19:00:24 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. WE ARE CONTINUING 19:00:29 OUR VIRTUAL MEETING PROTOCOL MADE NECESSARY BY 19:00:32 THE COVID PANDEMIC AND TONIGHT WE'LL START 19:00:36 WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF I CAN GET 19:00:39 COMMISSIONER CHARLES LIU 19:00:42 TO GIVE US THE PLEDGE 19:00:46 . >> Commissioner Liu: I WILL. HE 19:00:50 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES 19:00:54 OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 19:00:57 STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH 19:01:01 LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 19:01:04 . NORMALLY WE WOULD ASK FOLKS IN THE COUNTY CHAMBER 19:01:07 TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES BUT OUR 19:01:11 FORMAT OVER ZOOM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. TONIGHT I WOULD 19:01:14 LIKE PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY JOEL PULLEN TO EXPLAIN THE 19:01:18 PROTOCOL INTRODUCE STAFF AND TAKE ROLL. JOEL 19:01:20 . >> Planner Pullen: THANK YOU CHAIR DAULTON. 19:01:23 THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED 19:01:26 UTILIZING ELECTRONIC MEANS CONSISTENT WITH STATE OF CALIFORNIA GUIDELINES FOR 19:01:30 PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THIS TIME. THE LIFE STREAM OF THIS 19:01:33 MEETING IS NOT WORKING TONIGHT SO IT CAN BE VIEWED 19:01:36 ON THE ZOOM BROADCAST ONLY. WHICH ANYBODY WHO 19:01:39 IS WATCHING THIS IS ON 19:01:42 . AND SO DETAILS ABOUT THIS MEETING CAN BE 19:01:45 FOUND AT FREMONT.GOV/ 19:01:49 PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDING TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND THE 19:01:52 WAY TO LOG ON. OUR PROTOCOL WILL ALLOW 19:01:55 PEOPLE TO BE UNMUTED BY THE 19:01:59 CHAIRMAN, AND THE RECORDING CLERK WILL RECOGNIZE SPEAKERS 19:02:03 DURING OPPORTUNITIES. ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CLERK HAS 19:02:06 BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE MEETING. GO AHEAD AND START 19:02:09 WITH COMMISSION ROLL CALL. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE RESPOND 19:02:13 . CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: HERE 19:02:16 . >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR RAO 19:02:19 . YES. 19:02:22 COMMISSIONER YEE, HERE. COMMISSIONER STECKLER, MAY 19:02:26 BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER STECKLER 19:02:29 . >> Commissioner Yee: 19:02:32 ECONOMETRICS JUST E-MAILED ME IS ILL 19:02:36 TONIGHT. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER STECKLER ABSENT 19:02:39 . COMMISSIONER LIU, HERE 19:02:43 AND COMMISSIONER ZHANG, HERE 19:02:46 . I'M JOANL PUNL 19:02:49 , JOINING US FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 19:02:52 IS SENIOR DEPUTY HEATHER LEE 19:02:56 AND JOINING US FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT 19:03:01 IS TRISH CORDOVA 19:03:04 AND 19:03:08 MARIA SALINAS. COMMISSIONERS PLEASE ASK TO BE 19:03:11 RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR PRIOR TO BEGINNING SPEAKING WHEN 19:03:14 ASKING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR DELIBERATING. THAT CHAIR DAULTON 19:03:17 I'LL PASS THE MEETING BACK TO YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:03:20 THANK YOU, SECRETARY PULLEN. AT 19:03:24 THIS POINT IF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT YOUR PACKET YOU'LL SEE WE 19:03:27 HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO REVIEW AND APPROVE 19:03:30 AND I WOULD CALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR A MOTION TO DO SO. 19:03:39 >> Commissioner Yee: I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE APPROVAL OF THE 19:03:41 MINUTES. >> Commissioner Daulton: YES, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 19:03:51 >> Commissioner Zhang: SECOND. >> Commissioner Daulton: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND 19:03:54 . JOEL IF YOU WOULD CALL 19:03:57 THE ROLL PLEASE. >> Planner Pullen: IF YOU HEAR 19:04:00 YOUR NAME PLEASE ANSWER. 19:04:03 CHAIR DAULTON, AYE. VICE CHAIR RAO, 19:04:06 AYE. COMMISSIONER YEE, AYE 19:04:10 . COMMISSIONER LIU, AYE. 19:04:13 AND COMMISSIONER ZHANG, AYE. 19:04:16 ALL RIGHT MINUTES APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY ALL PRESENT 6- 19:04:19 0. BACK TO YOU CHAIR. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 19:04:22 . LET'S GO TO DISCLOSURES. 19:04:25 ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT MAY HAVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING ITEMS ON THE 19:04:29 AGENDA NOW IS THE TIME. I CAN BEGIN 19:04:32 . I WENT AND 19:04:35 WALKED THE TERRITORY OF THE AGENDA ITEM. 19:04:41 COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, I DID 19:04:44 THE SAME THING. I WALKED OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY 19:04:47 ALSO RAN INTO A SURVEYOR WHO 19:04:50 WAS SURVEYING AN ADJACENT PROPERTY 19:04:53 . >> Commissioner Daulton: VICE CHAIR RAO. 19:04:57 >> Commissioner Rao: I HAVE NOTHING TO DISCLOSE 19:05:00 . >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:05:04 COMMISSIONER ZHANG, 19:05:07 . >> Commissioner Zhang: NOTHING TO DISCLOSE. 19:05:10 >> Commissioner Daulton: AND COMMISSIONER LIU. 19:05:13 >> Commissioner Liu: I WALKED AROUND THE PROPERTY. NOTHING FURTHER 19:05:16 TO DISCLOSE. >> Commissioner Daulton: IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION 19:05:19 S PLEASE USE THE RAISE HANDLED FUNCTION ON THE 19:05:27 THE ZOOM MEETING. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY PERSONS WAIT 19:05:30 ING TO SPEAK? >> CHAIR DAULTON WE 19:05:33 HAVE NOBODY RAISING THEIR HAND TO SPEAK. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, 19:05:37 IN THAT CASE I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING 19:05:40 AND MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE 19:05:44 HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING. SECRETARY PULLEN COULD 19:05:47 YOU LEAD US THROUGH THAT IF YOU WOULD. 19:05:55 I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. >> Planner Pullen: YES, SIR. ONE MOMENT 19:05:58 , LET ME QUEUE UP. A LITTLE 19:06:01 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH MY DEVICE. 19:06:08 TIMED OUT. SO I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT OVER THERE AND I'M GOING 19:06:11 TO DO THAT, ONE SECOND. >> Commissioner Daulton: THESE THINGS 19:06:15 HAPPEN. 19:06:26 >> Planner Pullen: SO WE'RE ALL SET, CHAIR DAULTON 19:06:29 IS DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AN ZONING TEXT 19:06:33 AMENDMENT AND GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING. 19:06:36 THIS IS TO CONSIDER AN 19:06:39 AMENDMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AND A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 18.47 19:06:42 (DOWNTOWN DISTRICT) TO ALLOW FOUR CURB-CUTS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CAPITOL AVENUE BETWEEN STATE STREET 19:06:48 AND FREMONT BOULEVARD; AND A GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING TO ALLOW THE DISPOSITION OF UNUSED EXCESS RIGHT OF 19:06:59 WAY; THESE ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA PER THE DOWNTOWN 19:07:02 COMMUNITY PLAN YIESH. AND 19:07:06 AREA AND THE 19:07:10 YOU DOWNTOWN SPHIP 19:07:13 EIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTION. WE HAVE 19:07:16 COURTNEY PAL AND CLIFF NGUYEN AND STAFF HAS THE 19:07:20 PRESENTATION BUT WE WILL ONLY GIVE THE PRESENTATION IF REQUESTED. 19:07:23 WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF 19:07:27 YOU ARE -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT. 19:07:31 >> Commissioner Daulton: FAIR ENOUGH. 