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Staff Report for a City Council Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement with Miller Planning Associates to Prepare Objective Residential and Mixed-Use Design and Development Standards and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Consulting Services Agreement with Miller Planning Associates with a Not to Exceed amount of $310,000 (from the State Housing and Community Development Department's SB 2 Planning Grant Program)
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a consulting services agreement (CSA) with Miller Planning Associates to prepare objective residential and mixed-use design and development standards funded by the City of San Leandro's SB 2 Planning Grant award from the State Housing and Community Development Department (HCD). The not-to-exceed amount of $310,000 will be for the time period ending June 30, 2022.
BACKGROUND
In 2017, Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) was signed by the Governor establishing a mandated, ministerial (streamlined) review process for multi-family residential projects under specific conditions and near transit locations. To qualify for this process, an applicant would be required to pay prevailing wage for construction labor and meet the affordable housing production threshold. This law exempts such projects from environmental (CEQA) review and limits the local government agency's project review to locally adopted "objective design and development standards."
Also in 2017, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), titled the "Building Homes and Jobs Act," which specifically established a permanent, on-going source of funding dedicated to promoting and facilitating affordable housing development. On March 28, 2019, HCD released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for approximately $123 million in revenue earmarked for local government planning grants. Under this grant program, local governments are provided an eligibility allowance ...
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