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C~a~~er ~ Find~r~gs ~earaflr~~ P~o~ec~ A~~errra~fves
<br /> inodera.te income households than the proposed De~reloper Project, Tlais (eduction ire the number of
<br /> a.f~ordable hausi~~g units eli~~u~~ates an opportunit~T to pro~~ide affordable hawing in furtherance of
<br /> mee~n the ~it~~'s ~t also elllr~inates the opportunit~~ to pra~~ide Special deeds housing through
<br /> tl~e ~'iefC~' House p~,•alect,
<br /> Sitl~il~rl~=, t~ltrna~j~e ~ does i~ot to meet the ~t~T's po~ic~~ of "r~rlahirni~[in~ affordahie hauling on
<br /> ~genc~r-o~~ned properties tl~at is of high qual~t~, sustainable, and available to ~rarious inco~.~e le~~els," See
<br /> Santa ~~.~~a Housing Element ~~OG-2o1~], Polic~T HE-~.$.~ for does it go far enough to meet tl~e it~~'s
<br /> poiic~~ to "encourage the caz~struction of re~~tal housing fo~• Santa tuna's reside~~ts and ~~~D~,~l~force,
<br /> inciuding a colnitment to ~Tcr~r ia~v, to~~ a~~d I~oderate inco~~e residents and moderate incoxx~e Santa
<br /> ~~x~a ~~Torkers'~ ~l'olic~r H~--~,~~ or its polic~~ to "facilitate s.nd encou~•age a di~~ersit~t aid range in t}rpes,
<br /> prices, and sues of housing, including single-faYr~i1~7 hones, apartments, to~~Tfx 17on~es, ~~i~ed/z~ultiuse
<br /> housing, transit-oriented de~~elopments, and li~re~~~TDrk housing" ~.'olic~~ ~
<br /> ~E--~,~~. See Santa tuna.
<br /> Hauling ~ler~lent [2a~GR~~~4,~
<br /> ~u~•tl~er, the it~~ of Santa tlna currer~tiy has a sl~ortage of ~~c~~tal units ~tppropriatel~~ sued to
<br /> acco~n~nodate fat~~ies~ t~s stated in the ~it~F's 2D~b~2~~~ Housing Ele~~ef~t, ~~Tl~le tnultiple-fair~il~T
<br /> l~ousi~ ca~~priscs ~I~ of all housing stock ~~thit~ tl~e Cite, anl~f ~ 3~1a of multiple fa.l~nil~~ and single-
<br /> fatriil~? rental units ha~~e three ox• ITiore hedroo~s. ~t is estimated tl~at 4~°I~ of all fatiiies ~vha ~•e~xt l~a~re
<br /> ~i~~e or more ~r~ct~bers, Ties translates into a shortage of ~~,~D~ large famil~t rental wits, The De~Teloper
<br /> Project contains 78 t~~ro~bed~`oar~~ units ~t~~ro of~vl~ich are n~a~~ager ~~nits~ and ~7 three-heclroozx~ units, ~n
<br /> addition, the ~1~~erc~r House project ~~~ould pra~ride one three--bed~•oarr~, ti~Te~one bedroom and fi~~e t~~~a-
<br /> beclraan~ units ~e~clusi~~e of t~~anager's u~~it~ of special needs lousing. Tl~ese units are appr•opr•iatel~T sued
<br /> to Ineet Santa ~~t~a's identifled de~~ograpl~ic needs. ~rnpie~nenta~.on of t~lterna~,~re ~~raE~ld not ~~~rtl~er
<br /> the Cit~~'s policies relat~i~ to the need for recital housif~g suitabie fo~• fa.miiies, nor ~~tould it achieve the
<br /> project abjecti~~es described abo~re.
<br /> ~~~oreo~~er, the ~aliir'or~~ia ~eislat~~rc leas enacted ~o~~ernment Code section. G558.5, the "~~ousing
<br /> ~ccountabilit~~ 1~ct," ~~hich restricts the Cit~r's abilit~? to disapprove, or ~,equire densit~r ~~ed~~ctions, in
<br /> certain t~rpes of ~~csidentiai projects. Speciflcal~~, tl~e Ci~~ 1~~a~~ x~at disapprove a housing de~relopn~et~t
<br /> project for ~re~~' ~.o~'V, lo~~T-, or moderate-Ii~cal~e households unless it makes certain findt~as set forth In
<br /> ~o~Ternt~~ent Code secd.on ~5~59., subsection {d}, Tl3e it~~ i enable to tuake an~~ of these findings at
<br /> this time. T'l~eiefare, disapp~•a~~al of the proposed 1~evelope~• Project is iegall~~ infeasibie~
<br /> ~~dditio~~all~~, t~.te~'nati~re ~ also affects tl~e ~i~ed ratio of construction costs but does not calnlnensurate~~7
<br /> reduce co~~tructian costs, Tl~erefare, although tl~e tatal cost of tlus alternati~rc to rile Cit~F~t~cncy ~~Tould
<br /> be Tess than the proposed ~e~~eloper• Project, the cost unit ~~rould be appro~~Imatel~~ ~G,~00 higher than.
<br /> the proposed eveiaper Project, This is attributable to the fact that smaller apartment projects «~ould be
<br /> de~Teloped under this alternatrve, ~~rhicl7 generate a higher per unit fna~~cial gap, according to the f nancial
<br /> anal~rsls p~.`epared bar e~tser ~~~arston ~ssaciates ~i~It~~ for tl~e Cit~i of Santa tuna ~as updated on i~r~a~F
<br /> ~2, O~o~ and included in ~ppendi~ J of the ~~R, This i significal~tl~~ less efficient and effective ~~ra~r to
<br /> spend the funds a~railable for rcde~Telopment of tl~e t~genc~~-aw~~ed parcels tl~a.i~ tl~e proposed I~e~Teloper
<br /> Project.
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<br /> 3,x.0 Transit caning Cody 4~ SIR Findings of Fact~~tatemen~ of overriding ~on~id~ratians
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