Housing Advisory Committee

Chair Laurel Gourd Vice Chair Laurel Rios Gwen Becker AGENDA Gene Gorman Housing Advisory Committee Monday, February 26, 2024 - 10:00 AM Steven Pinsky Calistoga Community Center Page 1. ROLL CALL 1.1. Oath of Office to Gene Gorman 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA Public Comments is an opportunity to address the Housing Advisory Committee on items of interest to the public that do not appear on the agenda. Comments should be limited to three minutes. The Committee cannot consider any issues or act on items raised during Public Comments. 3. CONSENT AGENDA 3.1. Approval of Draft Minutes from January 19, 2024, Regular Meeting 3-4 HAC Draft Minutes 01.19.2024 4. NEW BUSINESS 4.1. Update and Discussion of the Affordable Housing Fund 5-7 Affordable Housing Fund Balance 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1. Update on School District Site 5.2. Discussion of Housing Element Action Items Due in 2024 & Committee 8 - 12 Goals Actions - 2024 6. COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS & REQUESTS FOR DISCUSSION 7. ADJOURNMENT I declare that a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street, among other locations within the Calistoga city limits, on February 21, 2024 no later than 4:30 p.m. Lauren Clark, Secretary to the HAC SPECIAL ASSISTANCE: Each City entity offers public programs, services, and meetings in a manner that is reasonably accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. Each Page 2 of 12 City entity complies with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and California law, and does not discriminate against any person with a disability. If a person with a disability requires information or materials in an appropriate alternative format (or any other reasonable accommodation), or needs any assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Lauren Clark at 707.942.2763 or lclark@ci.calistoga.ca.us. In making a request for assistance, advance notice to the City 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make suitable arrangements. Page 3 of 12 Item #3.1. CITY OF CALISTOGA HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES January 19, 2024, at the Community Center at 10:00 a.m. 1. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Chair Laurel Gourd, Vice Chair Laurel Rios, Gwen Becker, David Shaw, and Steven Pinsky. Staff members present: Lauren Clark Absent: None 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA There were no public comments received. 3. CONSENT AGENDA 3.1. Approval of Draft Minutes from December 26, 2023, Special Meeting is approved unanimously. 4. NEW BUISNESS 4.1 Oath of Office to New Committee Member, Gwen Becker Staff member Clark administers the Oath of Office to Gwen Becker. 4.2 Election of Officers A motion by committee member Pinsky to elect committee member Gourd as Chair and committee member Rios as Vice Chair is seconded by committee Becker and approved unanimously (4-0). 4.3 Adopt 2024 Meeting Schedule The meeting schedule is adopted unanimously. 4.4 Committee Goals for 2024 Discussion ensues about the public comment made to City Council concerning affordable housing in-lieu fees. Committee members discuss the impacts of the current in-lieu fees. Discussion ensues between the City Manager and the committee on how the committee can connect with Council members. Committee members express confusion about committees’ role now that the Housing Element has been adopted. They request having a subcommittee or liaison of the City Council and the possibility of a joint meeting with the Council, or an item on a City Council agenda to discuss the current role of the committee. Chair Gourd summarizes this history of the committees’ goal of helping with the Housing Element. The City Council has since adopted new priorities for FY 2023- 2024. Discussion ensues about the current situation concerning the Housing Element- in-shot - the version that was sent to HCD was not the same version that was adopted by the City Council. Staff will inform the committee if there are any updates. Discussion ensues about the next steps for the committee and the Council to connect to clarify their role. City Manager Snideman will connect with the Council members to form a plan. Discussion ensues about the School District site. 5. OLD BUSINESS 6. COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ IDEAS & REQUESTS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION Page 4 of 12 Item #3.1. Housing Advisory Committee Draft Minutes January 19, 2024 Page 2 of 2 The meeting is adjourned at 12:00 pm Page 5 of 12 Item #4.1. F. Affordable Housing Fee Findings Requirement 1. Identify the purpose to which the fee is to be put -AB 1600 development fees cover new development’s share of the costs associated with construction and preservation of affordable to very low-, low- and moderate-income households. 2. Demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it is charged. -The in-lieu Affordable Housing fee is imposed on new development to mitigate the impact the new development will have on available affordable housing within the City of Calistoga. The impacts are measured by either (1) the number of affordable units required by the Municipal Code and number of affordable units provided by the developer for residential projects or (2) the square footage of the development. 3. Identify all sources and amounts of funding anticipated to complete financing in incomplete improvements. Picture M Fund 78 - Affordable Housing Estimated Date of Project Total Funds Estimated Date of Commencement Project Funding Sources Required Funds Deposit (if applicable) New Sewer Trunk Line (Brannon/Linco FY 23-24 to FY 24- ln/Anna) $ 600,000 25 FY 24-25 Fund 13 - Wastewater CIP $ 502,731 Fund 78 Affordable Housing $ 97,269 4. Designate the approximate dates on which the funding is expected to be deposited into the appropriate account or fund. - See Picture M in # 3 directly above under Fee Findings Requirement. Fee Details Requirement 1. A brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund. -AB 1600 development fees cover new development’s share of the costs associated with construction and preservation of affordable to very low-, low- and moderate-income 24 Page 6 of 12 Item #4.1. households. 2. The amount of the fee. Fee / Authority Amount Affordable Housing Linkage Fee Retail Restaurant $4.11/square foot $4.11/square foot CMC 17.08.050 Office $2.85/square foot Resolution 2014-110 Industrial $2.09/square foot Tourist accommodation $1,897.17/guest room 3. The beginning and ending balance of the account or fund. Fund 78 Picture N Affordable Housing Description Amount Beginning Fund Balance: $ 95,372 -Fees Collected (Unaudited) $ 1,897 -Tourism Improvement District (Transient Occupancy Tax) $ - -Interest Earnings (Unaudited) $ - -Capital Improvement Program (Unaudited) $ - -Transfer In (Unaudited) $ - -Transfer Out (Unaudited) $ - Ending Fund Balance: $ 97,269 4. The amount of the fees collected and the interest earned. -See Picture N in #3 directly above. 5. An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the amount of the expenditures on each improvement, including the total percentage of the cost of the public improvement that was funded with fees. -None in FY 22-23. 6. An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement and the public improvement remains incomplete. -See Picture M in #3 above under Fee Findings Requirement. 25 Page 7 of 12 Item #4.1. 7. A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be expended, and, in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid, and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan. -No interfund transfer in or out, no loans made in FY 22-23 (see #5 above) 8. The amount of refunds made pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 66001 and any allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66001. -None 26 Page 8 of 12 Item #5.2. 2023-31 HOUSING ELEMENT ACTIONS – YEAR: 2024 Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A1.2-5 Conduct two public workshops with Planning Staff / Chamber / HAC Timeframe: homeowners on the viability of long-term rentals 1) Policy Statement 1st:Oct 2024 of vacation homes or second homes (not legally 2) Chamber / HAC Resolution 2nd:Oct transient commercial occupancy) as a housing 3) Outreach Materials 2025 solution to accommodate workforce housing. 4) Outreach Events Invite restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality- related companies to participate in these public workshops, which are focused on connecting homeowners to opportunities to leverage their properties for workforce housing. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A1.2-6 Work with a community organization to sponsor Planning Staff / Chamber / HAC Timeframe: annual outreach events (open house, workshop, 1) Policy Statement July 2024 presentation, etc.) involving hospitality-related 2) Chamber / HAC Resolution companies as well as owners of vacation homes 3) Outreach Materials or second homes (not legally transient 4) Outreach Events commercial occupancy) to help facilitate the provision of long-term lease agreements for temporary workforce housing. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.1-1 Ensure compliance with State-mandated density Planning Staff Timeframe: bonuses and other incentives for projects that 1) Continue existing practice – BMP compliance. January reserve units for extremely low-, very low-, low- 2) Prepare SOP. 2024 , and moderate-income households. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.1-2 Monitor the City’s Affordable Housing Fund and Planning & Finance Staff Timeframe: convey to public (via City website, notices at the 1) Prepare SOP. January public counter, etc.) as a source of funding for 2) Seek Council direction. 2024 affordable housing to extremely low-, very low-, low-and moderate-income households. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.1-7 Conduct an Inclusionary Housing Nexus Study Planning Staff Timeframe: and engage with the local development 1) RFP – Inclusionary Housing Nexus Study Initiate community and affordable housing advocates to 2) Zoning Code Audit study: 2024 evaluate the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and 3) Zoning Amendments – Chapter 17.08 Adopt in-lieu fee requirements for effectiveness in ordinance: providing affordable housing under current 2025 market conditions. The nexus study establishes the maximum fee that may be charged to mitigate the impacts of new development on the need for affordable housing. Amend the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance as appropriate, to enhance the Program's effectiveness. This program may be done in collaboration with other Napa County jurisdictions. Page 9 of 12 Item #5.2. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.2-1 Meet with the Housing Authority of the City of Planning Staff Timeframe: Napa (HACN) annually to review upcoming 1) Continue existing practice 2024 Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 2) Extend consultant contract for grant purpose of identifying opportunities to match administration local funds with federal, state, county, and private funding sources for affordable housing and housing for special needs groups. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.2-2 Conduct outreach events (workshops, forums, Planning Staff Timeframe: or webinars, City website notices, public 1) Coordinate with local/regional partners 2024 counter material, postings, regional 2) Staff programming. Produce / review outreach coordination with HACN and others, etc.) to materials assist affordable housing developers in seeking a. Form funding for affordable housing from at least b. Content three sources: (1) local banks seeking to meet 3) Publish their obligations under the Community a. Website Reinvestment Act, (2) investors seeking Low- Income Housing Tax Credits, and (3) federal and state funds, including those available under the HOME program. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A2.2-3 Work with a community organization to Planning Staff / Chamber / HAC Timeframe: formalize a partnership (in conjunction with 1) Policy Statement 2024 Policy A1.2-6) with the Planning and Building 2) Chamber / HAC Resolution Department to host an annual workshop on 3) Outreach Materials rental assistance resources and services. a. Outreach Events Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A4.1-9 Conduct annual public workshops with Planning Staff Timeframe: childcare operators, community-based 1) Coordinate with local/regional partners Dec 2024 organizations, and other groups focused on 2) Staff programming. Produce / review outreach supporting female, minority and single-parent materials householders in addressing their needs. a. Form Workshops shall be followed by action plans no b. Content more than three months after workshop 3) Workshop conclusion. 4) Follow-up Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A4.4-3 Partner with a local or regional community- Planning Staff Timeframe: based organization to identify and pursue grant 1) Continue existing practice Dec 2024 funding that can serve to retrofit existing 2) Coordination with HACN housing to provide disabled accessibility. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A5.1-1 Conduct outreach events (workshops, forums, or Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: webinars, City website notices, public counter 1) Policy Statement July 2024 material, direct mailings, etc.) targeting low- 2) Resolution income homeowners to offer technical assistance 3) Outreach Materials in maintaining, upgrading, and improving their 4) Outreach Events property. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A4.5-3 Meet with County and local organizations such as Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: Fair Housing Napa Valley and the UpValley Family 1) Policy Statement July 2024 Center to ensure that City funding contributions 2) Resolution Page 10 of 12 Item #5.2. are sufficient to adequately provide 3) Outreach Materials bilingual/multilingual service to existing 4) Outreach Events farmworker housing centers and expand budgets if necessary. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A5.1-2 Meet with volunteer groups such as Rebuilding Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: Calistoga to coordinate in pursuing CDBG 1) Policy Statement July 2024 Grant funding to help lower-income households 2) Resolution maintain and upgrade their property. 3) Outreach Materials 4) Outreach Events Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A5.2-3 Conduct outreach events (workshops, forums, or Planning + Building Staff Timeframe: webinars, City website notices, public counter 1) Continue existing practice July 2024 material, direct mailings, etc.)) publicizing the 2) Enforce CMC Provisions City’s Mills Act program to encourage owners of qualified owner-occupied homes to actively participate in the rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, and maintenance of their historic property in exchange for a reduction in their property taxes. