, H-G-5,
H-G-6, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
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Climate Action Plan at the project level and has adopted all-electric reach code standards for most new residential development effective January 1, 2020.
H-G-3 Promote energy efficiency in the provision
and use of water in all residential
developments
The city promotes energy efficiency in the provision and use of water in all residential developments.
In 2019, ongoing smart meter upgrade to replace existing manual reading meters to smart meters that can report hourly usage rates, detect leaks and water waste. In addition, new development is required to comply with CALGre en building standards, Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, and the Climate Action Plan.
In 2020, a citywide upgrade from manually read water meters to smart meters that report hourly usage rates, detect leaks and water waste was nearly completed.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-4, H-G-5,
H-G-6, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
H-G-4 Reduce the amount of water used,
encourage the use of recycled water for
landscaping where available, and require
compliance with the city’s Water Efficient
Landscape Policy
The City continues to reduce the amount of water used and require compliance with the City’s Water-Efficient Landscape Policy.
As of late, the City continues to implement WELO standards for new construction and administers rebate programs for turf replacement.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-3, H-G-5,
H-G-6, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
H-G-5 Continue to require the use of fuel efficient
heating and cooling equipment and other
appliances, in accordance with the city’s
green building program.
The City continues to require the use of fuel-efficient heating and cooling equipment and other appliances, in accordance with the City’s green building program.
The City still implements CALGreen building standards and select Tier 1 standards for energy efficiency in new construction.
CALGreen building standards are required also for additions and remodels. The City adopted all-electric reach code standards effective January 1, 2020, which are applic able for most new residential development.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-3, H-G-4,
H-G-6, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
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Existing Program Implementation Status Revision to Existing Program
H-G-6 Continue to fund energy conservation
through the Housing Authority’s
rehabilitation loans and develop programs to
assist low income households and rental
properties in meeting weatherization and
energy conservation needs.
The City continues to fund energy conservation through the Housing Authority’s rehabilitation loans and continues to develop programs to assist low-income households and rental properties in meeting weatherization and energy conservation needs.
In 2020, the Housing Authority continues to use its affordable housing funds to construct new, energy efficient units and to rehabilitate residential units to include energy efficiency. In addition, the Housing Authority is tracking improvements for energy efficiency will be considered in the future.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-3, H-G-4,
H-G-5, H-G-7, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
H-G-7 Work with organizations specializing in
green building programs to develop public-
private partnerships supporting energy
efficiency retrofit programs for existing
residential structures.
The City continues to work with organizations specializing in green building Programs to develop public-private partnerships supporting energy efficiency retrofit programs for existing residential structures.
In 2020, the City continued to part icipate in the County's Property Assessed Clean Energy loan program for energy efficient retrofits of existing residential structures.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-3, H-G-4,
H-G-5, H-G-6, and H-G-8,
modify, and continue as new
Program H-41.
H-G-8 Increase local energy awareness The City continues to increase lo cal energy awareness. In 2020, the City updated web resources to dire ct residents and developers to opportunities for energy efficient rebate programs, Property Assessed Clean Energy retrofit programs, and other energy- efficiency resources.
Combine with Programs H-
G-1, H-G-2, H-G-3, H-G-4,
H-G-5, H-G-6, and H-G-7,
modify, and continue as new
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1.4 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM
According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(a), an addendum shall be prepared if some changes or additions to a previously adopted EIR are necessary, but none of the conditions enumerated in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a)(1)–(3) calling for th e preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 (Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations):
When an EIR has been certified or negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which w ill require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:
(a) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration;
(b) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;
(c) Mitigation Programs or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation Program or alternative; or (d) Mitigation Programs or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation Program or alternative.
1.4.1 Rationale for Preparing an EIR Addendum
Because all the sites included in the Housing Element would not require any designation or zone changes,, the proposed change in type of development would not result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects requiring major revisions to the General Plan EIR. Development impacts are addresse d through policies in the General Plan, the City’s municipal code, and adopted engineering standards. As all future development projects must be consistent with the General Plan, and physical impacts from development were anticipated in the General Plan EIR, the ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE 2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
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proposed project does not meet any of the conditions outlined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 that would require a subsequent EIR.
As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 (Addendum to an EIR):
(a) The lead agency or responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. (b) An addendum to an adopted negative declaration may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred. (c) An addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final EIR or adopted negative declaration.
(d) The decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project. (e) A brief explanation of the decision not to pr epare a subsequent EIR pursuant to Section 15162 should be included in an addendum to an EIR, the lead ag ency’s findings on the project, or elsewhere in the record. The expl anation must be supported by substantial evidence.
A copy of this addendum, and all supporting documentation, may be reviewed or obtained at the City of Santa Rosa Planning and Economic Deve lopment Department, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 3, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
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2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The General Plan contains policies related to land use, urban design, transportation, housing, public services and facilities, open space and conservation, growth management, youth and family, economic vitality, historic preservation, noise and safety, and art and culture. The General Plan is largely designed to be self-mitigating by incorporating policies and implementation programs that address and mitigate environmental impacts related to implementing the General Plan, such as zoning codes and design standards.
As described in Section 1.2, the General Plan EIR addresses potentially significant impacts related to land use consistency and compatibility; population, housing and employment; transportation and circulation; air quality and climate change; noise; biological resources; utilities and service systems; hydrology and water quality; public services; cultural resources; visual resources; open space and agriculture; geology, soils, and seismicity; hazards and hazardous materials; energy; and parks and recreation. Table 1-1 shows that most of the existing Housing Element programs will remain unchanged with the pr oposed project. The 12 ne w programs are either informative or would result in no physical change to the environment. Overall, the programs were modified to comply with State law, respond to directives from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), combine programs with similar intent to aid in implementation, or eliminate programs where the City has already completed the identified task. Sections 2.1.1 through 2.1.3 describe the informational changes of the amended and new programs resulting from the proposed project. These sections do not include the programs that were deleted from the Housing Element or the programs that underwent minor changes.
Section 2.1.4 comprehensively analyzes the amended and new programs and describes why potential environmental effects of the proposed project would be no more substantial than analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
2.1.1 Amended Programs
Program H-A-5 was amended to include a new aim to develop a neighborhood outreach program in predominantly single-family neighborhoods in the City of Santa Rosa. This program would be designed to facilitate meaningful discussions around housing opportu nities and providing a variety of housing types in Santa Rosa. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-28. Program H-B-3 was amended to add specific actions that the City will take to protect affordable housing conversion. These include maintaining a database of affordable housing properties, contacting property owners of units at risk of converting to market-rate housing, coordinating with owners of expiring subsidies to ensure the required notices to tenants are sent out, reaching out to agencies interested in purchasing and/or managing at-ris k units, and working with tenants to provide ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE 2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
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multilingual education regarding tena nt rights and conversion procedur es pursuant to California law.
This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-15. Program H-B-6 was amended to expand on the Program’s intent to administer the Section Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance program by specifying that the Santa Rosa Housing Authority should actively emphasize and promote acceptance of vouchers to property owners in high-resource neighborhoods and continue to maintain multilingual information about this program on the City’s website and at public meetings and events. The program also directs the City to develop an educational program for homeowners and property owners to increase awareness of the Housing Choice Voucher program assistance that includes proactive Programs to engage the public. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-36.
Program H-B-7 was amended to direct the City to consider increasing the portion of the tax designated for affordable housing and use these additional funds to assist with the development of affordable units. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-33. Program H-C-7 was amended to direct the City to implement a system to track projects supported by the Santa Rosa Housing Trust, including units by af fordability category. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-16.
Program H-C-11 was amended to specify the target of this Program as the Opportunity Areas defined in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan and other Priority Development Areas. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-4.
Program H-C-12 was amended to include specific actions that would promote the construction of affordable ADU’s. These include continuing to implement a multilingual public information and proactive outreach campaign via the City’s website and other outlets to inform property owners of the standards for ADU development, permitting procedures, construction resources, and the importance of ADUs to Santa Rosa, including ADUs affordable to lower-income households; collaborating with Napa Sonoma ADU to offer residents pre-reviewed plans and provide incentives to residents using these pre-reviewed plans; providing information and offer review of resident’s homes floor plan; and identifying incentives for construction of ADUs with new development, among other actions. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-5. Program H-C-18 was amended to specify where the Mortgage Credit Certificate program should be targeted. The new Program specifies that the City w ill promote the availability of these programs in areas with concentrations of renters, particularly low-income renters and Equity Priority Populations.
This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-34. Program H-C-19 was amended to specify that the City will continue to support Sonoma County’s Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County program while continuing the investigate the feasibility of ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE 2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
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developing a Land Trust program in Santa Rosa. Th is program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-35.
