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STAFF MAY ATTEND THE MEETING TELEPHONICALLY[Call to Order]
FURTHER ORDERS FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER PREVENT PERSONS OTHER THAN CITY OFFICIALS AND ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT THE PUBLIC MAY VIEWED THIS MEETING, SUBMIT COMMENTS ON AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA, OR SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THE ZOOM WEBINAR MEETING.PLEASE CLICK ON THE Q AND A ICON IN THE ZOOM MEETING SCREEN TO SUBMIT THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH ITEM.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE ITEM, NUMBER OR NAME IN THE COMMENT.
COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 300 WORDS AND WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE OFFICIAL COMMISSION MEETING RECORD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE BEING ACCEPTED NOW.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO WAIT FOR AN ITEM TO BE CALLED, TO SUBMIT A COMMENT.
COMMENTS WILL BE READ DURING THE MEETING COMMISSIONERS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR.
ONLY ONE PERSON WHO MAY SPEAK AT A TIME.
ALRIGHT, I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND AS WE'VE FOUND OUT, WHEN WE DO THE PLEDGE, ONLY ONE MICROPHONE IS ON AND WE REMAIN SEATED SO THAT WE'RE ALL VISIBLE, EXCEPT, UH, WE TRIED THE STANDING UP THING AND EVERYBODY'S MET HER AS WELL.
SO LET'S, UH, RIGHT-HAND SALUTE AND PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE?
THE COMMISSIONER SERCO RESIDENT COMMISSIONER MOROSE, PRESENT COMMISSIONER PAWLIK ROOD PRESENT COMMISSIONER.
I THINK HE JUST GOT KICKED OUT OF THE MEETING.
SO TAYLOR AND COMMISSIONER BIAS ALL PRESENTS MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY INTERNET.
AND IF YOU DO, YEAH, WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING APPEALS.
THE FINAL DECISIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY THE CB MUST BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE CITY CLERK NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021 MUST INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF A FILING FEE PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE, ONE FOUR DASH SEVEN NINE, UH, COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED EVIDENCE RELATED TO MATTER BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OTHER THAN AN UNDERSCORE TO VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION AT THE HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE COMMENTS FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ON ANY ITEM OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA UNDER STATE LAW.
NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ON ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT EXCEPT TO REFER IT TO STAFF OR ADMINISTRATION, OR PLACE IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, ANY PARTICIPANTS TO WISH TO PUT A PUBLIC COMMENT IN, OR WHETHER IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR IN THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE AGENDA ITEM TO BE CALLED, TO SUBMIT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE IS ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[Chairpersons Welcome]
BEFORE WE GET ALL THE WAY INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I'M SORRY.I ALMOST FORGOT TO DO THIS IN ALL THE RIGHT ORDERS.
WE ARE WELCOMING A NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER TO OUR MEETING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR COMMISSIONER VIAS.
UM, MRS. DEVINE, DO YOU HAVE A SHORT INTRO FOR HER? SURE.
UM, MISSIONER BAEZ COULD ADD ON TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE'S BRINGING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
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FROM EAST COUNTY.SHE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF ALCOHOL FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, AS WELL AS THE VOLUNTEER WITH THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE.
UM, SHE ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, SO I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BRING SOME, UM, NEW IDEAS.
UM, AND YOU MAY RECALL RON
AND, UH, HE'S NOW RETIRED, BUT, UM, ELIZABETH IS HIS WIFE.
AND SO SHE'S GOT THE CONNECTION FOR THE CITY AS WELL.
[Consent Calendar]
A SINGLE MOTION WILL COVER ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UH, DOES THE COMMISSION WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECURE? ALL RIGHT.
AND, UH, MRS. LUCK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUT THERE BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE.
UM, YES, I'M AFRAID YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT POINTING IN THE SAME PERSON.
NO, I WAS TRYING TO, I WAS TRYING TO POINT TO MY LITTLE MUTE.
UH, SINCE, UM, MS. WISE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME OF THE PRIOR MEETING.
SO COMMISSIONER AVAYA'S IS ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE TODAY.
UH, ASIDE FROM THAT TO STAFF HAVE ANY ITEM THEY WISH TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? NO, WE DO NOT.
SO TLA SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE.
COMMISSIONER BIAS, ABSTAIN STAINING AND COMMISSIONER.
SO TIER FOUR, ZERO IS THE COUNT ONE EXTENSION.
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LET'S MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.PROJECT NAME IS THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT WORKSHOP.
THIS IS NOT SUBJECT TO SEQUENCE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL STAFF.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
I HAVE A FEW FOLKS JOINING US FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT'S EVENINGS NECESSARILY HAYS.
UM, SO YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE, AS WELL AS HOLLY SAFRAN AND VERONICA CAM WITH VERONICA, PAM, AND ASSOCIATES, THAT THEY HELP WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
AND SO JUST TO KNOW, THIS IS A WORKSHOP ITEM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY DECISION WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK INTO THAT DRAFT THAT WAS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC PREVIEW.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UM, THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS PART OF OUR GENERAL PLAN AND IT'S, UH, PER CALIFORNIA STATE LAW THAT EACH CITY MUST HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE ALSO HAS A APRIL FOR CALIFORNIA THAT EACH RESIDENT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN DECENT.
AND SO A PART OF, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL IS MANDATING THAT EACH CITY AND JURISDICTION IN CALIFORNIA ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO BE PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN SUCCEEDING.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST GENERAL PLAN THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT NEEDS AND ADDRESSES STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS PREPARED, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CONSULTANT, VERONICA TAMMANY ASSOCIATES.
SO IT IS ONE OF THE STATE MANDATED ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS, UM, AND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND SO HOW THE DOCUMENT ENDS UP READING AND BEING LAID OUT IS A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER POLICY ELEMENTS, SUCH AS THE LAND USE ELEMENT.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO UPDATED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
SO THERE'S NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN IN AND OF ITSELF TO BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UM, DOWN
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IN SAN DIEGO, UM, WE ARE ON AN EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.AND SO WE HAVE PEW ADOPT OUR NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT BY APRIL 15TH, 2021, ALTHOUGH FILLS INTO THE STATE STATUTES IS 120 DAY GRACE PERIOD.
SO, UM, 120 DAYS AFTER APRIL 15TH, UM, YOU'RE STILL WITHIN THE DEADLINE FOR ADOPTION AND SUBMITTAL.
PART OF THE ADOPTION AND SUBMITTAL PROCESS IS HAVING THE ELEMENT REVIEWED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY REVIEW IT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND THEY DO A REVIEW WHILE THE ELEMENT HAS, IS IN DRAFT FORM.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A PRE REVIEW BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THE ADOPTED ELEMENT TO THEM.
AND SO WITH THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT ELEMENT ON MARCH 4TH, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING BACK TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND THIS WILL BE THE SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR ALCOHOL AND IT'LL COVER, UM, THE PERIOD OF 2021 TO 2029.
AND SO NOW TO TURN IT OVER TO HOLLY, SHE IS GOING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW INTO, UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO, UM, INCLUDE WITHIN HOUSING ELEMENTS.
ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FINDING THAT THE HCD HAS TO MAKE FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THEN SOME OF THE NEW CHANGES TO STATE LAW.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY.
