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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 2, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-580 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding <br />(MOU) Between the City of San Leandro and Silicon Valley Community <br />Foundation for a Regional Housing Nexus Study <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The City of San Leandro’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance was approved in 2005 to encourage <br />the development of affordable housing in the City. The elimination of redevelopment agencies <br />in 2012 and the inapplicability of the ordinance to rental housing since 2009 impacts the <br />creation of affordable housing in the City. A housing nexus study is proposed to provide a <br />legal and economic basis for future amendments to the City’s Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) <br />Ordinance. <br />Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding <br />(MOU) with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) to fund the City’s participation in <br />a Regional Housing Nexus Study. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of San Leandro enacted its city-wide Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) Ordinance in 2005. The <br />intent of the IZ Ordinance was to encourage the development of affordable housing to a broad <br />range of households with varying income levels and to further the City’s Housing Element <br />goals including adding affordable housing to the City’s housing inventory in proportion to <br />existing needs and future population and job growth. Key requirements under the 2005 IZ <br />Ordinance are shown below. <br />·New rental development projects of 4 or more units shall make 15% of the total units <br />affordable for low and/or very low income renters. (This requirement was placed on <br />hold in 2009 after the Palmer v. Los Angeles appellate court decision which found that <br />rental inclusionary zoning requirements violated California rental housing law) <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/27/2015