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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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Meeting Date 1/12/82
Public hearing - Consideration of a revised Housing Element of the General Plan
SUBMITTEp BY:
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Director of Planning
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The pr posed new Housing Element is primarily designed to bring Chula Uista's element
into a state of consistency with. the revised 1977 Housing Element Guidelines of the State
Depart ent of Housing and Community Development. The State Attorney General is of the
opinio that these guidelines constitute mandatory criteria and are not merely advisory.
The Ho sing Element under consideration by the City Council has been coordinated with
the st ff of the State Department of Housing and Community Development and is believed
to sat sfy the 1977 Housing Element Guidelines.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council:
Op n the hearing, take testimony and continue the matter to the meeting of
Januar 19, 1982.
PLANNIING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
On De ember 2, 1981 the Planning Commission adopted the Negative Declaration on IS-81-44,
and v ted 5-1, with one member absent, to recommend that the City Council adopt the
revis d Housing Element.
DISCUSISION
1. Part I of the Housing Element has been completely revised. While Part I, as
origi ally adopted, was based upon data and information procured from the Federal
Decen ial Census of 1970, Part I, as revised, is primarily based upon the Special State
Censu of 1975. Although it might be reasonably argued that the revision of this part
of th element, which is the survey that identifies local housing problems and needs,
shoul have been delayed until th~e~ detailed results of the 1980 Decennial Census are
publi hed in the spring of 1982, it must be recognized that HCD has promulgated that
local housing elements be founded upon the best readily available data. The State
Depar ment of Housing and Community Development has not objected to the use of 1975
data.
2. Part 2 of the Housing Element embodies the substance of the plan and includes
its g als, objectives, statements of policy, and action program. The proposed amend-
ments to Part 2 are both substantial and meaningful. They comprehensively increase
this unicipality's commitment to the provision of decent housing in suitable living
envir nments to low and moderate income families, and add much purchase to its continu-
ing ousing efforts. The important changes proposed by the new element are discussed
in th following paragraphs.
3. The amendments recite the housing programs that the City of Chula Vista has
under aken subsequent to the 1975 adoption of the Housing Element and commit the city
to th continuation of the said programs. The plan also designates the departments
and a encies responsible for administration and execution of the Element and its several
local state and federal programs. Furthermore, the proposed plan recommits the City
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(4/5ths Vote: Yes
Form A-1~3 (Rev. 11/79) Continued
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Meeting Date 1/12/82
of Ch~la Vista to its past successful participation in the SANDAG's "regional fair share
allot tion" housing program for lower income families and individuals.
4 The amendments restress the city's encouragement of experimental development and
the u ilization of new planning concepts. These concepts, if properly implemented, could
subst ntially increase Chula Vista's housing stock for all economic groups and individuals.
5 The amendments place considerable emphasis upon the retention and expansion of
the C ula Vista Planning Area's stock of mobile homes. They refer to the city's recently
adopt d MHP, Exclusive Mobile Home Park Zone, as the direction this municipality is
folio ing. If this direction is coupled with intuitive, imaginative, and bold action site
and d velopment planning on the part of the private and public sectors, a portion of Chula
Vista s affordable housing problem could be substantially resolved.
T e new and expanded Affordable Housing Program of the Action Program embodies this
munic pality's blueprint for the fostering of housing for those households which are
least able to compete for decent shelter. This subprogram calls for a partnership of
the p ivate and public sectors.
CONCLIUSION
The r commended changes substantially improve the presently adopted Housing Element of
the G neral Plan and would better enable this municipality to promote the housing of its
resid nts. The proposed amendments would bring the local housing element into a state
of su stantial consistency with the State Housing Element Guidelines of 1977 as promul-
gated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AGENDA STATEMENT
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Meeting Date 2/25/82
ITEM T~TLE: Public hearing (continued) - Consideration of a revised Housing Element
of the General Plan
SUBMIT~ED BY: Director of Planning ® (4/5ths Vote: YES NO X )
The proposed new Housing Element is ;primarily designed to bring Chula Vista's element
into state of consistency with the revised 1977 Housing Element Guidelines of the State
De par ment of Housing and Community Development. The State Attorney General is of the
opini n that these guidelines constitute mandatory criteria and are not merely advisory.
The H using Element under consideration by the City Council has been coordinated with
the s aff of the State Department of Housing and Community Development and is believed
to sa isfy the 1977 Housing Element Guidelines.
This tem was continued from the January 12, 1982 meeting to the February 11 Council
Confe ence and was further continued to the February 25 Council Conference.
RECOMI
Adopt
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NDATION: That Council
a resolution approving the Housing Element and incorporating it into the General
[NG COMMISSION RECOPIMENDATION:
ember 2, 1981 the Planning Commission adopted the Negative Declaration on IS-81-44,
ted 5-1, with one member absent, to recommend that the City Council adopt the
d Housing Element.
,. DISCUSSION
1 Part I of the housing Element has been completely revised. While Part I, as
origi ally adopted, was based upon data and information procured from the Federal
Decen ial Census of 1970, Part I, as revised, is primarily based upon the Special State
Censu of 1975. Although it might be reasonably argued that the revision of this part
of th element, which is the survey that identifies local housing problems and needs,
shoul have been delayed until the detailed results of the 1980 Decennial Census are
publi hed in the spring of 1982, it must be recognized that HCD has promulgated that
local housing elements be founded upon the best readily available data. The State
De par ent of Housing and Community Development has not objected to the use of 1975 data.
2. Part 2 of the Housing Element embodies the substance of the plan and includes
its g als, objectives, statements of policy, and action program. The proposed amend-
ments to Part 2 are both substantial and meaningful. They comprehensively increase
this unicipality's commitment to the provision of decent housing in suitable living
envir nments to low and moderate income families, and add much purchase to its continu-
ing h using efforts. The important changes proposed by the new element are discussed
in th following paragraphs.
3. The amendments recite the housing programs that the City of Chula Vista has
under aken subsequent to the 1975 adoption of the Housing Element, and commit the City
to the continuation of the said programs. The plan also designates the departments
and ag ncies responsible for administration and execution of the element and its several
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state and federal programs. Furthermore, the proposed plan recommits the City
la Vista to its past successful participation in the SANDAG's "regional fair share
:ion" housing program for lower income families and individuals.
4. The amendments re stress the city's encouragement of experimental development and
the ut'lization of new planning concepts. These concepts, if properly implemented, could
substa tially increase Chula Vista's housing stock for all economic groups and individuals.
5. The amendments place considerable emphasis upon the retention and expansion of
the Ch la Vista Planning Area's stock of mobile homes. They refer to the city's recently
adopte MHP, Exclusive Mobile Home Park Zone, as the direction this municipality is
folio 'ng. If this direction is coupled with intuitive, imaginative, and bold action site
and de elopment planning on the part of the private and public sectors, a portion of Chula
Vista' affordable housing problem could be substantially resolved.
The new and expanded Affordable Housing Program of the Action Program embodies this
munici ality's blueprint for the fostering of housing for those households which are
least ble to compete for decent shelter. This subprogram calls for a partnership of
the p 'vate and public sectors.
CONCLUSION
The recommended changes substantially improve the presently adopted Housing Element of
the G neral Plan and would better enable this municipality to promote the housing of its
residents. The proposed amendments would bring the local housing element into a state
of su stantial consistency with the State Housing Element Guidelines of 1977 as promul-
gated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
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