19:07:34 DO WOO 19:07:37 WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR 19:07:41 STAFF? >> Commissioner Yee: I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS -- LET 19:07:44 ME RAISE MY HAND HERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: CHAIR 19:07:48 RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: ALL RIGHT, NOW PUT THE HAND DOWN 19:07:51 . YES, I GUESS IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION, HOW MANY 19:07:54 SLIDES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 19:07:58 >> Planner Pullen: COURTNEY. 19:08:01 >> I BELIEVE ABOUT SIX SLIDES OR SO. >> Commissioner Yee: 19:08:05 SIX SLIDES? WOULD THE REST OF THE COMMISSION LIKE 19:08:08 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SIX SLIDES 19:08:12 ? >> Commissioner Liu: I DO. YES. 19:08:14 FTC. >> Commissioner Yee: I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM. 19:08:17 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY JOEL DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT IF WE SEE 19:08:21 THAT PRESENTATION BEFORE WE BEGIN? OKAY, HERE WE GO 19:08:24 . 19:08:29 >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT 19:08:33 IS SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AND ZONING 19:08:36 AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING 19:08:39 . SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION VERY BRIEF 19:08:43 WILL BEGIN WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON THE 19:08:46 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU. I 19:08:49 WILL THEN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND THE 19:08:52 DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AND DOING TEXT 19:08:55 AS WELL AS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE GENERAL PLAN 19:08:58 CONFORMITY FINDING AND 19:09:02 OUR CONCLUSION WILL BE STAFF 19:09:06 'S RECOMMENDATION. IN OCTOBER 2012, 19:09:10 THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN LAND DESIGN GUIDELINES 19:09:13 WHICH SETS FORTH A VISION TO CREATE A MIXED USE SUSTAIN 19:09:16 ABLE VIBRANT AND PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED 19:09:20 DOWNTOWN. THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN IS GOVERNED BY 19:09:23 THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE CORRESPONDING DOWNTOWN ZONING 19:09:26 DISTRICT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STREET IN DOWNTOWN IS ITS 19:09:29 MAIN STREET WHICH IS CAPITOL AVENUE AND 19:09:33 IN 2014 AND 15 AFTER 19:09:36 2015 AFTER REQUISITION OF 19:09:41 THE CITIBANK PARCEL 19:09:45 , THE CITY EXTEND 19:09:49 ED FREMONT BOULEVARD, YOU CAN SEE THE THAT ON 19:09:52 THE RED SQUARE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU. 19:09:55 AS THIS PROJECT, THE CITY CLOSED ACCESS POINT 19:10:00 , SUNHILL ENTERPRISE BE LLG 19:10:03 CLAIMS TO HAVE HISTORICALLY 19:10:06 USED AS EGRESS FROM THEIR FORMATTER 19:10:09 CITIBANK PARCEL. SUN 19:10:13 HILT FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY. 19:10:16 IN JANUARY 2022 THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED 19:10:20 A SETTLEMENT WITH SUNHILL. IN 19:10:23 PART, FOUR ACCESS POINTS ALONG CAPITOL AVENUE 19:10:26 AND THAT THE CITY TRANSFERS 19:10:29 TWO SLIVERS OF ACCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY 19:10:32 LONG CAPITOL AVENUE TO SUN HILL. THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU 19:10:36 TONIGHT PERTAIN TO THE EXECUTION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AS IT 19:10:39 RELATES TO AMENDMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE CORRESPOND 19:10:43 ING ZONING TEXT AS WELL AS THE 19:10:47 GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE 19:10:50 ACTION SAYS WRIERVE FROM SUN HILL 19:10:53 . THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR FOUR CUB CUTS 19:10:57 IN SPIFTD LOCATION HES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 19:11:00 CAPITOL AVENUE BETWEEN STATE STREET AND FREMONT BOULEVARD. THE 19:11:03 NEW CURB CUTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO ACCESS POINTS THAT 19:11:06 SUNHILL WOULD BE ALLOWED TO INSTALL AS PART 19:11:10 OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE NORTHERN MOST OF THESE 19:11:13 CURB CUTS WOULD BE REOPENED ONLY TEMPORARILY IN THE 19:11:17 THE REOPENING OF AN ADJACENT BUILDING, 19:11:20 THAT CURB CUT IS MARKET IN RED ON 19:11:23 THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT BUILDING IDENTIFIED. 19:11:26 THE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE TWO 19:11:29 EXISTING CURB CUTS ON SUNHILL'S PROPERTY AT THE 19:11:32 STREET INTERSECTIONS OF MEMORIAL STREET AND DECLARATION STREET ALONG 19:11:36 CAPITOL AVENUE THAT WERE ACTUALLY INSTALLED BY 19:11:39 THE CITY AS PART OF CAPITOL 19:11:43 AVENUE REQUISITION. NEW CURB CUTS WOULD 19:11:47 REMAIN PROHIBITED ON THIS STRETCH OF ALCOHOL AVENUE. 19:11:50 EXHIBITS A AND B IN YOUR PACKET 19:11:53 TONIGHT CONTAIN THE RESOLUTION AND THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW 19:11:56 THE ADDITIONAL CURB CUTS THROUGH THE 19:12:00 DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN AND ZONING TEXT. THE 19:12:03 SECOND PART OF THIS ITEM 19:12:06 IS GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER 19:12:09 STATE LAW FOR THE DISPOSITION OF ANY CITY OWNED LAND 19:12:12 . UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE TWO PARTIES 19:12:16 THE TWO MINOR SLIVERS OF LAND YOU SEE DIAGRAM 19:12:19 MED ON YOUR SCREEN WHICH ARE UNUSED 19:12:22 EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY, FROM THE 19:12:26 CAPITOL AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 19:12:29 CITY. CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES 19:12:32 THAT A FINDING 19:12:35 OF GENERAL CONFORMITY PRIOR TO DISPOSITION BY 19:12:39 THE CITY. A CONDITION, 19:12:42 REQUIRES THAT SUNHILL CONVEY TO THE 19:12:45 PROPERTY AFTER THEY ARE TRANSFERRED. FUTURE 19:12:48 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ZONING DISPARL, 19:12:52 WOULD COMPLY TO THE POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE 19:12:55 STANDARDS OF THE DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICT. 19:12:59 AFTER THE MILK HEARING TONIGHT 19:13:02 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FIND THE PROPOSED PROJECT EXEMPT 19:13:06 FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT BECAUSE OF THE FINAL 19:13:10 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WAS 19:13:14 PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED, AND NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED 19:13:17 BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROJECT OR 19:13:21 ITS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD WARRANT ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. 19:13:24 ADDITIONALLY STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL 19:13:27 FIND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, AND 19:13:30 FURTHER THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND ADOPT THE 19:13:33 RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE THAT MAKE THE REQUISITE AMENDMENTS 19:13:37 TO ALLOW THE CURB CUTS ON CAPITOL AVENUE. ADDITIONALLY AND FINAL 19:13:40 LY STAFF RECOMMEND THAT PLANNING COMMISSION FIND THE 19:13:44 PROPOSED DISPOSITION OF THE TWO 19:13:49 SLIVERS EVER LAND TO 19:13:52 SUNHILL CONFORMS TO THE GENERAL PLAN. THAT 19:13:55 CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE 19:13:58 ON THIS ITEM. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK 19:14:01 YOU COURTNEY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF 19:14:05 ? COMMISSIONER LIU PLEASE. >> Commissioner Liu: YES. 19:14:09 WHEN THE LAND, TWO STRIPS 19:14:12 OF LAND WERE GIVEN 19:14:15 TO THE DEVELOPER, DID THE CITY GET ANY 19:14:19 COMPENSATION FOR THAT? 19:14:22 >> THANKS FOR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER LIU. 19:14:25 I'M CLIFF NGUYEN, ASSISTANT PLANNING MANAGER IF YOU DON'T KNOW 19:14:29 ME. THE ANSWER TO YOUR 19:14:32 QUESTION IS, THIS IS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, 19:14:35 THESE SLIVERS OF LAND WHICH ARE UNUSED 19:14:38 ACCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD BE DISPOSEAND GIVEN 19:14:45 DISPOSED AND GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPER AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 19:14:48 AGREEMENT. WE'RE NOT GETTING MONEY IN LIEU OF TRANSFERRING THE 19:14:51 LAND TO THEM. 19:14:55 >> Commissioner Liu: SO THE AMOUNT OF LAND IF I DID 19:14:58 ROUGH CALCULATION IS CLOSE TO AT LEAST ON ONE SLIVER, 19:15:02 ONE PART, IS 19:15:06 AROUND 7800 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S KIND 19:15:10 OF SIGNIFICANT. >> YOU KNOW, 19:15:13 THERE IS PLATS AND LEGAL ATTACHED AS INFORMATION 19:15:16 1, COMBINED, BOTH SLIVERS, 19:15:19 ONE SLIVER IS APPROXIMATELY 5500 SQUARE FEET AND THE 19:15:22 OTHER ONE IS ROUGHLY 500 SQUARE FEET SO 19:15:26 IN TOTAL IT IS ABOUT 6,000 SQUARE FEET. THOSE TWO 19:15:29 SLIVERS ARE LAND ARE UNBUILDABLE AS THEY STAND 19:15:32 , AS THEY EXIST TODAY, THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP. 19:15:35 AND SO IDEALLY, THAT LAND 19:15:38 WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE ADJOINING OWNER WHICH 19:15:42 HAPPENS TO BE SUNHILT 19:15:45 SUN 19:15:48 SUNHILL. AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEY ARE GOING TO BE COMBINING THAT 19:15:51 LAND TO THEIR OWN PARCELS FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT 19:15:55 WITH BUILDINGS ALONG CAPITOL AVENUE. SO THAT IS THE PLAN AND THAT 19:15:58 WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN WHICH WE HAVE 19:16:01 NEW BUILDINGS LINING OUR NEW MAIN STREET, CAPITOL AVENUE. 19:16:06 >> Commissioner Liu: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:16:09 CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. 19:16:13 >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU CHAIR. YES, 19:16:16 I LIKE COURTNEY SAID I NOTICED THAT THERE IS ALREADY 19:16:19 TWO CUTOUTS THERE ALREADY. ONE OF THEM THAT'S ACTUALLY 19:16:22 USABLE AND THE OTHER ONE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE 19:16:25 A IMPAIRIER OUT IN ORDER FOR A CAR TO GO IN 19:16:28 AND OUT. I'M GUESSING THE ADDITIONAL CUTOUT 19:16:32 S ARE NECESSARY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR 19:16:35 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY. 19:16:40 >> THE 19:16:44 FEATURE, AND THIS IS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. 19:16:49 THE ISSUE WAS, IT 19:16:52 REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF ACCESS TO THE SUNHILL PROPERTY 19:16:55 . PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS THE FORMER 19:16:59 CITIBANK PROPERTY WHICH HAD PARKING AS WELL AS ANOTHER 19:17:02 PARCEL THAT WAS DEVELOPED AS 19:17:06 THE LOCALE PROJECT THE MIXED 19:17:09 USE PROJECT THE CITY OWNED, THERE WAS SHARED PARKING SURFACE 19:17:12 PARKING AREAS AS WELL AS DRIVE AISLES. SO WHEN 19:17:15 WE EXTENDED CAPITOL AVENUE THAT WENT AWAY. AND SO THEY WOULD 19:17:19 LIKE TO GET GREATER ACCESS TO THEIR SITE BACK. AND SO AS 19:17:22 PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THERE IS TWO ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE 19:17:25 BEFORE YOU. AND THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED 19:17:28 TO EFFECTUATE 19:17:32 THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 19:17:35 . >> Commissioner Yee: I GUESS THAT LEADS ME TO MY SECOND QUESTION THAT IF 19:17:39 THE COMMISSION DECIDED NOT TO GO AND RECOMMEND THIS THEN 19:17:42 THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO, I GUESS IT 19:17:45 WOULD BE SUNHILL WOULD BE LOOKING TO SUE THE CITY AGAIN 19:17:49 ? >> WELL, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECIDE NOT TO RECOMMEND 19:17:52 THE AMENDMENT, 19:17:56 LIKELY IT WOULD FORCE 19:18:00 STAFF TO APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL 19:18:03 WOULD CONSIDER THAT APPEAL. THIS IS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN 19:18:06 AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 19:18:09 IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE 19:18:13 CITY IF WE'RE -- >> Commissioner Yee: THAT'S WHAT I MEANT 19:18:16 . DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU 19:18:19 . >> Commissioner Daulton: CHAIR 19:18:22 RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER ZHANG. >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU CHAIR. 19:18:25 ACTUALLY I WAS ASKING THE SAME QUESTION. WHAT IF WE 19:18:29 DENY THIS APPROVAL. THANKS FOR ANSWER. I 19:18:32 ALSO HAVE DIFFICULTY TO UNDERSTAND 19:18:35 THIS TWO PARCEL, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND 19:18:38 THIS COORDINATE, IS THIS ALONG WITH THE WALL 19:18:42 OR ON THAT CURB OR -- >> IT IS BEHIND THE WALL 19:18:46 , COMMISSIONER ZHANG. SO IT'S AN AREA THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE 19:18:49 SITE, WE'VE SINCE ADDED A CYCLONE 19:18:52 FENCE. BECAUSE WE HAD LITTERING ISSUES 19:18:56 AND LOITERING. AND SO IT'S FENCED 19:18:59 OFF, SO THAT IS THE AREA THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED 19:19:03 TO THE SUNHILL PROPERTY OWNERS AND IT IS IN OUR 19:19:06 BEST INTEREST TO TRANSFER IT. LIKE I MENTIONED IT IS 19:19:09 UNBUILDABLE AS IT STANDS. IT IS 19:19:13 EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE CAPITOL 19:19:16 AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT THAT HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. 19:19:23 >> Commissioner Zhang: I SEE. SO WHEN THEY STARTED THIS CURB 19:19:26 CUT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PARKING 19:19:30 SPACE? >> THERE IS GOING TO BE A FEW 19:19:33 PARKING SOMEPLACES THAT WILL BE DISPLAC 19:19:36 PARKING PLACES THAT 19:19:39 WOULD BE DISPLACED BUT THE PARKING WOULD BE INSTALLED BY 19:19:42 SUNHILT AND WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH 19:19:45 SUNHILL 19:19:48 AND WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS TO 19:19:52 FACILITATE. >> Commissioner Zhang: 19:19:55 THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. THANK 19:19:57 YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? 19:20:00 I GUESS I COULD ASK A QUESTION. COULD YOU 19:20:03 CLIFF TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE DECORATIVE 19:20:07 FENCE? >> YES, THE DECORATIVE FENCE 19:20:10 ACTUALLY WAS JUST A TEMPORARY FENCE. IT WAS ERECT 19:20:14 ED BY THE CITY AS PART OF THE CAPITOL 19:20:17 AVENUE EXTENSION PROJECT 19:20:20 . IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR NEW MAIN STREET 19:20:23 WELCOMING, INVITING, AND ALSO SCREEN THE PARKING LOT WHICH 19:20:27 IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY OUR CODE. WHEN WE EXTEND 19:20:30 ED CAPITOL AVENUE IT RESULTED IN A NEW MAIN STREET 19:20:33 BACKING UP TO THE REAR PARKING LOT OF 19:20:36 FREMONT PLAZA. AND SO OVER TIME 19:20:40 , EXCEPT FOR THE PORTIONS THAT WE AGREED TO OPEN UP 19:20:43 SOONER, TO ALLOW FOR TWO NEW DRIVEWAY 19:20:48 INGRESS-EGRESS POINTS, WHEN SUNHILL DECIDES TO 19:20:51 DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR 19:20:55 DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PLAN, THOSE WALL SECTIONS WOULD BE REMOVED. 19:20:59 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION, 19:21:02 IN YOUR OPINION, WILL THIS 19:21:07 CHANGE, DEGRADE OR INTERFERE IN ANY WAY 19:21:10 WITH THE PLANNED PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT 19:21:14 THAT'S ON CAPITOL AVENUE SET OUT BY THE DOWNTOWN 19:21:17 COMMUNITY PLAN? