Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to File the City of San Leandro Affordable Housing Trust Fund Report for FYs 2014-2022
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Housing and Homelessness
* Fiscal Sustainability and Transparency
* Race and Equity Initiatives
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the City of San Leandro's Affordable Housing Trust Fund Report for the Fiscal Years 2014-2015 to 2021-2022 in accordance with the City of San Leandro's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (Title 6, Chapter 6.04) and California Government Code Section 66006.
BACKGROUND
In December 2004, the City of San Leandro amended the Zoning Code by adopting Chapter 6.04, the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance ("Ordinance"). The purpose of the Ordinance was to encourage the development and availability of housing affordable to a broad range of households with varying income levels within the City, to increase the supply of affordable housing in proportion to the new jobs created (jobs/housing balance), to offset the demand on housing created by new commercial development and mitigate environmental impacts from exurban commuters and increase the supply of affordable housing as established by the Housing Element of the City's General Plan. The Ordinance contains provisions to collect In-Lieu Fees as an option for those residential developments that contain six or fewer housing units. Those fees are required to be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund ("AHTF") and expended in accordance with the Ordinance. In 2001 the City also amended the Zoning Code by adopting Chapter 5.32, the Residential Condominium Conversion Ordinance. Permit fees paid to convert apartments to condominiums are also deposited into the AHTF.
Separately, California Government Code Section 66006 (State Law) regulates the fees collected by a local agency, in the case of the City of San Leandro, under the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. State L...
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