HomeMy WebLinkAbout54A-18 RESOLUTION 54A-18
RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SUPPORT FORMATION OF A HOUSING
SUBREGION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
TO FACILITATE AND IMPLEMENT COUNTYWIDE HOUSING PRODUCTION
CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL.HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION (RHNA)
FORMULA CURRENTLY ASSIGNED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA
GOVERNMENTS (ABAG)
WHEREAS, Housing Element Law (Gov. Code Sections 65580 — 65589.8) provides for u
Regional Housing Need Allocation process(RHNA); and
WHEREAS, to implement such RHNA process in the San Francisco Bay Area, the State of
California has delegated to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) responsibility to
adopt an allocation methodology,then use the adopted methodology to assign to each jurisdiction
in the Bay Areathe obligation to zone enough housing development capacity to accommodate
production of a.specific number of housing units during the period from 2021 through 2029; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65584.03 provides that certain combinations of local
governments may form a subregion to perform RHNA for themselves in order to allocate among
themselves the total number of housing units assigned to them collectively by ABAG; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills is interested in exploring the formation of a Regional
Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) subregion consistent with the California Government Code
Section 65584 et seq and acceptable to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and
the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to facilitate
collaboration with the county and all cities in the County of Santa Clara, to efficiently and
effectively deliver housing production goals; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County has directed the review
of the benefits of such a subregion and subsequently representatives of the Cities Association of
Santa Clam County (CASCO) have formed a committee to evaluate and make recommendations
regarding the importance of and opportunities for success through shared housing strategies which
could be facilitated by a subregional effort; and
WHEREAS,housing is a countywide challenge, and housing production types,numbers, density,
appropriateness and affordability levels can vary in different communities, and the Cities'
recognize all production types are important to the housing supply of the County and its related
economic and social health, and
WHEREAS,Cities are individually accountable for,and retain full local authority for, identifying
sites for housing development and for adopting and implementing housing policies intended to
facilitate production of housing to meet local,regional and state policy objectives embodied in the
numbers prescribed by ABAG the Sustainable Community Strategy that will be adopted by ABAG
and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission(MTC)in 2021; and
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WHEREAS,through mutual cooperation and planning,the production of these housing units may
be enhanced through collective efforts and resources, therefore creating a forum for developing
countywide policy consensus on matters related to the Sustainable Community Strategy;
NOW,THEREFORE the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby find,determine,resolve and order
as follows:
Section 1: That it is in the best interest of the City to join with other cities in Santa Clara
County to explore creation of the RHNA subregion and that by working together to plan
for housing growth, the stage is set for implementing housing and more housing will
ultimately be built to meet the needs of the entire County and its residents.
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into
discussions regarding the formation of a RHNA subregion and the development of a
workplan and budget, and schedule of actions leading to the countywide, self-
administration of the housing needs allocation process, allocating the countywide total
housing needs allocation among all the Cities and unincorporated County by consensus;
and to bring back a recommendation and resolution for action to join a RHNA subregion,
or in the alternative, an explanation detailing the decision not to participate in the RHNA
subregion.
The above and foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills at a regular meeting held on the 21�'day of June, 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Radford, Spreen, Corrigan,Waldeck,Wu
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
BY:
ohn Radford, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Deborah Padovan, City Clerk
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