Draft MTP/SCS Comments Received - sacog

from SHA to SACOG re MTP/SCS 2035
Letter
9, 2012
January
the Provisions in the MTP/SCS Related to Promoting and Increasing the Sm)•)lv of
StrenRthen
Housing Across the SACOG Region and Within Each Local Jurisdiction
Affordable
strongly recommends that SACOG add language to Policy 4 that gives more explicit
SHA
of affordable housing need across the region and in every jurisdiction within
consideration
model that would measure the degree to which a geographic area's housing actually "fits"
fit
affordable to) the types of jobs workers in that area have, since SACOG had committed to
(is
Consortium Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Project description/timeline, pp.
Region
14. SHA urges SACOG to move more aggressively toward developing this model so as to
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whether the MTP/SCS truly facilitates development of affordable housing across the
assess
as a whole as well as within specified jurisdictions or other geographic units.
region
• Amend Policy 4 as follows: SACOG supports every local jurisdiction's efforts to
•
Adopt a Policy or Strategy in the MTP/SCS that set a target date for completion of the
as CRC and CORE throughout the process of developing the jobs-housing fit
such
and the process of making necessary changes to the current or next MTP/SCS
model
Ensure that the MTP/SCS Promotes Transportation Equity
with Title Vl, by insuring that its federally funded activities, including development and
comply
of the MTP/SCS, do not discriminate implementation the basis of race, color or other
on
appreciates the MTP/SCS' relative level of investment in transit and increase in
SHA
the 2008 level of service--by 2035. However, SHA is concerned about the
service--doubling
SACOG.
SHA is
pleased to see strategies in the MTP/SCS that reference creating a jobs-housing
create such a model by April :1, 201:1. See Plan, Chapter 6, Strategies 2.9 and 4.3; Sacramento
Recommendations:
facilitate development of housing in all
price ranges, to meet the housing needs of the
workforce and population, especially lower-income populations, and forestall
local
for long external commuting to work and essential services.
pressure
fit model. SHA proposes June 30, 2012.
jobs-housing
Collaborate closely with equity and affordable housing partners and stakeholders,
•
based on application of the model.
Cognizant of the funding challenges SACOG faces in
its efforts to promote
efficiency and equity, SHA believes that the MTP/SCS must and transportation do much
can
to promote equity. Again, as a recipient of federal transportation funds, SACOG must
more
protected categories.
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