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PlanningBoard | 2019-02-11 | 5 | Board Member Saheba said he does not see how the findings in this report will lead to meaningful resolutions will be adopted to address the affordable housing issues. Staff Member Thomas said the funding of affordable housing is the most difficult issue cities face. He said it is difficult to find agreement given the many funding priorities of the city. Board Member Saheba said including the affordable housing dollars raised and some historical data on the issue will help focus energies on actions that have positive impact. Staff Member Thomas explained some of the fees and costs imposed on developments and how they relate to each other. He said that this might be a good time to review them all together to make sure they are allocated in the right ratios. Board Member Mitchell said that it would help to have a better understanding of the various fees before reviewing a project and asking for specific concessions from developers. Board Member Teague suggested that the wording from the draft resolution with one addition is effectively what was approved in November and could be recommended to council as such. He said the change is to strike the whereas regarding 2.3 and include the wording for the residential density exemption for Measure A provided by the City Attorney to address ongoing changes in state requirements. President Sullivan said they would now provide comments on the General Plan Annual Report. Board Member Teague suggested a correction for a typo. He said every link in the report is broken due to the new city website. He said referencing population growth from a point in time when the Naval Air Station was open at its peak is not useful. He said the traffic data referencing a time with the Navy's trips also does not provide practical help since the traffic patterns were so different from today's more traditional peak hour patterns. He said the weekday commute times and especially at the crossings are the main concern, not total trips in a 24 hour day. He said our zoning for units and not considering unit size when dealing with impact fees makes it harder to build workforce housing. He said the land use element update paragraph does not fit with the section in which it is included. He said we do in fact practically give an automatic density bonus and the inclusionary housing breakdown should change to require a larger change to give a bonus. He said we should address the inability to add ADUs on multifamily units. He said the report should acknowledge that Measure A is impacting our ability to deliver housing. He said he would add workforce housing to the second bullet point in the conclusions. He said an additional bullet should be added to significantly mitigate traffic impacts of new housing. President Sullivan said homelessness for 204 people should not be our lead issue in the report, but rather it should be workforce housing. She corrected a typo in the report. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 5 of 7 February 11, 2019 | PlanningBoard/2019-02-11.pdf |