City of Long Beach - File #: 20-0526

• File #: 20-0526
• Version: 2
• Name: DS - Inclusionary Housing
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 5/20/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/14/2020
• Final action: 7/14/2020
• Title: Recommendation to find that the project is within the scope of the previously certified Program Environmental Impact Report prepared for the General Plan Land Use Element update EIR 03-16, SCH NO. 2015051054, that no further environmental analysis is needed, and that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines; and Request City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending Title 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) to: (1) repeal Title 21.60, Division IV - Voluntary Incentive Program to Create Housing for Very Low- and Low-Income Households, and (2) Adopt a new Citywide mandatory incentive-based Inclusionary Housing program based on policy components recommended by staff, as modified by the Planning Commission. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Development Services

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/14/2020	2	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass
6/9/2020	1	City Council	withdrawn

TITLE
Recommendation to find that the project is within the scope of the previously certified Program Environmental Impact Report prepared for the General Plan Land Use Element update EIR 03-16, SCH NO. 2015051054, that no further environmental analysis is needed, and that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines; and

Request City Attorney to prepare an ordinance amending Title 21 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) to: (1) repeal Title 21.60, Division IV - Voluntary Incentive Program to Create Housing for Very Low- and Low-Income Households, and (2) Adopt a new Citywide mandatory incentive-based Inclusionary Housing program based on policy components recommended by staff, as modified by the Planning Commission. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
In May 2017, the City Council adopted 29 policy recommendations to support the production of affordable and workforce housing. Policy 3.2 directs staff to begin the development of an Inclusionary Housing policy to enhance the production of affordable and mixed-income housing.

To assist with this effort, Development Services staff contracted with LeSar Development Consultants (LeSar), and their sub-consultants, Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) and The Robert Group (TRG). LeSar and TRG prepared background information and assisted with the community engagement process, and KMA completed an Inclusionary Housing Financial Evaluation (Attachment A - Economic Analysis). The Economic Analysis is a critical component of the development of an Inclusionary Housing policy, as It assesses the impacts created by the imposition of Inclusionary Housing requirements, determines the feasibility of an Inclusionary Housing requirement in the Long Beach housing market, and estimates the fee amounts that can be supported for projects that are permitted to pay an in-lieu fee. The Economic Analysis also includes the following background information related to Inclusionary Housing ...