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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 8.1 Tri-Valley Affordable Housing (2) CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 1991 SUBJECT: Draft letter with regard to Tri-Valley affordable housing. REPORT PREPARED BY: Dennis Carrington, Senior Planner EXHIBITS ATTACHED: A) Draft letter to Timothy Coyle, Director of the State Department of Housing and Community Development dated November 6 , 1991 . RECOMMENDATION: }-c 1) Receive the Staff Report. 'T 2) Review the Draft letter to State HCD. 3) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Draft letter as proposed. 4) Appoint a representative and an alternate representative to the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None at this time. DESCRIPTION: On May 30, 1991 , a meeting was held at the request of Pleasanton Mayor Ken Mercer to address a joint approach to the provision of low-income housing. Mayor Mercer proposed a joint approach where the participating cities have similar ordinances, belong to a Joint Powers Authority and jointly provide affordable housing for the entire Tri-Valley area. Mayor Snyder attended that meeting. It was decided at that meeting to call the organization the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee, to pursue a joint approach at the Staff level and to include elected officials at all meetings. The meetings have been chaired by Deborah Acosta, City Manager of the City of Pleasanton and staff has been provided by the City of Pleasanton. Meetings have since been held on June 12 , 1991; June 271 1991; August 1 , 1991, September 5, 1991 and October 10, 1991. Mayor Snyder and other members of the City Council have attended these meetings. At those meetings presentations have been made on the Community Reinvestment Act, the "fair share" determination methodology, of ABAG, State Housing and Community Development views of the possibility of Tri-Valley cities receiving credit for joint efforts at the provision of housing, statutory housing requirements for Housing Elements, and the preparation of a Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Survey. Presentations have also been made on the function and projects of the non-profit builder Eden Housing, and Contra Costa County's experience with start-up non-profit housing agencies. The Tri-Valley Council met on November 6 , 1991, to discuss the Draft letter to State HCD and modified the letter as shown in Exhibit A. At the meeting, members of the Tri-Valley Council agreed that each city should appoint a representative and an alternate representative to attend meetings of the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee. Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Mayor to ' sign the Draft letter as revised and that it appoint a representative and an alternate representative to the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee. -- - --------------------------------------------------- ITEM No. COPIES TO: Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee file TVAHC21 CITY CLERK E E 0 1 ' D R A F T L E T T E R j (Reflects Tri-Valley City Councils changes of 11/1/91) ' I i Timothy Coyle, Director g Y State Department of Housin and communit Development { P.O. BOX 952051 Sacramento, CA 94252-2051 1 Regarding: opportunities for Developing Affordable Housing at a Sub-Regional Level in the Tri-Valley Area of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties j I Dear Mr. Coyle: t Representatives from the seven local jurisdictions situa in the lted Amador, Livermore and San Ramon Valleys of the San FraPcisco Bay Area recently met and formed the Tri-Valley Affordable Housing Committee. Member jurisdictions include Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, the Town of Danville and the Cities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and San Ramon. The focus of the Committee is to explore the opportunities for jointly developing affordable housing in the Tri-Valley area. Thanks to helpful input from representatives of the vario ABAG mand jurisdictions, as well as from Mr. Gary Binger of ; representatives from your Department, we are excited iabout the opportunities for moving forward. However, it is our understanding that a strict interpretation of Government Code Sections 65583, 65584 (a and b) , and 65584-5 (a,b and c) does not permit cities and counties to mutually agree it P001 their resources, arid, at the credit toward their own "fair share" same time, receive allocations. we are therefore asking that Yo the appropriate possibility and work �d � Us o legislative reform. In the past, firi-Valley cities have had good a income nh�eveholdsg housing for lower-income seniors and m However, providing homes for families that wank in our communities but cannot afford to live into them has ovarcome6eincludi including: they high cost There are numerous obstacles of land and construction, finding available land, the impact of on- and off-site improvements on the purchase price, and the time it takes to review and approve a project containing affordable housing. The common denominator of all of these obstacles is the high cost of development. As you are aware, communities are faced with the almost impossible task of providing housing for people of EX4 m�.uwCt�as.r i all economic levels at a time when federal _,id state Ifunds are � i shrinking. In order to overcome these problems, communities must seek creative solutions. Joint development of affordable housing could be one such solution. Cities and counties working together to produce affordable housing would have several advantages. First, greater sources of funding could be applied. For example, onecommunity could provide a site, while others might provide funding from sources such as "in-lieu" affordable housing fees. I Another advantage would be early identification of available sites. Many cities are close to buildout, and have only small, infill parcels remaining for housing development. Reweve, qt 19 land' In the early stages of planning for these parcels, affordable housing goals could be identified, and financial commitments could be made with nearby cities. Another advantage would be the savings ms► of the time and effort of processing development in ters with an affordable housing component. The concept of communities working together and combining their resources, and receiving "fair share" allocation credit !.n return, would not be intended to supersede or take the place of other efforts by communities to meet their fair share allocations. It would simply augment other ongoing programs, and, at the same time, provide another option intended to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing. We would like to thank Tom Cook, Cathy Creswell and Gary j ollard of your Department for the assistance that they have provided to our Committee. We look forward to hearing from you and continuing our dialogue with the State regarding this very important issue. i signature of Member JurisdictionMayors and Board Chairpersons I 1 I I i i i cc: state Legislators League of California Cities Gary Binger Rich Sybert i t