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Redwood City Housing Workshop September 30, 2021 PRESENTER’S NAME Presenter’s Title
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Welcome Send questions to: Home HousingUpdate@RedwoodCity.org Redwood City
Workshop Agenda • Welcome & Introductions • Setting the Stage for the Targeted General Plan Update- Housing, Safety & Environmental Justice Elements • Why this Planning Process Matters • What We’ve Heard So Far – Our Values • Discuss Strategies that Support Housing Development • Next Steps & Closing Remarks
Team Introductions • Diana O’Dell, Principal Planner, Redwood City • Alin Lancaster, Housing Leadership Manager, Redwood City • Lisa Brownfield, Senior Program Manager, MIG, Inc • Joan Chaplick, Senior Facilitator, MIG, Inc.
Virtual Participation Principles • Technology happens – please be flexible and patient. • Be respectful of one another’s opinions. • One person speaks at a time and please be brief • Please use the chat and digital tools when directed • Remember this is just one activity in a longer process
Zoom
Mentimeter Please go to www.menti.com and use the code 59 18 18 0 to vote. Or use the QR code on this screen to vote.
What’s one word that describes Redwood City?
How long have you lived in Redwood City? • Less than 1 year • 1 to 5 years • 6 to 10 years • 11 to 20 years • More than 20 years • I do not live in Redwood City
What is your current housing situation? • I own my home • I rent my home • I live with family/friends and do not own or pay rent • I do not currently have a permanent home
How old are you? • Under 18 years • 18 to 29 years • 30 to 49 years • 50 to 64 years • 65 years and older
Setting the Stage
What is the Targeted General Plan Update all about?
General Plan Elements to be
Updated
Housing Element must be updated every
8 years consistent with State guidance
GENERAL
PLAN Environmental Justice Element (new)
requires the City to review and update it
policies in the context of how they impact
the health and well-being of its
disadvantaged communities
A General Plan is a Safety Element evaluates our plans to
make sure they have addressed geological
visionary document that hazards, flooding and wildland and urban
identifies if and how the fires
City will grow and change
over the next 20 yearsWhy this planning process matters? Addresses the City’s strategic priorities related to housing, transportation, children and youth Helps us respond to the needs of our most vulnerable community members Benefits our schools by helping to keep families with children in our community and improves teacher retention Support the City’s economic development and ability to attract and retain a local workforce Demonstrates the values of our residents
We’re making progress… • Implemented affordable housing requirement on commercial and residential development • Updating City policy to be consistent with Statewide legislation that makes it easier to build accessory dwelling units • Approved projects totaling 1,000 units, including 275 affordable units • Projects in the pipeline totaling 3,000 units that are currently being considered and include very and low- income units
We’re making progress…
Redwood City
% of Area 2015-2023 Redwood City
Median Regional Progress 2023 – 2031
Income Group
Income Housing Needs (2015-2020) RHNA
(AMI)* Assessment (estimated)
(RHNA)
Very Low 31-50% 706 287 1,115
Low 51-80% 429 291 643
Moderate 81-120% 502 -- 789
Above Moderate 120% + 1,152 2,357 2,041
Total 2,789 2,935 4,588
*AMI is the midpoint of a region’s income distribution. A household’s income is calculated by its gross income, which is the
total income before taxes and deductions.What We Have Heard So Far
Outreach Events April 2021 Planning Commission and City Council Study Session Contacts with Community Based Organizations May 2021 Online Community Workshop (English and Spanish) Digital and Paper Survey (English and Spanish) September 2021 Presentations to Community Groups and Neighborhood Associations
Additional Outreach Activities • Community conversations with members of Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) (English and Spanish) • Potential outdoor pop-up event (English and Spanish) (as public health guidance allows) • Working sessions with Planning and Housing and Human Concerns Commissions and City Council • Public hearing with public comment
What We’ve Heard…
Walkable
Caring for Waterfront is community
Equity
less fortunate special with
Gradual
destinations
increase in More rental Improve
Diversity density in housing jobs/housing
single family options balance
areas
Ethnic Support units Community
Housing near
diversity is for families centered
transit
important (larger units) services
Socio- Lower Conservation
economic housing Avoid of marshes in
diversity is construction displacement safety
important cost element
Higher Clean City – Workforce Business
Density no trash and development attraction
Housing dumping programs and retention
Tree lined
Opportunities
streets with Teacher Environmental
to work and
mature trees housing stability
live in the city
and parksSurvey Key Findings
What values and priorities should guide the
planning process for the Housing, Safety and
Planning Elements?
