HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 18-066 forming subregion RHNARESOLUTION NO. 18-066
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
a 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 Area the obligation to zone enough housing development capacity to
accommodate production of a specific number of housing units during the period from 2023
through 2031; 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 City of Saratoga 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 Clara County (CASCC) 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
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 City of Saratoga 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Saratoga on this 5th day of
December 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Vice Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Council
Members Howard A. Miller, Emily Lo, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mary ernald, Mayor
Attest:
S--ec>e
Debbie Bretschneider, interim City Clerk