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Housing Opportunity Ordinance <br />September 7, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br />Balancing this policy direction, the remaining majority of the City Council was supportive <br />of the Housing Ad Hoc Committee recommendations to amend the HOO. Staff identified <br />consensus by the majority members to further evaluate the following policies: <br />• Require a mandatory skilled and trained workforce to create a living wage for <br />projects that trigger the HOO or that receive funding from the inclusionary housing <br />fund. <br />• Develop a sliding scale for the in -lieu fee for projects that incorporate a skilled and <br />trained workforce. <br />• Incorporate local hire requirements. <br />• Prioritize production of housing for large families. <br />• Prioritize down payment assistance. <br />• Add rental protections for tenants. <br />• Address displacement and protection. <br />Table 1 below is a summary and description of the draft amendments to the HOO which <br />incorporates the recommendations of the Housing Ad Hoc Committee as well as the <br />policy direction received from the City Council on July 6t" and July 26t". The draft HOO <br />is attached as Exhibit 1 in red line and clean format with the amendments summarized <br />below. <br />Table 1: Summary of Amendments <br />Code Section <br />Subject <br />City Council Recommendations <br />Title <br />Update Title: <br />The updated title will provide clarity and <br />2021 Affordable <br />distinction from prior versions of the <br />Housing Opportunity & <br />ordinance. <br />Creation Ordinance <br />41-1901 <br />Definition: <br />The provisions for "Entitled Residential <br />Deletes "Entitled <br />Projects" and "Prior Projects" no longer <br />Residential Project" and <br />apply after October 1, 2021. <br />"Prior Project" definition <br />41-1902 <br />Applicability: <br />This section is amended to revert the <br />Establishes new <br />language to the previous HOO before it <br />standards for projects <br />was previously amended in October <br />that need to comply <br />2020. The HOO would apply to projects <br />with the ordinance <br />that will require a zone change or <br />general plan amendment, including city <br />initiated zone changes and general plan <br />amendments since November 28, <br />2011. The current ordinance only <br />applies to projects that are requesting <br />City Council 35 — 2 9/7/2021 <br />