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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-08-21 RCC MIN MINUTES'OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION August:21, 2006 Ken Lee Building Conference Room 430 'F' Street MEETING CALLED TO ORDER by Chair Reid at 4:31 p.m. ROLL CALL/MOTION IO EXCUSE MSC (Jasek/Stillman)to excuse Commissioner Brett Davis. Vote: (5-0) MEMBERS PRESENT: ' Chair Doug-Reid,Vice-Chair Stan Jasek, Commissioners Georgie. Stillman, Lynda Gilgun and Eric Mosolgo STAFF PRESENT: .Marisa.Lundstedt, Environmental Projects Manager Brendan Reed,'Environmental Resource Manager Leilani Hines, Senior Community:Development Specialist Steve Power, Environmental Projects Manager Maria Muett, Associate Planner Linda.Bond, Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July.10 and 17,2006 Julv 10, 2006 Minutes MSC (Stillman/Jasek) to approve the minutes of July 10; .2006. Voter (5-0-0-1) with Davis absent. July 17, 2006 Minutes -MSC (Stillman/Gilgun) to approve the. minutes of July 17, 2006. Vote: (4-0-1-1) with Reid abstaining and Davis absent. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:, None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Appointment of RCC Representative to the Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC) Ms. Marisa Lundstedt'(Environmental Projects Manager) stated that a letter had, been sent to each Commissioner from the Acting Director of Community Development requesting that a RCC representative and an alternate be'appointed to the Redevelopment -Advisory Committee -(RAC). The first meeting of the RAC will be held on. Thursday, September 7,' 2006, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. RCC Minutes - 2 - August 21, 2006 .Commission Comments Commissioner Stillman felt that the RCC should receive the agendas:for the RAC meetings. She suggested that the RCC representative share information with the other RCC members. Chair Reid requested that all RCC members be placed on the distribution list to receive the .RAC packets. Ms. Lundstedt. suggested that Ms. Linda Bond (Recording-Secretary) could distribute RAC meeting agendas in the RCC packets. Commissioners Stillman, Mosolgo and Gilgun expressed :'a desire to- be .the RCC representative. or alternate on the Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC). After considerable discussion., the following motions were made: MS. (Jasek/Reid) to appoint Commissioners Mosolgo and Gilgun as the RCC .,representative,and alternate to the RAC .and for them to decide who.would be the representative and who would be the alternate. Motion failed: (2-3-0-1) with Davis absent. MSC (Stillman/Jasek) to appoint Commissioner Gilgun as the RCC representative and Commissioner Mosolgo as the alternate to the RAC. Vote: (5-0-0-1) with Davis absent. 2. CO2 Reduction Plan Presentation Mr. Brendan Reed (Environmental Resource Manager) presented:the City's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan-and its accomplishments. Commission Comments Chair Reid:asked about the landfill as an emission source. He thought there was a collection system to retrieve methane gas and then burn it. He would imagine that given the nature of the.landfill and moving things around and working in one area and then another that the emissions are going to vary overtime. Commissioner Stillman wanted to know how many of the 2,50.0 GreenStar buildings approved were,City buildings and private development. Commissioner Mosolgo had the following questions: • When preparing the Citywide CO2 loading report, what is the method of testing, the level of detail you go into, and how you-convert.that into a quantifiable loading report? How do you anticipate the construction/co-operation of the SR-125 with that loading? -Staff satisfactorily provided information and clarification to the Commissioners questions and concerns` 3. IS=06-023 ---2005-2010.Housing Element Update Ms.:-Leilani- Hines (Senior Community Development Specialist) presented the Housing . Element•Update project' description. Mr. Steve Power (Environmental Projects Manager) . presented the Negative Declaration..The Housing Element Update is scheduled to go before the Planning Commission on September 13, 2006 and the City Council on October 6, 2006. j . RCC Minutes - 3 - August 21, 2006 Commission Comments Commissioner Stillman asked the following questions: • What is the rationale between Level 1 and Level 2 Priorities? • What is the reasoning behind having Green Building as a Level 2 Priority? • When will we.see the final document? Commissioner Mosolgo asked what the threshold was for affordable housing. Commissioner.Gilgun had the following comments and question: • Under the efficient use and conservation of water and energy items, all those points start with the word 'promote'. It would be nice if we could go beyond that. For example: 'educating and requiring'. Regarding the Mortgage Credit Certificates, .is that an on-going program? Is that a program that is used often? . • An issue for the Housing Element .should be the. priority to have goals and Citywide policies about the -mobile home park and condo conversions especially when considering some of the new development. • At some point the City should have a southwest specific plan. Vice-Chair Jasek asked the following questions: •. How much funding does the.Housing Element presently have in terms of implementing the programs that have been talked about? • The Appendix includes information-about developing and funding a short-term rental assistance program to. provide rent subsidies. Vice-Chair Jasek asked if this was a realistic program. „ Policy. H 5.41 says, "Support mobile home parks as' an affordable homeownership, opportunity, particularly where consistent with the General'Plan.' Didn't the General Plan just rezone where the majority of our mobile home parks are? Chair Reid' asked -if there were different State_ requirements regarding relocation requirements for trailer parks and mobile home parks? . Staff satisfactorily provided information and clarification to the Commissioners questions and concerns. MSC (Mosolgo/Jasek) that the RCC .recommend. approval of the Negative Declaration. Vote: (5-0-0-1)with Davis absent. ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS MANAGER COMMENTS: Ms. Lundstedt reported that Chair Reid, Commissioners Mosolgo and Gilgun had been re-appointed. to.the RCC at the August 1, . 2006 City .Council meeting. Ms. Lundstedt also reported that it is anticipated that a new RCC member would be sworn in at the August 22, 2006 City Council meeting. CHAIR COMMENTS: Chair Reid stated that he and Vice-'Chair-Jasek would not be at the September 18, 2006 RCC-meeting. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None. RCC Minutes - 4 - August 21, 2006 ADJOURNMENT: Chair Reid adjourned the meeting at 5:39 p.m. to a regular meeting on Monday, September 18, 2006, at 4:30 p.m. in.the Ken Lee Building Conference Room, 430 "F" Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910. Prepared by: Linda Bond Recording Secretary (J:\Planning\RCC\2006\RCC082106Mins)