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO 19:21:20 . THERE IS TWO DRIVEWAYS THAT WILL BE ADDED. 19:21:23 BUT ONE DRIVEWAY IS CONDITIONED UPON IF THEY DO 19:21:26 REDEVELOP THEIR SITE THEY HAVE TO CLOSE IT. AND SO THE ONLY 19:21:29 DRIVEWAY THAT WOULD REMAIN IS A DRIVEWAY CLOSER TO 19:21:33 THE -- ACROSS FROM FREMONT BANK CLOSE 19:21:36 ER TO THE FREMONT BOULEVARD 19:21:40 -CAPITOL INTERSECTION. AND SO IT STILL MAINTAINS THAT 19:21:43 PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE DRIVEWAY 19:21:47 AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT. AND SO IT'S 19:21:50 GOING TO BE DESIGNED BY STAFF TO 19:21:54 ENSURE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. ANY 19:21:57 OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? IN THAT CASE I WOULD LIKE 19:22:00 TO AT THIS TIME INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM IF WE HAVE 19:22:03 ANY. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? 19:22:07 >> CHAIRPERSON DAULTON WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS 19:22:09 . >> Commissioner Daulton: WELL, THAT IS CONVENIENT. 19:22:12 SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN 19:22:15 . AND AT THIS POINT, BARRING ANY 19:22:20 FURTHER COMMENT, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OR 19:22:23 QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF, I THINK WE CAN ASK FOR A 19:22:26 MOTION. DO I HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS 19:22:30 ? SO COMMISSIONER ZHANG 19:22:34 . >> Commissioner Zhang: JUST WANTED TO 19:22:37 HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF THE 19:22:41 STAFF PRESENTATION INCLUDED IN 19:22:44 THIS PROPOSAL, I HAVE 19:22:47 DIFFICULTY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CURB CUT IS GOING TO BE 19:22:51 . AND ESPECIALLY VISUALIZE WHERE, THERE IS 19:22:54 A DIAGRAM IN THE PRESENTATION IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL 19:22:58 TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT WOULD BE NICE 19:23:01 THAT IF IT WAS INCLUDED BEFORE. 19:23:04 THANK YOU. 19:23:07 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: I WAS JUST 19:23:11 GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 19:23:15 >> Commissioner Daulton: DO I HAVE A SECOND 19:23:18 ? >> Commissioner Liu: I SECOND. >> Commissioner Daulton: WE HAVE A 19:23:22 MOTION AND SECOND. JOEL WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE ON THIS 19:23:25 ITEM WP. >> Planner Pullen: YES CHAIR. SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME ON A 19:23:28 MOTION BY AND CAN YOU STATE WHO MADE THE MOTION AND SECONDED AGAIN 19:23:31 ? >> Commissioner Daulton: YES, THAT WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YEE, 19:23:34 SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LIU. >> Planner Pullen: 19:23:38 ALL RIGHT, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YEE, SECONDED BY 19:23:41 COMMISSIONER LIU, TO APPROVE OR TO 19:23:44 RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE 19:23:47 , CHAIR DAULTON. AYE. 19:23:50 VICE CHAIR RAO, AYE. 19:23:57 COMMISSIONER YEE. AYE. COMMISSIONER STECKLER IS ABSENT 19:24:00 . COMMISSIONER LIU. AYE. 19:24:02 AND COMMISSIONER ZHANG. AYE. 19:24:06 ALL RIGHT, THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS OF THOSE PRESENT 19:24:10 . THE SITE HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL 19:24:13 WHO IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO HEAR THAT ITEM ON 19:24:17 MAY 3rd, COURTNEY? THANK YOU. >> THAT'S CORRECT. 19:24:22 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WAS OUR ONLY AGENDA ITEM 19:24:26 SO LET'S MOVE ON TO MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 19:24:29 . >> Planner Pullen: ACTUALLY, CHAIR, THERE IS AN ITEM THAT'S 19:24:32 UNDER 5-1, DISCUSSION ITEMS, BECAUSE OF THE 19:24:36 WAY IT WAS FORMATTED IT SHOWED UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY 19:24:39 ON YOUR AGENDA. >> Commissioner Daulton: I SEE, OKAY. 19:24:42 >> Planner Pullen: I CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THAT IF YOU LIKE. 19:24:45 >> Commissioner Daulton: PLEASE. >> Planner Pullen: SO THIS ITEM IS 19:24:48 A DISCUSSION ITEM. THERE IS NO ACTION RECOMMENDED 19:24:51 BY YOU TONIGHT. IT'S TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON 19:24:55 THE 2023 THROUGH 2031 HOUSING 19:24:58 ELEMENT UPDATE. THIS PRESENTATION IS 19:25:02 BY PRINCIPAL PLANNER AND LONG RANGE 19:25:05 LEAD WAYLAND LI AND ASSOCIATE PLANNER 19:25:09 COURTNEY PAL. 19:25:21 >> THANKS JOEL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PRESENTATION ON 19:25:24 THE CITY'S 2023-20 19:25:28 31 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE WHICH IS A PLAN TO MEET 19:25:31 THE HOUSING NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN THE FREMONT COMMUNITY OVER THE 19:25:34 NEXT EIGHT YEARS. 19:25:38 HOW WE PLAN FOR HOUSING IN FREMONT IS A BROAD TOPIC 19:25:43 INVOLVING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND EQUITY 19:25:47 ISSUES THAT'S BIGGER THAN CITY OF FREMONT, MEANING THAT IT'S 19:25:50 NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO A REGIONAL 19:25:53 ISSUE AND IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE. IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ALL. 19:25:58 AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE, AS 19:26:01 A CITY, LAST UPDATED OUR GENERAL PLAN 19:26:05 IN 2011, WITH A VISION 19:26:08 OF BEING SUSTAINABLE, STRATEGICALLY URBAN, INCLUSIVE 19:26:11 , DIVERSE, ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL, 19:26:15 VIBRANT, IN A WELL DESIGNED 19:26:18 CITY. A MODEL OF HOW AN 19:26:22 AUTOORIENTED SUBURB CAN EVOLVE TO A SUSTAINABLE 19:26:26 STRATEGICALLY URBAN AND MODERN CITY. AND 19:26:29 HOUSING IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE 19:26:32 THAT UNDERPINS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO 19:26:35 TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. HOUSE DO WE PUT A POLICY FRAMEWORK 19:26:38 IN PLACE THAT 19:26:42 ENSURES EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE 19:26:45 HOUSING. THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS 19:26:48 GOALS IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. 19:26:52 THIS SPRING WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLAIN 19:26:55 THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROCESS AND TO ENGAGE 19:26:58 OUR PEOPLE. WE VISITED A NUMBER OF OTHER 19:27:02 BOARDS AND COMMITTEES SO FAR, INCLUDING THE 19:27:05 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AND THE CV 19:27:08 BG ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED 19:27:12 TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND COMING UP WE'LL 19:27:15 BE TALKING WITH THE SENIOR ADVISORY AND THE 19:27:19 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSIONS. 19:27:24 EVERY COMMISSION THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH HAS HAD ITS 19:27:27 OWN FOCUS OR ITS OWN MANDATE. AND 19:27:30 WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION BRIMMING THEIR 19:27:33 WORK WITH THE HOUSING UPDATE EFFORT. BUT FOR 19:27:36 YOU AS A PLANNING COMMISSION THERE'S A MORE CLEAR AND OBVIOUS 19:27:39 CONNECTION. JUST RECENTLY, YOU CONSIDERED A 19:27:42 MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROMOTE IN DECOTO 19:27:46 , YOU CONSIDERED A DRAFT AFFORDABLE 19:27:49 HOUSING ORDINANCE UPDATE, YOU CONSIDERED A 19:27:52 SCREENING REQUEST TO AMEND THE LAND USE 19:27:57 DESIGNATION TO ONE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW HOUSING. 