UM, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT MUST BE EXAMINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR IT TO BE APPROVED BY HCD.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH INCLUDES LOOKING AT A PROJECTED HOUSING DEMAND THAT HAS BEEN, UM, APPROVED BY THE STATE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ARENA OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UH, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT IT HAS AN ADEQUATE SITES INVENTORY TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE HOUSING DEMAND.
UM, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS ON HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN PROVIDE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT, UH, ADDRESS THOSE CONSTRAINTS AND THE HOUSING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE HELPING TO PROMOTE HOUSING PRODUCTION, PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IMPROVING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF HOUSING AND ALSO PROMOTING FAIR HOUSING CHOICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR, UM, INCOME LEVELS.
UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE OBJECTIVES THAT THE CITY PLANS TO MEET OVER THE EIGHT YEAR PLANNING PERIOD, WHICH, UM, CAN BE SEEN IN THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE FOUND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW BY HCD.
UM, HAVING A COMPLIANT HOUSING ELEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING AND OTHER RELATED FUNDS, SUCH AS SB TWO GRANTS, UM, RESA, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CLIENTS.
AND IT ALSO MAKES SURE THAT THE CITY AVOIDS ANY PENALTIES WHICH CAN RESULT IN FINES, UM, SUSPENSION OF BUILDING PERMITS, WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN SOME CITIES, SUCH AS, UH, PLEASANTON AND ALSO ONLY HAVING TO UPDATE OR ACTUALLY HAVING TO UPDATE THE HOUSING ELEMENT MORE FREQUENTLY.
SO INSTEAD OF, UM, ON AN EIGHT YEAR CYCLE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT, UM, AT A FOUR YEAR CYCLE INSTEAD.
UM, AND IT ALSO, UH, THE CITY COULD BE HAVING TO ROLL OVER ANY ACCOMMODATED RENA FROM THE PREVIOUS CYCLE, IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A QUIET HOUSING ELEMENT.
I COULD JUST JUMP IN HERE HOLLY, REAL QUICK, BECAUSE IT'S A WORKSHOP WE DO WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE US PAUSE AT ANY TIME AND ASK QUESTIONS.
OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PROCESS.
UH, SO MAJOR CHANGES IN THIS HALLOWED HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING DATA.
AND ALSO THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS TO ADDRESS THE NEW STATE LAWS, WHICH, UH, INCLUDE THE NEW WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE RINA B SITES, INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS, AND ALSO ADDRESSING NO NET LOSS.
THERE ARE ALSO DISCUSSIONS, UM, ON ADU DEVELOPMENT AND LAWS THAT PERTAIN TO, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSONS WITH, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALSO, MAY I INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK, UH, WHAT NO NET LOSS MEANS HERE?
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OKAY.UM, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR CHRONIC ATTEMPT.
UM, IN 2017, THE STATE PASSED IN A NEW LAW CALLED NO NET LOSS SB ONE 66.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT SAYS THAT WHEN YOU, YOU, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN AN INVENTORY OF ADEQUATE SITES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANNING PERIOD OF YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT IN THE PAST.
IT'S USUALLY LIKE THE ADEQUATE SITES AND ANALYSIS IS A POINT IN TIME.
ONCE YOU, YOU GET AN ADIPOCYTE AT THE TIME OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTION, YOU'LL FIND YOUR OBLIGATIONS ARE DONE, UH, WITH NO NET LOSS REQUIREMENT, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE YOUR SITE'S CAPACITY AT YOUR STATE OF BEING CONSUMED BY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO, UM, FILL AT LOWER DENSITY THAN YOU ANTICIPATED OR YOU'RE ALLOWED, OR IF YOU ASSUME THAT YOU'LL GET A LOT OF MIXED USE, BUT YOU GET A COMPLETELY JUST LIKE NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT YOU USED UP YOUR RESIDENTIAL SITES INVENTORY IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET YOUR REMAINING MINA.
SO THEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO REPLENISH YOUR SITE'S INVENTORY.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY, WHEN WE DID THE SITE INVENTORY FOR THE HOUSING ALMA, WE, WE DID, UH, WE DID A VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION IN TERMS OF CAPACITY.
AND WE ALSO, UM, MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME BUFFER IN THERE SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE NO NET LOSS SITUATION TO, TO EASILY.
I REMEMBER THE POINT IN TIME OF EVALUATION.
SO THIS MEANS THAT DURING THE EIGHT YEAR PERIOD AS SITES GET DEVELOPED, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT NUMBER.
SO, UM, THE HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE REFLECTING THESE NEW STATE LAWS, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.
SO, UH, NEW PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE MARINA AND OF COURSE NO NET LOSS, THE NEW STATE LAWS, AND ALSO HOW TO FACILITATE ADU PRODUCTION AND, UM, MAKING SURE THE FURTHER FAIR HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE REMOVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NO LONGER APPROPRIATE AND ALSO, UM, COMBINED PROGRAMS, UH, TO MAKE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES MORE EASIER, OR MORE EASY TO, UM, COMPLETE AND ALSO ADJUSTED LEVEL OF COMMITMENTS BASED ON WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO FAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO JUMP IN.
UH, AND SO KIND OF, AS EVERYONE WAS INDICATING, YOU KNOW, ASSESSING WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE PRESENTLY, AND THEN PROJECTING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ANALYSES.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A HANDFUL OF SLIDES HERE THAT COVER KIND OF THE COMMUNITY PROFILE, THE POPULATION, EXISTING HOUSING, ECONOMIC STATUS, HOUSEHOLD DATA, UH, FOR ALCOHOL.
UM, SO L COHEN IS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING POPULATION GROWTH OF APPROXIMATELY 5% PER DECADE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO BE 135,000 RESIDENTS BY 2035, JUST OVER THAT FIGURE.
UM, HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS, HAS BEEN INCREASING UP TO 3.06 PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, WHICH IS A POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF OVERCROWDING OR FAMILIES DOUBLING UP IN EXISTING UNITS.
UM, HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN ARE THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE POPULATION AT 35% FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS AT 21%.
UM, NEARLY 60% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN OKLAHOMA ARE LOWER INCOME, WHICH IN THIS CASE, THAT'S CHARACTERIZED BY AN INCOME LESS THAN 80% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME AMI, UM, AMI AND ALCOHOL IS $52,000 PER YEAR, UH, WHICH TO ADD TO THAT IS NEARLY 30% LESS THAN THE COUNTY AVERAGE.
UM, JUST SOME MORE STATISTICS HERE.
UH, SENIORS, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 12% OF THE ALCOA POPULATION AND A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.
UM, OUR POPULATION IN OKLAHOMA IS SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN OUR, UH, OTHER COUNTY CITIES, UM, ETHNICALLY, UH, THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IS A MAJORITY WHITE WITH HISPANIC, LATINO BEING THE NEXT LARGEST POPULATION AT 28 AND A HALF PERCENT.
UM, I THOUGHT AN INTERESTING STATISTIC WAS THAT 44%, UH, OF EL CONE RESIDENTS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME.
UM, NEARLY HALF OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE IN A LOWER WAGE SECTOR.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE RETAIL OR SERVICE SECTORS.