63% 49% 58% 53% 58% 56% 79%
285 Diversity is
important –
Provide
different
Preserve
existing
Homes
located
Teacher
housing
Take care
of
Keep our
city clean
COMPLETED SURVEYS ethnic, types of low-income near jobs, and homeless and
racial, and housing housing transit, and housing for and beautiful
economic and build services young prioritize
more families low-income
affordable community
housing membersCommunity Values What kind of community the participants want to be
Values Guiding This Process
Locate homes in places where you
Provide different types of housing can walk to for services, transit, and
jobs
Support our schools by building Diversity is important – maintain and
teacher housing and housing for support ethnic and racial, and
young families economic diversity
Preserve our existing low-income
Keep our city clean and beautiful –
housing units and build new
with green, tree-lined streets
affordable homes
Take care of homeless and prioritize
housing for needs of low-income
community membersQuestions? ? Please submit using the chat
Strategies that Support Housing Development
Strategies We Are Already Doing Allowing for more Accessory Dwelling Increasing Downtown residential Units (ADUs) development cap
Strategies the City Must Implement - SB9 • Will allow up to four units per lot in single family areas • Streamlines the process for creating up to four units or subdividing existing lot • Must still comply with local zoning requirements (height, lot coverage, etc.) • Promotes infill growth Many communities across the State already have single- family homes next to duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes
Land Use Strategies
Increase Create and
number of Apply Mixed apply a new
duplexes, Use Corridor Woodside
triplexes, designation Mixed Use
and to new areas Corridor
1 quadplexes
2 3 subdistrict
Apply Mixed Increase
Use densities for Preserve
Neighborhood Focused Mobile
designation to Mixed Use Homes
Bay Road Districts
4 Area
5 6What Other Strategies Would You Like to See? • The following slides discuss the strategies in more detail. • For each slide we ask for your opinion and comments.
1 N
Increase number of
duplexes, triplexes,
and quadplexes
Location
Likely to provide missing middle Location
R2-R5
housing by: R2-R5
• Reducing minimum lot size
• Standardizing minimum lot widths
and sizes R-2
Possible Unit Production
• Removing required covered parking
R-3
Substantial
R-4
Value Statement R-51 Mentimeter Polling N Increase number of duplexes, triplexes, What is your level of support for and quadplexes this strategy? Likely to provide missing middle housing by: ❑ Love it! • Reducing minimum lot size ❑ I’m ok with it • Standardizing minimum lot widths ❑ Not too happy with it and sizes • Removing required covered parking
1 Mentimeter Polling N Increase number of duplexes, triplexes, Do you have any additional and quadplexes comments about Strategy #1? Likely to provide missing middle housing by: • Reducing minimum lot size • Standardizing minimum lot widths and sizes • Removing required covered parking
2 Location Apply Mixed Use Veterans Blvd Corridor designation to new areas Likely to provide additional market rate and below market rate housing in both a mixed use and a stand-alone residential structures by changing the Industrial Park & current designations from Possible Unit Production Restricted Commercial Office, Industrial Significant (1,000 units) Commercial Office Park, and Industrial Restricted to Value Statement Mixed Use Corridor
2 Mentimeter Polling Apply Mixed Use Corridor designation What is your level of support for to new areas this strategy? Likely to provide additional ❑ Love it! market rate and below market ❑ I’m ok with it rate housing in both a mixed use and a stand-alone residential ❑ Not too happy with it structures by changing the current designations from Commercial Office, Industrial Park, and Industrial Restricted to Mixed Use Corridor
2 Mentimeter Polling Apply Mixed Use Corridor designation Do you have any additional to new areas comments about Strategy #2? Likely to provide additional market rate and below market rate housing in both a mixed use and a stand-alone residential structures by changing the current designations from Commercial Office, Industrial Park, and Industrial Restricted to Mixed Use Corridor
1
3
Create and apply a
new Woodside Mixed
Use Corridor
subdistrict
Location
Likely to provide additional Woodside Rd
market rate and below market
rate housing in both a mixed use
and a stand-alone residential
structure by creating a new
Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Possible Unit Production
Designation on Woodside Road Considerable (1,000 - 2,000 units)
and applying it to the areas Value Statement
currently designated as Mixed
Use Neighborhood1
3 1
Create and apply a
new Woodside Mixed
Use Corridor
subdistrict
Location
Likely to provide additional Woodside Rd
market rate and below market
rate housing in both a mixed use
and a stand-alone residential
structure by creating a new
Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Possible Unit Production
Designation on Woodside Road Considerable (1,000 - 2,000 units)
and applying it to the areas Value Statement
currently designated as Mixed
Use Neighborhood1
3
Create and apply a
new Woodside Mixed 2
Use Corridor
subdistrict
Location
Likely to provide additional Woodside Rd
market rate and below market
rate housing in both a mixed use
and a stand-alone residential
structure by creating a new
Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Possible Unit Production
Designation on Woodside Road Considerable (1,000 - 2,000 units)
and applying it to the areas Value Statement
currently designated as Mixed
Use Neighborhood1
3
Create and apply a
new Woodside Mixed
Use Corridor
subdistrict
Location
Likely to provide additional 3
Woodside Rd
market rate and below market
rate housing in both a mixed use
and a stand-alone residential
structure by creating a new
Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Possible Unit Production
Designation on Woodside Road Considerable (1,000 - 2,000 units)
and applying it to the areas Value Statement
currently designated as Mixed
Use Neighborhood3 Mentimeter Polling Create and apply a new Woodside Mixed What is your level of support for Use Corridor this strategy? subdistrict Likely to provide additional ❑ Love it! market rate and below market ❑ I’m ok with it rate housing in both a mixed use ❑ Not too happy with it and a stand-alone residential structure by creating a new Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Designation and applying it to the areas currently designated as Mixed Use Neighborhood
3 Mentimeter Polling Create and apply a new Woodside Mixed Do you have any additional Use Corridor comments about Strategy #3? subdistrict Likely to provide additional market rate and below market rate housing in both a mixed use and a stand-alone residential structure by creating a new Mixed Use Corridor Subdistrict Designation and applying it to the areas along Woodside
Second Ave
4 N
Fifth Ave
Apply Mixed Use
Neighborhood Bay Rd
designation to Bay
Road Area
Location
Bay Road
Likely to provide additional
market rate and affordable
housing by applying the Mixed
Use Neighborhood designation
to areas currently designated for Possible Unit Production
Noteworthy (500 - 1,000 units)
Industrial Restricted
Value Statement4 Mentimeter Polling
Apply Mixed Use
Neighborhood What is your level of support for
designation to Bay this strategy?
