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FROM: DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP 7 .o Costa
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR �; ,.:.. J County
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DATE: -MARCH 18, 2008
SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2007
(ALL DISTRICTS) .
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. ACCEPT this annual progress report on the General Plan as required by California
Government Code §65400.
2. DIRECT the Community Development Department to forward the annual progress report
on the General Plan to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research(OPR)as required
by California Government Code §65400.
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March 18,2008
Board of Supervisors
General Plan Annual Progress Report, Calendar Year 2007
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
California Government Code§65400 requires the planning agency for certain cities and all 58
counties to submit an annual report to their legislative body,Governor's Office of Planning and
Research (OPR), and the California Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD),on the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation by April 1 of each
year. The intent of the annual report is to provide the local legislative body (e.g. Board of
Supervisors)information regarding the status and implementation of the General Plan. It gives
OPR the opportunity to identify statewide trends in land use decision making and how local
planning and development activities relate to statewide planning goals and policies.
Additionally, it enables OPR to track progress on a local jurisdiction's General Plan in terms of
its comprehensiveness and consistency with current OPR General Plan Guidelines and/or.
other state mandates. Providing a copy of the annual progress report on the General Plan to
OPR and HCD fulfills statutory requirements.
There is no standardized form or format for the preparation of the General Plan annual
progress report. OPR leaves it up to each jurisdiction to determine what locally relevant issues
are important to include, but they do suggest general content to cover within the report. The
attached report covering-calendar year 2007 follows the general guidance of OPR in terms of
content.
It is noted that under a separate section of the Government Code, all local jurisdictions are
required to submit to HCD a report on certain housing information, including the jurisdiction's
progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and local efforts to remove
governmental constraints to the development of housing. The report to HCD on the County's
Housing Element implementation for 2007 was submitted by the Community Development
Department on February 12, 2008 to Kathy Creswell, Deputy Director, HCD. Information in that
report to HCD is incorporated into the attached General Plan annual progress report. Staff
calls to the Board's attention the County's progress in meeting its share of regional housing
needs. Current data indicates that through calendar year 2007 the County has reached 86%of
its allocated share of the region's housing needs for the current Housing Element cycle when
approved or permitted units are combined with the potential yield of residential units from
General Plan Amendments approved in calendar year 2007.(1) The data indicates the County
has been making significant progress in achieving housing production targets established in
the Housing Element.
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Contra Costa County General Plan Annual Progress Report Calendar Year 2007
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(1 Between calendar years 2001 and 2007 the County issued permits for 4,267 residential units in the unincorporated area.In calendar year 2007 the County
approved three General Plan Amendments(GPA)re-designating 35 acres of land area to residential use with potential yield of 404 residential units(including
single family and multi-family units).Adding permits issued and 2007 GPA approvals,the combined total of approved residential development through 2007 is
4,671 units,which is 86%of the County's RHNA of 5,436 units for the current Housing Element cycle.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
CALENDAR YEAR 2007
Submitted To:
Board of Supervisors
Contra Costa County
March 18, 2008.
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Prepared By:
Contra Costa County
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PURPOSE OF ANNUAL REPORT........................................ ..............................1
II. GENERAL PLAN STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION.........................................1
A. ' GENERAL PLAN BACKGROUND...............................................................1
TABLE 1: STATUS OF ELEMENTS TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
GENERAL PLAN..........................................................................................2
B. RECENTLY ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS,
CALENDAR YEAR 2007..............................................................................2
C. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
RELATED TO GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION INITIATED IN
2007...............................................................................................................4
D. COMPLIANCE WITH OPR'S GENERAL PLAN GUIDELINES AND
OTHER OPR DIRECTIVES5
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III. HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTION AND PROGRESS IN MEETING
SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS.......................................:.................7
A. SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEED.....................:.............................7
TABLE 2: SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS.................................7
B. HOUSING PRODUCTION ............................................................................8
TABLE 3: UNIT COUNT OF COUNTY HOUSING PRODUCED IN .
