Response from City of Clayton

prosperous communities. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding.

Plan Bay Area 2040 seeks to combine transportation, jobs, and housing as a solution to the needs of our growing population. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding. 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 respondent agrees with the finding. 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 respondent partially disagrees with the finding. Not all inclusionary zoning programs provide incentives or regulatory waivers to builders and developers to produce affordable and market rate homes within the same project. Inclusionary zoning programs, depending on how they are structured, can automatically require builders and developers to produce affordable housing, pay an in-lieu fee, develop affordable housing units off-site, or make a land dedication to the jurisdiction for the construction of affordable housing without incentives or waivers being granted. In the City of Clayton, incentives and regulatory waivers would be considered on a case by case basis through the Affordable Housing Plan as required by the City's 2015-2023 Housing Element. In addition, the State density bonus law which Clayton has adopted allows builders and developers to increase the density onsite for the construction of affordable housing units. The Density Bonus law also allows for incentives and regulatory waivers such as reduced setbacks or onsite parking for constructing affordable housing units. The city's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance helps to provide AH in that city.

City Response The respondent agrees with the finding.

Inclusionary Housing Ordinances sometimes include the option for the developer to pay in lieu fees instead of constructing AH units. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding.

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 respondent partially disagrees with the finding. This City's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance provides developers with the opportunity to pay an in lieu fee rather than constructing the required affordable housing. Also, the construction of affordable housing units or the payment of the in lieu fee is not required for every project, only those over ten units.

Infill costs less to service than new development because it takes advantage of the existing infrastructure. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding.

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. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding. 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. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding.

There is no accessible centralized information source for available AH, which compounds the problems created by the AH shortage for those who are searching for affordable housing. City Response The respondent agrees with the finding. # # #