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B-1 <br /> <br />Supplemental Changes to Working Draft Housing Element to Reflect Input <br />from San Leandro Planning Commission <br /> <br />ID # Comment from Commission Proposed Edit <br />Action <br />53.03-A <br />Edit the action on applications <br />for grant funding to acknowledge <br />several pending funding sources, <br />including the Prop 41 funds <br />(Veterans Housing and <br />Homelessness Prevention Bill— <br />NOFA coming out soon, funded <br />by cap and trade) and the TOD <br />Infrastructure Infill Design funds. <br />Continue to pursue all available funding for affordable <br />housing construction, including annual applications for <br />federal CDBG and HOME funds, and applications for state <br />funds through the Department of Housing and Community <br />Development. The City will continue to participate as a <br />member of the Alameda County HOME Consortium in <br />applications for federal funds. The City will also continue to <br />explore alternatives to make up for the revenue lost when the <br />Redevelopment Agency was eliminated. Among the new state <br />funding soures to be explored are the Proposition 41 funds to <br />acquire, construct, rehabilitate and preserve affordable <br />housing for veterans and their families. Approximately $545 <br />million in Prop funds will be available statewide in the next <br />seven years. The City will also explore funding to facilitate <br />new housing development through HCD’s Infill <br />Infrastructure Grant Program and its TOD Housing <br />Program. Based on a 2014 Senate Budget Review Committee <br />proposal, approximately 20 percent of the funds collected <br />through the State’s cap-and-trade program may be <br />earmarked for affordable housing in transit-oriented <br />development. <br />Action <br />53.05-B <br />The TOD strategy estimate of <br />housing capacity for Town Hall <br />Square was high and assumed all <br />parcels could be acquired. Since <br />a lower number was used for the <br />Housing Site Inventory, we <br />should make note of that. <br />Edit the last sentence as follows: <br />The Downtown TOD strategy identified this site as having the <br />potential for as many as 148 housing units, with ancillary <br />ground floor commercial uses. The site inventory in <br />Appendix A uses a lower buildout estimate (89 units), <br />recognizing that this site requires lot consolidation and that <br />not all parcels may be available for reuse. <br />Policy <br />53.11 <br />Provide more explicit direction <br />on what we mean when we say <br />“recognize the potential for….” <br />(foreign investment, etc.) Note <br />that we should also seek funding, <br />etc. <br />Recognize the potential for the private sector, including <br />foreign investors, to assist in underwriting local affordable <br />housing and accelerating market rate housing production in <br />the city. “Actively seek additional investment from the <br />private sector, including foreign investors, to develop market <br />rate and affordable housing in the city. Monitor opportunities <br />to solicit investment and pursue such opportunities when they <br />are identified.” <br />ATTACHMENT “B”