2007..............................................................................................................8
C. BARRIERS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACTIVITY IN CALENDAR YEAR 20079
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.IV. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND WORK .ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTION,FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2008 AND
2009......................................................................................................................9
I. PURPOSE OF ANNUAL REPORT
The intent of this report is to demonstrate the County's compliance with Government
Code section 65400(b)(1), which mandates that all cities and counties submit to their
legislative bodies an annual report on the status of the General Plan and progress in its
implementation. The annual report is intended as tool for providing information on a
jurisdiction's progress in implementing its General Plan. A copy of this report will, as
required under the statute, will be provided to the Governor's Office of Planning and
Research (OPR) and the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD). A separate report was provided to HCD on February 12, 2008 in
fulfillment of another statutory requirement to report certain housing information,
including the County's progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and local
efforts to remove governmental constraints to the development of housing, as defined in
Government Code sections 65584 and 65583(c)(3).
In compliance with Section 65400(b)(1) of the California Government Code, this report
covering calendar year 2007 has been prepared for the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors consideration and acceptance. This report summarizes the status of the
Contra Costa County General Plan and describes steps that have been taken to
implement General Plan policies in calendar year 2007. The report provides a summary
of General Plan Amendments that were approved by the Board of Supervisors in 2007.
It also reports on Housing Element implementation, specifically the County's progress in
meeting its share of the regional housing needs over the current reporting period, 1999
to 2006 (current Housing Element cycle) and on the efforts to remove governmental
constraints to maintenance, improvement, and development of housing pursuant to
Government Code Section 65583. This annual report concludes with a discussion on .
goals, objectives, and work activities related to General Plan implementation for
calendar year 2008.
II. GENERAL PLAN STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION
A. GENERAL PLAN BACKGROUND
The Contra Costa County Community Development Department is a division of the
planning agency for the unincorporated area of Contra Costa County, and it is
responsible for the proper preparation and administration of the General Plan (County
Ordinance Code § 26-2.808(1)). The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
adopted a comprehensive General Plan in January 1991 following an extensive public
outreach and participation process initiated in 1986. This comprehensively updated
General Plan superseded the County's prior General Plan (and each of the previously
adopted elements), and consolidated several area specific General Plans into one plan
document.
The General Plan was re-adopted by the Board of Supervisors in July 1996 to
consolidate General Plan Amendments approved between 1991 to 1995 and to correct
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minor errors and omissions discovered in.the original 1991 General Plan text. This
reconsolidation of the County General Plan covered the period from 1995 through 2010.
The General Plan was re-adopted again by the Board of Supervisors in January 2005 to
consolidate General Plan Amendments adopted between 1995 and 2004, to revise text
and map to reflect the 1999 incorporation of the . City of Oakley (formerly an
unincorporated community that was. covered under the County General Plan), and to
incorporate the Housing Element updated in 2001. The second County General Plan
reconsolidation covers the period from 2005 through 2020.
Each of the mandatory elements in the Contra Costa County-General Plan (2005-2020)
.were prepared and/or updated in full compliance with the General Plan Guidelines, as
established by the Governors Office of Planning and Research. There are seven
mandatory elements to a General Plan' The following table indicates the status of the
seven mandatory elements for the Contra Costa County General Plan, including the
year of origin the element was first adopted and the year the element was last revised:
TABLE 1: CONTRA COSTA COUNTY GENERAL PLAN
MANDATORY ELEMENTS — STATUS
General Plan Element First Adopted Last Revised
Land Use 1963 2005
Transportation/Circulation 1963 2005
Housing 19701 2001
Conservation 1973 2005
Open Space 1973 2005
Safety 1975. 2005
Noise 1975 2005
B. RECENTLY ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, CALENDAR
YEAR 2007
Between January 1, 2.007 and December 31, 2007, the Board of Supervisors
conducted hearings on and adopted four (4) General Plan Amendments for the
Contra Costa County General Plan (2005-2020) for calendar Year 2007. 2 The
following is a summary of the four consolidated General Plan Amendments that
were considered and adopted during calendar year 2007.
