Community Housing Committee Special Meeting Minutes 1557 Healdsburg Avenue, Library Healdsburg, CA October 30, :00 pm

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1 1557 Healdsburg Avenue, Library Healdsburg, CA :00 pm Present Committee Members: Absent Committee Members: Abramson, Doll, Gain*, Kladder, Kravitz and Chair Mason Nieto *Committee Member Gain arrived at approximately 6:05 P.M. CALLED TO ORDER Chairperson Mason called to order the special meeting of the Community Housing Committee of the City of Healdsburg at 6:02 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA On a motion by Committee Member Abramson, seconded by Committee Member Kravitz approved the, special meeting agenda as submitted. The motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. (Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent Gain and Nieto) APPROVAL OF MINUTES On a motion by Committee Member Kladder, seconded by Committee Member Doll, approved the August 14, 2017, regular meeting minutes as submitted. The motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote. (Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent Gain and Nieto) PUBLIC COMMENT Tim Unger Opined Accessory Dwelling Units should be a focal point of discussion with the opportunity upon us to help others. OLD BUSINESS Chair Mason provided an opportunity for the Committee to regroup and rephrase as the last Committee meeting was held in August. *Committee Member Gain arrived at this time. Committee Member Abramson requested up to date information on building allocations and category A and B allocations in the Growth Management program.

2 Page 2 Chair Mason further reviewed the Commission/Committee training held at the end of September and opined that any Committee Member who couldn t attend the training should pick up the training materials. Chair Mason invited Mayor McCaffery to speak. Mayor McCaffery thanked the Committee for its work, reminded them how important the tasks before them are and encouraged the Committee to meet with each other and members of the public outside of the Committee meetings. He further informed the Committee and the public about the urgency ordinance going before Council on November 6, Discussion ensued about the fires that have taken place over the last few weeks and how Healdsburg can help the neighboring communities. Senior Planner Kranz summarized the urgency ordinance going to council on November 6, HOUSING ACTION PLAN Senior Planner Kranz explained the action tonight was to review, discuss and consider taking action on the draft Housing Action Plan (HAP). Planner Kranz provided background information on the HAP, how the HAP was developed, how many public meetings were held, and how the HAP must be updated to conform to the current Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) that is in place. Walter Kieser, Economic & Planning Systems Inc., explained the redline HAP was a neutral edit and only removed the portions related to Measure R. In response to the Committee s inquires, Mr. Kieser and Senior Planner Kranz explained what Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are and how the City s fee deferral program works. Tim Unger Opined eliminating fees altogether to construct ADU s. It was the consensus of the Committee to go through each one of the Priority Recommendations separately. Discussion ensued about the Executive Summary and fee deferral programs/waivers for ADU s. Jim Heid Informed the Committee that waiving development fees triggers prevailing wage. He further opined looking into scaling the fees may be more cost effective. Todd Everett Commented 500 hours spent on ADU construction eliminates prevailing wage trigger.

3 Page 3 In response to Committee Member Abramson s inquiry, Mr. Kieser suggested leaving the target numbers where they are and revisiting them at a later meeting. Todd Everett Opined taking an outcome based approach to the target numbers. There was consensus from the Committee that the introduction to the HAP was acceptable as written. There was consensus from the Committee that Priority Recommendation one was acceptable as proposed: Update Growth Management Ordinance Policies and Procedures. There was consensus from the Committee that Priority Recommendation two could be deleted. There was consensus from the Committee that Priority Recommendation three was acceptable as submitted by staff: Identify funding sources for affordable housing. Jim Winston Opined altering the definition of affordable housing to include 120% - 160% of average median income would be inconsistent with the state definition of affordable housing. Discussion ensued about the definition of affordable housing, middle income housing and the Growth Management Ordinance. There was consensus from the Committee to change Priority Recommendation four to read: Incorporate the definition of middle income housing into the Land Use Code and other policy documents. Discussion ensued about Priority Recommendation five and the percentage of the Inclusionary Housing requirement. It was the consensus of the Committee that Priority Recommendation five was acceptable as submitted by staff: Revise the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO) to optimize affordable housing production. Discussion ensued about Priority Recommendation six and what current affordable housing incentives are. Merrilyn Joyce Opined waiving fees for a period of time to construct ADU s. Tim Unger Commented on being explicit about waiving versus deferring fees. It was the consensus of the Committee that Priority Recommendation six was acceptable as submitted: Expand affordable housing incentives.

4 Page 4 Discussion ensued about Priority Recommendation seven, the fee structure, what triggers prevailing wage and adding the word reduction to Priority Recommendation seven. Jim Heid Opined Priority Recommendation seven should be two sentences. Further discussion ensued about making Priority Recommendation seven two sentences. It was the consensus of the Committee that Priority Recommendation seven should be amended to read Evaluate revision of the Impact Fee schedule to scale with Unit Size. Explore a fee deferral or reduction program for ADU s. Discussion ensued about Priority Recommendation eight, parking regulations, and who is charged with updating parking regulations. Committee Member Abramson requested parking requirements be a future discussion item. It was the consensus of the Committee to add parking requirements as future discussion item. After discussion, there were no edits to Priority Recommendation eight. It remains: Update parking regulations to scale requirements to location and unit size. There was consensus from the Committee that the wording of Priority Recommendation nine was acceptable: Update residential design guidelines to address community concerns for scale and character of new housing. But Committee members were concerned about possible inconsistencies between the proposed design guidelines and the Housing Action Plan and questioned whether Priority Recommendation nine should remain. Discussion supported appropriate scaled multifamily and affordable housing development. COMMUNITY HOUSING COMMITTEE SCHEDULE AND AGENDA Walter Kieser, Economic & Planning Systems reviewed the topics to be discussed at future Community Housing Committee meetings. Discussion ensued among the committee about holding workshops, having additional meetings, starting the meetings earlier and creating subcommittees In response to Chair Mason s inquiry, Senior Planner Kranz explained that information on housing topics could be sent to the Committee in between meetings. Jim Heid Informed the Committee of the Housing By the Bay series happening in San Francisco. It was the consensus of the Committee to begin the next meeting at 5:00 P.M.

5 Page 5 In response to Committee Member Abramson s inquiry, Walter Kieser gave a brief introduction on the GMO policy and procedures to be discussed at the next meeting. Tim Unger Opined having a collective interface between the City Council, Planning Commission and the Community Housing Committee would be useful. Jim Heid Opined narrowing the request of information when meeting with the other bodies. Discussion ensued about what the other commissions are working on and whether design guidelines and parking should come back to the Community Housing Committee for comment. COMMITTEE REPORTS ON MATTERS OF INTEREST OCCURRING SINCE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING (Information Only) None. DIRECTOR S REPORT ON MATTERS OF INTEREST OCCURRING SINCE PREVIOUS REGULAR MEETING (Information Only) None. ADJOURNMENT There being no other Community Housing Committee business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:23 p.m. APPROVED: ATTEST: Debbie Mason, Chair Lisa Kranz, Senior Planner