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CityCouncil | 2021-07-06 | 43 | Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye. Ayes: 4. Noes: 1. Vice Mayor Vella stated that she would like to hear from the City Attorney on the fiduciary obligations for Council; she agrees that an attempt at unanimity relative to the multi-family overlay is needed; expressed support for City staff providing possible approaches to the matter. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft expressed support for staff providing implications of having a Housing Element which is not in compliance with State law. The City Attorney stated there is no pressing deadline due to the approval of appealing the allocation; the Housing Element does not need to be certified until the end of next year; Council has time and the matter will return with updates; one option for Council is to continue the matter and allow the Planning, Building and Transportation Director to bring back new information based on the appeal process; the new information can inform the Council discussion; recommended allowing the Planning, Building and Transportation Director to perform work with the community; Council may also take a number of other actions including making commitments about allowing multi-family overlays, prioritizing City-owned land or Council may decide not to take action; staff recommends any Council direction for litigation be brought forth in Closed Session; Council has a wide range of options with a lot of time. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired when Council can anticipate an update on the appeal process. The Planning, Building and Transportation Director responded that an update on the appeal should be available by the end of the calendar year; an e-mail follow up to Council with a more definitive date will be sent in the coming days. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft outlined the timeline for the anticipated appeals schedule; noted the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) will adopt the final RHNA plan in December. The Planning, Building and Transportation Director stated staff will approach the work as a series of steps which will play out over the next nine months; staff understands roughly 1,500 units have already been approved in projects; outlined Encinal Terminals project timeline; staff plans to be back to Council in the near future for Encinal Terminals discussion and evaluation; should Council vote to approve the project, 589 units will be added to the 1,500 already approved units; staff plans to come before Council in September for a project at Alameda Point to gain a better understanding of the allowable units for the space; by the end of the year, staff will know how many units to anticipate between Encinal Terminals, Alameda Point and others; staff will know the final RHNA allocation by the end of the year and will be able to determine the gap to fill with the multi-family overlay; staff will then be able to get into specifics with Council; noted updates on locations for multi-family overlays and densities will be provided; updates on overlays and density will be difficult to provide until the final RHNA allocation Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 20 July 6, 2021 | CityCouncil/2021-07-06.pdf |