HIP - AG City Council Presentation
Council Presentation
City of Arroyo Grande 7.25.23
Introduce team
Agency staff (City/County Managers, staff, elected - whoever involved)
SLOCOG - Sara Sanders, PM of entire HIP, REACH - Russ Levanway, Michael Foote, Koble Collaborative - Carolyn Berg
Presentation Agenda
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Background & Highlights
Stakeholder Engagement
Project Overview & Key Findings
Future Phases of Regional Strategy
Recommended Support
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Background and highlights
Stakeholder engagement
Project overview and key findings
Future phases of regional strategy
We will close with today’s recommended action(s)
Today, your City Council will be asked to consider support for the HIP, essentially embracing this as a living tool to support the region moving towards
Arroyo Grande Housing Highlights
Housing & Infrastructure:
the basic building blocks essential to supporting the workforce needed to fuel the expansion of existing companies, proliferation of start-ups and overall economic resilience of our
communities.
63 affordable units coming to Oak Park
Adopted an ordinance to allow Tiny Homes on Wheels
Pursuing multiple water projects to meet current and future needs
Streamlined permitting and reviews to provide some certainty for developers
Russ
We’ve gathered this from both your developer community and staff
STATE
Sets broad policy, determines growth projections (RHNA) and provides grant funding
BUILDING
Build units & infrastructure to meet community needs
DEVELOP & DESIGN
Develop land, design housing to standards and assemble financing structures
SLOCOG
Divides RHNA between county/cities, prioritizes funding
COUNTY & CITIES
Control land use planning and policies that direct housing production and direct funding to community benefits
AGENCIES’ PLANNING & PERMITTING
As a subset of Cities/County, outline standards + process, approve development
Major Housing Roles
Housing & Infrastructure Regional Phased Strategy
Our region believes that a united framework is necessary to unlock our potential to develop an adequate supply of housing and resilient infrastructure that support our economic prosperity.
Regional Collaboration
Align Land Use Planning Documents
Strategic Action Plan
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Key Regional Steps
Inventory infrastructure barriers to and priorities for housing
Identify funding to implement infrastructure needs
Develop foundational information for the future 2027 RHNA
Plan’s Purpose
Stakeholders Engagement
Builders & Developers
20-35 attendees, 3 meetings
Builders, Developers, Architects, Real Estate, etc.
Housing Advocacy Group
15-20 attendees, 2 meetings
Nonprofit builders, Chambers, HBA, LWV
Housing Action Team
15-20 attendees, monthly meetings
City/County/COG Planners and Directors
Regional Managers / Key Staff
30 attendees, 3 meetings
City/County/COG Leaders
City & County
Elected Officials
Phases
1, 3 & 4
Phase 4
Phases
2 & 3
Phases
2 & 3
Phases
2 & 3
Steering Committee
10 members, mix of public and private experts
City Manager, Elected Officials, County Regional Planner, Developer, Architect, Engineer, Advocate, Water Resources, Cal Poly CIP
HIP Presentations
HIP Toolkit
Collection of 440 projects across the County and Seven Cities
Considered Housing Efficient if area has:
Transportation Access
Water Capacity
Wastewater Capacity
Project Prioritization considered:
(1) if project is needed for new housing,
(2) benefit/cost (investment cost per additional potential housing units served),
(3) barriers to development
Regional Infrastructure Projects & Data
Housing Efficient Areas
Low Priority
Medium Priority
High Priority
Infrastructure Prioritization
80 Housing
Efficient
Projects
10
Key Findings
Broad St/Tank Farm Rd Intersection, SLO Water/Sewer Improvements, Cal Poly Water Reclamation Facility
North Coast
Central County
South County
Snapshot of Prioritized Projects
North County
Central Coast Blue, South County Transit connection to Urban Reserve, Interchange Improvements at Willow Rd
Morro Bay water/wastewater improvements, Cayucos Wastewater
Water treatment facility (PFAs), North County Charging Facility, 101/Del Rio interchange improvements
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Funding Priority Infrastructure
Current Findings:
Assessed the list of HIP projects to determine estimate of funding requirements
Map of funding needs to prioritized projects
List of existing grant funding opportunities
Next Steps:
Create funding hierarchy based on suitability for each HIP project
Develop grant calendar with deliverable and submission schedule
Identifying other broad based funding mechanisms
Calculating funding gap for each HIP project
Proposing strategies to bridge the funding gap
Rental: Market is close, regulatory change could help
ABD is possible with smaller units and cost-effective development
For-Sale: Market not close, longer-term approach needed
Increasing housing production overall can help bring supply and demand into balance, make ABD achievable over the longer term
Affordable-by-Design Study
Study Elements:
Identified common physical characteristics for ABD housing
Financial feasibility analysis of “prototypical” development examples that could work in regions
Identified regulatory barriers to development of ABD housing
Highlighted potential policy measures to support ABD housing
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Next Steps: Deeper analysis of up to 6 policies and localized implications
Streamline development review and permitting
Align development standards to support ABD housing
Allow ABD housing in cost-effective locations
Adjust fee rates and policies to incentivize ABD housing
Potential Policy Options
Study will include a menu of possible policies for consideration:
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Future Phases of Regional Strategy
Our region believes that a united framework is necessary to unlock our potential to develop an adequate supply of housing and resilient infrastructure that support our economic prosperity.
Regional Collaboration
Align Land Use Planning Documents
Regional Housing & Infrastructure Plan
Goal 1
Goal 2
Each agency and stakeholder voluntarily takes actions
Future
Goal 3
Council Action
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Consider support for the Regional Housing and Infrastructure Plan, as a recommitment to the 2020 Regional Compact.
THANK YOU