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homes get shifted from hill side single family homes to smaller single family homes or multi- <br /> family units, the impact is somewhere between a minimum of $69,000 to $183,000 per year, <br /> depending on the assumptions. <br /> Ms. Wagner said staff also looked at one-time development fees. The fiscal impact is a wash <br /> for a single family home regardless of the square footage because the development fees are the <br /> same regardless of the size. If all the units were multi-family units, the City would receive less in <br /> fees, an impact of $2.8 million. Therefore, the range on the impact from development fees is <br /> somewhere from 0 (assuming 100% of the homes where single family detached) to as much as <br /> $2.8 million. <br /> The larger numbers of course are the other agencies and the majority of this is the school <br /> district. For cash flow purposes, the school district assumes in its budget 120 homes / year at <br /> 3500 square feet. The District is not depending, in its cash flow model, to receive more funds <br /> based on a larger single family home. They would still have a loss of revenues as a result of the <br /> shift, but it would be less than shown here. <br /> In summary, when discussing the two policies of the proposed Initiative with regard to the <br /> hillside aspect, it would reduce the number of housing units developed in the hill area by <br /> approximately 119-224 units. Those units would be transferred to other areas of the City. There <br /> are questions about how it would apply to various types of development particularly in regard to <br /> the issue of hillside roads and how the language of the Initiative would apply there. <br /> Regarding the housing unit definition, how that would apply and be interpreted to assisted living <br /> units and extended stay hotels would have financial impacts on the City and other agencies. <br /> Ms. Seto then continued. Regarding the Council wanting staff to return with discussion about <br /> complementary and competing ballot options, there are several options that are discussed in the <br /> staff report, including one where the Council could proceed with what staff would call a <br /> complementary ballot Initiative—a City-sponsored measure for November. The Council could put <br /> a measure on the November ballot to ask the community to ratify the idea of a task force, <br /> potentially composed of stakeholders of interested parties, to draft an ordinance that would <br /> implement the citizens Initiative if that Initiative were to pass. This would address some of the <br /> questions that are posed in the report in terms of how to apply it when specific projects come <br /> forward. <br /> The Council could also consider a competing ballot matter for the November ballot. One option <br /> could be to ask the voters in November to re-affirm the City's existing General Plan policies and <br /> regulations and how the City currently handles hillside development based on its ordinances <br /> and policies for ridgelines, growth control, and those matters. As a competing measure, if this <br /> measure were to receive more votes in November than the citizens Initiative and even if that <br /> Initiative were to receive more than 50% of the vote, then the competing measure would control <br /> and the other Initiative would not go into effect. <br /> Mother option for a competing ballot measure could include posing to the voters whether they <br /> would want to establish a task force to develop new policies and regulations for hillside <br /> development, grading, and growth control to address some of these issues that have been a <br /> concern for the community. As a competing measure, if it were to receive more votes than the <br /> citizens Initiative, that would control. Or, the fourth option could be to receive the report and take <br /> no further action in terms of considering any matter for the November ballot. <br /> Special Meeting Minutes 4 June 26, 2008 <br />