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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1978/11/30 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. November 30, 1978 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, was held on the above date beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Conferemce Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue. 1. ROLL CALL Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Egdahl, Gillow and Scott (arrived late) Councilmen absent: Councilman Cox Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant City Manager Asmus, Director of Parks & Recreation Hall, Director of Community Development Desrochers, Director of Planning Peterson Others present: Members of the Committee on Housing for Low-Income Citizens 2. DISCUSSION OF REPORT OF Councilman Egdahl, as Chairman of the Committee, discussed CON~4ITTEE ON HOUSING FOR the task given to them by the Council as more of one iden- LOW-INCOME CITIZENS tifying the problem rather than implementing solutions. COMMITTEE'S REPORT Committee Goals: 1. Passage of a referendum Mayor Hyde noted that this goal has already been met. authorizing the use of California Housing Finance Agency Funds for financing housing for low and moderate income citizens 2. A list of recommended Mayor Hyde commented that the Committee felt the impact of changes in zoning, sub- this goal would be very limited in terms of significance; division and other develop- however, a review of the zoning ordinance could be made. ment regulations to help reduce the cost of housing 3. Gain a commitment from a No comments made. developer to building housing for low and moderate income citizens on one or more identified sites 4. Identify the most likely Director of Planning Peterson stated that a map was prepared sites for construction identifying these sites. Director of Community Development of new housing for low Desrochers stated he was using this map in talking to pro- and moderate income spective developers. citizens Discussion Mr. Carmen Pasquale, a member of the Committee, noted the areas designated for the housing would have to be either near public services or bus routes since most of the low-in- come people would not be owning automobiles. He recommended sites within the 450-acre E1Rancho del Rey development. Mrs. Joy Sheresh, Committee member, remarked that the Com- mittee, in identifying the areas, took into account the en- tire City - their goal was not to have a housing development but rather scattered areas throughout the City. 5. Recommend changes in the Councilman Egdahl indicated that no specific recommendation Housing Element of the was given on this goal. General Plan to give it added strength ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - 2 - November 30, 1978 6. Secure allocation of The Committee noted that this item was brought before the $200,000 in Block Grant City'Council and voted down because of lack of specifics funds for incentive to a developer to provide housing within the cost range of low and moderate income citizens. COMMITTEE RECOMqENDATIONS AND CO~ENTS 1. Mobile Home Park Develop- a. As a subdivision, privately developed. Provides owner- merit (200-400 spaces) ship and peace of mind. b. As a mobile home park using City-owned land (with or without improvement provided). c. As a typical mobile home park for space rental hy a private developer. Discussion of #1 (Councilman Scott arrived at this time - 4:25 p.m.) Discussion followed regarding the requirements of the pre- sent ordinance; the new mobile home park zone; cost of the units; providing incentives to developers to construct the parks; construction of homes without amenities, such as dishwashers, garbage disposals, etc. in order to lower the cost of the units; on City-owned land, have the City become the Homeowners Association and control development within these areas; limit the yield on what a developer could make on his investment; the rental approach versus the owner approach. Motion on Recommendation #1 It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde and unanimously carried by those present that the Council accepts this in concept and refers it to staff for various alternatives that they think would be most feasible to accomplish those ends. CounCilman Scott noted that this item will have to go to the Planning Commission after the staff's report. 2. High rise ~developments Council and Committee discussion followed on this recom- for seniors and mendation. Councilman Scott noted that in trying to solve handicapped the problemsof the citizens of Chula Vista, it invariably ends up with solving the problems of people in other loca- tions who come into the City to take advantage of the hous- ing. Mr. Desro~hers remarked that the Housing Authority has assured the staff that the 100 homes to be provided for the low-income families (recently approved by Council) will first be given to the Chula Vista residents. Mr. Pasquale suggested the City follow National City's re- cent proposal: have the units built on City land and then have it revert back to the City after a number of years. In answerto the Council's query, Mr. Dearochers noted the federal grants available for purchase of land and units. Motion for further consideration It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried by those present that this matter be brought back to the Council whe~ it considers the Com- munity Block Grant program. 