19:28:00 YOU MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT INVOLVE HOUSING. 19:28:03 AND NOW, AS WE ENDEAVOR 19:28:07 TO UPDATE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, YOU WILL HAVE AN 19:28:10 OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND 19:28:13 LOOK FOR BROADLY AT THE POLICY 19:28:16 FRAMEWORK THAT IS LARGELY THE BASIS OF HOW YOU 19:28:19 DO YOUR WORK AS A PLANNING COMMISSION. 19:28:23 ER. SO OUR PRESENTATION 19:28:26 THIS EVENING WILL COVER A FEW THINGS. INCLUDING 19:28:30 THE BASICS ABOUT HOUSING ELEMENT, INCLUDING THE 19:28:35 RELEVANT LEGAL FRAMEWORK, WE'LL DISCUSS THE ON 19:28:38 GOING HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND THE WORK 19:28:41 IN FRONT OF US. WE'LL FOCUS ON THE 19:28:44 SITES INVENTORY, FAIR HOUSING AND THE 19:28:47 POLICY FRAMEWORK OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND THIN AT THE CONCLUSION OF 19:28:50 THE PRESENTATION WE'LL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH 19:28:53 ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU MAY 19:28:57 HAVE ON THE TOPIC. OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU A 19:29:00 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROCESS, ANSWER 19:29:03 QUESTIONS, RECEIVE INPUT, TO 19:29:07 HELP SET THE STAGE FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOUSING NEEDS AND CONSTRAINTS 19:29:10 , AND THE APPROPRIATE POLICY RESPONSES LATER ON. 19:29:22 NOW UNDER STATE LAW CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA REQUIRE TO PLAN 19:29:25 FOR THE HOUSING NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY BY INCLUDING 19:29:28 A HOUSING ELEMENT AS ONE OF THE SEARCH MANDATORY 19:29:31 ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL PLAN. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE 19:29:34 CITY'S GENERAL PLAN THE CITY'S CONSTITUTION 19:29:38 FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 19:29:41 IT SERVES AS THE POLICY FOUNDATION UPON WHICH DEVELOPMENT AND LAND 19:29:44 USE DECISIONS SHOULD BE BASED. 19:29:48 THIS HOUSING ELEMENT IS A CHAPTER OF THE GENERAL PLAN 19:29:52 , THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES A COMMUNITY'S HOUSING NEEDS 19:29:55 . 19:29:58 IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN IN THAT IT'S 19:30:01 REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY EIGHT YEARS. AND 19:30:04 IT'S SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE STATE'S HOUSING 19:30:08 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE STATE 19:30:11 HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CREATION OF HOUSING IS A MATTER OF 19:30:15 STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE. AND THE NEED 19:30:18 FOR SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CROSSES 19:30:21 BOTH LOCAL AROUND REGIONAL JURISDICTION 19:30:24 AL LINES. 19:30:28 AND 19:30:31 REGIONAL LINES. AT ALL 19:30:35 INCOME LEVELS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. THE HOUSING ELEMENT 19:30:38 IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE TO HCD 19:30:41 THAT THE JURISDICTION HAS CAPACITY 19:30:44 TO ACCOMMODATE A SHARE OF THE 19:30:47 REGIONAL'S HOUSING NEEDS WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE REGIONAL 19:30:51 HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION 19:30:54 OR RHNA. 19:30:57 IF COST NOT ADDRESS ITS HOUSING NEED, THE 19:31:03 CONSEQUENCES CAN BE SEVERE, INCLUDING LOSS OF 19:31:06 CONTROL AND POTENTIAL FINANCIAL PENALTIES. 19:31:14 THE CITY'S CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT COVERS THE 19:31:17 PERIOD BETWEEN 2015 AND 2023 AND DURING THIS 19:31:20 PERIOD THE CITY WAS ASSIGNED 19:31:23 A RHNA OF 19:31:26 5445 TOTAL DWELLING UNITS. THE RHNA IS 19:31:29 BROKEN DOWN FURTHER BY INCOME LEVEL. AS YOU CAN SEE MORE 19:31:32 THAN HALF OF OUR CURRENT ALLOCATION IS 19:31:36 FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSING. THIS TYPE OF HOUSING 19:31:39 IS TYPICALLY DEVELOPED BY NON 19:31:43 PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, USING FUNDING FROM THE STATE 19:31:46 OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, OR BY 19:31:49 PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WHO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS 19:31:53 WITHIN A MARKET RATE PROJECT TO SATISFY THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING 19:31:56 ORDINANCE. 19:32:00 THE 19:32:03 CITY'S RHNA DICTATES THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE MUST HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE 19:32:07 . OFTENTIMES DUE TO MARKET FORCES THAT MAY BE 19:32:10 OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL, THE AMOUNT 19:32:14 AND AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING, OF HOUSING THAT'S ACTUALLY 19:32:17 PRODUCED DURING A PLANNING CYCLE, CAN BE 19:32:20 VERY DIFFERENT FROM A RHNA ALLOCATION. 19:32:23 SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE SLIDE AS CAN YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT 19:32:30 YOU CAN SEE TON RIGHT WHILE THE CITY HAS PRODUCED MORE THAN 19:32:34 ITS RHNA ALLOCATION DURING THE CURRENT PLANNING PERIOD, 19:32:37 THE AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE UNITS IS NOT APPORTION 19:32:40 AT TO THOSE CATEGORIES. MORE ABOVE MODERATE 19:32:44 THAN WAS PRODUCED IN THE MODERATE AND VERY 19:32:48 LOW MODERATE INCOME CATEGORIES. NOW THAT 19:32:51 WE'VE REVIEWED OUR CURRENT RHNA, I'D LIKE TO MOVE 19:32:54 ON TO DISCUSS OUR RHNA IN THE 19:32:57 UPCOMING HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE. STATE LAW REQUIRES 19:33:00 THAT EACH JURISDICTION PLAN FOR ITS 19:33:03 FAIR SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS. THE 19:33:06 PROCESS OF DETERMINING FAIR 19:33:10 SHARE ALLOCATIONS BEGINS WITH THE STATE 19:33:13 WHO ISSUES A REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS DETERMINATION 19:33:16 TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WHICH FOR THE 19:33:20 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS 19:33:23 OR ABAG. FOR THE 2023 TO 20 19:33:26 31 CYCLE, ABAG'S REGIONAL HOUSING 19:33:30 DETERMINATIONS FOR 4 19:33:33 41,176 UNITS. 19:33:38 AFTER RECEIVING THIS DETERMINATION FROM THE STATE 19:33:41 , ABAG THEN DETERMINES THE ALLOCATIONS 19:33:45 FOR SPECIFIC LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THEIR REGION. 19:33:49 ABAG DETERMINED THEIR ALLOCATIONS 19:33:52 THROUGH A RHNA METHODOLOGY 19:33:56 WHICH INCLUDED THREE UNITS, BASIC 19:33:59 ELABORATION FACTORS AND EQUITY ADJUSTMENT. AND THROUGH 19:34:02 THAT METHODOLOGY THAT RESULTED IN A RHNA ALLOCATION 19:34:06 OF 12,897 UNITS FOR 19:34:09 THE CITY OF FREMONT FOR THE 2023-2031 19:34:12 HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE. THIS IS FREMONT'S HOUSING 19:34:15 NEED DURING THIS PERIOD. AND WE MUST NOW 19:34:20 HAVE ZONING AND THE POLICIES IN PLACE TO ALLOW 19:34:23 FOR THIS LEVEL OF PRODUCTION WITHIN OUR HOUSING 19:34:26 ELEMENT UPDATE DURING THIS PERIOD. 19:34:29 NOW WE'RE NOT PHYSICALLY BUILDING THOSE UNITS 19:34:33 BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE 19:34:36 ZONING IN PLACE. AND THAT WE HAVE -- 19:34:39 WE HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE CONSTRAINTS TO ALLOW THAT 19:34:42 HOUSING TO BE BUILT. 