AND, UM, THIS IS A VERY TELLING STATISTIC JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN JUNE, 2020, UH, DATA SHOWS A 17.9% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UH, WHICH IS COMPARED TO A 4.6% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN
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MARCH OF 2020.IT LOOKS LIKE PAUL HAS THE QUESTION.
SO WHEN I KNOW THAT OUR CURRENT NATIONAL, UM, STATISTICS DON'T SEPARATE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WHITE, BUT I DO RECALL THAT WHEN WE WERE DIVIDING CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE HAD SOMEBODY LOOK AT WHAT WHITE MEANT AND 70% OF OUR WHITE POPULATION IS ARABIC OR CALVIN, NOT EUROPEAN, BUT MIDDLE EASTERN, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT THERE, PAUL, IN THAT THE WHITE AND CAUCASIAN CATEGORY DOES CAPTURE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY BE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE KELVION COMMUNITY OR FROM ARABIC COUNTRIES AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED WHAT WE THINK IS AS ANOTHER STATISTIC HERE, THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE OTHER ONE THAT WE SOMETIMES LOOK AT AS A PERCENTAGE OF, OF FOREIGN BORN, BUT I THINK IT IS, UH, IT IS A LITTLE MISLEADING HERE TO, TO LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE, THE ETHNICITIES AND, AND MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OUR POPULATION, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT TELLS THE WHOLE STORY.
UH, AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UH, HOUSING, UM, THERE'S BEEN LIMITED HOUSING STOCK GROWTH WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 2% IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IN THE REPORT.
UM, MOST HOUSING STOCK IS MULTI-FAMILY IN THE CITY, AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, AND THE MAJORITY, UH, OF THE HOUSING STOCK IS FOR RENT.
UM, RENTER HOUSEHOLDS ARE LARGER THAN OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS ON AVERAGE.
AND, UM, AS WE'RE ALL AWARE AS WELL, WE, WE DO HAVE AN OLDER HOUSING STOCK, UH, ABOUT 88% OF OUR HOUSING, UH, WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
UM, THE MEDIAN, UH, THE 2020 MEDIAN ALCOHOL HOME PRICE WAS $557,500.
UM, AND OUR AVERAGE RENTS, YOU CAN SEE HERE ABOUT $1,200 FOR A STUDIO UNIT OR A $2,200 FOR A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
UM, AND REALLY, UH, WHAT THIS IS ALL SHOWING US IS THAT LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVEN MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS UP TO THAT $120,000, UH, PER YEAR INCOME MARK, UH, WOULD FIND PURCHASING A HOME DIFFICULT, UH, IN THE CURRENT MARKET.
AND TO, YOU KNOW, ADD ONTO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS COMBINED WITH THAT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASES IN PERSONS, LIVING IN POVERTY, UM, THAT REDUCTION IN OTHER SUBSIDY PROGRAMS OR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE EXACERBATED THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE IN OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS THE COUNTY.
UM, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR OKLAHOMA IDENTIFIED 784 INDIVIDUALS WHO, UH, WERE HOMELESS, UH, 474 OF WHICH WERE SHELTERED IN 310 WERE UNSHELTERED, UM, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
CAN WE PAUSE THERE? I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE GOING OVER THE NUMBERS ON HOUSING, UM, FOR ALCOHOL AND NET ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IT'S MORE LIKE SIX 50 BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S EVEN BEING EXAGGERATED OR IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS RIGHT NOW.
SO FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PURCHASE A HOME AND THEY'RE QUALIFIED, THEY'RE REALLY AFFORDABLE.
AND EVEN THE RENTS ARE UP, THE CONDOS ARE UP EVERYTHING'S UP.
SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT OUT THERE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A HOUSE AND ARE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET TO FIND A PLACE.
AND WITH BUILDING COSTS UP, IT JUST KIND OF PUTS ANOTHER LAYER ON THE CAKE.
SO IT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYONE.
AND THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT A LOT OF THESE DATA POINTS WERE OBVIOUSLY TAKEN, UH, IN 2020, UH, UH, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, POTENTIALLY.
SO, AND USUALLY YOU DON'T SEE SUCH A RISE, BUT BECAUSE OF JUST SO MANY, IT'S THE PERFECT STORM RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT GO UP AS MUCH AS IT HAS IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO HAS ANYBODY ARTICLE CAME OUT AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, I THINK OUR CITY PROBABLY DOES A BETTER JOB, BUT 40% OF HOUSING COSTS NOW PERMITS FEES, STATE MANDATED, GARBAGE, UM, YOU NAME IT, BUT 40% OF A HOUSE NOW TO BUILD
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IS ALL BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE.AND IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LAND OR THE STICKS AND BRICKS COSTS.
SO HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE ON LOWERING FEES OR ANYTHING CITIES CAN DO TO LOWER FEES BECAUSE THAT'S JUST 40%.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, $600,000 HOUSE COULD ACTUALLY SELL FOR $380,000, ROUGHLY 360.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S EVER BEEN ADDRESSED OR IF THE STATE EVER TALKS ABOUT WAYS TO, TO LOWER THAT THROUGH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS THAT THEY PASS, WHETHER IT'S CARBON CREDITS, YOU KNOW, OFFSETTING LAND COSTS, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO IT.
SO, UM, I KNOW MELISSA PROBABLY WANTS TO CHIME IN, UH, BUT I THINK TO START, UM, WE DO HAVE, IT'S A DISCUSSION OF THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, BUT THE CITY ACTUALLY FROM THE STATE, UH, IN TERMS OF OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION, OUR FEES ARE VERY LOW.
WE DO NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE, UH, WHICH DO ADD SUBSTANTIAL COSTS.
UM, AND EVEN OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, PERMIT FEES AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PERMIT FEES ARE FAIRLY LOW, UM, IN THAT REGARD.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MELISSA WANTED TO CHIME IN THERE.
I THINK COMMISSIONER MAREZ, YOU'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS STATE MANDATE, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, ENERGY KIND OF REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE PERHAPS VERONICA OR HOLLY, IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING RECENT ON A STATE LEVEL, LOOKING AT THE COSTS, UM, THEY GET PASSED ON TO HOUSING FROM THOSE MANDATES.
WELL, THAT IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
AND, AND, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CINDY TELLS US THAT ADOPT THE HOUSING OMEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE MORE LAWS ARE COMING DOWN LIKE, SO, SO THE SOONER YOU'RE ADOPTED AT LEAST NOT NECESSARILY IN MEAL, BUT WE DIDN'T THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING THE HOUSING ISLAND FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, UM, UM, DEAL WITH THE COSTS.
UM, THAT'S CAUSED BY LEGISLATION, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS IN ORDER TO ALLOW ASSISTED CITIES TO DEVELOP HOUSING OR THE, UM, HOUSING, LESS COSTLY TO DEVELOP WITH OBJECTIVE STANDARDS AND, AND, AND THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE JUST PREPARING THE HOUSING ELEMENT ALONE.
THIS TIME IS SO MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN LAST TIME AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND SO I THINK, UM, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT THE, THE, THE DIRECTION FROM THE STAGE IS ACTUALLY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THEY WERE PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO.
