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CC Resolution 12498RESOLUTION NO. 12498 BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL AUTHORIZING DISTRIBUTION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO REVIEW AND AMEND SELECT POLICY DOCUMENTS AND MUNICIPAL CODE, ORDINANCES TO BE MORE OBJECTIVE AND AUTHORIZE 'THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SAID CONSULTANT WHEREAS, in response to California's housing crisis, several state laws have been amended or enacted with the intent to stimulate housing production by streamlining permit processes and making it harder for communities to deny or reduce the density of housing projects that meet objective General Plan and zoning requirements; and WHEREAS, the SB2 (Building Homes and Jobs Act) established a Planning Grants Program (PGP) to provide up to $160,000 in grant funding to cities like the City of Campbell that desire to help increase the supply of affordable homes in California; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Campbell desires to submit a 2019 PGP grant application to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in order to create objective development standards and improve processes that will accelerate the production of housing; and WHEREAS, on April 2, 2019, the City, Council authorized consideration of hiring a third party consultant to review and replace all subjective standards and policies with objective standards for all housing development projects; and WHEREAS, a draft RFP was prepared to solicit proposals to create objective design and development standards that will help to streamline approval processes and provide more certainty to applicants, decision makers, residents, and the general public; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and accepted the draft RFP and found it to include the appropriate tasks needed to create objective development standards and improve processes that will accelerate the production of housing. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell hereby authorizes distribution of a Request for Proposal to review and amend select policy documents and municipal code ordinances to be more objective and authorize the City Manager -to enter into a professional services agreement with said consultant. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of September, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS APPROVED ATTEST: lt�4 J)".4 Wendy. d, City Clerk 'Landry, Waterman Resnikoff, Bybee, Gibbons None None out, ichard M. Waterman, Mayor