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Planning Conmiission Special Meeting Minutes Agenda No. 10-03 March 25, 2010 Page 14 of 20 • Needs assessment -looks at census date, which is unfortunately 10 years old (because the decennial census is taking place now); some data, however, has been updated through various other sources. • Constraints analysis -looks at all potential obstacles to building housing, particularly affordable Dousing, and some possible remedies. • Adequate sites analysis -looks at whether enough land is available to meet our housing needs. • Goals, objectives, policies -the meat of the Housing Element, this includes policies for making housing decisions going forward. • Five-year action plan. Mr. Miller also described the process involved in developing the Housing Element Update, including collecting data and public input (via workshops and stakeholder meetings throughout 2008 and 2009), assessing needs, analyzing sites and constraints, developing policies and preparing/submitting a working draft to HCD. The draft was submitted for HCD's administrative review in June 2009. Since receipt of the HCD's comments in September, the process has continued via work with HCD and appropriate changes to the draft. Community input included feedback received via email, the Housing Element website (www.ci.san-Leandro.ca.us/cdhousingelement.asp), two rounds of community workshops (June 2008 and March 2009), stakeholder interviews and focus group sessions with non-profit and for- profit developers, homeowners' associations, realtors and other organizations that deal with community housing issues. The City Council weighed in on a number of occasions, including work sessions (one in conjunction with the San Leandro Board of Education). In addition, a formal public review process accompanied both the administrative Housing Element Update Draft last spring grid the current iteration. Several thousand copies of a four-page Housing Element brochure also were distributed to the public. State Law requires each city and county to accommodate its "fair share" of regional housing needs; the Bay Area's assignment for the 2007-2014 period totals 214,500 units. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) subdivides the total on the basis of a formula that reflects: • Land availability • Market demand and trends • Job growth and population projections • Infrastructure • Transit access; the fact that San Leandro has two BART stations tends to push our Hamner un more than it otnerw~se ~~_.~~c~c._ -- _. 'l ~foderore :j(i j~,UO~~' i~Locr -~/~`•,i >_ :~i 1 ~l ~~ l`en-Lor: ~r i .f%is ~~ ~U D:E ~`~~ ~ Aioderate '~~~ ~ .~ 1,630 units -four-person households might be. This pie chart indicates how (in "ballpark figures") San Leandro's share of the region's total housing needs for the 2007-2014 period - 1,630 units - breaks down in terms of household income levels. Although Mr. Miller said this may sound like a big number, he explained that relative to other cities it is moderate. Oakland's total is approximately 15,000 units, for example, and Hayward's is about 3,000, with more than 4,000 each for Pleasanton and Livermore. Mr. Miller also explained that these numbers do not indicate what the City is actually expected to build, because that is beyond the City's control. What is necessary, though, is that the City has the