Program H-C-20 was amended to include an additional provision for the Program that encourages affordable housing development that provides amenities for residents, such as on-site recreational facilities, children’s programs (day care and/or after-school care), and community meeting spaces. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-20. Program H-D-2 was amended to include a variety of actions that the City should implement to ensure that persons with disabilities have increased acce ss/placement in residentia l units rehabilitated or constructed through City and County programs. These actions include continuing to cooperate with nonprofit agencies that provide placement or referral services for persons with disabilities; by June 2024, developing targeted marketing plan to promote local resources and programs for persons with disabilities, including educational materials on re asonable accommodation, housing rights, and access to legal aid; and encouraging development of hous ing with visitability standards. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-22. Program H-F-2 was amended to change the target of the Program the development of affordable units to the development of reside ntial units in mixed-use projects. The new program also specifies actions that would create incentives for this type of development including, priority project processing, deferral of development impact or permit fees, flexibility in development standards, density bonuses, and support for infrastructure upgrades. This program is included in the Housing Element Update as Program H-3.
2.1.2 Combined and Amended Programs
The following programs were combined and amended as one program to aid in their implementation, as they were similar in intent.
Program H-A-1 and Program H-F-8. The new program is H-1. Program H-A-3, Program H-B-1, Program H-B-4, and Program H-B-9. The new programs are H-8A and H-9.
Program H-C-1, Program H-C-2, and Program H-C-3. The new program is H-18. Program H-C-8, Program H-C-9, Program H-C-10, Program H-C-13, Program H-C-14, Program H-C-15, and Program H-C-16. The new program is H-21.
Program H-D-5 and Program H-C-6. The new program is H-25. Programs H-D-7 and Program H-D-8. The new program is H-23.
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Program H-D-9, Program H-D-10, and Program H-D-12. The new program is H-24. Program H-D-13, Program H-D-14, Program H-D-15, and Program H-D-16. The new program is H-16. Program H-E-1 and Program H-E-2. The new program is H-29. Program H-F-1 and Program H-F-4. The new program is H-37. Program H-G-1, Program H-G-2, Program H-G-4, Program H-G-6, Program H-G-7, and Program H-G-
8. The new program is H-41.
2.1.3 New Programs
The 12 new programs represent changes that would:
Facilitate the consolidation of small lots in the Downtown Station Area Specific Plan to allow development to utilize the land more efficiently, achieve economies of scale, and offer opportunity for improved site design and amenities. (Program H-2)
Explore innovative and alternative housing options that provide greater flexibility and affordability in the housing stock. This may include consideration for further reduction in regulatory barriers for tiny houses, inclusionary housing, microhomes, housing cooperatives, and other alternative housing types as well as explore a variety of densities and housing types in all zoning districts. (Program H-6) Strive to receive and maintain the State’s Prohousing Designation. (Program H-7) Provide by-right development when at least 20 percent of the units in the proposed development are affordable to lower-income households for sites that have been identified in the prior fifth Cycle Housing Element. (Program H-8)
Direct the City to complete a Housing Conditions Survey in older neighborhoods and neighborhoods with lower median incomes, to evaluate rehabilitation need. Based on findings of the focused evaluation, the City would identify Programs to encourage housing preservation, conservation, and acquisition rehabilitation, and mitigate potential costs, displacement and relocation impacts on residents. (Program H- 11)
Continue the Mobile Home Park Rent Review Program and encourage affected residents to convene quarterly meetings to assure that the amount of rent charged at mobile home parks does not increase more than the amount set forth in the Mobile Home Park Rent Control Ordinance. (Program H-14) Develop and implement a system to review and document the number of affordable units annually. (Program H-17)
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Implement actions to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing that address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to oppo rtunity for all persons regardless of race , color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, or disability, and other characteristic protected by the California Fair Em ployment and Housing Act. This program includes actions targeted at anti-displacement. (Program H-30)
Implement actions to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing that address significant disparities in housing needs and in access to oppo rtunity for all persons regardless of race , color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, or disability, and other characteristic protected by the California Fair Em ployment and Housing Act. This program includes actions targeted at place-based revitalization. (Program H-31) Assist with tenant protections and eviction prevention by continuing to provide services to tenants for eviction defense, tenant legal services, educational services, fair housing assistance, relocation help in substandard housing; exploring the development of a landlord –tenant mediation services program; collaborating with non-profits and grass roots organizations to support tenants' rights and provide educational opportunities for tenants and landlords; exploring the development of an Anti-Eviction – Emergency Rental Assistance Fund Program for Santa Rosa low-income residents; and explore programs implemented by other jurisdictions to address the disproportionate impact of evictions and displacement of communities of color. (Program H-32)
Ensure that the regulations contained in the Santa Rosa Zoning Code provide development standards, parking requirements, and use allowances that facilitate the development of housing for all income groups. (Program H-38)
Adopt a written policy with specific objective standards for meeting the priority requirement for proposed developments that include housing units affordable to lower-income households, with respect to water and wastewater availability. (Program H-42)
2.1.4 Analysis of Programs
New development resulting from these programs would occur on land currently designated for housing under the City’s General Plan and analyzed in the General Plan EIR. Furthermore, all future development in the City would be required to comply with local regulations, including the City’s General Plan and Zoning Code.
