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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CHARLOTTESVILLE COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING STUDY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT W HEREAS , the Robert Charles and Lessor Company completed a comprehensive housing analysis for the City of Charlottesville; and W HEREAS , the Housing Advisory Committee reviewed the report and approved a set of priority policy recommendations; and W HEREAS, the City’s comprehensive Housing Goal 5.7 is to “Support housing programs at the local and regio nal level that encourage mixed -income neighborhoods and discourage the isolation of very low and low income households.” TH EREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the Charlottesville Comprehensive Housing Study priority policy recommendations as listed below and presented to the City Council on June 19, 2017, are hereby accepted and approved for implementation. •Identifying City-owned property for affordable housing development and sell/lease those properties to interested developers – such properties include vacant parcels with our without associated structures, and City owned/occupied buildings nearing obsolescence.•W aiving developer fees for developments triggering the City’s Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordi nance in exchange for providing the required affordable dwelling units on-site.•Acquiring and using all al lowable planning, zoning (including form based codes),redevelopment and economic development tools to stimulate affordable housing development ;BE I T FURTHER RESOLVED that the Charlottesville Comprehensive Housing Study priority policy recommendations as listed below and presented to the City Council on June 19, 2017, are hereby accepted and approved, and staff is directed to develop a strategy fo r implementation by September 16. •Prioritizing program assistance for households currently on the CRHA’s HCV program’and the use of rental subsidies within the City and the inclusion of affordable housing in City led development ;•C reating a Landlord Risk Reduction Fund and providing $900,000 to the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) for the creation and administration of a Supplemental Rental Assistance Program;BE I T FURTHER RESOLVED that the Charlottesville Comprehensive Housing Study priority policy recommendations as listed below and presented to the City Council on June 19, 2017, are hereby accepted and approved for further study and brought back to City Council for review and approval no later than October 23, 2017 as part of the City’s first Strategic Plan Quarterly Report. •Es tablishing targets for newly constructed units, rehab units and voucher units for supported affordable housing across a three (3) year period to be in synch with the City’s Strategic Plan horizon and based on valid growth projections by AECOM’s * water supply plan study and other research, such that the 15% supported affordable housing goal is achieved over time city -wide; and