Road Area
❑ Love it!
Likely to provide additional ❑ I’m ok with it
market rate housing by applying ❑ Not too happy with it
the Mixed Use Neighborhood
designation to areas currently
designated for Industrial
Restricted4 Mentimeter Polling Apply Mixed Use Neighborhood Do you have any additional designation to Bay comments about Strategy #4? Road Area Likely to provide additional market rate housing by applying the Mixed Use Neighborhood designation to areas currently designated for Industrial Restricted
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5
Increase densities for
focused Mixed Use
designation
Location
Likely to provide below market El Camino Real,
rate and market rate housing Veterans, and
through increasing the allow Woodside
densities for three Mixed Use
designations:
Possible Unit Production
• Mixed Use Transitional from 40 to • Mixed Use Corridor – Considerable • Mixed Use Neighborhood - Noteworthy
60 units/acre • Mixed Use Transitional – Noteworthy
• Mixed Use Neighborhood from 40 to Value Statement
60 units/acre
• Mixed Use Corridor from 60 to 80
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5
Increase densities for
focused Mixed Use
designation
Location
Likely to provide below market El Camino Real,
rate and market rate housing Veterans, and
through increasing the allow Woodside
densities for three Mixed Use
designations:
Possible Unit Production
• Mixed Use Transitional from 40 to • Mixed Use Corridor – Considerable • Mixed Use Neighborhood - Noteworthy
60 units/acre • Mixed Use Transitional – Noteworthy
• Mixed Use Neighborhood from 40 to Value Statement
60 units/acre
• Mixed Use Corridor from 60 to 80
units/acre5 Mentimeter Polling Increase densities for Focused Mixed Use What is your level of support for Districts this strategy? Likely to provide below market rate and market rate housing ❑ Love it! through increasing the allow ❑ I’m ok with it densities for three Mixed Use designations: ❑ Not too happy with it • Mixed Use Transitional from 40 to 60 units/acre • Mixed Use Neighborhood from 40 to 60 units/acre • Mixed Use Corridor from 60 to 80 units/acre
5 Mentimeter Polling Increase densities for Focused Mixed Use Do you have any additional Districts comments about Strategy #5? Likely to provide below market rate and market rate housing through increasing the allow densities for three Mixed Use designations: • Mixed Use Transitional from 40 to 60 units/acre • Mixed Use Neighborhood from 40 to 60 units/acre • Mixed Use Corridor from 60 to 80 units/acre
6
Preserve Mobile
Homes
Location
Continuing to assure the Industrial areas
presence of mobile homes and along
mobile home parks by Bayshore Rd
consistently designating existing
parcels as Mobile Home (MH)
Possible Unit Production Industrial
Housing preservation rather than production Mobile Home
Value Statement6 Mentimeter Polling
Preserve Mobile
Homes What is your level of support for
this strategy?
Continuing to assure the
presence of mobile homes and ❑ Love it!
mobile home parks by ❑ I’m ok with it
consistently designating the
parcels as Mobile Home (MH) ❑ Not too happy with it6 Mentimeter Polling
Preserve Mobile
Homes Do you have any additional
comments about Strategy #6?
Continuing to assure the
presence of mobile homes and
mobile home parks by
consistently designating the
parcels as Mobile Home (MH)Other Strategies and Ideas? Please use the raise hands feature Facilitator will call on you Please keep comments brief so there is enough time for others to speak
Next Steps Anticipated upcoming outreach events • October 19, 2021 at 6 pm - Housing & Human Concerns Committee/Planning Commission Joint Study Session • November 22, 2021 at 6pm - City Council Study
Timeline
Public Input
Preliminary Draft
Project Kick-Off & Baseline Preliminary Elements (Housing,
Community Analyses We Strategies Safety, Environmental
Workshop #1 are Justice)
here
Fall 2021/Winter
May 2021 Summer/Fall 2021 Summer/Fall 2021
2022
Environmental Draft Elements Draft Adoption/
Review Scoping Environmental Certification
Meeting Impact Report Hearings
Spring/Summer Late Fall
Spring 2022 Summer/Fall 2022
2022 2022/Winter 2023For More Information
For comments and
questions:
Housingupdate@redwoodcity.org
650.780.7234
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