19:34:50 THIS SLIDE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF BOTH THE REGIONAL 19:34:53 AND LOCAL HOUSING NEEDS FROM THE PAST 20 19:34:56 15 TO 2023 HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE AND THE 19:34:59 UPCOMING 2023 TO 2031 HOUSING 19:35:02 ELEMENT CYCLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH 19:35:06 THE REGIONAL AND THE LOCAL ALLOCATIONS INCREASE 19:35:10 ED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE LAST CYCLE AND 19:35:13 THIS REFLECTS THE ONGOING REGIONAL 19:35:16 HOUSING SHORTAGE AND PARTICULARLY THE SHORTAGE OF HOUSING AT 19:35:19 AFFORDABLE RENTS AND PRICE FOR THOSE WITH THE LOWER INCOMES 19:35:22 . CITIES AROUND THE REGION HAVE 19:35:26 ALMOST UNIVERSALLY SEEN SIMILAR 19:35:29 LARGE INCREASES IN THEIR ALLOCATIONS. THIS 19:35:32 SLIDE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CITY'S 19:35:35 UPCOMING RHNA BY INCOME LEVEL. YOU'LL NOTICE 19:35:39 THAT THE RELATIVELY SHARED HOUSING AT 19:35:42 EACH INCOME LEVEL HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY CONSISTENT WITH 19:35:46 THE LAST CYCLE. EVEN THOUGH 19:35:49 OUR ALLOCATION OVERALL HAS INCREASED. 19:35:54 NOW, WITH THAT I'LL HAND THE PRESENTATION OFF TO 19:35:57 COURTNEY PAL WHO WILL DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS OF THE 20 19:36:00 23 TO 2031 HOUSING ELEMENTS. 19:36:04 >> THANKS WAYLAND. THE HOUSING 19:36:07 ELEMENT MUST DEMONSTRATE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MEET OUR ASSIGNED 19:36:12 RHNA THROUGH BOTH THE IDENTIFICATION OF SITES WITH ADEQUATE ZONING TO 19:36:15 ACCOMMODATE PRODUCTION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES 19:36:18 THAT REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING AS WAYLAND 19:36:22 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE 19:36:25 PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT 19:36:28 THAT THAT HOUSING ELEMENT 19:36:32 MUST STATUTORILY CONTAIN. 19:36:35 THE FIRST ROW SHOWS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANALYSIS THAT 19:36:38 WE MUST PERFORM. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS AN 19:36:41 EVALUATION OF THE PREVIOUS HOUSING ELEMENT WHICH WILL 19:36:44 COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS PROJECTED, OR 19:36:47 PLANNED, AND THE 19:36:51 PREVIOUSLY HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLES AND WHAT WAS 19:36:54 ACTUALLY ACHIEVED. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS AN 19:36:57 ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY HOUSING NEEDS. THIS SECTION WILL LOOK AT 19:37:00 A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A PROFILE OF 19:37:03 OUR CURRENT HOUSING STOCK. IT WILL ALSO ANALYZE 19:37:07 THE HOUSING NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS WITH 19:37:10 UNIQUE HOUSING NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY 19:37:13 INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS, AND UNHOUSED PEOPLE 19:37:16 . THE THIRD COMPONENT IS 19:37:19 AN ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS TO HOUSING PRODUCTION 19:37:23 . THE CITY IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED 19:37:27 TO REVIEW THE IMPACT OF POLICIES ON CONSTRAINING 19:37:30 HOUSING PRODUCTION INCLUDING THINGS LIKE ZONING STANDARDS, PROCESS 19:37:33 ING PROCEDURES, FEES AND 19:37:37 EXACTIONS. THE BOTTOM ROW ON THIS 19:37:40 SLIDE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT ACTIONABLE COMPONENTS OF 19:37:44 OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. THESE ARE THE AREAS IN WHICH 19:37:47 THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED TO COMMIT TO 19:37:50 TAKE CERTAIN ACTION AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT 19:37:53 IS CERTIFIED. THE FOURTH COMPONENT 19:37:56 IS THE SITES INVENTORY. AND THIS IS THE COMPONENT THAT 19:37:59 WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF SITES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE OUR 19:38:03 REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION AT DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS. 19:38:08 THE FIFTH COMPONENT IS A LIST OF GOALS, POLICIES, 19:38:12 AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS THAT WILL CREATE A GAME PLAN FOR THE 19:38:15 HOUSING ELEMENT PLANNING PERIOD. THE 19:38:19 FINAL COMPONENT IS 19:38:23 AFFIRMATIVELY FAIR 19:38:26 HOUSING, THIS SECTION REQUIRES 19:38:29 THE CITY TO PATTERNS 19:38:32 OF SEGREGATION AND FOSTER INCLUSIVE 19:38:35 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FREE FROM BARRIERS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS TO 19:38:37 OPPORTUNITY BASED ON PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS. 19:38:43 TONIGHT, I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS BOTTOM ROW OF 19:38:47 THESE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT 19:38:50 AS TO WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THE CITY IN THE 19:38:53 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. WE WON'T BE APPROACHING OR DISCUSS 19:38:56 PROPOSING OR DISCUSSING 19:38:59 ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES AT TONIGHT'S MEETING HOWEVER WE 19:39:03 AFTER OUR PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION 19:39:06 ERS ABOUT ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL THE 19:39:09 HOUSING ELEMENT SHOULD ADDRESS THESE COMPONENTS. THE FIRST COMPONENT THAT I 19:39:12 WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS OUR SITES INVENTORY 19:39:15 . AND DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE 19:39:18 IN OUR ALLOCATION, FREMONT IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO ACCOMMODATE 19:39:22 OUR RHNA ALLOCATION WITHOUT THE REZONING OF INDIVIDUAL 19:39:25 SITES FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. AS 19:39:29 WAYLAND MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF 19:39:32 THE PRESENTATION THE CITY'S 2011 GENERAL PLAN WAS REALLY 19:39:35 FORWARD-THINKING AND PLANNED FOR STRATEGIC TRANSIT 19:39:39 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN TOWN CENTERS, CITY CENTERS, 19:39:42 AND DOWNTOWN, IN WAYS THAT STRATEGIC 19:39:46 STRATEGICALLY URBANIZED THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWED FOR DENSE 19:39:49 HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN AREAS WHERE IT MADE SENSE. THE 19:39:52 MAP SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE INDICATES OUR PRIORITY 19:39:56 DEVELOPMENT AREAS OR PDA'S WHICH ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE 19:39:59 NEAR MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY 19:40:02 FOR HOUSING GROWTH. STAFF BELIEVE THAT THE 19:40:05 EXISTING JIM AND ZONING LARGELY WITHIN 19:40:08 GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING LARGE 19:40:12 LY SHOWN WITHIN BLUE ON THE MAP WILL PROVIDE CAPACITY 19:40:15 TO ACCOMMODATE OUR RHNA IN OUR NEXT HOUSING 19:40:18 DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT MOST DEVELOPMENT 19:40:22 WILL OCCUR IN THESEFORDA AREAS RATHER THAN 19:40:25 THESE PDA 19:40:28 AREAS, BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP US MEET OUR CLIMATE 19:40:31 AND SUSTAINABILITY 19:40:34 GOALS IN ADDITION TO OUR HOUSING GOALS. THE SECTION COMPONENT I'D LIKE TO 19:40:38 MENTION IS OUR GOALS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS 19:40:41 . WHICH SET POLICY 19:40:44 DIRECTION FOR THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICY. 19:40:47 THE CITY'S PAST HOUSING 19:40:50 ELEMENT THAT IS EIGHT GENOMES 29 POLICIES AND 19:40:53 69 PROGRAMS. POLICIES AND THE PROGRAMS ARE INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT 19:40:56 THE INTENTIONS 19:41:00 BEHIND EACH OF THE GOALS. THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF 19:41:04 GOALS POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. I WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN IN 19:41:07 A WAY THAT WAS MORE DIGESTIBLE IN 19:41:10 KIND OF SHORT AND BRIEF SEGMENTS. THE 19:41:13 MAIN INTENTIONS BEHIND EACH OF THE GOALS ARE SUMMARIZED 19:41:17 ON EACH SLIDE. THE GOAL IS TO PRESERVE 19:41:22 EXISTING 