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Priority Development areas (PDAs) recognize the importance of housing near transportation and jobs for developing prosperous communities. City Response: The City agrees with the finding, but notes that there are currently no PDAs in Brentwood because there are no sites in the City which meet Plan Bay Areas' This is specifically because of a lack of adequate transit facilities and PDA criteria. service. This could potentially change however, with the construction of a transit facility at the City's Priority Area 1, located along SR4, south of Lone Tree Way. There are also conceptual plans for the extension of eBART at this location. Preparation of a specific plan is underway for an approximate 350 acre area located south of Lone Tree Way and surrounding State Route 4 that may provide an opportunity to establish a PDA.

Plan Bay Area 2040 seeks to combine transportation, jobs and housing as a solution to the needs of our growing population. City Response: The City agrees with the finding, however, Brentwood is in a unique position of experiencing robust housing growth at reasonably affordable levels, while lacking in jobs growth. Plan Bay Area 2040 could benefit Brentwood if the criteria for selecting Priority Development Areas could be adjusted to include Brentwood as an eligible applicant.

While State law mandates that ABAG conduct the RHNA process, a City is not required to subsidize and/or build the units; it is only required to demonstrate that local zoning will not impede development. City Response: The City agrees with the finding, and notes that State law mandates the preparation (and periodic update) of a Housing Element to be included as part of a jurisdiction's General Plan. The City's Housing Element was most recently updated on April 28, 2015. Also in accordance with State law, the City provided the Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on March 23, 2016.

Inclusionary zoning programs provide incentives and regulatory waivers to builders and developers who produce both affordable and market rate homes within the same project. City Response: The City agrees with the finding, however, the City does not have an inclusionary zoning program, but does offer regulatory waivers such as development impact fee deferral and density incentives.

• ٠ The city's Inclusionary Housing ordinance helps to provide affordable housing (AH) in that City. City Response: The City agrees with the finding. The City's current AH ordinance imposes a 2% obligation on developers to provide affordable housing or pay fees towards affordable housing programs.

Inclusionary Housing Ordinances sometimes include the option for the developer to pay in lieu fees instead of constructing affordable housing units. City Response: The City agrees with the finding. The City of Brentwood's current affordable housing ordinance allows the developer to pay in-lieu fees towards housing programs instead of building units.

The city supplements the shortage of funds for AH by requiring builders to pay impact fees, in lieu fees, or other construction and remodeling fees. City Response: The City agrees with the finding. Currently Brentwood collects impact fees, and an affordable housing in lieu fee which will be used for housing programs and future housing projects.

Infill costs less to service than new development because it takes advantage of the existing infrastructure. City Response: The City partially disagrees with the finding. Some cities in the county, including Brentwood, have unincorporated "islands" within their spheres of influence. These areas are typically developed with low density or large lot residential uses and have little or no municipal utility services. Annexing, developing, and upgrading these areas can be exceptionally cost prohibitive to both the annexing City and the affected property owners.

The elimination of redevelopment agencies resulted in a reduction of the number of AH units constructed in the city by eliminating a major source of funding for affordable development projects. Many of the City's affordable City Response: The City agrees with the finding. multifamily housing projects were funded largely with redevelopment funds. The current in lieu fees collected are not sufficient to fund large affordable housing projects.

The city delegates to the builder, owner, or management company of AH properties the responsibility for gathering and validating AH clientele information, as well as maintaining lists of potentially interested buyers. Brentwood's housing City Response: The City partially disagrees with the finding. division staff reviews applications of potential qualified buyers and maintains wait lists of qualified applicants/buyers. Buyers are sent to the builder upon approval from City housing staff. In regards to the affordable rental program, the contracted property manager will take in applications to run credit/background checks. Applications are then forwarded to staff for review and approval.

There is no accessible centralized information source for available affordable housing, which compounds the problems created by the affordable housing shortage for those who are searching for affordable housing. City Response: The City partially disagrees with the finding as it cannot speak to what others in the County are doing by way of providing affordable housing information. The City of Brentwood does provide information regarding their affordable housing and first time homebuyer programs via the website, but does not list available affordable housing. However, Brentwood's housing staff works with the County in providing an informational booklet and an extensive listing of affordable rental apartments in Contra Costa County (including Brentwood) and other pertinent information to persons who request the information. The information is provided in person or mailed by request.