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147 MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL September 14, 1982 CALL TO OP~ER Mayor Robert Butler called the Special tlearing of the City Council to order at 5:00 P.M. ROLL CALL Deputy City Clerk Doris George called the roll which is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Brandes, Mercer, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Butler were present. Mr. l~lker, City Manager, Mr. MacDonald, City Attorney, Mr. ~rnick, Director of Public Works and Utilities, and Mr. Glenn, Assistant Planner, were present. SPECIAL HEARING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING C~PETITION Mayor Butler stated this special hearing was scheduled at the request of Mr. Ed Parish, and approved by Resolution No. 82-289, adopted by the City Council on August 10, 1982. He advised that Mr. Parish's project was not included in the original hearing relative to affordable housing competition because of a misunderstanding between Mr. Parish and staff, and that it was now in order to consider this matter. Mr. MacDonald briefly presented the ground rules for the hearing; stating that Council should compare the projects, not the presentations made on the projects, that availability of sewer capacity is not an issue in this hearing, that it is inappro- priate to discriminate against manufactured housing, that minor modifications can be considered at this hearing however any major modifications would require opening the competition, and that the current status of the Amador Meadows project is not an issue to this hearing. Mr. MacDonaldadvised that the record will include both the resolution establishing the affordable housing competition and the resolution call- ing for this special hearing. Mr. Glenn presented the report of the Planning Department (SR 82:366) dated September 10, 1982, evaluating the "Quail Creek" project against the "Amador Meadows" project, the project which won the competition when it was initially held in May, 1982. He stated that both projects have merit as affordable housing projects. He reviewed each project on the criteria established for the original housing projects. He reviewed each project on the criteria established for the original housing afford- ability, as follows: (1) location and the appropriateness of the particular project to the location; (2) affordability of for-sale units and whether rental units are included; (3) design, as to attractiveness, site suitability and efficiency of the use of the land; (4) probability of performance by the builder and the likely timing involved; and (5) degree to which the proposed project meets the goals of the Housing Element of the General Plan. Mr. Glenn concluded by stating that staff feels the Amador Meadows project is superior to the Quail Creek project in terms of design, aesthetics, neighborhood acceptibility and sensitivity to the surrounding environ- ment and is, therefore, less likely to result in downstream problems for the City. He stated that the Quail Creek project, on the other hand, is acceptable in terms of the criteria set out for the affordability competition and is superior in that it provides a lower purchase price. Mr. MacDonald advised that if Council determines that the Quail Creek project should prevail in the affordable housing competition, it should be made clear that the project would be subject to the normal zoning and subdivision procedures before final approval is granted.