A preliminary Housing Element was approved in 1970 one year after state legislation established the Housing Element as
mandatory element to the General Plan. Following new statutory requirements for Housing Elements established in the
mid-1970's,the Housing Element was formally adopted by the Board of Supervisors in December 1980.The element has
been subsequently updated through the state-mandated Housing Element update process in 1985, 1991, 1996,and most
recently in December 2001. The current Housing Element, adopted in.December 2001, and was certified by HCD in
March 2002.
z The Board of Supervisors conducted a public hearing on 12/18/2007 for the Affinito Property Townhouse Project General
Plan Amendment(County File:GP#05-0001),re-designating a 7-acre site in Bay Point from Commercial(CO)to Multiple
Family Residential—Medium Density(MM)for 126-unit townhouse development,and approved this amendment on that
date by directing that it be included in the 1s`Consolidated General Plan Amendment for calendar year 2008
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1St Consolidated General Plan Amendment - Calendar Year 2007
• Nove Property Residential Project •General Plan Amendment (County
File: GP#04-0008), adopted by the Board of Supervisors on February 13,
2007 under Resolution No. 2007/44 as the 1St Consolidated General Plan
Amendment for 2007: This General Plan Amendment changed the Land Use
Element Map to re-designate a 29-acre site from Heavy Industrial (HI) and
Light Industrial (LI) to Multiple Family Residential —.Medium Density (MM).
The subject site is located at the southeast corner of the Richmond Parkway
and Pittsburg Avenue in the unincorporated community of North Richmond.
The change in the Land Use Element Map to Multiple ,Family Residential —
Medium Density (MM) was adopted with linked and concurrent applications to
subdivide and develop the 29-acre property for a 370 unit residential project.
2nd Consolidated General Plan Amendment - Calendar Year 2007
• Policies To Support Agricultural Product Sales and Processing General
Plan Amendment (County File; GP#06-0005), adopted by the Board of
Supervisors on June 5, 2007 under Resolution No. 2007/258 as the 2"
Consolidated General Plan Amendment for 2007: This General Plan
Amendment changed text in the Land Use and Conservation elements to
establish new policies allowing and. supporting the sales and processing of
agricultural products on lands zoned within agricultural zoning districts. The
General Plan Amendment was linked to the Board's adoption of County
Ordinance No. 2007-83, Farm Stands and Farm Markets Ordinance (County
File: ZT#06-0003). The General Plan Amendment and Zoning Ordinance
Were County-initiated actions updating General Plan policies and Zoning
Code regulations and standards to support and enhance agriculture within
Contra Costa County.
3rd Consolidated General Plan Amendment- Calendar Year 2007
• Laurel Court Estates Residential Project General Plan Amendment
(County File: GP#06-004), adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October
9, 2007 under Resolution No.20071551 as the 3rd Consolidated General Plan
Amendment for 2007: This General Plan Amendment changed the Land Use
Element Map to re-designate a 4—acre portion of the Rodeo Swim Club site
from Parks and Recreation (PR) to Single Family Residential — High Density
(SH), Open Space (OS), and Parks and Recreation (PR). The subject site is
located at 861 Laurel Court in the unincorporated community of Rodeo. The
change in the Land Use Element Map to Single Family Residential — High
Density (SH) was adopted with linked and concurrent applications to
subdivide and develop a portion of the Rodeo Swim Club property for a 17=
unit residential project.
4th Consolidated General Plan Amendment - Calendar Year 2007
• Mountain View Landing Residential Project General Plan Amendment
(County File: GP#06-0007), adopted by the Board of Supervisors on
November 14, 2007 under Resolution No. 2007/609 as the 4"' Consolidated
General Plan Amendment in 2007: This General Plan Amendment changed
the Land Use Element Map to re-designate a 1.8—acre former school site
from Public/Semi-Public (PS) to -Single Family. Residential — High Density
(SH). The subject site is the former Mountain View Elementary School located
at 1150 Palm Avenue in an unincorporated area of Martinez. The change in
the Land Use Element Map to Single Family Residential— High Density (SH)
was adopted with linked and concurrent applications to subdivide and develop
a portion of the surplus school property for a 13-unit residential project.
C. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION INITIATED IN 2007
The Community Development Department maintains the County General Plan and ,
oversees its implementation. Proposals to amend the General Plan'either from the
private sector or County-initiated must be authorized by the Board of Supervisors
acting in its capacity as the legislative body for unincorporated Contra Costa
County. In calendar year 2007 the Board of Supervisors authorized the following
.General Plan Amendment (GPA) studies:
Buchanan Field Airport Master Plan Update, General Plan Amendment
(County File: GP#07-0001): County-initiated GPA study related potential
revisions to the Land Use and Transportation/Circulation elements to
reflect the Buchanan Field Airport Master Plan Update.
• Land Use Element Map Changes To Reflect Land Acquisitions By Public
Agencies, Countywide, General Plan Amendment (County File: GP#07-
0002): County-initiated GPA study to review and re-consolidate Land
Use Element Map to reflect appropriate land use designation for formerly
private lands acquired by public agencies (e.g. East Bay Regional Park
District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, etc.).
• Evora Road, Bay Point, General Plan Amendment (County File: GP#07-
0003): GPA study to consider the re-designation of a 1 ac. portion of a
5.9-acre parcel from Open Space (OS) to Light Industrial (LI).
• 1900 Las Trampas Road, Alamo, General Plan Amendment (County
File: GP#07-0004): GPA study to consider the re-designation of 3
parcels, totaling approximately 15 acres, from Agricultural Lands (AL) to
Single Family Residential — Low Density (SL).
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• 1995 Bixler Road, Discovery Bay, General Plan Amendment (County
File: GP#07-0005): GPA study to consider the re-designation of a 46-
acre parcel from Agricultural. Lands (AL) to mix of retail commercial,
office, and lightindustrial uses.
• Update to General Plan Policies for Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities,
Countywide, General Plan Amendment (County File: GP#07-0006):
County-initiated GPA-study to consider update of-General Plan policies,
implementation measures, and maps to promote the-development of
bicycle and pedestrian facilities..
• North Richmond Truck Route, North Richmond, General Plan
Amendment (County File: GP#07-0007): County-initiated GPA study to
add alignment of the new North Richmond Truck Route to the Roadway
Network Map in the Transportation/Circulation Element.
• North. Richmond Specific Plan and General Plan Amendment (County
Files: SP#07-0001 and GP#07-0008): GPA study to be conducted in
combination with the preparation of a Specific Plan covering
approximately 200 acres of land in North Richmond between Wildcat
Creek and San Pablo Creek to consider conversion of industrial lands
into a new residential neighborhood with a mix of residential,
commercial, and public uses.
• New Farm, Tassaiara Valley, General Plan Amendment (County File:
GP#07-0009): GPA study relating to the establishment of a new rural
mixed use land use designation for approximately 770 acres in the
Tassajara Valley.
• Gateway Road, Bethel Island, General Plan Amendment (County File:
GP#07-0012): GPA study to consider the re-designation of 7.3 acre
property along Gateway Road on Bethel Island from Single Family
Residential — Low Density (SL) and Open Space to Commercial
Recreation (CR).
D. COMPLIANCE WITH OPR'S GENERAL PLAN GUIDELINES AND OTHER
OPR DIRECTIVES
Section 65400 of the Government Code requires jurisdictions to include the degree
to which the adopted General Plan complies with the State of California General
Plan Guidelines as issued by the Governors Office of Planning and Research
(OPR). The Guidelines provide a definitive interpretation of State statutes and case
law as they relate to the General Plan. In addition, the Guidelines outline the
general framework for preparation and revision a General Plan, Attorney General
Opinions, and the relationship of the General Plan to the requirements under the
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California Environmental.Quality Act (CEQA), The State's-Guidelines are advisory
in nature rather than prescriptive, and-thereby preserve opportunities for a local
jurisdiction to address contemporary planning topics in a locally appropriate
manner. Based on a review of the latest set of General Plan Guidelines, as issued
by OPR in October 2003, -the Contra Costa County General Plan (2005-2020) is
consistent with and meets the mandatory requirements described the guidelines.
