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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 1 - Written Communication From:Leilani Hines To:Patricia Salvacion;Monica Rodriguez;Cristina Hernandez Cc:Kelly Broughton;Tiffany Allen Subject:FW: Written Input; 2021-2029 Housing Element for the City of Chula Vista Date:Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:44:40 PM ThompsonCommunity DevelopmentConsulting FinancingDevelopmentRealEstate Date:June23,2020 To:CityofChulaVistaPlanningCommission CityofChulaVistaHousingAdvisoryCommittee From:MitchThompson Resident,CityofChulaVista Subject:CitizenInput,2021-2029HousingelementoftheGeneralPlan oftheCityofChulaVista Background IpreviouslyservedontheCity’sPlanningCommission,HousingAdvisoryCommittee,MobileHomeRent ReviewCommissionandtheCityCounciloftheCityofChulaVista.Ispentmyentirecareerinthefieldof HousingandCommunityDevelopmentincludingoneyearastheCity’sHousingCoordinator.Iamcurrently servingontheSouthwesternCommunityCollegeFoundationBoardofDirectorsandontheirHousingTask Force.ThisletterismyowncitizeninputanddoesnotrepresenttheFoundationortheCollege,butmy inputisbasedonmyexperiencewithSouthwesternCollege’sFoundationoverthepast10years.Iam particularlyconcernedwiththeissueofhousingneedforSouthwestern’sstudentsandimpactalackof securehousingishavingoneducationaloutcomesatSouthwesternCollege.Studenthousinghasreceived almostnoattentioninoursubareaoftheCountyandinChulaVista.ItismyhopewiththenewHousing Element,theremightbesomefocusthatcouldidentifyandmeasuretheneedasaplanforpoliciesand planstomeetthatneed. Comments 1.PriorHousingElementDiscussionRelatedtoStudentHousing TheCityofChulaVistaisbeginningtheprocessofupdatingitsGeneralPlanandtheHousingElementof theGeneralPlan.The1999-2004HousingElementidentified“SpecialNeedsGroups”andactually includedasectiondevotedto“Students”.Atthattime,itwasindicatedintheHousingElementthat‘”…when surveyedabouttheirhousingneeds,noneindicatedaneedforhousing.”The2013-2020hasalmostno mentionofstudenthousingneedsandnoprogramsorpoliciestomeetstudenthousingneeds. 2.Reviewof2013-2020HousingElementandRecommendationfor2021-2029Housing Element Inreviewingthatlatestplan,thereareanumberofareasthatcouldbeenhancedtoaddressstudent housingissuesandsuggestthatthenew2021-2029HousingElementincludethefollowing: Part1-Overview:KeyIssues&Approach 1.Section2.0,CommunityFactors.PleaseincludeastatementthattheCityhasalargeuniversity whichresultsinalargedemandforhousingrelatedtotheuniversity,particularlyintheareainclose proximitytotheuniversity. 2.Section2.2.2RentalHousing.Includeastatementthatstudenthousingcreatesanadditional demandonrentalhousingandaneedtocreaterentalhousingopportunitiesneartheuniversity. 3.Section2.3WhoAretheResidents.AddaSection2.3.4SpecialNeeds–Studentswhoarelow- incomewhoneedhousingtoprovidethemwithstabilitytocompletetheireducation. 4.Section2.4.1HousingUnitType.IncludeasectiononStudentHousing 5.Section3.1AvailableFinancialResources.Includeasectiondiscussingavailablefinancial resourcesforstudenthousing. Part2-Overview:Policy&Implementation 6.ObjectiveH5-EncourageaWideRangeofHousingChoice….AddasectionrelatedtoStudent Housing 7.ObjectiveH6–PromotetheDevelopmentofaVarietyofHousingChoices…toMeetSpecial PopulationGroups.Addadiscussionaboutstudenthomelessness. 8.Section6.2.2SharedHousing.Addadiscussionaboutsharedhousingopportunitiesforstudents. 9.PoliciesandProgramsH7.1.Addasection7.1.8StudentHousing PartIIIOverview:QuantifiedObjectives 10.Section2.0.Includeaquantifiableobjectiveforstudenthousing. 11.AppendixA.CommunityProfile.Includeinformationaboutstudentsincommunityprofile. IbelievetheCity’sHousingElementshouldidentifystudenthousingasaspecificneedandanalyzepolicies, programsandresourcestoaddressthoseneeds.Withapproximately20,000students,Southwestern CollegeisthelargestschoolofhighereducationinthesouthernpartofSanDiegoCounty.Southwestern has,andwillcontinuetohave,asizableimpactontheCityofChulaVista,includingimpactsontheCity’s housinganditsstudentpopulationwillbeaffectedonalongtermbasisbasedonoureffortstomeetstudent needs. Thankyouforaffordingmetheopportunitytoprovideinput. Sincerely, MitchThompson