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ATTACHMENT 1 SUMMARY OF CASA ELEMENT CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS RECOMMENDED APPROACH TVC POLICY FRAMEWORK KEY THEMES 8. Unlock Public Lands for Affordable Housing: CONCERN STATUS: High. The Tri-Valley has varying Support with amendments as follows: CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HOUSING Promote use of"surplus"and"underutilized" amounts of public land between cities.However,the remaining • Allow all cities(not just Sensitive Communities)to BALANCED SOLUTIONS public lands(undefined)for affordable housing public lands should include context sensitive community plans develop context sensitive community plans that h legislative and regulatory changes. for each city. achieves the overall goal of providing affordable This would also create a database listing all CONCERNS:This is a one-size-fits-all approach that: housing around transit. publicly owned land in the Bay Area,limit • Ignores community context-creating potential land use approval process to no more than two years,and incompatibility issues with tall developments immediately • Provide clear and objective standards for the deploy 10 percent of underutilized/surplus public adjacent to low density areas or within historic definition of"surplus land." land to affordable housing development on an districts/downtowns. annual basis. • Should prioritize land around existing or • Ignores the fact that not all public lands have the same approved transit stops Element also calls for policies to help expand the value for affordable housing development,as some large housing construction labor pool,including tracts of public land are located at the urban fringe,away • requiringRequire projects to be consistent with locally trained apprentices and prevailing wages. Exceptions would apply to temporary from transit and is inappropriate for housing development adopted land useplans that are alreadyin 8 P PP y P rY that leads to sprawl. P housing built to address an emergency. place(e.g.specific plans)and consistent with • Ignores the fact that ability to deploy land is driven by objective local standards. Objective:Encourage re-use of public land for market forces,which cities do not control. mixed income/affordable housing units. Monitor any developing legislation regarding the • Disregards the efforts underway by local communities to definition of"surplus/underutilized"lands. As plan vacant lands around transit in a context-sensitive appropriate,advocate for amendments that would manner. allow: • Limits a city's ability to use good design and planning • Cities to partner with the public entity which owns techniques to integrate new affordable housing into the the surplus land to ensure projects are developed fabric of a community,which will likely result in further in a manner consistent with local plans and design community resistance to affordable housing development. standards. • Lacks a definition for surplus and underutilized land and how this proposal relates to the exiting Surplus Land Act requirement to offer surplus land to affordable housing developers and other public agencies. Tri-Valley Cities Policy Framework-Attachment 1:CASA Compact(February 2019) Page 7