Consequently, all projects would be subject to development procedures of the City, such as the Municipal Code, Zoning Code, and subdivision standards. These local regulations guide future development and would address physical impacts resulting from development. The General Plan policies and ordinances of the City address the physical impacts associated with a ll development such as dust control, noise, odor, etc. The policies and ordinances that regulate development will not change with adoption of the proposed Housing Element. The General Plan EIR anticipated physical impacts associated with the permitted uses in the City’s Zoning Code and would, therefore, not result in a new impact as part of development. The policies identified in the General Plan EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would continue to apply to all development.
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The public service impacts associated with the potential population increase that could be associated with new housing include police and fire services, parks, water, and sewer. The water and sewer impacts would be addressed through connection fees as part of the development process. Additional services for police and fire would only result in a physical impact if new facilities were required to meet the growth needs. If additional physical facilities for police and fire are needed this would be determined when the sites are identified and then included in the capital improvement program and subsequently the impact fees associated with each unit.
Furthermore, the units identified in this Housing Element would not exceed the City’s population and housing projections for 2030 that are listed in Table 3-1, Buildout Changes Between 2020 to 2035 General Plans, of the 2030 General Plan EIR. This table shows the total housing unit buildout for the City by 2030 as 94,840 units. The capacity identified in this Housing Element (Table 5-9 in the 2023–2031 Housing Element), is 9,944 units which when added to the City’s number of current number of units is 80,901 units (DOF 2022). Similarly, the estimated number of residents that would be added to the City under full buildout of the 2023–2031 Housing Element is 25,474 residents, whic h when added to the City’s 2022 population is 201,249 (DOF 2022). Thus, there would be 32,271 fewer resident s than the 2030 buildout population described in the General Plan EIR which is 233,520 residents.
All housing developments in which at least 20 percent of the units are affordable to lower-income households on three sites (sites numbers 5, 7, and 8) listed in Ta ble 5-7 of the Housing Element Update are allowed for residential use by-right—as described in Program H-8, Si tes Identified in Previous Cycles, would be required to be evaluated in accordance with the Zoning Code. Future by-right development would still be subject to federal, state, and local policies related to land use, such as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, wetland conservation, and construction air quality permitting. Moreover, the City maintains a thorough building permit review process that ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, such as dust control, stormwater runoff, and water quality, prior to the issuance of any building permit. The building permit and development review process is independent of the CEQA process and would be unaffected by the change to by-right zoning. Additionally, prior to issuance of any building permit, a project applicant is required to pay development impact fees, which would address potential impacts to public services and regional transportation improvements. The policies identified in the General Plan EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would continue to apply to future development and would reduce impacts to the same significance level as identified in the General Plan EIR.
The proposed Housing Element establishes targets for the income accessibility of future housing; however, the ability to construct the housing is ba sed on designations in the Land Use Element. Because the City can meet its RHNA without changing any land use designation, the Land Use Element remains unchanged from the document evaluated in the General Plan EIR. The proposed Housing Element does not change the development pattern for the City, as shown in the Land Use Element of the General Plan and the zoning map for the City. Physical change to the environment would occur from implementation of the Land Use Element of the City’s General Plan, not the proposed Housing Element. Therefore, development of housing as considered in the proposed Housing Element would be consistent with what was analyzed in the General Plan EIR. Because the proposed Housing Element does not affect the land use pattern of the City or result in any physical change to the environment, and because the General Plan EIR evaluated the existing land use pattern and includes policies and programs to address enviro nmental impacts, the update to the Housing Element ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR FOR THE 2023–2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
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would not result in any new environmental impacts or increase the severity of any environmental impacts previously evaluated in the General Plan EIR. Be cause the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element does not change any land use designation or zoning district, the impacts of the proposed project would be no more substantial than analyzed in the General Plan EIR. No new mitigation measures are necessary.