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A6.1-2 Modify the Zoning Ordinance so that parcels in Planning Staff Timeframe: the Site Inventory identified in previous Housing 1) Zoning Code Audit Jan 2024 Elements ("Reuse Sites") with at least 20 percent 2) Zoning Code Amendments of the units affordable to lower-income households are eligible for by-right processing with ministerial review, as may be required by state law. Before modification of the Zoning Ordinance, the City should consider identification of any biological or cultural resources on the Reuse Sites that may impact the development viability of the identified sites. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A6.1-8 City will review fee reductions for reasonable Planning + Building Staff Timeframe: accommodation procedures to ensure that 1) Continue existing practice Oct 2024 permit review process does not act as a 2) Enforce CMC Provisions constraint on persons with disabilities. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A6.1-10 The City will maintain compliance with the Planning Staff Timeframe: Surplus Land Act throughout the housing element 1) Zoning Code Audit July 2024 period including proactive outreach and 2) Zoning Code Amendments marketing with developers, requests for proposals, development incentives, fee waivers, priority process, financial assistance (if feasible), etc. If developers respond and commit to developing on these sites, the City will expeditiously process necessary approvals (entitlements, development agreements, etc.,) pursuant to the following key milestones: Page 11 of 12 Item #5.2. • Release available sites and requests for proposals to develop on publicly owned sites and establish a schedule of actions to facilitate development by July 2024. • Target development agreements within 6 months of response or interest from developers. • Facilitate entitlements and approvals within one year of an application. A6.1-11 The City will initiate a standard operating Planning Staff Timeframe: procedure wherein the Planning Director 1) Assure compliance with State Law August 2024 determines if a project is exempt from CEQA within 30 days (as per Public Resources Code 21080.2) after deeming a development application complete. In the event a project is found to be exempt from CEQA, then provisions of the Permit Streamlining Act shall apply, and the application shall be processed within 60 days (Gov. Code 65950(a)(5)). Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A7.1-1 Conduct outreach events (workshops, forums, or Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: webinars City Housing Resources page, public 1) Policy Statement July 2024 postings, public counter and UpValley Family 2) Resolution Center material, direct mailings, etc.) providing 3) Outreach Materials bilingual information about fair housing at City 4) Outreach Events Hall and including links to fair housing resources. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A7.1-2 Contribute annual funding and conduct annual Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: outreach events (workshops, webinars, or forums 1) Policy Statement July 2024 advertised by City Housing Resources page, public 2) Resolution postings, public counter and UpValley Family 3) Outreach Materials Center material, direct mailings, etc.) for local 4) Outreach Events organizations, such as Fair Housing Napa Valley and the UpValley Family Center, to provide multi- lingual landlord-tenant education and conciliation and publicize the intake process for discrimination complaints. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A8.1-1 Conduct annual outreach events (workshops, Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: webinars, or forums, advertised by the City 1) Policy Statement July 2024 Housing Resources page, public postings, public 2) Resolution counter, direct mailings, etc.) to publicize on the 3) Outreach Materials City’s website the availability of HERO and 4) Outreach Events CalFirst loan programs for weatherization and energy-efficiency programs for existing residences that are offered by utility companies and other organizations. Action Implementing Responsibility / Procedure: A8.1-3 Conduct annual outreach events (workshops, Planning Staff / HACN / UpValley / HAC Timeframe: forums, or webinars, City website notices, public 1) Policy Statement Page 12 of 12 Item #5.2. July 2024 counter material, direct mailings, etc.).) to 2) Resolution publicize on the City’s website the availability of 3) Outreach Materials HOME rehabilitation funding for energy 4) Outreach Events conservation improvements to assist lower- income households in lowering energy expenses.