01 - Laserfiche WebLink

Julie Testa said when addressing schools growth must pay for itself and cannot be a burden to existing residents. It must be mitigated and good for the community Councilmember Sullivan said in parallel with the Housing Element Update, the City is working on new growth management strategies and there is a subcommittee working on some of the strategies. He asked for an update on this. Mr. Fialho said the subcommittee met this last week to discuss preliminary findings. There was concurrence to place the matter before the Council for discussion and public discussion in mid-January, either concurrent with the adoption of the Housing Element or shortly following its adoption. Councilmember McGovern asked whether this topic had been discussed at the liaison committee level between the School District and the City. Mr. Fialho said yes; quite a bit. Councilmembers Thorne and Cook-Kallio serve on that committee. They have talked a lot about the requirements under the court order to fulfill as it relates to the rezonings and adoption of the Housing Element. They talked a lot about how this rezoning and bringing the General Plan into compliance with State law, while initiating rezoning, it puts them just slightly over what was known as the housing cap. This assumed 29,000 units at build-out, and the City currently has about 275,000 units built, and the City must accommodate about 3200 additional new units. So, it is not necessarily inconsistent with some of the assumptions made in the General Plan in 2009. Notwithstanding that, Ms. Testa is correct; there will be an impact and both agencies must sit down and talk about it and accommodate for it. Additionally, he said unfortunately, like so many other things, the District's ability to mitigate impacts through the collection of fees has been taken away from the school district, and in its place, the State has imposed the collection of a state-mandated minimum fee. There is a broad acknowledgement that this simply is not enough. The art of solving this problem will require a lot of dialogue between the School District and City Council. Councilmember McGovern questioned and confirmed with Mr. Fialho that the item will be agendized at the next joint meeting in March. Mr. Fialho agreed also with Ms. Testa in that there is a division of responsibility between the two entities, and it is important to talk about this and educate the public, as well. In this City, they have a history of working collaboratively to solve these problems. Mayor Hosterman suggested also determining how other cities are dealing with this problem because everyone is under the unfunded mandate and perhaps it could be raised at the Mayors' Conference or collectively put pressure on State legislators. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 13. Continued Public Hearing: PUD-50-01M, Ponderosa Homes, Carol Lehman, and William and Kathryn Selway— Consider a Major Modification to the Planned Unit Development to increase the number of lots on an approx. 19.47 acre site at 3157 Trenery Dr. and 2313 Martin Ave. from 27 to 31; to construct 29 single-story homes from the previous combination of 25 homes, to change the house designs and sizes; on/off site modifications; amendment to the low-income housing agreement; and certify the Negative Declaration for said project This item was continued to the December 6, 2011 City Council meeting. 14. Public Hearing: PUD-93-02-10M, Arpad Nagy — Consider an application for a Major Modification to extend the approvals for two years, to expire on August 16, 2013, for an approved project at 2001 Ruby Hill Blvd. (PUD-93-02-09M/PCUP-182) to (1) relocate existing sales office building on Ruby Hill Blvd. northwesterly along Vineyard Ave.;(2) change existing office use to restaurant use; (3) establish pad location and design guidelines for a future single-family residence; and (4) a Conditional Use Permit to allow alcoholic beverage service at the restaurant after 10 p.m. Zoning is PUD —A/OS/LDR (Agriculture/Open Space/Low Density Residential) District City Council Minutes Page 3 of 5 November 15, 2011