2.2 FINDING
The discussion in this addendum confirms that the proposed project has been evaluated for significant impacts pursuant to CEQA. The discussion is meaningfully different than a determination that a project is “exempt” from CEQA review, as the proposed 2023–2031 Housin g Element update is no t exempt. Rather, the determination here is that the General Plan EIR evaluated the physical impacts likely to result from future development. As the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element does not change any land use designation or approve any development, the General Plan EIR prov ides a sufficient and adequate analysis of the environmental impacts of the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element.
There are no substantial changes in the circumstances or new information that was not known and could not have been known at the time of the adoption of the General Plan EIR. The proposed project consists entirely of land uses permitted by project sites’ existing General Plan land use designation and zoning and represents no change from the impacts that were assumed and analyzed by the General Plan EIR.
As a result, and for the reasons explained in this a ddendum, the project would not cause any new significant environmental impacts or substantially increase the seve rity of significant environmental impacts disclosed in the General Plan EIR. Thus, the proposed project does not trigger any of the conditions in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 allowing the preparation of a subsequent EIR, and the appropriate environmental document as authorized by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(b) is an addendum. Accordingly, this EIR addendum has been prepared.
The following identifies the standards set forth in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines as they relate to the proposed project. The text that follows the provisions of the law relates to the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element.
1. No substantial changes are proposed in the proj ect which would require major revisions of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
As shown in Table 1-1, the program changes included in the proposed Housing Element are limited to complying with State law, combining programs with similar intent to aid in implementation, or elimination of programs where the City has already completed th e identified task. The proposed project would not result in the rezoning of land or approval of any development project. All development in the City must be consistent with the General Plan, and if a discretionary action, would also be subject to CEQA.
2. No new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the EIR was certified shows:
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a. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR.
The General Plan EIR addresses potentially signific ant impacts related to land use consistency and compatibility; population, housing and employment; transportation and circulation; air quality and climate change; noise; biological resources; utilities and service systems; hydrology and water quality; public services; cultural resources; visual resources; open space and agriculture; geology, soils, and seismicity; hazards and hazardous materials; en ergy; and parks and recreation. The policies identified in the General Plan EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would also apply to the proposed project. The proposed Housing Element programs are similar to the existing programs of the General Plan. The proposed 2023– 2031 Housing Element includes 26 amended programs and 12 new programs. These amended and new programs would not result in new significant environmental impacts. The City’s General Plan provides for housing growth in the City over time. The proposed Housing Element identifies targets for housing at different income levels but does not include development of an unusual type, scale, or location that would not have been evaluated in the General Plan EIR. Because a development project must be consistent with the General Plan, zoning, and development standards of the City, the adopted measures to address physical impacts on the environment would be applied resultin g in the same impacts as evaluated in the General Plan EIR. Therefore, there would be no new environmental impacts. b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR.
The proposed project would have the same significant impacts as those disclosed in the certified General Plan EIR. The General Plan EIR identified significant and unavoidable impacts related to transportation and air quality. The policies identified in the Genera l Plan EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would also apply to the proposed project. Because the proposed project does not include land use changes and the new and amended prog rams identified in Table 1-1 would not affect land use patterns in the City or result in physical changes to the environment, there would be no new or more severe significant impacts associated with the proposed 2023–2031 Housing Element. c. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or mo re significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
The proposed project includes policy-level changes that are limited to complying with State law and would not result in physical changes to the environment that were not disclosed in the General Plan EIR.
Moreover, the proposed project would not create new impacts or the need for additional mitigation measures. The policies identified in the General Pl an EIR would reduce physical environmental effects associated with future development. These policies in the General Plan EIR would also apply to the 2023– 2031 Housing Element. The City is required to adopt a Housing Element and the element must be reviewed and certified by HCD. There is no feasible alternative to adopting a Housing Element. The update to the Housing Element would not result in significant environmental impacts or increase the severity of any environmental impacts previously evaluated in the General Plan EIR; therefore, there is no need for new mitigation measures or alternatives.
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d. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents d ecline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
The proposed project would have the same significant impacts as the previously certified General Plan EIR, and all associated policies and mitigation measures identified in the General Plan EIR to reduce physical environmental effects would apply to all future development. There would be no new significant impacts resulting from adoption of the 2023–2031 Hous ing Element; therefore, there would be no new mitigation measures or alternatives required for the proposed Housing Element.
2.3 REFERENCES
Department of Finance (DOF). 2022. E-5 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2020-2022. https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demo graphics/estimates/e-5-population-and-housing- estimates-for-cities-counties-and-the-state-2020-2022/
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