IT LOOKED LIKE WE ALSO HAD A HAND UP FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SATIVA, SPENCER BOONE, EXCEEDING THE SURROUNDING CITIES.
YOU HAVE ANY INCLINATION, MELISSA, DID YOU WANT TO, I THINK YOU HAD, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I BELIEVE I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME SPECULATION AND AROUND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CAUSES OF WHY WE HAVE SUCH A LARGER POPULATION.
UM, I THINK SOMETIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE SERVICES IN OKLAHOMA AT THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE OTHER COUNTY SERVICES AND OFFICES, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING DEFINITIVE, UM, NECESSARILY THAT, THAT POINTS TO THIS IS WHY OUR POPULATION IS, IS SO MUCH LARGER, BUT IT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN ANY OTHER EAST COUNTY STUDY.
ALTHOUGH I DID READ RECENTLY THAT I THINK THEY'VE, THEY ATTEMPTED TO DO A, UM, KIND OF A PARTIAL OUT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN AND AROUND THE SAN DIEGO RIVER.
AND THEY'RE FINDING MORE PEOPLE ARE COUNTING MORE PEOPLE IN SAN QI, UM, WERE LIVING ALONG THERE.
SO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN POINT TO SPECIFICALLY AND SAY, THIS IS WHY.
UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
AND JUST TO CONTINUE ON HERE, UM, WE'RE PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR AS WELL WITH SOME OF OUR EXISTING HOMELESS RESOURCES, UH, SEE TLC, THE EAST COUNTY, TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER OFFERS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE A ROTATIONAL SHELTER THAT THE CITY PROVIDES FUND OR, UH, DEDICATED FUNDS TOWARDS EVERY YEAR, UH, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR, SAME CASE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM, UH, OPERATED THROUGH SALVATION ARMY.
AND LET'S SEE HERE, WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, MELISSA, DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? SURE.
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OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS HOUSING NEEDS.UM, THE NEXT PART OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS LOOKING AT CONSTRAINTS AND THE STATE LAWS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, ASKS US TO LOOK AT MARKET CONSTRAINTS, SO ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS, AND THEN GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, WHICH I'LL COVER IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A LOT OF THE MARKET CONSTRAINTS, CITY, GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE, UM, OR ABILITY TO MOVE THE DIAL ON SOME OF THESE.
UM, BUT WE DO NOTE THEM BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PROVISION OF HOUSING.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE THAT SPENCER TOUCHED ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UM, IT'S VERY HIGH, WE KNOW DUE TO COVID, UM, AND, AND MAY CONTINUE TO BE HIGH FOR SOME TIME.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS WILL SHAKE OUT.
AND WE KNOW THAT HAVING A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAN REALLY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FIND HOUSING, BUT THEN ALSO TO RETAIN IT, UM, ONCE THEY HAVE IT.
SO OVERALL JUST MAKES THE SITUATION MORE DIFFICULT.
CONSTRUCTION AND LAND COSTS ARE ANOTHER LARGE CONSTRAINT, ESPECIALLY FOR ALCOHOL, WHERE MOST OF OUR LAND IS ALREADY DEVELOPED TO VERY LITTLE VACANT LAND.
AND SO, UM, THE LAND COSTS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
AND I THINK IN THE ANALYSIS, IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, IT, IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE SEEN A A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE SINCE WE LOOKED AT THE LAND COSTS WITH THE LAST HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INCLUDING PRAMATA, AERIALS, BUT ALSO LABOR HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.
WE ALSO SORT OF ANECDOTALLY THAT EVEN FINDING SKILLED LABOR CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND THEN ANOTHER KEY POINT IN ACCESS TO HOUSING IS OBVIOUSLY FINANCING, ESPECIALLY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND THE APPROVAL RATE FOR MORTGAGE LENS IS ACTUALLY DECREASED.
THAT'S LOWER THAN IT WAS BACK IN 2012.
AND THEN A LOT OF THESE CONSTRAINTS OR ISSUES, UM, ARE COMPOUNDED WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE OF COLOR OR IN OUR MORE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LESS ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES, UM, THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE NEXT SECTION, UM, WE TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS AND THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, ASKED CITIES TO REVIEW THEIR LAND, USE THEIR ZONING, THEIR FEES, UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CONSTRAINTS OR IMPEDIMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS TO THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LUCKILY AND ALCOHOL, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, MOST OF YOU WERE WITH US WHEN WE, UM, ADOPTED THE TRANSIT DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH HAD A NEW HOUSING CAPACITY IN AND AROUND THE TRANSIT CENTER.
AND THEN ALSO THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE, UM, WHICH CREATED NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS.
SO THOSE WENT A LONG WAY TO BUILDING CAPACITY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, BUT THEN THEY ALSO ADDED IN ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MOST OF OUR PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE ARE INFILL PROJECTS.
AND THERE ARE, UM, OFTEN DIFFICULTIES WITH INFILL BECAUSE OF EXISTING, SMALLER PARCELS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS OR, OR OTHER ISSUES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB RECENTLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND, AND ADDRESSING THIS AND BRINGING IT ONTO THE BARRIERS TO HOUSING ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE, BUT YOU'LL STILL SEE SOME PROGRAMS LATER ON THAT ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FURTHER STEPS THAT WE CAN MAKE YOU IMPROVE THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPES OF HOUSING, UM, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, MAKING ALLOWANCES FOR? SO, UM, IN TERMS OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR GRANNY FLATS, UM, WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED ORDINANCE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE UPDATING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, BUT WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS.
THERE ARE PERMITTED AS 80 AS WELL, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO MADE PROVISIONS FOR TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THEN A SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY, LODGING, OR SROS.
SO WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THREE KINDS NOW WITH OUR MEDICAL CONVERSIONS, WHAT THAT PROGRAM AND WE'VE ADDED, UM, FROM PONANT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WE'LL LOOK AT, PERHAPS CONTINUING SOME OF THOSE CONVERSION PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN WE REALLY HAVE MINIMAL DEVELOPMENT FEES.
AS SPENCER MENTIONED, THAT'S NOT A BIG IMPEDIMENT TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, I'LL COME.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF, UM, STREAMLINING OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE PERMITTING PROCESSES EASIER.
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OKAY.AND THEN ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT LOOKS AT WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO, UM, ASSIST WITH THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE NEED, THE RESOURCES ARE RATHER SMALL.
THE CITY DOES RECEIVE AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF CDBG FRIENDS THAT GOES TOWARDS, UM, THOSE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS ON THOSE, UM, ON PROJECTS IN ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY, GOOD TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN WE RECEIVE BETWEEN FOUR AND A HUNDRED AND $600,000 IN HOME FUNDS.
SO, UM, BOTH OF THOSE FUNDING PROGRAMS ASSIST WITH OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY AND BHOPAL HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN THE CITY, UM, AS THE ELKHORN HOUSING AUTHORITY ALSO HAS ACCESS TO THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING FUNDS.
SO THOSE ARE FUNDS FROM THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SUCCESSOR AGENCY THAT ARE COMING BACK IN AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR REAL REALLOCATION, SO AFFORDABLE PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE USED THOSE FUNDS IN THE PAST FOR YOU TO PARTNER WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER ON A PROJECT I'LL HOLD.
THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT A THOUSAND ASSISTED AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OKLAHOMA CONSIDER SUBSIDIZED.
THIS IS ASIDE FROM SECTION EIGHT, BUT UNITS THAT WERE BUILT WITH A SUBSIDY OR ASSISTED LATER WITH A LONG-TERM SUBSIDY.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR AFFORDABILITY OVER THE PERIOD OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS WELL.
AND I'M KIND OF BACK OVER SPENCER.
UM, SO AS HOLLY WAS KIND OF MENTIONING BEFORE, UH, A MAJOR PART OF THE HOUSING HELMET UPDATE IS TO, UH, DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE THE LAND INVENTORY TO ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE GROWTH IN THE CITY.
UM, AND WE HAD, UH, WITH IT WITH HELP FROM, UH, VTA PLANNING, UH, WE IDENTIFIED A SITES INVENTORY.
UM, THERE'S A SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING THOSE SITES.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF WE, UH, STAFF HAD A KNOWLEDGE OF A PROPERTY OWNER, UM, WHO HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, A SITE THAT WE WOULD HAVE INCLUDED ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, OTHER CRITERIA TO IDENTIFY THOSE, UH, THEY CAN, OR NON VACANT SITES THAT ARE UNDER UTILIZED.
UM, THE, THE ANALYSIS WOULD LOOK AT IMPROVEMENT TO LAND VALUE, UH, OR SITES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A GREATER FLOOR AREA RATIO, BASICALLY INCREASING THE INTENSITY OF THE EXISTING HOUSING USE ON THAT SITE.
UM, AND IN THE REPORT, UH, OR IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT DRAFT, THERE IS A SITE INVENTORY MAP, WHICH I'LL BRING UP IN A SECOND.
SO WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER.
UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PRETTY HANDY TABLE THAT ACTUALLY BREAKS DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPECTED NUMBER OF UNITS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH INDEPENDENCIES OF THE, OF THE PLAN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TRY TO JUST BRING ON OVER, UM, THAT HOUSING, UH, ELEMENT, UPDATE SITES, INVENTORY MAP, HOPEFULLY THAT WORK, EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT NOW.
UH, AND JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE, UH, LEGEND HERE.
UM, EVERYTHING IN THE BLUE OR PINK ARE THOSE SITES THAT ARE IN THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE OR THE TDSP.
SO, UH, A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS TO TRY TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
UH, LIKE MELISSA MENTIONED, WE ALREADY HAD A INCREASED, UH, CAPACITY WITH THOSE TWO PLANS.
SO, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE SITES ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THOSE TWO AREAS.
THERE'S ALSO THE GREEN CATEGORY THAT ARE OTHER VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED SITES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED USING THOSE OTHER CRITERIA.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW RED DOTS, UH, SCATTERED AROUND, WHICH ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENTITLED, BUT, UH, BUILDING PERMITS HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED YET.
SO THOSE TECHNICALLY ALREADY COUNT TOWARDS OUR NEXT, UH, CYCLE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAD START THERE, I GUESS.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MELISSA, DID YOU WANT TO, UH, ZOOM IN HERE AND TALK ABOUT ANY SITES IN PARTICULAR? SURE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN HIGHLIGHT A FEW, UM, SITES, ONE THAT WE, I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY AT 300 ALCOHOL BOULEVARD, WE HAVE, UH, A SUBMITTAL FOR A 116 NEW TOWNHOMES THERE, SO THAT ONE'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
UM, SINCE THAT ONE IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR PRIME SITES, UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT LARGE SITE IS THE PARKWAY PLAZA SITE.
UM, AND THIS ONE HAS ACTUALLY HAS THE MIXED USE OVERLAY.
UM, AND WHEN WE ADOPTED THE MEU OVERLAY FOR THAT PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HEAR CONCERNS ABOUT
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THE POTENTIAL OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BEING REDUCED OR, UM, LOSING THEM ALL.AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THERE THAT, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SITE IS ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT SITES INVENTORY, WE STILL DO HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT SITE THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO REPLACE THEM ALL.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN USE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE EXTERIOR SURFACE PARKING LOTS FOR NEW HOUSING AND THEN ANOTHER, UM, I THINK THE SITE TO NOTE IS THE TROLLEY SITE.
UM, THE MTS PROPERTY STUDY IS STILL WORKING WITH MTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UM, FOR THE MARKETING PURPOSES OF THAT SITE.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE A PROJECT THERE, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I THINK, YES.
GOING BACK TO THE PARKWAY PLAZA SITE, I THINK YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION, UH, JUST MAKING USE OF THE PARKING LOTS THOUGH, WAS IMAGINING, POSSIBLY HAVING COMMERCIAL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEN RESIDENTIAL ABOVE, AROUND FLOOR ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SITES WAS THAT CONSIDERATION OR JUST A PARKING LOT, A LOT'S ALONE, CONVERT IT INTO RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO UNDER THE MIXED USE OVERLAY, YOU CAN DO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL OR A MIX OF BOTH.
SO, UM, IF WE HAD SOMEONE WITH A PROJECT WITH GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE THAT, WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT AND DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH COMMERCIAL SPACE AT PARKWAY PLAZA, IT MAY BE THAT SOMEONE COMES IN WITH JUST A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT COMPLIMENT WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO HOW DO WE GET AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IN THE CORRIDOR, UH, ON ALCOHOL AND BOULEVARD, INCREASING SOME DENSITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I SEE BEING A CHALLENGE IS IN ORDER TO INCREASE SOME OF THAT DENSITY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SOMETIMES DO, YOU KNOW, PEDESTAL PARKING WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE AND FOUR FLOORS ABOVE, BUT THEN YOU GET INTO THE COST TO BUILD, AND THEN YOU'RE BACK TO $2,500 A MONTH, TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS, AND THEN WE'RE REALLY NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY NEED FOR THE, UH, LOW INCOME OR MODERATE, LOW INCOME, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ADDRESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, BECAUSE ONCE YOU START GOING THREE, FOUR STORIES, THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THE PEDIS, YOU KNOW, A PARKING AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? SO IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUE.
UM, MOST OF THE, THE ZONING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE'D BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOR THE SITES INVENTORY WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USE UP TO ABOUT $40 UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, SO YEAH, CLOSER TO 40 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO PRECLUDE SOMEONE FROM COMING IN WITH SAY LIKE A TOWNHOME PROJECT OR SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE BIT LESS DENSITY PROVIDED THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, HAVE A BIT OF A BUFFER WITH OUR SITES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THOSE SITES AVAILABLE, LIKE VERONICA MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, BUT REALISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, A MARKET RATE PROJECT IS, IS THAT GOING TO RESULT IN HOUSING PRICES OR RENTAL PRICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS? PROBABLY NOT WITHOUT A SUBSIDY.
UM, AND THERE'S VERY LIMITED FUNDING FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
YES, MELISSA, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION.
UM, SO I WAS ACTUALLY EXCITED TO SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED AROUND THE TRANSIT CENTER BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT'S THEIR FIRST LOOK INTO ALCOHOL, BUT ALSO HAVING LIVED HERE AND, AND BEING AROUND THERE FOR SOME BUSINESSES AND THINGS.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED ON THAT KIND OF THAT FRONTAGE ROAD BEHIND THERE, LIKE BY THE ICE COMPANY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP IT, UM, WE ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE HOUSING AND SAFE BUSINESSES.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT, UH, WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE.
IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE RATHER THAN JUST SORT OF PUSHING PEOPLE ALONG, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF SHELTER OR HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CAMPING, I'LL SAY KIND OF ON THE SIDEWALKS AND IN SOME OF THE VACANT AROUND SOME OF THOSE VACANT BUILDINGS AND VACANT SPACES.
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OF, UM, SHELTER SPACE OR HOUSING SPACE FOR THE HOMELESS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND, THAT SUITABLY ZONES THAT ALLOWS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS.UM, IT'S, THERE'S NO STATE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY PROVIDE, THE SHELTER BUILT THE SHELTER.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I THINK THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COSTS IN PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, A YEAR ROUND SHELTER, NOT ONLY IN JUST THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT IN THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS, UM, THAT THAT MAY JUST NOT BE WITHIN REACH FOR ALCOHOL BY ITSELF, IN AND OF ITSELF, UM, THAT MAYBE A MORE REGIONAL APPROACH IS NEEDED TO MEET THIS, THIS GREAT DEMAND THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A, A GREAT ANSWER, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL THESE UNSHELTERED PEOPLE GOING TO GO, ESPECIALLY AS WE REDEVELOP SOME OF THESE AREAS.
UM, BUT THE HOPE IS, IS THAT SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE REDEVELOPED THAT BECOMES A LESS OF AN ATTRACTIVE SPACE TO GATHER.
UM, AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY IF YOU, IF YOU GO DOWN MARSHALL TO WHERE WE'VE HAD THAT VACANT LOT NEXT TO THE BMW DEALERSHIP, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT SELF STORAGE PROJECT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL BE COMING ONLINE HERE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, UM, HOPEFULLY WILL GO A LONG WAY TO DEALING WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE DEAL WITH OUT THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE, THE, THE EFFECTS OF HAVING THAT IN SHELTERED COMMUNITY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, BUT IT IS A LONGSTANDING ISSUE OF HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE END SHELTER FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T THINK THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN AND OF ITSELF IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT PARTICULAR NEED, BUT WE ARE LAYING OUT THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE, WE ARE PUTTING FORTH TO TRY TO DO THAT, WHICH IS CONTINUING THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN FUNDING, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR, THE, UM, EMERGENCY MEDICAL VOUCHERS, UM, THE WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM WITH SALVATION ARMY, UM, AND THEN CONTINUING TO TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS TO COME WITH, COME UP WITH BETTER LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
UM, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY, UH, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC SITES OR SUGGESTIONS, UH, FOR ANYTHING TO LOOK INTO, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, BUT IF NOT, WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THE POWERPOINT.
UM, JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE PARKWAY PLAZA SITE.
UM, AS I WAS READING THROUGH THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, THAT REALLY DID SEEM LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CAUSE IT IS A VERY LARGE SITE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK OF PLACES LIKE DOWN BY DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND THE GASLAMP DISTRICT WHERE, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT THE GASLAMP DISTRICT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE VERY EFFECTIVELY HAD, YOU KNOW, THOSE MIXED USE SPACES, YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AND THEN YOU HAVE APARTMENTS AND THINGS ABOVE THAT.
SO IN AN AREA THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF LAND, THEY HAVE DEFINITELY UTILIZED IT.
AND I KIND OF SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING, UH, WITH, WITH, UM, PARTS OF THAT, THAT SPACE.
AND AGAIN, LIKE MOST ALLUDED TO YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF JUST EMPTY PARKING LOT SPACE AS WELL THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED.
SO, UM, WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FREEWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY PRETTY GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE.
I WOULD SAY WITH FLETCHER PARKWAY BEING A PRETTY BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG STREET.
UM, IT DID SEEM LIKE A VERY GOOD, UH, GOOD SUGGESTION FOR TRYING TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
AND I THINK IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, IT'S THAT THE OWNER WAS ALSO VERY INTERESTED, SO THE OWNER OF THE LAND.
SO I THINK THAT THAT, UH, LOOKED LIKE A VERY GOOD IDEA AND I HOPE I HELPED TO SEE THAT START TO COME TO FRUITION.
AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT I JUMPED BACK OVER TO HERE AND I'LL CONTINUE ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND SO THE NEXT THING WE WANTED TO MOVE INTO WAS A DISCUSSION OF THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF THE LAST SECTION OF THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, I'LL JUST READ OUT THE, THE MAIN KIND OF GOAL OBJECTIVE, UM, AND THAT IS TO INCREASE, IMPROVE, AND PRESERVE A VARIETY OF SAFE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, MEETING THE EXISTING AND FUTURE NEEDS OF ALCOHOL RESIDENTS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS, INCLUDING SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.
UM, AND FROM THERE WE HAVE SIX KIND OF, UH, MAJOR OBJECTIVES, WHICH ALL HAVE POLICIES ASSOCIATED AS WELL AS PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE POLICIES.
UM, SO WHAT I HAVE ON THE SLIDES HERE
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ARE JUST THE OBJECTIVE AND THE PROGRAMS, UH, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE TO THIS DISCUSSION THAN IS ON THE SLIDES.UM, MELISSA, I THINK, UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF COVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT BASICALLY OBJECTIVE NUMBER ONE IS TO ACCOMMODATE AN INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR POINT OF A MAJOR SECTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS, UH, TO THOSE SITES TO MEET THE RINA, UH, REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT IS SUGGESTED, EH, UM, IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT DRAFT IS, UH, TO KIND OF PROMOTE OUR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, SINCE WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST IN THOSE, UM, AND THEN CONTINUE TO PURSUE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MELISSA, YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT ONE? NO, THAT'S PERFECT.
UH, OBJECTIVE TWO WAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, AND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE FAMILIAR TO YOU.
UH, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE HOUSING REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN, UH, OPERATING FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, UM, AND THAT AGAIN, UM, PROVIDES KIND OF SMALLER LOANS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, TO THEIR HOMES.
UM, UH, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE, UM, AND ANOTHER MAIN ONE THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF RECENTLY IS THE MULTIFAMILY INSPECTION PROGRAM, UM, THAT ONE'S CURRENTLY ON HOLD JUST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL.
THE HOUSING INSPECTOR HAS BEEN THROUGH, UH, A HUGE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE CITY SO FAR, UH, IDENTIFYING ANY DEFICIENCIES THERE, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS CAN MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THOSE UNITS, UH, UH, HABITABLE AND ADDRESS ANY KIND OF THE AGING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH SUMMER HOUSING STOCK.
UM, ANYTHING TO ADD THERE, MELISSA? NOPE.
THE THIRD OBJECTIVE WAS TO PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, UH, TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE AND WHEN DEEMED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
UM, SO THE PROGRAM WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, UH, WHICH IS OPERATED THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, THE NEXT ONE, UH, WOULD BE THE PRESERVATION OF AT RISK, UH, OF CONVERTING TO MARKET RATE UNITS.
