Item 32 - Resolutions to Exempt Parcels from AB 2011 and SB 6

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Resolutions to Exempt Parcels from AB 2011 and SB 6 June 20, 2023 Page 5 envisioned by the Land Use Element and meeting the local development goals as set out in the General Plan as well as complying with AB 2011 and SB 6. Based on the qualifying criteria identified in AB 2011 and SB6, there are approximately up to 1,093 acres of qualifying parcels within the City that would be subject to AB 2011's, and 909 acres of qualifying parcels that would be subject to SB 6 streamlining provisions. Exemption — AB 2011 (100% Affordable) AB 2011 permits a local government to exempt a parcel from these types of streamlined approval before a developer submits a 100% affordable (Affordable Projects) development application on the parcel if (1) the local government identifies one or more alternative sites for residential development, (2) the local government has permitted the alternative parcels not otherwise eligible for development pursuant to AB 2011 to be development pursuant to AB 2011 streamlining, (3) the local government has permitted the alternative parcels that are subject to AB 2011 streamlining to be developed at densities above the residential density required in subdivision (b) of Section 65912.113 of the Government Code, (4) that the alternative development would result in (1) no net loss of the total potential residential density in the jurisdiction, (5) that the alternative development would result in no net loss of the potential residential density of housing affordable to lower income households in the jurisdiction, and (6) that the alternative development would affirmatively further fair housing. Staff has reviewed qualifying parcels under AB 2011 and has identified the necessary parcels for exemption pursuant to the requirements of AB 2011. The parcels identified for exemption from the Affordable eligibility provisions of AB 2011 are as listed in Attachment 1 of the AB 2011 Resolution. In order to exempt these parcels, their lost development capacity must be accommodated elsewhere in the City that would result in no net loss of densities as prescribed by AB 2011. As indicated above, the data from the various General Plan Focus Areas and the existing mixed -use code areas show that these areas can accommodate the lost densities from the exempt parcels because the City already has designated these areas for high -density housing and mixed -multiuse developments at densities meeting or exceeding the densities prescribed in AB 2011. Again, this balanced approach would enable the City to preserve certain parcels for development as envisioned by the Land Use Element and meeting the local development goals as set out in the General Plan as well as complying with AB 2011. In total, the exempt parcels listed in Attachment 1 equal to approximately 377 acres of land and can yield up to 11,295 affordable units based on the AB 2011 prescribed density. The alternative sites have the potential to yield up to 46,860 units on approximately 817 acres of land and yield a surplus density of 25,441 units above the AB 2011 base density. Accordingly, the surplus density of 25,441 units allowed in the alternative parcels can accommodate the lost residential density of 11,295 units from the exempted parcels listed in Attachment 1 of the AB 2011 Resolution, demonstrating