To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Michael Walker, Senior Planner
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2016 Annual Housing Element Progress Report
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Accept the 2016 Annual Housing Element Progress report and direct staff to file the report with HCD.
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DISCUSSION:
The City's General Plan helps to guide decision-making by residents, property owners, business interests, and elected and appointed officials about public and private land use and development that shape Napa's physical environment, including decisions relating to housing. As required by state law, an annual report must be submitted to the City Council, and ultimately be forwarded to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, identifying the progress made with various housing programs contained in the General Plan, including local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement and development of housing.
This 2016 Annual Housing Element Progress Report ("Report") identifies the actions undertaken by the City in the previous year to carry out the Housing Element's implementation programs. This is the second year of the 5th Cycle Housing Element, covering years 2015 through 2023.
Housing Element Implementation
The City adopted an updated Housing Element in March 2015 in compliance with the revision cycle established by state law. The Housing Element identifies key housing goals, policies, quantified objectives and scheduled implementation programs aimed at preserving and enhancing residential neighborhoods, sustaining the community's character and environmental resources, and efficiently planning for the future use of remaining undeveloped or redeveloped properties so that they fulfill the City's fair share of the regional housing need. The implementation programs, as described in the Report,...
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