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below. FS. Large affordable housing developments in Marin require subsidies to be financially feasible. City of Belvedere -Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations of6 City of Belvedere Response to Grand Jury Report Findings and Recommendations "Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin" (June 24, 2022) Response: Partially disagree. Regardless of size, all affordable housing developments require subsidies. In fact smaller developments are more expensive, more difficult to fund, and cost more per unit than larger developments.

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Implementation of Housing Element programs: During implementation of the 2023- 2031 Housing Element, the County, cities (including the City of Belvedere) and towns will collaborate on program implementation, especially those related to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and tenant protections. This will include: ■ Model ordinances: developing model ordinances to be considered by the Board of Supervisors and City Councils. ■ Outreach and community engagement: Conducting shared outreach and community engagement. City of Belvedere -Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations of6 City of Belvedere Response to Grand Jury Report Findings and Recommendations "Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin" (June 24, 2022) The City of Belvedere finds the sharing of information extremely useful and cost-effective, especially since all jurisdictions are working on same issues/requirements such as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing for our Housing Elements.

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Housing Element Collaboration: Develop a deeper and more formalized collaboration on the Housing Element in the future. This could include: ■ One Housing Element: Develop one document with shared background, outreach, programs, and policies. This would provide consistency, save funds and improve accessibility for stakeholders anci housing developers. ■ Consider a subregional approach: The County and cities and towns will consider developing a subregional approach to meeting the Regional Housing Need Allocation in the next housing element cycle. ■ Shared consultants to conserve resources and develop more consistent policies and programs, the County, cities, and towns will seek to hire the same consultants to prepare parts of the housing element, conduct regional outreach and conduct any needed environmental review. The City of Belvedere is open to discussions for further collaborative and coordinated efforts for future Housing Elements.

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Funding collaboration: explore ways to more effectively collaborate on shared funding for affordable housing. This could include: ■ lnclusionary policies: Developing more· consistent policies and fees to encourage and facilitate more affordable housing as part of new market-rate developments and increase funding for affordable housing. Regional housing trust fund: Consider the establishment of a regional housing ■ trust fund which would make state applications more competitive and lower the administrative burden for cities and towns. ■ Community Development Block Funds: Continue to collaborate as an entitlement community on using CDBG funds to fund affordable housing and leverage other State and Federal Sources. ■ Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA): Continue to collaborate as an entitlement community to use PLHA funds on housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of our local communities. ■ The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA): Actively participate and support the efforts of BAHFA to raise funds to help address affordable housing and housing stability. The City of Belvedere is willing to explore ways to effectively collaborate on shared funding for affordable housing in our community as well as in Marin County.

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Shared staffing: With the exceptions noted above, the County, cities, and towns address most housing issues individually, and often with limited staff and financial resources. Programs and policies in the Housing Element require concrete goals and deliverables which will be difficult for smaller jurisdictions to achieve with all of the other obligations associated with their work. Shared staffing initiatives would encourage coordination and working together to tackle the housing crisis on a larger scale through shared housing staff to provide expertise and local knowledge to support affordable City of Belvedere -Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations City of Belvedere Response to Grand Jury Report Findings and Recommendations "Affordable Housing: Time for Collaboration in Marin" (June 24, 2022) housing developers. This·would also result in consistency throughout the county and adoption of best practices. The City of Belvedere a smaller jurisdiction with a small staff is willing to explore this idea further to determine how this could be done. Having expertise and dedicated staff available to aid with these complex housing matters would be very helpful. SUMMARY As the City of Belvedere moves forward with our Housing Element Update for 2023-2031, we will look at and consider additional programs to expand and or supplement collaboration between the County, towns, and other cities. The City of Belvedere currently participates and collaborates in interjurisdictional efforts to plan and provide for housing and will continue in this effort. City of Belvedere -Response to Grand Jury Findings and Recommendations of6