HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-12-16; Independent Redistricting Commission; ; Overview of Adopted 2021-2029 Housing ElementCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Dec. 16, 2021
To: Independent Redistricting Commission
Staff Contact: Scott Donnell, Senior Planner
scott.donnell@carlsbadca.gov, 760-602-4618
Subject: Overview of Adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element
Recommended Action
Receive an informational presentation overviewing the General Plan 2021-2029 Housing
Element.
Discussion
On April 6, 2021, the City Council approved the Housing Element for the 2021-2029 housing
cycle. In July, the state Department of Housing and Community Development certified the
element. The city is now beginning implementation of the element’s many programs and
policies, which in large part will take place over the next three years.
Housing Element Program 1.1 is an example of a significant implementation effort. This
program requires the city to provide adequate sites to accommodate state-forecasted
residential growth through 2029. The Planning Commission and City Council will consider the
sites identified to help meet the growth forecast at public hearings in late 2022 or early 2023.
As part of its presentation, staff will discuss Program 1.1 and other aspects of the Housing
Element and its strategy to address the city’s housing needs over the next several years.
Further information about the Housing Element and, implementation efforts underway is
available on the city’s website at www.carlsbadca.gov/housingplan.
Fiscal Analysis
This action has no fiscal impact.
Environmental Evaluation
In keeping with California Public Resources Code Section 21065, this action does not constitute
a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act in that it has no
potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Public Notification and Outreach
This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date.
Dec. 16, 2021 Item #1 Page 1 of 2
Exhibits
1. Adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element, available on the City’s website at
www.carlsbadca.gov/housingplan
Dec. 16, 2021 Item #1 Page 2 of 2
1 Potential Housing Locations
(and housing on the way)
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Background
•General Plan –city’s blueprint for land use
•Housing Element –city’s housing strategy
-Subject to state approval
-Covers eight years (2021-2029)
-Must accommodate forecasted growth
•Housing Element Adopted in April 2021 and Certified in July 2021
•What about growth caps?
{city of
Carlsbad
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What’s required?
•City of Carlsbad:
-Must provide housing opportunities
-Doesn’t have to build housing
-Must identify sites at suitable densities
•Denser projects are more affordable
{city of
Carlsbad
Income group Lower
($97,000)
Moderate
($114,100)
Above
moderate
Total
Number of
housing units 2,095 749 1,029 3,873
Regional Housing Needs Assessment
Rezoning to meet target
Carlsbad’s housing unit target for rezoning
Lower Moderate Total
Total units 2,026 552 2,578
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Important considerations
•These are potential locations for housing
•This process is to identify potential sites; no development is
currently proposed
•Sites will be analyzed for anticipated impacts (environment,
traffic, etc.)
•There will be more opportunities for public input
•Soonest any sites would be rezoned is late 2022/early 2023
Housing sites
•Properties that would need to
be rezoned
•Selected with input
•Different types
•More units where housing
already allowed
•Change industrial or
commercial property to
residential
Mall site
Potential housing sites
Potential housing sites
Moderate income housing example
Village by the Sea
14.6 units per acre
Lower income housing example
Tavarua
50 units per acre
SEPT –NOV
Public input
EARLY 2022
Share public input,
request direction
from City Council
2022
Public input on
environmental document
2022
Environmental review
LATE 2022-2023
City Council
approval hearings for
rezoning
Upcoming projects –Aviara Apts.
•329 apts. (81 affordable)
•Completion: TBD
Upcoming projects –Carlsbad Village Lofts
•106 apts. (16 affordable)
•Completion: Winter 2021
Upcoming projects –Marja Acres
•294 units (46 senior affordable)
•248 townhomes/46 apts.
•Completion: TBD
Upcoming projects –Carlsbad Station
•79 townhomes (12 affordable)
•Completion: Winter 2023
Upcoming projects –Windsor Pointe
•50 apts. (all affordable)
•Veterans/people with serious
mental illness
•Completion: Spring 2022
Upcoming projects –La Costa Town Square Residential
•95 condos (19 affordable)
•Completion: TBD
Upcoming projects –West Oaks
•192 apts. (42 affordable)
•Completion: TBD*
*pending Coastal Commission approval
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Upcoming Projects -Summary
•1,145 total units
•422 ownership and 723 rental units
•All approved by city (one pending Coastal Commission)
•156 units under construction or just completed
•carlsbadca.gov/housingplan
•carlsbadca.gov/departments/
housing-homeless-services
•scott.donnell@carlsbadca.gov
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Affordable housing –
existing, approved
potential