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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 032-1994RESOLUTION No. 32-94 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME ADOPTING THE 1990-1995 HOUSING ELEMENT AND CERTIFYING ITS COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 10.6 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. WHEREAS, Article 10.6 of the California Government code requires each city and County to adopt a Housing Element of its General Plan and to update that Housing Element every five years; and WHEREAS, the Burlingame Housing Element was adopted in 1979 and is proposed to be replaced with the 1990-1995 Housing Element; and WHEREAS, the 1990-1995 Housing Element establishes the City's objective to meet the state -mandated affordable housing share, identifies sufficient sites suitable for development to meet the City's specified housing objectives and includes programs designed to meet the objectives, and it is determined that the findings included with this resolution document the City's reasons for finding further revisions recommended by HCD based on its review of the 1990-1995 Housing Element fall beyond the scope of the Department's advisory review authority; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65585 f(2) allows cities to adopt a Housing Element without changes recommended by HCD, if that Department finds that the Housing Element does not substantially comply with the requirements of Article 10.6, provided that the City Council includes in its resolution of adoption written findings which explain the reasons the Council believes that the Housing Element substantially complies with the requirements of Article 10.6 despite the findings of the Department; and WHEREAS, the revised draft Housing Element has been discussed at two public workshops, and the Planning Commission studied, conducted a full public hearing and recommended approval of the 1990-1995 Housing Element; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a joint Planning Commission/City Council study session to review the 1990-1995 Housing Element, studied it a public meeting and conducted a public hearing on June 6, 1994 at which time all persons desiring to be heard were heard; and WHEREAS, a Negative Declaration ND -469P was adopted for the 1990-1995 Housing Element with the finding that based on the initial study and written and oral testimony received there is no substantial evidence that the 1990-1995 Housing Element will have a significant effect on the environment; and 1 WHEREAS, the 1990-1995 Housing Element is consistent with the current General Plan and its policy for the City of Burlingame and no other adjustments to the General Plan are required in order to implement the action program of the 1990-1995 Housing Element; WHEREAS, implementation efforts to achieve the City's affordable housing objectives using block grant funded programs and city discretion are already underway; and WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) reviewed a draft of the City of Burlingame's 1990-1995 Housing Element and responded on September 13, 1993 with a list of required revisions to bring the element into compliance with State housing element law, to which the city responded and received on March 11, 1994 acknowledgement from HCD that with three exceptions all of these requested revisions had been satisfactorily met. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City -Council of the City of Burlingame hereby makes the following findings based on the March 11, 1994 review of the 1990-1995 Housing Element by the California Department of Housing and Community Development and further finds that the remaining revisions sought by HCD fall beyond the scope of the Department's statutory review authority. The City finds that it has met its responsibility by responding to the remaining outstanding issues as follows: 1. REQUEST: HCD recommended more specific incentives to promote the mixed use developments. RESPONSE: In response to HCD's concern the City amended the text listing the actions which it has taken in the past to encourage mixed residential -commercial projects including zoning and parking incentives. The action program contains a commitment to expand such programs and further modify regulations by 1995. 2. REQUEST: HCD recommended expansion of the second unit program by relaxing development standards. RESPONSE: The Housing Element presently includes a program of amnesty for existing second units in single family houses designed to encourage such units to be upgraded to .safe and sanitary units as defined in the Housing Code. Housing Code standards are chosen so that the units could still be retained as lower cost units but be upgraded. By this program the city estimates 250 permanent units would be added to the housing stock. The City of Burlingame not only has the highest density in terms of the largest percentage (50%) of its housing stock in multiple family units in San Mateo but the early subdivisions (pre World War II) were based on small E lot sizes (generally 4000 to 5000 SF) and narrow, substandard by current dimension requirements, street right-of-ways. In addition this much of this early tract development allotted inadequate space on site for parking, so neighborhoods are impacted with on street parking, some to the extent that emergency access might be a potential problem. Relaxing the city development standards to allow second units on all lots zoned for single family development would create an unsafe condition in many situations. In addition it would increase the density of development through out the city, beyond what is reasonable for the county. Through the program proposed the city would address the second units which already impact these older neighborhoods since many of them were added to the housing stock before the city had zoning. Modifications to the regulations would change the city's position and encourage these units, many of which are not presently rentable because of their condition, to be legally retained and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. 3. REQUEST: HCD requested clarification of how the unmet need for emergency shelters and transitional housing would be addressed. RESPONSE: The analysis of families and persons in need of emergency shelter or transitional housing in the Housing Element documents that there were no such persons or families in Burlingame at the time of the 1990 Census. However, the analysis goes on to note that Burlingame's share of San Mateo County's homeless population, based on proportional population, is 4.1% or 295 persons per year. Because of the regional character of the need and the fact that the persons in need are not located in Burlingame the Housing Element proposes that the city continue its practice of contributing financially to those non-profit groups who provide services and shelter for the county's homeless population. In addition the element includes an action that by 1995 the city would adjust the zoning requirements in specific areas to allow, with a use permit, group facilities for homeless persons. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the self -certification of the 1990-1995 Housing Element for the City of Burlingame is further documented by the findings of fact addressing each of the mandated criteria for review, including provision of adequate .sites property zoned to meet the assigned regional housing need prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments, attached as Exhibit A and the 3 text of the 1990-1995 Housing Element as adopted by the City Council of the City of Burlingame; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city council of the City of Burlingame finds and determines that the attached 1990-1995 Housing Element, plus the proposed revisions, substantially complies with the requirements of California Government Code Article 10.6 despite the findings of HCD, for the reasons specified above; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby approves and adopts the 1990-1995 Housing element of the Burlingame General Plan (Exhibit B) along with changes shown in the attached proposed revisions 3m&j&tx"x,which have been incorporated into the housing element. 1• Ch- �u2 MAYOR I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of JUNE 1994, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: HARRISON, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO, SPINELLI NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: NO r � City Clerk El EXHIBIT "A" TABLE 9: PROJECTED HOUSING NEED BY INCOME CATEGORY City of Burlingame Regional Units Remaining Share Produced Share Income Group (1988-92) (1992-95) Very Low 271 0 271 Low 231 0 231 Moderate 285 0 285 Above Moderate 570 113 457 Subtotal 1,357 113 1244 According to the State Department of Housing and Community Development, San Mateo County's May, 1993 Area Median Income is $54,300. Income ranges for the various economic segments of the population are listed below: Very Low Up to 50% of Median (up to $26,700 per year) Low 51 % to 80% of Median ($27,693 to $43,440) Moderate 81% to 120% of Median ($43,983 to $65,160) Above Moderate More than 120% of Median ($65,161 plus) These income limits are adjusted for family size in Table 10 to illustrate how the income limits work for various family sizes. A family of four, for example, would be very low income up to $ 29,200 per year, low-income up to $ 39,700 and moderate income up to $ 70,000.