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CITY NEWS
Future of Housing Policy Now Underway
Preparation of the 2009 Housing Element is in progress, and you are invited to get involved. There will be ample opportunity to review the first draft of the 2009 Housing Element. The City of Emeryville would love to hear from you at the following events:
February 6th and March 5th at 6 p.m., City Administrative Offices, 1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville. The City of Emeryville Housing Committee will review the draft.
Saturday, March 15th, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1333 Park Avenue. A special community workshop will be held to review the draft Housing Element.
March 27th at 6:30 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1333 Park Avenue. The draft will be presented to the Planning Commission.
May 6th, 6:30 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1333 Park Avenue. Council/Redevelopment Agency Joint Study Session on the draft.
The Housing Element is one of several elements of the City’s General Plan. The Housing Element provides the policy and programmatic framework for residential development in the City. Bay Area jurisdictions are required to submit their housing element updates to the State Housing and Community Development by June 30, 2009. It is the goal of City staff to complete and submit the first draft of Emeryville’s Housing Element to the HCD this spring in order to incorporate comments by the 2009 deadline.
The Housing Element consists of six chapters. They include an overview of state requirements and the legal context of the Housing Element; information on Emeryville’s demographics and housing needs; the City’s land use policies and government and non-government related constraints to housing development; a report on the City’s achievement of the 2001 Regional Housing Needs Assessment and implementation of the City’s 2001 housing element objectives and policies; a statement of new housing goals, objectives, and policies, and their implementation strategies; and, finally, an implementation plan outlining the timeline, funding, constraints, and responsible parties for each action program.
If you are unable to attend the meetings, there are other ways to stay informed about the Housing Element’s progress and to share your thoughts. Please contact Amy Hiestand at ahiestand@emeryville.org, 510-596-4354 or 1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608 to receive future updates and to provide your input. Current news and events can be found also on the City’s website, http://www.emeryville.org/news/, and be sure to look for periodic updates in The Connection.
The City looks forward to hearing from you as it plans for the future of housing in Emeryville.
Amy Hiestand is the Project Coordinator for the City of Emeryville
3980 Harlan Street · Emeryville, CA 94608 · Phone: 510-652-5223 · Fax: 510-652-4223 · info@emeryvillechamber.com
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