In addition to General Plan Guidelines, OPR. has issued other advisories and
guidance related State planning law'requirements for cities and counties. The
Community Development. Department has endeavored to incorporate these
advisories into the County's planning process. Specifically, in November 2005
OPR issued a supplement to the General Plan Guidelines , providing advisory
guidance to cities and counties on the process for consulting with California Native
American tribes during the adoption or amendment of local General Plans or
Specific Plans for the purpose of protecting Traditional Tribal Cultural Places (also
known as SB 18 Tribal Consultation). The Community Development Department
has established a protocol for SB 18 Tribal Consultation on General Plan
Amendments and Specific Plan in accordance with the November 2005
supplemental to the General Plan Guidelines issued by OPR.
Also, OPR has recently been working to improve communication and encourage
collaboration between local governments and the United States military on land
use planning and development issues in response to passage in 2004 of SB 1462
(Kuehl) and SB 1468 (Knight) in 2002. SB 1462 (Kuehl) requires local jurisdictions
to establish a notification process to inform the United States military of certain
local land use proposals to avoid conflicts with military installations and training
activities. SB 1468 (Knight) resulted in the preparation of the California Advisory
Handbook for Community and Military Compatibility Planning to encourages
collaboration between cities, counties, builders and military personnel by providing
tools and guidance regarding compatibility planning between communities and
military installations and activities. Since there are only a limited number of military
installations in Contra Costa County, and only two in the unincorporated area, the
impact of these new requirements for the County to notify the U.S. Military of
pending land use planning and development applications has been negligible.
Nevertheless, the Community Development Department has established a protocol
to determine whether notification to the U.S. military is necessary if a project is
located within 1,000 feet of. a military installation or within special airspace as
.defined in 'the Public Resources Code § 21098. The Community Development
Department has been using the California Military Land Use Compatibility Analyst
(CMLUCA), which was prepared by the State Resources Agency in conjunction
with OPR, to help cities and counties find the location of military installations and
training facilities within their jurisdiction and to determine if a project triggers
notification to the U.S. Military.
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III- HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTION AND'PROGRESS IN MEETING SHARE
OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
The County Housing Element was preliminarily approved in 1970 approximately
one year after state law established the element as one of.the mandatory elements
to the General Plan, and it was formally adopted by the Board of Supervisors in
December 1980 following new mandated requirements for the Housing Element
established into state law in the mid-1970's. It has been subsequently updated as
part of the mandated cycle of Housing Element updates adopted by the state
legislature beginning in 1985. It was updated when it was incorporated as part of
the comprehensive update to the General Plan (1990-2005) adopted in January
1991. The Housing Element was then updated in 1995 and included in the 1996
General Plan reconsolidation (1995-2010). This element was most recently
updated in December 2001 and included in the 2005 General Plan reconsolidation
(2005-2020).
The current Housing Element (2001) sets forth the County's housing goals,
objectives,- policies and implementation measures, and was reviewed and certified
by the State Department of Housing and Community Development in March 2002.
The attached tables listed as- A through C taken from Contra Costa County's
Annual Housing Element Progress Report for 2007, submitted to the state Housing
Community and Development Department (HCD) in February, contains more
.detailed information pertaining to ' current Housing Element progress and
implementation activities.
A. SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEED
The following table contained in the County's Housing Element summarizes the
County's share of projected regional housing needs in the San Francisco Bay Area
over the current Housing Element cycle, period that covers 1996 to 2006:
TABLE 2: SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
Projected 5-Year(1999-2006)
Regional Housing Need (RHNA)
By Income Category for San Francisco Bay Area
and Unincorporated Contra Costa County
Contra Costa
State Identified Nine County County County
Affordability- SF Bay Area and Cities RHNA
Income Category • RHNA RHNA Allocation Allocation
Very-Low Income 47,258 6841 1101
Low-Income 25,090 3741 642
Moderate-Income 60,816 8551 1401
Above-Moderate Income 97,579 18937 2291
TOTAL Housing Need 230,743• 34,710 5,436
The Regional Housing Need (RHNA) data for the 1999-2006 period were prepared
and published by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in March of
2001.3
B. HOUSING PRODUCTION
In calendar year 2007, 650 units were produced within the unincorporated area
and, from calendar year 2001 to calendar year 2007, 4267 units were produced.
This means that through calendar year 2007 the County has reached up to nearly
80% of its RHNA allocation. The following table provides a breakdown by income
level of the County's housing production for Calendar Year 2007 along with a
running total for the current Housing Element cycle:
TABLE 3: UNIT COUNT OF COUNTY HOUSING PRODUCED IN 2007
State Current Units. Units Total Total Units Total Total
Identified County Added Added Units Added Units To Remaining
Affordability RHNA Unrestrict Deed Added Prior Years Date -RHNA by
—Income Allocation ed 2007 Restricted 2007 (2001-2006) (all years) Income Level
Level 2007 in RHNA RHNA
Cycle Cycle
Very Low 1101 1 1 251 252 849
Low 642 15 15 133 148 494
Moderate 1401 30 113 138 76 209 1167
Above 2292 491 462 3167 3658
Moderate
Total 5436 646 3658 4267 1169
As the above table indicates, out of the 646 permits issued in 2007, 184 were for
units which be affordable to low and moderate income households. Of these
affordable units, one will be required to be affordable to a very low income
household.(income at or below 50% of the area median income, or AMI, for Contra
Costa County), 15 units will be required to be affordable to low-income households
(51% to. 80% of AMI), and 168 will be affordable to moderate income households
(81% to 120%):
It is worth noting that in calendar year 2007, three General Plan Amendments were
approved to re-designate approximately 35 acres of land in the unincorporated
area to new residential use designations under the Land Use Element for a
potential yield of 404 residential units (including single family and multiple family
units). When adding the residential units yielded from these General Plan
Amendments approved in calendar year 2007 with the total units permitted through
2007, the County is within 86% of its RHNA allocation.
3 Source: ABAG Website,ABAG Housing Program, Final Official Release Nine County Regional Housing
Needs Allocation,3/15/2001.
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C. BARRIERS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACTIVITY IN CALENDAR YEAR 2.007
Market factors such as the high cost of land suitable for residential development
and high construction costs continue to be the most significant constraints on the
development of affordable housing in Contra Costa. The County attempts to
counter these factors with strategies and subsidy programs to develop affordable
rental housing and homeownership opportunities.
In 2007, the County implemented an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, which was
adopted in late 2006. Six applications that are subject to the new ordinance were
being processed during 2007. All six applicants have opted to pay fees in-lieu of
constructing the affordable units. The in-lieu fees will be used to support affordable
housing development.
The County's rental inspection program is aimed at eliminating sub-standard rental
units. Landlords who rent to low income tenants can access loan funds through the
rental rehabilitation program to improve the rental units.
Additional actions undertaken by the County to decrease development costs and
eliminate barriers to affordable housing include the following:
• The County continues to use Planned Unit Development (P-1) zoning to permit
the use of flexible design standards for projects with an affordable or special
needs housing component. The P-1 rezoning process was initiated in the
current fiscal year for the EI Sobrante area.
• The County also provides a density bonus program and expedited plan review
and permit processing, flexible design standards, and reduced fees for
affordable housing projects on a case by case basis.
Finally, barriers to affordable housing also exist in the form of discrimination.
