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<br />~Urban <br />@)i)Habltat <br /> <br />We recommend that the City incorporate the following mitigations into the TOO Plan, to make <br />consisteDt the TOO Plan with housing ,oals in relevant regional and local plans, to address the adverse <br />impacts discussed above related to meeting the City's affordable housing ioals and needs, preventing <br />resident displacement. achievina a jobslhousinc balance and improving the City's compliance with .ir <br />quaUty, climate change,...d traft"LC goals. . <br />1. Ensure there is sufficient affordable rental housina for verY low-income households ~ familiC$ <br />by adopting an inclusionary zoning overlay .in the Downtown Plan Area. that would have <br />requirements for rental housing affordable to low., vory low- and extremely low-income <br />households and that would ensure that a portion of the inclusionat)' units are large enough 10 <br />accommodate families (3+ bedrooms). ' <br />2. Reduce barricn to the construction of affordable rental housin1J by encoW'aJinl private and non- <br />profit developers to work toaether on large opportunity sites, by eliminating minimum parking <br />requirements for aft'ordabk housing units and by zoning lit IC88l one site withi" the Downtown <br />Plan Area (or 1 00% affordable housing. <br />3. UtUize exdtine: public monies and increase fundin, for new 8frordable rental housinl!. <br />Specifically, we recommend the city increase the percentaae of RttdoveJopment dollars that are <br />sc:t aside for affordable houling (Housins Set-Aside) to 25%. leverage the State Proposition 1 C <br />funds for development near transit,. and increase the fee to convert rental units to condominiums <br />to support affordable hOLlsing development to at least ~% of the condo'. sales price. <br />4. rrcvent Disolacement of current downtown area residents by cllJifying existinJ lans.....e in the <br />Plan to "replace all low-income housing units lost in the TOO area" to apply to all remal units <br />where low-income households reside, whether they be designated affordable or de facto <br />affonlaable, revive and strengthen the Rent Review Board, and create a TOO Renter Protection <br />Committee to monitor resident displacement in the TOO Plan area. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of these questions and recommendations. We are happy to respond to <br />any questions you may have concernin! our commentS on the DEIR and would gladly work with you <br />and other stakeholders to achieve the suUcstcd mitigations. or others.. to meet affordable housing needs <br />and prevent resident displacement. <br /> <br />Respoctfully. <br /> <br />~[J!b <br /> <br /> <br />Juliet Ellis <br />EMCutive Director <br /> <br />Lindsay lmai <br />Transportation and Housmg Propm Associate <br /> <br />061.. Stntlt. SuIte UOS, 0aW1lDd,. CA N612 <br />(510) 839-9510 · F~ (tIC>> 139-1610 <br />www,~t.oIB <br /> <br />!itlSt 39\1c:1 <br /> <br />1.\11IS\fH ~ <br /> <br />et966€eet!i <br /> <br />6S:~t ,8e~/~~/8e <br />