2018-050 - Support the Formation of a Housing Subregion of Santa Clara County Local & County Governments to Implement Countywide Housing ProductionRESOLUTION 2018 -050
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF A HOUSING SUBREGION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY
LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO FACILITATE AND IMPLEMENT COUNTYWIDE
HOUSING PRODUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
ALLOCATION (RHNA) FORMULA CURRENTLY ASSIGNED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF
BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS (ABAG)
WHEREAS, Housing Element Law (Gov. Code Sections 65580- 65589.8) provides for a
Regional Housing Need Allocation process (RHNA); and
WHEREAS, to implement such RHNA process in the San Francisco Bay Area, the State of
California has delegated responsibility to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to
adopt an allocation methodology, then use the adopted methodology to assign to each
jurisdiction in the Bay Area the obligation to zone enough property to accommodate
production of a specific number of housing units during the period from 2023 through 2031;
and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65584.03 provides that certain combinations of
local governments may form a subregion to perform RHNA for themselves in order to allocate
among themselves the total number of housing units assigned to them collectively by ABAG;
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WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos is interested in joining the formation of a RHNA
subregion consistent with the California Government Code Section 65584 et seq and
acceptable to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the California
Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to facilitate collaboration
with the County and all cities in the County of Santa Clara, to efficiently and effectively
deliver housing production goals; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County has directed
the review of the benefits of such a subregion and subsequently representativesof the
Cities Association of Santa Clara County (CASCC) have formed a committee to evaluate
and make recommendations regarding the importance of and opportunities for success
through shared housing strategies which could befacilitated by a subregional effort;and
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WHEREAS, the Board of the CASCC voted unanimously on October 11, 2018 to
move forward with the formation of a RHNA subregion for Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, housing is a County -wide challenge, and housing production types,
numbers, density, appropriateness, and affordability levels can vary in different
communities, and the cities recognize all production types are important to the housing
supply of the County and its related economic and social health; and
WHEREAS, cities are individually accountable for, and retain full local authority for,
identifying sites for housing development and for adopting and implementing housing
policies intended to facilitate production of housing to meet local, regional, and state policy
objectives embodied in the numbers prescribed by ABAG in the Sustainable Community
Strategy that will be adopted by ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC) in 2021; and
WHEREAS, through mutual cooperation and planning, the production of these
housing units may be enhanced through collective efforts and resources, therefore creating
a forum for developing countywide policyconsensus on matters related to the Sustainable
Community Strategy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Los Gatos does herebyfind,
determine. resolve. and orderas follows:
Section 1: That it is in the best interest of the Town to join with other cities in Santa
Clara County and the County to explore creation of the RHNA subregion; that by working
together to plan for housing growth, the stage is set for implementing housing; and that more
housing will ultimately be built to meet the needs of the entire County and its residents.
Section 2: That the Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into
discussions regarding the formation of a RHNA subregion and the development of a work plan
and budget with a schedule of actions leading to the County -wide, self- administration of the
housing needs allocation process, and allocating the County -wide total housing needs allocation
among all the cities and unincorporated County by consensus.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 6tn day of November 2018 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Marcia Jensen, Steve Leonardis, Marico Sayoc, Barbara Spector, Mayor Rob Rennie
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
SIGNED: ' w,
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MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
DATE: a O d e
ATTEST:
TOtA/N CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA.
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