Report Prepared by: Leah Brown, Management Analyst, Development Services
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SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Unit Production Plan Including a Schedule for In-Lieu Fees
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers adopting Resolution 2023-83 to amend the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Unit Production Plan including a schedule for In-Lieu Fees
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion adopting Resolution 2023-83, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, Approving an Amendment to the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Unit Production Plan and related In-Lieu Fee Schedule.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Adopt the Resolution as recommended by staff; or,
2. Amend the Resolution (with further specific modifications to be specified in the Council motion); or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Continue to a future meeting (date to be specified in the motion).
AUTHORITY
City of Merced Charter, Section 200; et. seq.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2023-24 Adopted Budget and City Council's Prohousing Policies
DISCUSSION
RSG, the City's pro-housing feasibility consultant, gave a presentation to City Council on August 21, 2023, on the In-Lieu Fee Analysis and sought direction to confirm the percentage of affordable units the Council would like and to set the fees to determine the in-lieu fee calculation.
Questions came up regarding triggers for the affordable housing requirement in the RHNA Unit Production Plan (City Council Resolution 2022-15) which was created and adopted on April 4, 2022. Those triggers include a Legislative Action Agreement, Development Agreement, Pre-Annexation Development Agreement, or size of development.
RHNA makes it the City's responsibility to have adequately zoned sites for development. The City's RHNA Unit Production Plan has other options for meeting RHNA production goals, for example, a developer can pay an in-lieu fee instead of developing the deed restricted a...
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