UH, MELISSA MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT A THOUSAND, UH, ASSISTED UNITS AT THIS POINT AND THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THAT FIGURE, BUT A HANDFUL OF THEM, MANY OF THEM ARE AT RISK OF CONVERTING, UM, OVER THE NEXT CYCLE.
UM, AND THEN TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE HOMELESS SERVICES THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, IN, UH, THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
UM, SO QUICK QUESTION, WHAT MAKES CERTAIN ASSISTED HOUSING AT RISK OF CONVERGING IS THAT LACK OF FUNDS, THE, THE AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS EXPIRING, UH, USUALLY THEY'RE LIKE A 55 YEAR OR, UH, I'M NOT SURE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS, BUT BASICALLY THOUGH THAT THAT WOULD EXPIRE DURING THE NEXT CYCLE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE LEXINGTON SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT, SO THAT, UH, AND I THINK I MAYBE THAT IN THE PROJECT'S PRESENTATION LAST TIME THAT A PROJECT WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND COMPETED FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY OF THAT PROJECT, UM, OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
SO AS THOSE SORT OF PROGRAMS OR THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COVENANTS, UM, SUNSET THAT'S THAT'S WHEN YOU MIGHT SEE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS BECOME WORK.
AND THEN OBJECTIVE NUMBER FOUR IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UH, THERE'S ONLY ONE PROGRAM IDENTIFIED UNDER IT.
IT'S BASICALLY TO PROVIDE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, AND THAT IS, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, UH, PROGRAM, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING, UH, IN, UH, IS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE OPERATING.
UM, OBJECTIVE NUMBER FIVE IS TO REMOVE ANY GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND I BELIEVE MELISSA TOUCHED ON THESE ALREADY, BUT, UM, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS KIND OF BEING KEY TO THAT EFFORT.
UM, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, UPDATES FOR LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS AND EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, TO MEET KIND OF SOME OF THE NEW STATE REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THOSE, UM, ALSO UPDATES TO THE DENSITY BONUS SECTION IN OUR CODE, UH, TO MEET SOME OF THE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS LEGISLATION, UM, AGAIN, THE PROMOTION OF 80 USE, UH, IN THEIR CREATION AND, UM, TO, UH, ESTABLISH
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SOME OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR MULTI, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.OUR LAST OBJECTIVE IS JUST TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.
AND THEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS WE DO THAT IS THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH CSA CVO COUNTY, THEY PROVIDE, UM, FAIR HOUSING SERVICES FOR ALCOHOL.
AND, UM, ANOTHER WAY WE DO THAT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ARE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
AND YOU SAW THE SITE THEM PRE PREVIOUSLY, YOU COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T CONCENTRATING HOUSING, ANYONE PARTICULAR PLACE.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY PUTTING A WHERE IT MAKES SENSE WHERE THERE'S AVAILABLE TRANSIT AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THOSE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OUR PLAN.
UM, SO I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, UM, CONCURRENTLY WITH THE HCD REVIEW.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO READ IT AND REALLY DIG IN AND LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO SAY SOME INVENTORY AND GIVE US THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE, THE HOME, UH, THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THANK YOU TO VERONICA TAMMANY ASSOCIATES.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK YOU GUYS PUT INTO THIS.
PAGE 74, I BELIEVE, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, LET ME READ THAT ARE IN 2018, THE CITY ABOUT THE WHOLE EXTENSIVELY BONUS ORDINANCE.
THE BONUS LAW HAS BEEN REVISED SINCE THE CITY'S MOST RECENT.
THEREFORE THE EXISTING ORDINANCE IS NO LONGER IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE REVISED AS AN IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR BONUS LAW IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW.
THE CITY WE WANT TO CONSIDER REMOVING THE SUBSTANCE MIS DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE, SIMPLY REFER TO STATE LAW TO AVOID THE NEED, MODIFY THE CODE EACH TIME THE STATE LAW IS AMENDED.
SO, UM, WHEN I READ THAT ME, IT SEEMS THAT THE STATE REALLY HAS A LOT OF CONTROL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THE STATE, MAYBE I HAVE MAYBE TOO MUCH CONTROL ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY MAKING IT AUTOMATIC, OUR LAWS PAGE, OUR CODES CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE STATE LAW.
DOESN'T GIVE THE CITY TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES THAT LAW OR THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER OR, OR MAYBE FIGHT IT A LITTLE BIT OR WHATEVER.
SO I, I KIND OF TEND NOT TO AGREE WITH MAKING IT AUTOMATIC, TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING CONDITION TO LOOK AT THESE SITUATIONS AND SEE IF THERE ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY OR NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
THAT'S A SUGGESTION THAT I LIKE TO MAKE, AND THAT PARTICULAR AREA, A GREAT SUGGESTION.
SO THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE, THEN STEVE ONUS CHANGES, UM, WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS A SUBSEQUENT ORDINANCE.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMMISSION FEELS THAT THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO REFER BACK TO STATE LAW, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DENSITY BONUS, WE COULD DO THAT.
I THINK THE ONLY DRAWBACKS THERE ARE THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S DENSITY BONUS LAWS, SO THAT IF FOR SOME REASON A PROJECT COMES FORWARD, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE THE CITY'S DENSITY BONUS LAW, WHICH COULD BE DIFFERENT OR MAYBE LAGGING BEHIND THE STATE LAW.
UM, AND SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL AS WELL FOR LITIGATION.
IF THE CITY DOESN'T FOLLOW THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, I'M NOT SURE IF VERONICA OR HOLLY HAD ANYTHING TO ADD REGARDING THAT SUGGESTION.
UM, I THINK MORE AND MORE CITIES ARE FEELING THAT IT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO REFER TO STATE LAW BECAUSE THEY, THEY CHANGE.
AND SOMETIMES THE LAW CHANGES FOR JUST ONE LITTLE THING.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PAYING ATTENTION, THEN YOU MISSED IT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN ONE YEAR THEY CHANGE IT LIKE TWO OR THREE TIMES.
AND SO YOU WOULD BE CONSTANTLY UPDATING IT MAYBE FOR JUST MINOR REVISIONS.
SO I THINK IT'S UP TO THE STORY.
UM, UM, UM, SOME CITIES, UM, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING,
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UM, KEEP IT IN INSIDE YOUR ZONING CODE.UM, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO BE, UM, UH, BE, BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE NEW CHANGES AND, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR ZONING CODE SAYS, A PROJECT COMES IN, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT IS THE LAW AT THE TIME? SO RARELY, I LIKE TO KEEP THE SEPARATION THERE BETWEEN STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TAKE IT'S A WISE.
I MEAN, IT IS CONVENIENT AUTOMATICALLY, BUT THEN AGAIN, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT CHANGES AND SEE WHAT WISDOM IS THERE IN THIS.
AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE AN APPEAL TO THE STATE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
SO I LIKE TO KEEP A SEPARATION THERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S MY FEELING TOWARDS THAT COMMISSIONER PARKER JUST REALLY QUICK ON THAT, BECAUSE IN BEING IN MY BUSINESS, I DEAL WITH REGULATIONS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M CONSTANTLY GOING TO HAVE WELL MORE SO TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, NOT SO MUCH IN THE CITY ALCOHOL, BECAUSE YOUR ALCOHOL IS MUCH BETTER.
