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PlanningBoard | 2012-03-12 | 8 | emergency facility application would come before the Board. However, since it legally permitted to develop the facility, then the Board would not necessarily review the application. Mr. Thomas would talk to California Housing and Community Development to see if the City has another level of discretion regarding the emergency facilities in order to create additional conditions. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft referred to Chapter 6, page 18 regarding rental units. She needed clarification on who determines what an affordable rent is. Ms. Gastelum replied that it is part of the City's inclusionary requirements. Mr. Thomas said the language is from the City's inclusionary housing ordinance. Ms. Potter stated the definition of affordable is provided to staff by the state and sometimes the federal government and they say that residents should spend no more than 30% of their income for rent. Moderate-income homebuyers can spend up to 35% of their income on a mortgage. Also, HUD provides the incomes annually based on household size for low, very low, and moderate incomes. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft referred to the staff report on page 6. There is discussion of the different parts of the City's west end waterfront that are available for residential development during the compliance period of the Housing Element. So, she wanted to if the Pennzoil site on Grand Street would require any clean given its past use as a oil retailer. Mr. Thomas replied the site needs relatively little clean up and staff has had extensive talks with them. The Pennzoil tanks are above ground, and the only clean up is within the top couple of inches. He also noted that the site owner put the property on the market about 6 years ago, and they pay for the site clean up. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft referred to page 8 of the staff report. She thinks the proposed multifamily 30 dwelling unit zoning overlay is exciting and she looks forward to it moving along. Board member Knox White asked Ms. Potter about whether the City encourages owning a home more than renting apartments and if the City has thought about assisting people renting rather than owning. Ms. Potter stated it's true that the City has a policy towards moving people into homeownership rather than moving them into apartments. Overall, the City has goals to see residents become homeowners and it's true that building affordable homeownership is much more expensive in terms of the subsidies given. Typically, to date the homeownership units are those that have been provided by developers as an inclusionary requirement, where the redevelopment agency and the City have not participated in the financial assistance aspect for those projects. Also, under Measure A Approved Meeting Minutes Page 8 of 23 March 12, 2012 | PlanningBoard/2012-03-12.pdf |