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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 6, 2020 <br />Presentation <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-237 PRESENTATIONS <br />Agenda Number:4.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Presentation on Multi-Family Development Standards Project Introduction (SB2 <br />Funded) <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff and the City’s consultant team will present an introduction to the Multi-Family Development <br />Standards Project. No formal actions related to this project are agendized at this time. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The State has taken a number of actions aimed at reducing barriers to the creation of housing as <br />California's housing supply and homelessness crisis continues. Through the “Building Homes and <br />Jobs Act” Planning Grants Program (SB2), the State provided grant funding for the City to <br />evaluate its General Plan and Zoning Code to develop objective design and development <br />standards intended to stimulate high quality multi-family residential and mixed-use development. <br />The City hired a consultant team led by Miller Planning Associates with support by Urban Field <br />Studio and Lexington Planning to assist with this effort. <br />Analysis <br />The Multi-Family Development Standards Project will establish new objective design and <br />development standards for each Zoning District that accommodates multi-family and/or <br />mixed-use development. Objective standards will provide property owners and developers with <br />greater predictability and will help streamline the development review process in accordance with <br />recent changes in state law. <br />A strong collaborative effort between stakeholders, community members, and decision-makers is <br />essential to this process, which will consist of the following primary tasks: <br />• Task 1: Project Initiation and Site Analysis; <br />• Task 2: Identification of Development Constraints; <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/1/2020 <br />12