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ATTACHMENT 1 SUMMARY OF CASA ELEMENT CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS RECOMMENDED APPROACH TVC POLICY FRAMEWORK KEY THEMES 6. "Good Government"Reforms to Housing CONCERN STATU,,: High. This has the potential to Oppose unless amended as follows: FUNDING AND RESOURCES Approval Process: Focused on streamlining the significantly reduce public input in the review process which • Require an"expiration date"for all fees and CONTEXT-SENSI"GIVE HOUSING permitting process and how residential impact may lead to distrust and community concern. regulations locked at application completeness to fees are set and enforced. CONCERNS: This is a one-size-fits-all approach that: ensure they are applicable to viable projects. • Streamlining(zoning compliant projects<500 • Disincentivizes developers to collaborate on delivering Eliminates abuse by developers who might"lock" units):Includes"locking"rules,fees and projects that best meet community needs(such as mitigating a future application to avoid addressing future historic status at the date of the"application traffic and infrastructure impacts,offering community federal,state or local requirements that may completeness";permits no more than 3 de amenities). surface. novo hearings for each project. • Significantly reduces the ability to provide public input and • Require a"reset"should substantive project • Impact Fees:Impose a state standard for the ability to satisfy the public concerns.Reducing public changes be introduced during the course of the establishing and imposing impact fees using interest may lead to distrust. development review process to avoid potential objective standards rather than current abuse of the system. "reasonableness"test. Allow for fee deferral • Potentially eliminates ability to negotiate community (pay some fees at a later point in the benefits(services and infrastructure to support those who • Maintain clear and objective standards and development process). would occupy the housing)as a part of the development controls,and support fee deferral programs that ensure context sensitivity. process. • inclusionary Zoning.Establish state law that precludes inclusionary programs from being • Allow all cities(not just Sensitive Communities)to Sends a mixed message regarding inclusionary housing, 'additive'(density bonus,housing impact fees, develop context sensitive community plans that which has been the greatest single contributor to affordable local inclusionary requirements). Requires in- achieves the overall goal of providing affordable housing in the Tri-Valley. Elements of the Compact require lieu fees to be an option for fulfilling housing around transit. inclusion(i.e.,ability to'buy out of providing inclusionary housing,while this element alleviates the onsite affordable housing). inclusionary requirement for developers. Monitor any legislation regarding the definition and • Downzoning and Moratoria:State to set • As written,this Element severely limits a city's ability to use requirements related to an"impositions report." criteria for when these can be used locally. good design and planning techniques to integrate new affordable housing into the fabric of a community,which • Annual'Impositions'Report Recommends will likely result in further community resistance to cities annually document any impositions affordable housing development. (undefined)that would increase the hard cost (excludes labor and materials)of housing construction(such as fees and inclusionary zoning requirements. Objective:Remove'regulatory uncertainty' perceived to be a major cause of economically infeasible projects. Tri-Valley Cities Policy Framework-Attachment 1:CASA Compact(February 2019) Page 5