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Council Mtg: December 11,2001 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Adoption of Negative Declaration and Revised Draft 2000-2005 Housing
Element
INTRODUCTION
This report is supplemental to the December 11, 2001 staff report that recommends that
the City Council adopt a Negative Declaration and adopt a Resolution to adopt the
Revised Draft 2000-2005 Housing Element.
BACKGROUND
The State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has completed
its review of the City's Draft 2000-2005 Housing Element. In undertaking this review,
HCD considered the 2000-2005 Housing Element that was conceptually approved by
the City Council on April 24, 2001, supplemented with proposed revisions prepared by
City staff in response to previous comments provided by HCD. These proposed
revisions are attached to the December 11, 2001 staff report as Attachment D. In a
letter dated December 3, 2001, HCD indicates that the element will be in full compliance
with State housing element law (Article 10.6 of the Government Code) once adopted
and submitted to HCD for certification. (Attachment A)
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommendation presented in this report does not have a budget or fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff respectfully recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing on the
revised Draft 2000-2005 Housing Element, adopt a resolution to adopt a Negative
Declaration, adopt a resolution to adopt the revised Draft 2000-2005 Housing Element,
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and Community Development (HCD) for review and certification.
Prepared by:
Suzanne Frick, Director
Jay Trevino, AICP, Planning Manager
Bobby Ray, AICP, Senior Planner
Laura Beck, AICP, Associate Planner
Planning and Community Development Department
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December 3, 2001
Ms. Suzanne Frick. Director
City of Santa Monica
Planning and Comnnmity Development Department
1685 Main Street, Room 212
Santa Monica, California 90407
Dear Ms. Frick:
HE: Review oftbe City of Sum Monies's Revilled Draft Hoosiag Element
TbaDk you . for submitting Santa Monica's draft housing element, consisting of the initial draft
submitted June 6, 2001. together with :revisions submitted on October S. November 13 and 26.
2001. AB you know, we are required to review draft housing elemerits and report our findings to
the locality pursuant to Government Code Section 6SS8S(b}.
Our rcMcw was facilitated by a series of telephone conference caI1s. cnlminaring in a telephone
conference call with Ms. Laura Beck and Messrs. Bobby Ray, Barry Rosenbaum and Jay Travino,
of the City's staff on November 28, 2001. This letter summarizes the conclusions of the
November 28, 2001 telephone conversation.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(c), this Department has also considered comments
about the City's housing element from Mr. Christopher Ranting of Harding, Lannom, Kntchcr and
Kozal.
The current revised draft element addresses all of the statutory requirements identified in our
August 3, 2001 review. The element will be in full compliance with State housing element law
(.Arlicle 10-6 of the Govemmmt Code) once adopted and submitted pursuant to Govcmment Cod(:
Section 65:585(&). The ~ draft element SU'l:IJIDarius housing activity within the Coastal
Zone, makes revisions on the City's commitment to implement progrmns l.a (annual review of
development regulations necessary to promote residential development in non-residential
districts) and l.b (review and revisions to the City's permit processing necessary to comply with
State and local d".Atfl1n~ for processing development applications) and demonstrates the City's
~ land-use regulations do not act as constntints upon the uWntenance, improvement and
development of housing for all income levels.
.A.ccmdixJg to the element, existing development regulatilll1S do not appear to llCt as significant
constraints to housing development nor do they constrain the City's ability to aocommodate the
RHNA for all income levels during 2000-2005 (as conveyed in the previous review letter, the
RHNA is only a minimum of new construction to be accommodated; regulations thai: act to delay
or limit housing and add additional costs to housing must be analyzed as potential constraints.)
DEC-El4-2001 09:26
HCD
916 327 2643 P.03
Ms. Suzanne Frick, Director
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We remain ooncerned that the apparent current climate for residential development, particularly
multifamily development could be reversed. by the revision of CUII'CDt IegUlations or the
implementation of new regulations. Thw;, any change to the existing regulati~ns to residential
developtnem in Santa Monica, such as lowering the threshold for deve1opm.c:nt review permits for
residential development in commercial zones, will mquire the housing element he amended to
analyze the impacts of its land-use regulations upon the maintenance, improvement and
development of housing fur all income levels in Smta Monica., and the amendment will need to be
submitted to tills Department for our review. The City should analyze not only 1he individual
impacts of each regulation that could potentially constrain the maintenance, improvement, and
development of housing,. but also the cwnulative impact. The failure to amend the element to
addn:ss changes to the City's residential development regulations would jeopardize Santa
Monica's compliance with housing element law.
The City and its staff are to be commended for their diligent efforts to revise the element to
complywitb State housing element law. We hope our comments are helpful and wish you sacc~
in the implementation of Santa Monica's housing element If we can provide any additional
assistance, please feel free to contact our staff at (916) 323-3176.
, In accordaDce with requests pmswmt to the Publli: Records Act, we are forwarding copies of this
letter to the persons and organizations listed below.
Sincerely,
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Deputy Director
CC~ Karen Warner, Cotton, Bridges & Associates
MIIrlt Hofli:nan, Cotton, Bridges & Associates
Laura Beclc, City of Santa Monica
Susan Healy-Keane, City of Santa MQnica
Jay Travino, City of Santa Monica
Paul J. Silvan, Hamilton, Rabinowitz and Alscl1l11er, Inc.
Howard A. Jacobs, Calstar Equities, Inc.
Craig D. Jones, IBM Construction, Inc.
Chris Harding, Harding, La:rmore, Kutcher & KozaJ
Mark Stivers, Senate Committee on Housing & Community Development
Catherine YSl'.llCl, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, AO's Office
Terry Roberts, Governor's Office ofPlaoniDg and Research
Kimberley Dellinger, California Building Industry Association
Marcia Salkin, Califumia Association of Realtors
Marc Brown, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
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HCD
Ms. Suzanne Frick. Director
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Rob Weiner, California Coalition for Rural Rousing
John Douglas, AlCP, Civic Solutions
Dara Schur, Western Center 011 Law and Poverty
Alexander Abbe, Law Finn of Richards, Watson & Gershon
Ruben Dunm, Law Firm ofNeufie1d, Jaffe & Levin
Carlyle W. Hall. Hall & Phillips Law Finn
Fair Housing Council of the San Fernando Valley
Mm:k Johnson, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Dennis Rockway, Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach
Stephanie Knapik, Westsidc Fair Housing Council
Mona Tawatao, San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services
Mibn Tran, Inland Counties Legal Services
David Booher, California Housing Council
Jonathan Lebrer-Graiwer, Attomc:y at Law
Ana Marie Whitaker, California State University Pomona
Joe CammlS, Southern CalifomiaAssociation ofGovermnents
Won Chang, Attomeyat Law, Davis and Company
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