Jon - No Carry-Over on RHNA Allocation If We Build Over 1064 Allocated Units

From: Jon W
Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 6:35 PM
Subject: FW: Question On Current RHNA Assignment
To: svaidhyanathan@cupertino.org, dpaul@cupertino.org, sscharf@cupertino.org, rsinks@cupertino.org, bchang@cupertino.org

Hello Council,

Since there will be some discussion this evening pertaining to the Vallco site and the General Plan, I am forwarding you the below e-mail with information on Cupertino’s RHNA obligation.  But in brief,

Current RHNA Period:   Jan 31, 2015 – Jan 31,2023

Cupertino RHNA designated amount:  1064 units

Piu’s understanding:  There are no carryovers on the housing production in any given housing element cycle (at least not to my knowledge.)

So, please be aware that for the current cycle, the already designated allocation is: Hamptons 600, Marina 188 = 788 à remaining requirement = 276

If the Council approves 400 to 600 units for The Oaks, and 800+ for Vallco during this current cycle, according to Piu’s understand, Cupertino will only get credit for 276 units . . . . and then on Jan 31, 2023 Cupertino will then be faced with the next RHNA requirement to find locations for another 1064 units . . . possibly more.

Since Cupertino’s residents are highly educated, I hope our community leaders will apply very well thought out Planning  for our community.

Thank you for your time,

Jon Willey

From: Piu Ghosh [mailto:PiuG@cupertino.org]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 2:43 PM
To: Jon Willey
Cc:
Subject: RE: Question On Current RHNA Assignment

Hello Mr. Willey!

These details are all available in all the staff reports for the Housing Element to the Housing Commission, Planning Commission and the City Council from 2014 and 2015.

The City’s current RHNA is 1064 units for the period from Jan. 31, 2015 – Jan. 31, 2023. It is an 8 year cycle. The RHNA affordability table is available in the Housing Element (Chapter 4 of the General Plan on page H-14. Visit: www.cupertino.org/gp)

HCD generally does not expect all the sites to develop at their maximum density, especially when most of the sites are mixed use development sites. Therefore, a realistic capacity of 85% of the maximum density is assumed in our Housing Element and we don’t get credit for 100% of the density. Also, if many of the housing element sites allow mixed use development, HCD expects that housing development may not be proposed on all the sites and that other forms of development may be proposed on the sites. Therefore, they require cities (particularly ones that have a poor record on housing production) to adopt a surplus of sites. Therefore, even though our RHNA was 1,064 units, in order to satisfy HCD, Cupertino adopted enough housing sites to accommodate 1,400 units.

There are no carryovers on the housing production in any given housing element cycle (at least not to my knowledge.)

Regards

Piu

From: Jon_Willey@amat.com [mailto:Jon_Willey@amat.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 11:48 AM
To: Piu Ghosh <PiuG@cupertino.org>
Cc: greglschaffer@yahoo.com; ckittymoore@gmail.com; cinco777@icloud.com; drlum@pacbell.net; msekar@gmail.com
Subject: Question On Current RHNA Assignment

Hello Piu,

I have a few questions about the current RHNA housing requirement for Cupertino . . perhaps the details are somewhere on the city website?

My memory is that the current RHNA requirement for Cupertino is 1089 housing units for this current 7 year period.  Can you tell me the calendar period for the 7 years, the first day of the 7 years and the last day of the 7 years?

It seems that in council meetings, we hear of the RHNA requirement for the 1089 units but I think the requirement has details for units for a variety of affordability levels . . . since I haven’t been hearing about different levels, does the Cupertino RHNA requirement have levels or is it just housing units with no stipulation?

And third, if Cupertino adds more housing than the 1089 units in this current 7 year period, is there a documented rule/statement that the excess carries over to the next 7 year period?

Thank you for your assistance,

Jon W