City of Riverbank Planning Commission Meeting

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City of RiverbankPlanning Commission Meeting

• March 17, 2009
• 700 p.m.

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City of RiverbankHousing Element UpdatePublic
Workshop

• March 17, 2009

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• Statewide Housing Goal
• Decent housing and suitable living environment
  for every California family.

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What is the Housing Element?

• One of the seven State required elements of the
  General Plan the only element requiring
  five-year updates and State certification
• Plans for the provision of housing for a variety
  of income levels
• Assesses housing needs at the local level
• Last updated 2004
• Must adopt updated Housing Element by August 31,
  2009

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Why Update the Housing Element?

• Ensures future policy is reflective of community
  needs/challenges/opportunities
• Many grant/funding programs require a certified
  Housing Element
• Essential for establishing policy guidance for
  the long-term housing needs in Riverbank

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Housing Element Goals

• Provide diversity in housing types and
  affordability levels
• Produce and protect existing affordable housing
• Consider special needs populations
• Promote neighborhood vitality
• Meet housing needs while promoting
  environmentally sustainable city

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• The welfare of each of us is dependent
  fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.
• - Theodore Roosevelt

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Housing Element Contents

• Needs Assessment
• Resources and Constraints Analysis
• Review of Past Performance
• Policy Program

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Needs Assessment

• Evaluation of all economic segments in the city
• Growth needs (Regional Housing Needs Allocation)
• Existing needs
• Special Need groups
• Persons with disabilities
• Elderly
• Large households (5 persons per household)
• Farmworkers
• Female-headed households
• Homeless

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City of Riverbank 20072014RHNA Allocations
(Growth Needs)
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• Plans are worthless. Planning is essential.
• - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Existing Needs

• Key Housing Considerations
• Overpayment- households that pay more than 30 of
  their gross income on housing related expenses
• Overcrowding- households having an average of
  more than one person per room
• Rehabilitation- related to housing conditions/
  deferred maintenance
• Replacement- replacement of housing units lost
• At-Risk Units- assisted housing at-risk of
  converting to market rate units during the next
  10 years

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Resources and Constraints Analysis

• Inventory of Land Resources
• Vacant land
• Redevelopment sites
• Potential rezoned sites
• Constraints
• Governmental (regulations, fees, permitting,
  etc.)
• Non-Governmental (financing, land values,
  construction costs)

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Review of Housing Elements Past Performance

• Review effectiveness of the past Housing
  Elements policy program
• Identify progress in implementation
• Evaluate appropriateness of existing goals,
  objectives and policies
• Revise and supplement policies to reflect lessons
  learned

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Policy Program

• 2009-2014 Policy Action Plan
• Establishes Citys official policy related to
  housing
• Establishes specific actions and quantified
  objectives for housing programs and policies
• Production
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Rehabilitation
• Identifies responsible agencies, funding sources
  and implementation timing

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Housing Element Adoption Process

• Planning Commission/City Council Review of Public
  Review Draft
• HCD Review and Certification
• Council adoption of certified Housing Element and
  environmental documentation
• Meet statutory deadline of August 2009

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Housing Element Key Principles

• Focus on infill development in downtown core,
  along major transportation routes, and larger
  vacant residential sites
• Promote alternative housing types to meet needs.
• Smaller units near transit for seniors and other
  special need groups.

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Riverbanks Housing Challenges and Opportunities

• Identify challenges
• What are the biggest challenges to housing in
  Riverbank?
• What housing problems/issues does the city
  currently face?
• Identify opportunities
• What opportunities are there for improving
  housing in Riverbank?
• What would make housing in your city better?