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Home My WebLink About _ 4.2(a)--Authorize Application for Prohousing Designation Program � � �' � � � � � � ' � �' � � ' � ` CITY OF REDDING REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 5, 2024 FROM: Steve Bade, Assistant City ITElVI NO. 4.2(a) Manager ***APPROVED BY*** n � t�� ; s° �r ]C�=3�!�C�?4 �� p�ir�,C�i �� ItJ�'3(��'2{�? sbade@cityofredding.org btippin@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 4.2(a)--Authorize Application for Prohousing Designation Program Recommendation Authorize and approve the following: (1) Adopt Resolution approving an application to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development's Prohousing Designation Program; (2} Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign and submit the application, and execute all necessary documents related to the Prohousing Designation process; and (3) Find that applying for, and accepting, a Prohousing Designation is not considered a project under the California Environmental Quality Act. Fiscal Impact Adopting the Prahousing Designation (Designation) may provide the City of Redding preferential opportunities when applying to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for grant funds associated with affordable housing programs and development. There is no fee to apply for this Designation. Alte�native Action The City Council (Council) cou]d choose not to authorize the City Manager to apply for a Designation, this course of action may limit the competitiveness of future affordable housing funding opportunities. Background/flnalysis Cities and counties that are eompliant with California's Housin�; Eleinent 1aw and have applied for and been awarded the Designation are eligible to reeeive ineentives when applying for specific �rant opportunities. These incentives are in the form of additional points or other types of preference in the scoring of comp�titive housing, eommunity development, and infrastructur� program applications. Increasing the availability of housing statewide is critical to improving the quality of life for all Californians. Report to Redding City Council October 30,2024 Re: 4.2(a)--Authorize Application for Prohousing Designation Program Page 2 The 2019-2020 Budget Act provided a spectrum of support, incentives, and accountability measures to meet California's housing goals, and provided for the establishment of the Prohousing Designation Program (Program). Local governments with a Designation will receive preferences when applying for certain grant opportunities. To date, approximately 50 California cities have achieved the Prohousing Designation. In September 2023 and March 2024, Council authorized staff to apply for the Designation. However, the Housing Division was unable to obtain the Designation prior to HCD revamping the Program. The Program now requires additional threshold requirements and a revised resolution to be submitted with the application. Environmental Review Applying for a Designation is not considered a project under the Califarnia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and no further action is required at this time. Any future projects that may be assoeiated with the Designation will be reviewed for CEQA compliance once the details are known. Council Priority/City ManageN Goals • Government of the 21St Century — `Be relevan� and proactive to the opportunities and challenges of today's residents and workforce. Anticipate the future to make better decisions today." • Economic Development — "Facilitate and become a catalyst for economic development in Redding to create jobs, retain current businesses and attract new ones, and encourage investment in the community." Attachmen�s ^Resolution Prohousing RESOLUTION NO. 2024- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PROHOUSING DESIGNATION PROGRAM WHEREAS,Government Code section 65589.9 established the Prohousing Designation Program ("PDP" or "Program"), which creates incentives for jurisdictions that are compliant with state housing element requirements and that have enacted Prohousing local policies; and WHEREAS,such jurisdictions will be designated Prohousing and,as such,will receive additional points or other preference during the scoring of their competitive applications for specified housing and infrastructure funding; and WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development ("Department") has adopted emergency regulations(Cal. Code Regs.,tit. 25, § 6600 et seq.)to implement the Program ("Program Regulations"), as authorized by Government Code section 65589.9, subdivision (d); and WHEREAS, the CITY OF REDDING ("Applicant") desires to submit an application for a Prohousing Designation ("Application"); NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT: 1. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to submit an Application to the Department. 2. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it is eurrently in compliance with applicable state housing law. 3. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it will continue to comply with applicable housing laws and to refrain from enacting laws, developing policies, or taking other local governmental actions that may or do inhibit or constrain housing production. Examples of such local laws, policies, and actions include moratoriums on development; local voter approval requirements related to housing production; downzoning; and unduly restrictive or onerous zoning regulations, development standards, or permit procedures. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that the Prohousing Policies in its Application comply with its duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing pursuant to Government Code sections 8899.50 and 65583. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that its general plan is in alignment with an adopted sustainable communities' strategy pursuant to Public Resources Code sections 21155- 21155.4. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that its policies for the treatment of homeless encampments on public property comply and will continue to comply with the Constitution and that it has enacted best practices in its jurisdiction that are consistent with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness' "7 Principles for Addressing Encampments" (June 1'7, 2022, update). 4. If the Application is approved, Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver all documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to participate in the Program, and a11 amendments thereto (the "Program Documents"). 5. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the Application, the terms and conditions specified in the Program Documents,the Program Regulations, and any and all other applicable 1aw. 6. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute and deliver the Application and the Program Documents on behalf of the Applicant for participation in the Program. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the Sth day of November, 2024, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: TENESSA AUDETTE,Mayor ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk CHRISTIAN M. CURTIS, City Attorney The undersigned, Sharlene Tipton,City Clerk of the City of Redding,does hereby attest and certify that the foregoing is a true and full copy of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding, Applicant's governing body, adopted at a duly convened meeting on the date above-mentioned, and that the resolution has not been altered, amended, or repealed. SIGNATURE: DATE: NAME: TITLE: