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David P. Donery, Town Manager
SUBJECT:
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Consultant Agreement for Housing and Safety Elements of the San Anselmo General Plan
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RECOMMENDATION
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That the Council authorize the Town Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Houseal Lavigne for the preparation of the State-mandated update to the San Anselmo Housing Element and related updates to the Public Safety Element.
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BACKGROUND
The Town must begin the process of updating the General Plan Housing Element to plan for future housing development consistent with the State-mandated Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the next (6th) housing cycle planning period of 2023-2031. State law requires the Town Council to adopt the updated Housing Element by December 2022 to meet deadlines for submitting the Update to the State by January 2023. Every updated Housing Element must be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to ensure compliance with the State's minimum requirements. Meeting the December 22, 2022, timeline is critical to receiving HCD certification for the Housing Element. Failure to receive timely certification can have consequences including lawsuits by private parties and housing advocates; forced mandatory compliance by court order; suspension of local control on building and zoning permits; court approval of housing projects; and reduced access to State funding transportation and infrastructure projects and programs.
In addition, in 2019 the State passed Senate Bill 99, which requires that the Safety Element of a jurisdiction's General Plan be reviewed and updated during each revision of the jurisdiction's Housing Element.
A Housing Element update is required every 8 years, at a minimum, and the same timelines apply to all local and county governments within the jurisdiction of Association of Bay Area Government. The Town Council and Planning Commission have held several discussions on the RHNA proces...
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