AND I LOVE IT HERE BECAUSE THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS A BIT OF A MESS, BUT REGARDING ALL THESE LAWS THAT THEY PUT ON BUILDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT COSTS MORE MONEY FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD.
SO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE A LOT OF BUILDERS ARE JUST LEAVING BECAUSE THEY PUT SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS ON THE ALREADY OVER LAYERED CAKE.
SO I AGREE REGARDING, YOU KNOW, I WISH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY SOME OF THE STATE RULES, BUT WE HAVE TO, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT SEPARATION BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS, THEY AREN'T ALWAYS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR ALLOWING THE HOUSING AND THE RENA RENA NUMBERS TO BE THERE.
IF WE'RE DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM BUILDING AND PUTTING STANDARDS OUT ON THAT ARE UNATTAINABLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUILDING COSTS AND EVERYTHING, THE WAY THEY ARE THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST THINK HAVING TO STAY UP ON THINGS LIKE THIS AND WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT I AM FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR ME, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE ON TO TRYING TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
WE'RE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE BY ADDING MORE THINGS ON BUILDING.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, AS A CITY, DON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF COMPLIANCE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER IT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE OR IF IT SAYS IN OUR ORDINANCE, SEE THE STATE ORDINANCE.
AND I LIKE TO BE INFORMED OF CHANGES LIKE THIS.
UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T, WE CAN PUT AN APPEAL IN POSSIBLY, BUT WE CAN'T SAY NO, BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE CHANGING SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN STAY ABREAST.
WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE NEW STANDARD IS.
I KNOW THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND I SAT DOWN, I READ THROUGH PROBABLY 70% OF IT.
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS SO LONG AND SO BORING AND SO FULL OF TENDENCY.
UM, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE I EVEN LOOKED AT CALIFORNIA STATE BUILDING LAWS.
AND I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T KEEP ALL THAT IN MY HEAD.
SO I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER.
SO TLA THAT I WANT US AS A CITY TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUCK THE STATE, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT AS THESE ARE OUR STANDARDS.
IF I COULD JUST PUT IN MY 2 CENTS, UM, PAUL IS CORRECT THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE, BUT IN SOME INSTANCES, IF WE STAY ON TOP OF STATE LEGISLATION, AND EVEN IN SOME CASES, FEDERAL LEGISLATION, WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO USE OUR OWN DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AMENDING OR FORMULATING OUR LEGAL, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AS, UH, THAT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE WE WERE AWARE OF THINGS AHEAD OF TIME, AND THEREFORE WE'RE ABLE TO CRAFT THINGS TO ALCOHOL HOLMES ADVANTAGE.
SO IT, IT DOES PAY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU NOTICED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS FOR STAFF QUESTIONS FOR VERONICA TOWN? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW THEY REFERENCED SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO PURCHASE HOUSING, THE GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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THE PRICING THERE IS A LITTLE LOW, DO THEY EVER KIND OF ADJUST THAT FOR THE CURRENT PRICING MARKET? CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS THE, IT WAS A FIVE 50 QUOTA OR MAX FOR A PURCHASE PRICE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYBODY COULD GET FOR THAT NOW FOR A HOUSE.SO I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW OFTEN WOULD THEY BE RE UP THAT THREE EVALUATE? CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS DONE IN 2020, WHICH WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE FOR 2020, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY REEVALUATIONS ON THAT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO UTILIZE THAT PROGRAM.
UM, I WISH JAMIE OUR HOUSING, UH, I'M SORRY.
HER TITLE, UH, HOUSING MANAGER, UH, WAS HERE TO ANSWER SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UH, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH HOUSING, UM, I, I DID PROCESS THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, I BELIEVE WE CAN REQUEST ONE UPDATE PER YEAR, UH, OR WE CAN USE THE COUNTY DEFAULT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS A, ALMOST A GAMBLE IF YOU WILL.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO UPDATE AND POTENTIALLY BE HIGHER THAN THAT COUNTY A NUMBER OR, UH, UH, JUST, UH, GO WITH THE COUNTY WIDE NUMBER.
UM, SO YES YOU CAN, IT DOES UPDATE, UH, ON A YEARLY BASIS.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS? I DO WANT TO COMMEND OUR PLANNING STAFF AND VERONICA TAM FOR HELPING US IN ALCONA VOID.
JUST STICKING ALL THE DEVELOPMENT INTO LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON ELK ON BOULEVARD.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT ONE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE WHERE THEY JUST SAID, OH, WE'LL JUST PUT 20 STORY BUILDINGS, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB IN IDENTIFYING VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED SITES.
THE ZONING OVERLAYS THAT PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM FOR THE LAND OWNERS TO DETERMINE WHAT USE THEY WANT.
AND IF THEY WANT TO PUT IN RESIDENTIAL, ABOVE COMMERCIAL, THAT'S WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS, THAT'S WITHIN THE CODE.
AND THAT WOULD, I LOVE THE LOOK OF TWO OR THREE STORY RETAIL OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL.
I MEAN, IT'S ALL UP TO THE MARKET, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB MAKING THE RENO NUMBERS WORK WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF KEEPING ALCOHOL LOOKING LOVELY.
SO WHEN YOU COME IN ON THE EIGHT, YOU SEE TREES, NOT BUILDINGS.
I THINK GIRLS' STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THIS PROGRAM COMPARED TO A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF WRITING.
AND I SAY, WELL, THIS IS REALLY EXTENSIVE JOB.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THIS IS SINCE THEN, SINCE THAT WORKSHOP ITEM, THERE IS NO ACTION BE TAKEN.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THE HOUSING ELEMENT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AS PART OF A NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING, ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.
UM, SO TO BE A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, UM, NOW WE HAVE A FEW ATTENDEES THAT HAVE NOT MADE ANY COMMENTS AT ALL.
ISN'T A, A HEARING IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING OR IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY OPENED IT UP TO SEE IF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF AT THIS POINT, THOSE OF YOU WATCHING HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK OR SUBMIT A COMMENT, BUT I WILL REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT, YOU CAN COMMENT AT ANYTIME AND STAFF WILL PICK UP ON THOSE COMMENTS AND WE WILL READ THEM INTO THE RECORD.
SO WE'RE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO CLOSE ANYTHING CAUSE WE DIDN'T OPEN IT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I FORGET TO OPEN OR CLOSE THINGS.
WELL, AS YOU NOTICED JUST NOW I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WAS AUDIO AND WHICH ONE WAS VIDEO.
WELL STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,
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A WONDERFUL JOB AS USUAL.UM, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE TUG WARS WITH THE CITY BEING CONFINED.
WE DON'T HAVE VACANT LAND WHERE WE CAN JUST MAGICALLY GO, OH, WELL, WE'LL EXPAND OVER HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN THAT.
I THINK THAT ENDS THE AGENDA ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION? THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION THE SAFETY.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, UH, NO COMMISSIONER REPORTS OR COMMENTS.
SO I THINK THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT.
I SECOND THAT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SERCO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
SO TAILING AND COMMISSIONER BIAS.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO APRIL SIX, 2021 AT 7:00 PM.