City of Salinas
Housing Element Update Planning Commission
June 3, 2009
Meeting Agenda• Overview of the Housing Element Update
and Process• Review of New Legislation• Policy and Program Discussion
Adequate Sites Requirement Emergency Shelters- SB 2
• Next Steps
What is a Housing Element?• One of the Seven State-Mandated
Elements of the General Plan• Plans for the Provision of
Housing for a Variety of Income Levels
• Assesses Housing Needs at the Local Level
• Requires Review and Certification by the State
Housing Element Contents• Needs Assessment• Resources and Constraints Analysis• Review of Past Performance• Policy Program
City of Salinas 2007-2014RHNA Allocations (Growth Needs)Income Category Annual Income Range Salinas Regional
Share (units)Extremely low-
income<30% MFI* <$20,190 **456
Very low-income 0% - 50% MFI $20,191 - $33,650 911Low-income 51% - 80% MFI $33,651 - $53,840 686
Moderate-income 81% - 120% MFI $53,841 - $80,760 773Above-moderate
income>120% MFI >$80,760 1,706
TOTAL 4,076*MFI= 2009 Median Family Income ($67,300 for Monterey County)**Regional share of extremely low-income units is assumed to be 50% of the very low-income units
Housing Element Update Process
• Phase 1: Public Participation Program• Phase 2: Review Existing Conditions• Phase 3: Prepare Draft Housing Element• Phase 4: Environmental Analysis• Phase 5: Housing Element Adoption
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
Winter 2009 Winter/ Spring 2009
Phase 5
Spring/ Summer
2009
Winter 2009 Summer/Fall 2009
Public Participation Program• Community Workshop
March 18, 2009, City Council Rotunda Key Comment Topics
• Housing Availability and Affordability• Infill and Redevelopment- Downtown• Special Needs Groups• Homeownership Challenges and Opportunities
Recent Legislation• SB 520- Reasonable Accommodation• SB 1818 / AB 2280- Density Bonus• AB 2634- Extremely Low-Income• SB 2- Emergency Shelters• AB 2348- Adequate Sites
Policy and Program Discussion
Adequate Sites Program
Remaining Regional Housing Need Allocation
• Housing need in Moderate and Above-Moderate income categories met
• Remaining housing need of 1,230 Very-Low and Low income units
• Zoning Code amendments and/or rezoning required to meet remaining need
Adequate Sites Requirements• Sites must permit rental and owner-occupied
multi-family residential units by-right• Default density standard of a minimum 30 du/ac• At least 50 percent of lower income need
accommodated on sites exclusively for residential use
• Sites identified to meet the lower income housing need must have density and development standards that permit at least 16 units per site
Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements
• Amend land use and development standards in the Downtown Core to permit by-right residential development with a minimum density standard of 30 du/ac Approximately 9.4 acres of underutilized land
with capacity for 281 units
Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements
• In addition to Downtown Core, rezoning to Permit by-right residential development with a
minimum density standard of 30 du/ac on a minimum of 31.6 acres
A minimum of 14.4 acres of the rezoned land must permit exclusively residential use
Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements
• Rezoning other Areas of the City In the vicinity of the multi-modal transportation
center; At the perimeter of the downtown; Contiguous with Focused Growth Areas; or As a part of areas that have been designated
for mixed-use development• Overlay zone in the New Urbanism Interim
District
Zoning for Emergency Shelters (SB 2)
SB 2 Requirements• Identify a zone or zones where emergency
shelters are permitted by-right, without a conditional use permit or other discretionary action
• Must have capacity to accommodate the identified homeless need and in any case accommodate at least one year-round shelter
• City can adopt objective development and management standards
SB 2 Requirements• 495 unsheltered homeless persons in
Salinas (2009 Homeless Count and Survey)
• Staff has identified the Public/Semipublic (PS) zone as a candidate zone to meet requirements
Next Steps• City Council Study Session- June 23rd
• Draft Housing Element will be submitted to HCD for compliance and review
• HCD reviews for compliance and provides City with letter of suggested revisions to comply with State law
Next Steps• City will address HCD comment letter and
consider third party comments
• Upon satisfying statutory requirements, HCD will provide a letter of “substantial compliance”
• Planning Commission will recommend adoption of the Housing Element to City Council