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Housing Resources — Are there any comments on the Housing Resources (Appendix G)? Commissioner Morgan requested staff work with individuals who provided public comment, to ensure those items and comments were addressed. Existing Programs Review — Are there any comments on the Existing Programs Review (Appendix D)? Commissioner Nibert requested clarification on the term "supportive housing" and if there was a specific connotation or explanation. Ms. Murillo explained that State law specifically defined supportive housing as well as transitional housing. Commissioner Allen suggested bundling 6.2 and 6.3 as a subset of 11.1 related to ADUs. She suggested subset policies such as reduced fees for deed restricted ADUs for lower income and templated ADU designs. Ms. Clark stated the Housing Element provided an opportunity to add new programs and initiatives, if those were of interest to the Planning Commission and City Council. Potential Future Policy Discussion Items: Does the Planning Commission have any comments, additions or changes to the following list of suggested policy topics for future discussion: • New fundinq sources for low-income housing programs • Additional incentives or programs to encourage 100% affordable projects • Evaluation of unique financing programs • Review/update the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (LO) to ensure it appropriately delivers affordable housing with new market -rate residential development • Additional programs or efforts to address homelessness • Review the Lower Income Housinq Fee and other City fees to ensure development addresses housing demands created • Address "affordability by design" and encourage production of smaller, more affordable market rate units • Consideration of innovative, smaller -scale "missing middle" housing types to provide housing opportunities in scale and character with existing neighborhoods ADU streamlining, including pre -approved ADU Designs Commissioner Gaidos suggested including the outcome of the Housing Commission / City Council discussion from a few years ago, with respect to housing programs. He stated the prevailing sentiment was that those that could afford to build an ADU were not likely renting it to those needing affordable housing, and that it would not be practical to police, regulate or deed restrict ADUs in that manner. He stated the Housing Commission had increased the Excerpt: Draft Planning Commission Minutes, September 22, 2021 Page 5 of 6