Agenda - Council - 09/23/1980 - Special

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· occurring in the Region'S development areas and balance these considerations with the many limitations smaller or fully- developed communities face in providing additional housing options. ' · 'a from the A second reason for revising the cr~terl now stems Metropolitan Land planning Act of 1976. The Council amended the Housing Chapter of the Development Guide to incorporate the law hv revising its ten-year f~ir share low- and moderate-income -~ · oals and its housing plan review guidelineS- are now housing g · · Subsequently, commun~tles in the Region have prepared or preparing comprehenslve land use plans which must address the housing concerns in the law including the requirement that they plan for the provision of their share of the existing and projected local and Regional need for low- and moderate-income ~usin- ~portunities- The Act a%SO calls upon the communities within the housing element ~ pr~i~ an implementation section ms fiscal devices and of their plan which outlines the progr~ { ~ ~_ official controls-they will emplOy to achieve their goal~. The Land Planning Act also directed the Council to study and make recommendations to the 1.egislature on s~andards and · us~a. The Council responded by · 'a for modest-cpst ~o . - .... ~- ~,~ ~ series of follow-up cr~ter~ ..... ~o~-cost ~ous~ng s~uu~ ..... impact on conduc~ln9 ~ ~.~ .... reports examining a variety of factors which have an housing costS. The directive from the legislature led as well · 's adoption of a fair share plan for new modest- to the ~ouncll - -L-..~,~ which calls upon every community in cost private marKe= nuu---= the Region to provide the opportunity for the development of modestly-priced heusing~u~t~i As a result, the curren~ changed to reflect this lmportant evaluation criteria nee~ uu-u= . modest-cost housing considerationS- Finally, the existing criteria have been used since 1976.. They do not reflect the changes that have occurred in the housing · . ast four yearS, such as rising housing costs market during the_l .... ~ ~ms of housing- The criteria must and a trend towarU a = --~ ~-curate housing data now also reflect more currenu =n~ ~ available and that anticipated from the 1980 census. ~ROPOSED REVISION~ This draft document contains a number of changes to the existing point system. Some of the proposed changes are of no major consequence- They clarify or revise language in a particular criterion, or shift points to or from a criterion. However, there are also a number of significant changes in response to the concerns and issues previously mentioned. Section three compares the existing criteria with the proposed 'ns several proposed new ~riteria. A brief changes ~nd contal _ ~- ~-~,,ided after each of the explanation for the change ~ ~- proposed revisionS- 2