REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Participation in the Santa Clara County Planning Collaborative and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Any Formal Funding Agreements
Report
BACKGROUND
In March 2016, a subcommittee was formed by the Cities Association of Santa Clara County (Cities Association) to develop the framework and processes necessary to form and implement a subregion within Santa Clara County for the next Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) cycle. The RHNA is the state-required process that seeks to ensure cities and counties are planning for enough housing to accommodate their fair share of housing for all economic segments of the community. This calculation is completed by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for the nine bay area counties; however, a Subregion would allow participating cities to collaborate more on their final housing allocations. In October 2018, the Cities Association Board of Directors adopted the framework and voted to begin formation of the RHNA subregion. To participate, the County and any interested cities were required to adopt a resolution; Sunnyvale adopted the resolution (Resolution No. 921-18) in December 2018.
Throughout 2019, the Cities Association Board worked to create a Memorandum of Understanding for the County and all participating Santa Clara County cities with an estimated total budget of $50,000, or $3,125 per jurisdiction. However, after several conversations with ABAG, the subregion process envisioned by the Cities Association Subregion Task Force and agreed upon by the sixteen jurisdictions was no longer possible.
Due to this change, the Cities Association Board is now requesting all sixteen Santa Clara County jurisdictions participate in a "Planning Collaborative."
EXISTING POLICY
Goal HE-1: Adequate Housing. Assist in the provision of adequate housing to meet the diverse needs of Sunnyvale's households of all income levels.
Policy HE-1.1: Encourage diversi...
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