HomeMy WebLinkAboutCD General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Reports and Updated Informational Report Regarding Challenges to Housing PPT2023 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL
PROGRESS REPORT (APR)
San Rafael City Council
March 4, 2024
City of San Rafael, California
STAFF REPORT - OVERVIEW
1.Background
2.General Plan Program Highlights
3.Housing Element Program Highlights
4.Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Progress
5.City Efforts to Address Barriers to Housing Development
6.Options and staff recommendation
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BACKGROUND
General Plan 2040
The City’s blueprint for
meeting the community’s
long-term vison for the
future
City of San Rafael, California
GENERAL PLAN PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
•Received $3M for Fourth Street
intersection realignment project
•Appointed Police Advisory and
Accountability Committee
•Ranked fourth among medium-sized
communities nationwide in the Top 40
Arts-Vibrant Communities of 2023
•Awarded $800,000 in grant funding for the creation of a Canal
Priority Development Area
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HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
•Awarded $1.45 million from City Trust Fund across three affordable
housing projects.
•Issued a building permit for 40 units of permanent supportive housing at
3301 Kerner Blvd.
•Received additional $250,000 in Encampment Resolution Funding.
Twelve individuals from the seventeen-person caseload, supported by
ERF-1, secured permanent housing in 2023.
•Inspected 1,826 rental housing units at 58 properties.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Projects recently completed or under development
Address (Name)Type Units Status
999 Third St -Vivalon Healthy
Aging Campus Senior Housing 66 Opened 2023
Terra Linda Manor Affordable Multifamily
Housing 125
Rehabilitation
Completion
Expected 2025
3301 Kerner Blvd Permanent Supportive
Housing 40 Expected 2025
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HOUSING UNITS ENTITLED, PERMITTED, & COMPLETED
Units by Structure Type Entitled Permitted Completed
Single-Family Detached 1 2 16
2-,3-,or 4-Plex 0 2 4
5 or More Units 162 76 67
Accessory Dwelling
Unit/Junior Accessory
Dwelling Unit 32 32 24
Total 195 112 111
RHNA PROGRESS – PERMITS ISSUED BY AFFORDABILITY
Income Level
RHNA
Allocation
by Income
Level
Projection
Period –
06/30/2022-
01/30/2023
2023 2024 -2031
Total Units to
Date (all
years)
Total
Remaining
RHNA by
Income Level
Very Low 857 -40 -40 817
Low 492 15 13 -28 464
Moderate 521 ----521
Above Moderate 1,350 14 56 -70 1,280
Total RHNA 3,220
Total Units 29 109 -138 3,082
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RHNA PROGRESS BY INCOME LEVEL
Based on Year 1 Allocation Only (prorated)
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
All Income Levels
Above Moderate
Moderate
Low
Very Low
Units Issued Building Permits Thru 12/31/23 Remaining 2023 RHNA Allocation (prorated 1/8)
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UNITS ISSUED BUILDING PERMITS & UNITS FINALED, 2018-2023
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Units issued building permits Units finaled
•350 Merrydale Rd (45 townhomes)
•88 Vivian St (70 townhomes)
•Los Gamos Dr (192 apartments)
•703 3rd St (120 apartments)
•1515 4th St (162 apartments)
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ENTITLED PROJECTS
Rendering of 703 3rd St project
15 priorities
•12 completed
Completed in 2023:
•Adopt changes to Commercial Linkage Fee (Q4 2023)
Upcoming for Consideration:
•Objective Design Standards (Q1 2024)
Additional actions identified in 2023-2031 Housing Element
•Program 41: Streamlining of Development Approval
•Program 44: Monitoring of Approved Development Projects
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ADDRESSING CHALLENGES TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT – MINOR CLEAN UP
•Program NH-2.14A University-Neighborhood Coordination
Status to be Changed: “No Action” -> “Progress”
•Program NH-4.2A North San Rafael Town Center Plan
Status to be Changed: “No Action” -> “Progress”
•Housing Element Program 43: Revisions to Parking Standards
Status to be Added: “The City complies with all state requirements
related to parking standards and continues to provide parking
reductions for residential and mixed-use projects that incorporate
bicycle parking, e-bikes, and parking lifts.”
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OPTIONS
The City Council has the following options to consider on this matter:
1.Accept the reports (recommended).
2.Direct staff to return with more information.
3.Take no action.
2023 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL
PROGRESS REPORT (APR)
San Rafael City Council
March 4, 2024
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ADU Permits Issued ADU Permits Finaled
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ADU PERMITS ISSUED & FINALED, 2015-2023
Initial change in state
laws effective 1/1/2017