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Attachment 1page 6 of 21-12/31/2017ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORTHousing Element Implementation(CCR Title 25 §6202 )JurisdictionCity of San LeandroReporting Period1/1/2017Policy 53.05 Site Assembly In the Fall of 2017, the California State legislature passed AB1505 (Bloom) that provided a fix to the state supreme court decision Palmer/Sixt Street Properties L.P. v. City of Los Angeles (2009). The Palmer decision invalidated the City of San Leandro's ability to enforce an Inclusionary Zoning ordinance for new rental housing development that had been in place since 2006. In 2018, Housing Division staff will review and revise, as necessary, the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and employ the nexus study and feasibility analysis noted in Action 53.004-A to evaluate an update to the in lieu fee that already exist in the current IZ ordinance and institute an impact fee for new residential rental development. 2017Action 53.04 B Revisions to Inclusionary Housing OrdinanceCity Economic Development staff continue to work with private owners to develop two former RDA sites: Town Hall Square and the former CVS building located at East 14th and Davis Street. City staff continue to support the site assembly of both City-owned and private parcels to gain an economy of scale for a signature mixed-use development and to activate these important downtown locations.OngoingDowntown Housing SitesAction 53.05 BCity staff developed a development Opportunity Site list and published it on the City's website in 2015. OngoingMarketing of Housing Development OpportunitiesAction 53.05 APolicy 53.06 New Rental HousingAction 53.06 A The Cornerstone Apartments2015-2016 See also Action 53.01A. The nonprofit BRIDGE Housing Corporation's Marea Alta,a 115-unlt affordable housing development completed construction and lease up of its units in 2017. There were more than 10,000 applications accepted during the lease up period.In 2017, Marea Alta Phase 2 started construction of 85 units of affordable senior rental housing.Action 53.06 B Encouraging Market Rate RentalsOngoingCity staff continue to meet with for-profit housing developers to encourage new housing in the City.168