Contra Costa affirmatively furthers fair housing through the ongoing support of fair
housing counseling, education and outreach activities. In addition, all housing
projects funded by the County are required to undertake broad marketing activities
in a manner consistent with Federal and State fair housing laws, including outreach
to underserved populations. -
IV. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND WORK ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GENERAL
PLAN IMPLEMENTION FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2008 AND 2009
The Community Development Department is projecting a significant level of work
effort associated with General Plan implementation in calendar years 2008 and
2009 in response three state mandates.
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First, Contra Costa County along with all local jurisdictions in the nine-county Bay
Area region must prepare a comprehensive update to their respective Housing
Elements based on a new set of Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)
recently adopted by the Association.of Bay Area.Governments (ABAG). This action
seta jurisdiction's share of the Bay Area region's housing need for a new 5-year
period. State law requires extensive public outreach as part of the Housing
Element update and the element must be reviewed and certified by the State
Housing and Community Development Department.. Based on previous
experience with preparation of a Housing Element update, the Community
Development Department is anticipating that this update will be a significant work
activity involving.several divisions within the department.
Second, in 2007 the state legislature passed and Governor signed important new
legislation aimed at improving long-term flood protection and mandating that local
planning efforts recognize the higher potential risks of flooding based on a 200-
year flood event. As required under AB162 (Wolk), the County General Plan
Safety Element, and likely the Land Use and Conservation elements, will need to
be updated to reflect, among other things, new information regarding flood hazards
based on potential for a 200-year flood event and, accordingly, update General
Plan goals, objectives, policies, and measures for flood hazards for the protection
of communities from unreasonable risk of flooding based on the 200-year flood
event, instead of the current standard which is a 100-year event. Additionally, the
Delta region of Contra Costa County lies within the area identified under SB 5
(Machado) that requires the California Department of Water Resources and the
Central Valley Flood Protection Board (previously known as the State Reclamation
Board) to prepare and adopt a Central Valley Flood Protection Plan by 2012. It
establishes that 200-year protection is to be the minimum level of flood protection
for urban and urbanizing areas. It sets deadlines for cities and counties within the
Central Valley to amend.their General Plan and Zoning Ordinances to conform to
the State Plan within 24 and 36 months, respectively, of the state flood protection
plan's adoption. It restricts approval of development agreements and subdivision
maps in flood hazard zones until the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance have
been amended to conform with the state plan unless certain findings are made,
and, importantly, it requires cities and counties to submit their draft amendment to
the Safety Element (in response to AB 162) to the Central Valley Flood Protection
Board prior to its adoption. The Community Development Department is
anticipating that work activities related to the update the Safety Element and likely
the Land Use and Conservation elements in response to AB 162 and SB.5 will be
a significant undertaking for calendar years 2008 and 2009.
The third significant work effort involving General Plan implementation covering
both calendar years 2008 and 2009 is related to new state mandates through
recently enacted legislation to address climate change and the reduction of
greenhouse gases in environmental .review process under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Specifically, under SB 97 the Governor's Office
of Planning and Research (OPR) is in the process of developing CEQA guidelines
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,.,for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions or the effects of greenhouse gas
emissions." OPR is required to "prepare, develop, and transmit the guidelines to
the Resources Agency on or before July 1, 2009. The Resources Agency must
certify and adopt the guidelines on or before January 1, 2010.. The Community
Development Department notes that although these new CEQA Guidelines are not
likely to adopted before January 1, 2010, during the interim period until the
adoption of new CEQA Guidelines, the environmental review (CEQA) for Contra
Costa County General Plan Amendment studies will at a minimum qualitatively
address the potential effects of greenhouse gas emissions related to the approval
of a General Plan Amendment.
List of Attachments (4 tables taken from 2007 Housing Element Proqress Report to HCD)
Table A: Annual Building Activity Report Very Low, Low, and Moderate Income..Units and
Mixed Income Multi-Family Projects
Table A-2: Annual Building Activity Report for Above Moderate Income Units (not reported in
Table A)
Table B: Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress
Table C: Program Implementation
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