3. Public housing on Council noted that this has been done. scattered sites for low-income families ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING ~ 3 - November 30, 1978 4. An annual allocation Mr. Desrochers explained a criteria of the program is that of Community Block 75% of the funds go into neighborhoods where low and moder- Grant and/or Revenue ate-income people live and that the City also adhere to a Sharing funds housing-assistance plan. This is bei.ng done. S. city continue to Mr. Peterson noted that the City has "encouraged" the deve- encourage private lopers to do this but it has not proved productive in the developers to allocate three years it has been on the books. a minimum percentage of subdivision to housing for Councilman Scott indicated this was not a feasible o~ de- low-income citizens sirable recommendation. The Committee is talking about cut- ting amenities from the homes ~ this is not low-income housj it is high-cost homes without certain "frills" that would nc reduce the cost substantially. The program has to be su~ sidized to make it work. No action was taken on No. 5 6. City provide, through It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde an~ the staff or an existing unanimously carried by those present that th~s charge be gi~ regularly appointed to the Human Relations Commission or suhcommittee thereof ar Commission, an ongoing let them determine how it's done. responsibility for ad- vising the City Council on this matter in the future Recommended sites Mr. Desrochers pointed out and discussed the recommended si~ on the map for the housing areas for low-income citizens. !, (COunditman Scott left the me~ting at this.l~ime - 5:t5 p.m.) 3. PARK/SCHOOL CONCEPT Mayor Hyde referred to the policy whereby when the school REVIEW purchases a site, th~ City tries to acquire a S-acre site adjacent to it for a park. Director of Parks & Recreation Hall stated this was right, and that the City departed from this policy once. At the last joint City/School Districts meeting, it was mentioned that the City of San Diego was considering lowering the number of acres of park land to two. Mr. Hall submitted copies of the Parks & Recreation element of the General Plan adopted in 1971 and noted the following park acreage adopted at the various schools: Greg Rogers 45.00 Loma Verde 13.70 Halecrest 2.00 Palomar 3.10 E1Rancho del Rey 9~80 Otay 5.30 Tiffany 7.90 Valley Lindo 4.30 Total acres 81.30 Under the school/park concept (schools own the land): Mueller 5.50 Feaster 5.00 Vista Square 6.00 Rice 17.00 33.S0 acres Mr. Hall remarked that the acreage owned in 1971 was 97.1 acres and in 1978, this has gone up to 296.97 acres or 3.71 acres'per 1000 ~ the goal is 4.0 acres per t000. ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING - 4 - November S0, 1978 Policy statement Mr. Hall read the policy Statement: "Nherever feasible, neighborhood parks should be located adjacent to elementar) school playgrounds to increase the potential for multiple- use of facilities and to locate them as close as possible to the center of the area they are designed to serve. New neighborhood parks and elementary schools should be designc to serve. New neighborhood parks and elementary schools should be designed as a unit to encourage joint use as a neighborhood activity center." Mr. Hall further explained that when the City does not buy land next to a school, then it normally buys l0 acres for a neighborhood park. Discussion Council discussion followed regarding the flexibility of the Policy document; the two types of policies to develop adjacent school grounds; under Proposition 13, it may be possible to just buy 2 acres instead of 5; recommendation of the Director of Parks g Recreationto continue the pre- sent policy from the standpoint of park land and financial resources in the future. Motion to continue It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman present policy Gillow and unanimously carried by those present that (the' Council) continue with the present policy with regard to park/school and school/parks until advised by the staff of fiscal or other considerations that should change it. DisCussion of 10-acre Discussion ensued as to the last action of the Council in site accepting $75,000 in lieu of 10 acres of land in the E1 Rancho del Rey area adjacent to a proposed school site. Motion for staff report It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried by those present that the staff come back with a proposal on how they will handle the $.75,0( the City will get from the developer for park acquisition purposes related to that undeveloped elementary school site in the E1Rancho del Rey area - the repo~t due by budget tix EXECUTIVE SESSION It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Mayor Hyde and unanimously carried by those present that the Council recess to Executive Session for reasons of personnel negoti~ tions. ADJOURNMENT The Council recessed to Executive Session at 5:45 p.m. and the Mayor adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 5, 1978 at 7:00 p.m. City Clerk ~"