CC Resolution 12353RESOLUTION NO. 12353
BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS REGARDING
THE FORMATION OF A RHNA SUBREGION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY LOCAL
AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS TO FACILITATE AND IMPLEMENT COUNTYWIDE
HOUSING PRODUCTION CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
ALLOCATION (RHNA) FORMULA CURRENTLY ASSIGNED BY THE ASSOCIATION
OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS (ABAG)
WHEREAS, Housing Element Law (Gov. Code Sections 65580 - 65589.8) provides for
a Regional Housing Need Allocation process (RHNA); and
WHEREAS, to implement such RHNA process in the San Francisco Bay Area, the State
of California has delegated to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
responsibility to adopt an allocation methodology, then use the adopted methodology to
assign to each jurisdiction in the Bay Area the obligation to zone enough housing
development capacity to accommodate production of a specific number of housing units
during the period from 2021 through 2029; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65584.03 provides that certain combinations of
local governments may form a subregion to perform RHNA for themselves in order to
allocate among themselves the total number of housing units assigned to them
collectively by ABAG; and
WHEREAS, the City of Campbell is interested in exploring the formation of a Regional
Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) subregion consistent with the California Government
Code Section 65584 et seq and acceptable to the Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) and the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) to facilitate collaboration with the county and all cities in the County
of Santa Clara, to efficiently and effectively deliver housing production goals; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County has directed the
review of the benefits of such a subregion and subsequently representatives of the
Cities Association of Santa Clara County (CASCC) have formed a committee to
evaluate and make recommendations regarding the importance of and opportunities for
success through shared housing strategies which could be facilitated by asub-regional
effort; and
WHEREAS, housing is a countywide challenge, and housing production types,
numbers, density, appropriateness and affordability levels can vary in different
communities, and the Cities' recognize all production types are important to the housing
supply of the County and its related economic and social health; and
WHEREAS, Cities are individually accountable for, and retain full local authority for,
identifying sites for housing development and for adopting and implementing housing
policies intended to facilitate production of housing to meet local, regional and state
policy objectives embodied in the numbers prescribed by ABAG the Sustainable
Community Strategy that will be adopted by ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) in 2021; and
WHEREAS; through mutual cooperation and planning, the production of these housing
units may be enhanced through collective efforts and resources, therefore creating a
forum for developing countywide policy consensus on matters related to the Sustainable
Community Strategy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Campbell does hereby resolve
that it is in the best interest of the City to join with other cities in Santa Clara County to
explore creation of the RHNA subregion and that by working together to plan for
housing growth, the stage is set for implementing housing and more housing will
ultimately be built to meet the needs of the entire County and its residents.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to enter into discussions regarding the formation of a RHNA subregion and the
development of a workplan and budget, and schedule of actions leading to the
countywide, self-administration of the housing needs allocation process, allocating the
countywide total housing needs allocation among all the Cities and unincorporated
County by consensus; and to bring back a recommendation and resolution for action to
join a RHNA subregion, or in the alternative, an explanation detailing the decision not to
participate in the RHNA subregion.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of September 2018, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Gibbons, Landry, Cristina, Waterman, Resnikoff
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
APPROVED: ~~~ /`/
Paul Resnikoff, Mayor
ATTEST: ~"
endy od, City Clerk