 Milpitas Considers
Housing Impact Fees
The Milpitas City Council will hold a study session on Jan. 31, 2018, to deliberate new inclusionary zoning requirements on all new housing construction and impact fees on new commercial development. If the council agrees to move forward, staff will return at a later date with a draft ordinance for adoption. The South Bay city has no formal affordable housing requirements on the books. But with the passage of Assembly Bill 1505, cities now have the authority to require a developer to set aside up to 15 percent of a development total units to be affordable to individuals and families making less than 120 percent of area median income. In Milpitas, it translates into fees ranging from $32 per sq. ft. for low density rental units up to $53 per sq. ft. for townhomes. Click here to read the agenda and staff report.
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San Jose Proposes General Plan Fee
The City of San Jose has been working on improving the delivery and efficiency of its Development Services Department through the Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee on Development Services. The Committee has been meeting for the past year and is encouraging the improvement of development processes and the implementation of delivery measurement through regular status reports, the institution of a "dashboard" that will provide easy status reference, a focus on staffing growth and other initiatives. At the committee's meeting on Jan. 25, 2018, Deputy City Manager Kim Walesh presented a plan to dramatically upgrade development services staffing at all levels from the City Manager's office down to lower level planning staff. To make the staffing upgrades possible, Walesh is recommending that City Council adopt a new General Plan maintenance fee to be levied on all development projects.
Click here to download and read the Ad Hoc Committee's recent presentation and report.
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BIA Installs 2018 Officers
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Jan. 26, 2018, for BIA|Bay Area's annual installation of officers and award's ceremony. It would not have been possible without the support of our sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor - Signature Development Group Gold - Brookfield Residential, Carlson, Barbee & Gibson, Irvine Company KTGY Architecture + Planning, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Wood Rodgers Silver - Studio Blue, Trumark Homes Bronze - Century Communities, Civil Engineering Associates, Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Reception - Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Signature Homes Wine - Eagle Companies, Residential Design Services Decor - DeNova Homes
Congratulations to our award recipients:
Advocates of the Year - North Coast Builders Exchange and The Construction Coalition
Chairman's Award - Keith Woods, NCBE
Associate of the Year - Cyndi Fazzio, Mason-McDuffie Mortgage
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Excellence in Home Building Award's Early Bird Entry Deadline is Friday
The early bird entry deadline closes Feb. 2, 2018. Save $75 for each entry and register by Friday!
All materials and forms are due Feb. 26, 2018.
*NEW* Category 48 -
Best Merchandising of a Multifamily Community for Sale or Rent
Did you miss our Entry Kick-Off & How To Seminar? Visit
www.biabayarea.org/ehba
for a recorded video, important dates, links and All Things Excellence Awards.
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OTHER UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS:
February 8 - BRE Board Meeting
February 8 - PWB Board Meeting
February 15 - Recovery Cafe, Building Hope Celebration
February 20 - PASS Meeting
February 21 - SMC Board Meeting
February 22 - SMC Care Day
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HomeAid America Releases 2017 Report
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HomeAid Northern California is one of 17 chapters of HomeAid America and we are proud of our collective impact across the country to house the homeless. Nationally, HomeAid has completed more than 500 shelter projects in the past 25 years with 25 projects completed in 2017 and 58 more in the planning stages. I am proud to serve on the HomeAid America Executive Committee. 