19:41:26 HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. HABITABILITY REQUIREMENTS, 19:41:29 MONITORING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE AT RISK 19:41:32 TO CONVERSION BACK TO MARKET RATE HOUSING UNITS AND CONTINUING TO 19:41:36 ENFORCE POLICIES LIKE THE CITY'S MOBILE HOME 19:41:39 RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE. GOALS 2, 3, 5 AND 19:41:42 7 CALL FOR FACILITATION OF NEW HIGH QUALITY HOUSING 19:41:45 . WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON 19:41:49 DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. PROGRAMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 19:41:52 THESE GOALS INCLUDE PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT 19:41:55 OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, PROVIDING FUNDING 19:41:58 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THROUGH THE CITY'S 19:42:01 NOFA PROCESS AND ADVOCATING FOR THE EXPANSION 19:42:04 OF STATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 19:42:08 FINALLY, GOALS 4 AND 6 ARE INTENDED TO 19:42:11 PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS FROM DISCRIMINATION 19:42:15 AND DISPLACEMENT. RELATED PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT 19:42:19 OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DISABLED 19:42:22 , UNHOUSED, LOW INCOME, ELDERLY OR 19:42:25 FACE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT MAKE THEM MORE VULNERABLE. 19:42:31 FINALLY GOAL 8 WHICH IS NOT SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE CALLS FOR 19:42:34 THE MAINTENANCE OF A CERTIFIED HOUSING 19:42:37 ELEMENT AND PREPARATION OF AFTERNOON ANNUAL REPORT. STAFF ANTICIPATE 19:42:40 THAT WHILE THE POLICIES PROGRAMS AND SPECIFIC VERBIAGE 19:42:44 WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS MAY BE UPDATED THE 19:42:47 OVERALL INTENTION AND HIGH LEVEL HOUSING GOALS WILL REMAIN THE SAME 19:42:51 IN THE CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE. 19:42:54 OUR FINAL AREA OF ACTION IS OUR 19:42:59 AFFIRMATIVELY AFFIRMING FAIR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS. AROUNDS AS 19:43:02 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS WAS A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR THIS 19:43:06 HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLES. IT HASN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN 19:43:09 OUR PREVIOUS HOUSING ELEMENTS AT LEAST DIRECTLY ALTHOUGH WE DO 19:43:12 HAVE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT ALL OF THESE POLICIES, WE NEED TO 19:43:15 GET MORE DIRECT ABOUT THEM AND A LOT MORE MEASURABLE ABOUT THEM. 19:43:18 THIS SECTION REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT PATTERNS 19:43:22 OF SEGREGATION ON A REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL 19:43:25 AND COMMIT TO SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO 19:43:28 AFFIRMATIVELY ADDRESS SEGREGATION. WITHIN OUR 19:43:31 REGIONAL CONTEXT FREMONT CAN BE CATEGORIZE 19:43:34 ED AS AN AREA OF HIGH OPPORTUNITY. WITHIN FREMONT ONE 19:43:37 OF THE KEY PATTERNS WITHIN THE CITY RELATES TO 19:43:40 THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS 19:43:43 WHICH IS SHOWN ON THIS MAP. LOW AND MODERATE 19:43:46 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE GENERALLY MORE PREVALENT WITHIN 19:43:50 THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CITIES AND THE 19:43:53 AREAS WEST OF MISSION BOULEVARD.YOU CAN SEE AREAS OF 19:43:57 A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LOW MODERATE INCOME 19:44:00 HOUSEHOLDS ARE LARGELY LOCATED AROUND 19:44:03 FREMONT BOULEVARD. THESE ARE ALSO DISPROPORTIONATE 19:44:06 DISPROPORTIONATELY LOCATED NEAR THE BART STATIONS 19:44:10 DOWNTOWN, THE PROPOSED BART STATION AND THE AREA 19:44:13 IN CENTERVILLE. YOU MAY BE NOTICING THAT THIS PATTERN LOOKS LIKE 19:44:16 ANOTHER SLIDE THAT I ALREADY SHOWED TONIGHT AND THIS IS WHY THIS PATTERN 19:44:20 IS IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU RECALL 19:44:23 THE SLIDE THAT DISCUSSES OUR PLANNED INVENTORY, 19:44:26 MOST OF OUR PLANNED GROWTH WITHIN THE 19:44:29 NEXT CYCLE IS PLANNED WITHIN THESE SAME AREAS. IN ORDER 19:44:32 TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING 19:44:36 FAIR HOUSING, OUR HOUSING ELEMENT WILL ALSO NEED TO 19:44:39 TAKE SPECIFIC POLICY ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE 19:44:43 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WEALTHY AREAS OF THE CITY. 19:44:48 THAT CONCLUDES OUR REVIEW. 19:44:52 REVIEW OF THE THREE ACTION 19:44:56 ABLE ELEMENTS, GOING FORWARD THERE ARE GOING TO BE A 19:44:59 NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS. I 19:45:02 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 19:45:05 WHO HAVE JOINED US TONIGHT. WE'RE ENCOURAGE 19:45:08 ING THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS TO GO TO THE WEBSITE 19:45:12 , FREMONT.GOV/HOUSING ELEMENT 19:45:15 WHERE THEY CAN SIGN UP TO BE NOTIFIED OF FUTURE MEETINGS AND 19:45:19 OTHER IMPORTANT HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES. IN ORDER 19:45:22 TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WE'RE 19:45:25 ALSO OFFERING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SCHEDULE OFFICE HOURS WITH 19:45:29 OUR PROJECT TEAM. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR 19:45:32 THESE OFFICE HOURS ONLINE ON THE PROJECT 19:45:35 WEBSITE AND FIND SOME TIME TO TALK TO THE PROJECT TEAM 19:45:38 ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS ABOUT 19:45:41 YOUR IDEAS ON THE HOUSING UPDATE PROCESS. THE WEBSITE 19:45:45 IS ALSO GOING TO BE UPDATED WITH INFORMATION REGARDING 19:45:48 UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATED 19:45:51 COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHEN THOSE OCCUR. FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS 19:45:54 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR 19:45:57 UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOR MEETINGS AND WHEN WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT 19:46:00 OF YOU AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 19:46:04 COMMENT ON THIS HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. FIRST WE'LL 19:46:07 BE PRESENTING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2022 19:46:10 ON SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES WE PRESENTED 19:46:14 YOU TONIGHT. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A DRAFT HOUSING 19:46:17 ELEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC'S REVIEW IN JUNE OF 2022. 19:46:20 SO ONCE THAT DRAFT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WE'LL BE RETURNING 19:46:23 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE DRAFT FOR ADDITIONAL 19:46:26 INPUT AND AT THAT MEETING WE'LL BE DISCUSSING SPECIFIC 19:46:30 PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER ADOPTING FOR THE UP 19:46:33 COMING SIGNING. NOTABLY AND THIS IS THE BIG DATE 19:46:36 DATE, OUR FINAL 2023 THROUGH 20 19:46:39 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT MUST BE ADOPTED BY 19:46:43 JANUARY 31st, 2023, IN ORDER TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME 19:46:47 FOR HCD CERTIFICATION BEFORE THE STATUTORY 19:46:50 DEADLINE. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR 19:46:54 PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WE'RE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS 19:46:57 OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE, AS WAY 19:47:00 LAND MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION WE'RE REALLY YOU 19:47:03 KNOW THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS AND 19:47:06 FEEDBACK OFF WHERE WE SHOULD BE COMBING THIS 19:47:09 SCOPING THIS FUTURE 19:47:13 HOUSING UPDATE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR INTEREST AND HOW YOU 19:47:16 WOULD APPROACH SOFERLG THESE HOUSING 19:47:19 ISSUES THAT YOU VERY OFTEN CONSIDER HERE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO WITH 19:47:22 THAT WE'LL WRAP IT UP AND TURN IT 19:47:26 BACK TO YOU CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, COURTNEY 19:47:29 . COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 19:47:34 ? 19:47:35 ANYONE? COMMISSIONER YEE. 19:47:40 >> Commissioner Yee: I WANT TO FIRST THANK COURTNEY FOR 19:47:43 SUCH A COMPLETE PRESENTATION. THAT MADE IT MUCH CLEARER I 19:47:46 THINK NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 19:47:49 BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, WHERE IS 19:47:52 ALL OF THIS GOING TO BE. 19:47:56 YOU KNOW, AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, 19:47:59 ALONG THIS TRANSIT CORRIDOR. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS 19:48:02 I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT TOO, IT'S KIND 19:48:06 OF -- I GUESS PART OF THE PLAN IS PROBABLY REPURPOSING SOME OF 19:48:10 THESE SITES, KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW 19:48:14 WITH THE DISCUSSION FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE MOTEL 19:48:17 6 PROJECT THAT'S OVER THERE TO TRY TO REPURPOSE IT 19:48:21 INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN ACTUALLY REACH OUR VERY LOW AND 19:48:24 LOW INCOME HOUSING RHNA NUMBERS. 19:48:27 AND BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT I SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 19:48:31 ABOUT 2.4 TIMES MORE THAN 19:48:35 THE PREVIOUS CYCLE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 19:48:38 PUBLIC HEARS THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S 19:48:41 BEEN DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC 19:48:45 , QUESTIONING ABOUT ALL THIS HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT AND THEY 19:48:49 COULD SEE THAT THIS NEXT CYCLE BEGINNING IN 2023 19:48:52 IS GOING TO BE A 19:48:55 ALMOST 2.3 TO 2.4 INCREASE IN 19:48:58 TERMS OF THAT RHNA NUMBER. AND HOW DO WE DO THIS 19:49:01 PROPERLY SO THAT WHETHER IT'S REPURPOSING TO AD 19:49:04 U'S, TO I GUESS NOW YOU KNOW 19:49:07 WE JUST CAME BACK 19:49:11 WITH A -- A NUMBER OF US 19:49:14 CAME BACK WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF 19:49:19 SB 9 [ DISTORT 19:49:22 ED ] HOW DOES THIS ALL I DO KNOW AFTER SPEAKING 19:49:25 WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF SHOCKED BY THIS 19:49:29 ALMOST 13,000 NUMBER. I KNOW 19:49:32 THAT ORIGINALLY, THE CITY WAS BEING ASKED 19:49:35 TO BE GOING IN EXCESS OF 16,000. SO 19:49:38 SHE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT TO BRING THE NUMBER DOWN TO SOMETHING, I 19:49:42 GUESS, A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE 19:49:45 . IS KIND OF HOW I'LL SAY IT. 19:49:55 SO THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT. >> WE'LL TAKE THAT AS A 19:49:58 COMMENT. >> Planner Pullen: IT WAS A WIDE RANGING COMMENT AND 19:50:02 YOUR SOURCE IS A LITTLE BIT CUTTING OUT. >> Commissioner Yee: I'M SORRY, 19:50:05 YES. >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:50:08 COMMISSIONER ZHANG. 19:50:12 >> Commissioner Zhang: SIMILAR QUESTION. WE JUST 19:50:15 LEARNED THAT SB 19:50:19 9 FOR ASSIMILATING 19:50:22 THEIR LOTS AND SB 35 AND 330 TO STREAMLINE 19:50:26 THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT 19:50:29 . SOMETIMES EXEMPT CEQA. 19:50:33 DOES FREMONT ADOPT THOSE PLAN, LIKE 19:50:36 DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ADOPTING SB 19:50:39 9 AND THOSE STREAM 19:50:44 LINED PARCELS? >> WELL, I'LL PEEK TO SB 19:50:47 9 FIRST. THE STATE ADOPTED SB 19:50:50 9 LAST FALL. AND BECAME EFFECTIVE 19:50:54 JANUARY 1 OF THIS YEAR . SO THE 19:50:57 LAW IS IN EFFECT. IF SOMEONE WANTED 19:51:01 TO -- SOMEONE WANTED TO APPLY UNDER 19:51:04 SB 9, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. IF 19:51:07 THEY QUALIFY. GENERALLY SB 9 19:51:10 APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONED PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE 19:51:14 STATE, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME DISQUALIF 19:51:17 IERS SUCH AS BEING AN HISTORIC RESOURCE OR 19:51:21 BEING -- OR 19:51:24 BEING PRIMARY 19:51:27 AGRICULTURAL LAND. SO VARIOUS REASONS COULD EXCLUDE THEM. 19:51:30 BUT THE LAW IS IN EFFECT AND 19:51:34 SOMEONE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SB 9 IF 19:51:37 THEY MET ALL THE CRITERIA. THE CITY WILL BE ADOPTING A 19:51:40 LOCAL ORDINANCE WHICH IMPLEMENTS THE STATE LAW AND 19:51:43 ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO 19:51:47 ADOPT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE STANDARDS 19:51:50 RELATED TO AN SB 9 DEVELOPMENT, IF 19:51:53 THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO DO 19:51:57 . REGARDING SB 35, WHICH 19:52:00 IS THE -- 19:52:03 WHICH IS A BILL THAT PROVIDE 19:52:08 S FOR STREAMLINING AND BY RATE PROCESSING 19:52:11 OF CERTAIN PROJECTS, CERTAIN HOUSING PROJECTS HAD A 19:52:14 INCLUDE A LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY, THAT'S 19:52:18 BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW 19:52:21 . AND SOME AFFORDABLE 19:52:25 PROJECTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SB 19:52:28 35 TO STREAMLINE THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS. 19:52:31 SO THAT'S IN PLACE LOCALLY. NOW THE 19:52:36 CITY -- SB 35 APPLIES TO JURISDICTION 19:52:39 S THAT HAVE NOT MET THEIR REGIONAL 19:52:42 HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATIONS TARGETS. 19:52:47 SO JURISDICTIONS THAT 19:52:51 HAVE MET ALL 19:52:55 THEIR RHNA TARGETS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS INCLUDING THE DEEP 19:52:58 DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, THEY 19:53:02 AREN'T SUBJECT TO SB 35. THE CITY OF FREMONT IS ONE 19:53:06 OF I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES IN THE STATE THAT 19:53:09 FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY OF, WE'VE MET 19:53:14 OUR -- WE'VE MET OUR RHNA TARGET AT THE 19:53:17 ABOVE-MODERATE AND MODERATE -- AT THE ABOVE 19:53:20 ABOVE-MODERATE LEVELS BUT NOT AT THE LOWER INCOME CATEGORIES 19:53:23 . SO BASED ON THAT, THE 19:53:28 CITY WOULD -- BASED ON THAT PROJECTS THAT PROPOSE AT 19:53:31 LEAST 50% OF THE UNITS AS BEING AFFORDABLE 19:53:35 TO POTENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SB 35. 19:53:38 JURISDICTIONS THAT 19:53:44 HAVE NOT MET THEIR AFFORDABLE TARGETS OR THEIR 19:53:47 ABOVE MODERATE TARGETS ARE SUBJECT TO A DIFFERENT 19:53:50 TIER OF REVIEW WHERE 19:53:54 THEY ASK -- WHERE SB 19:53:57 35 COULD BE TRIGGERED BY AS LOW AS 19:54:00 10% OF AFFORDABLE UNDER BEING PROVIDED 19:54:03 AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. NOW, AS THE -- WE MOVE INTO 19:54:07 THE NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE 19:54:10 , THE CITY 19:54:14 COULD IN THEORY MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT 19:54:17 TIER DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE ARE MEETING ALL OF 19:54:20 OUR TARGETS. BECAUSE WE SAID 19:54:24 THAT THE TARGETS SUPER- 19:54:27 HIGH, RIGHT, MORE THAN TWICE THE 19:54:30 PREVIOUS CYCLE THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY 19:54:33 THAT UNLESS WE ARE PRODUCING AT LEVELS 19:54:36 DURING LIKE THE PEAK YEARS 19:54:41 OF 2016, 2017, 2018, 19:54:44 THAT WE COULD BE IN THAT 10% TIER 19:54:47 MOVING FORWARD BUT THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED 19:54:50 . >> Planner Pullen: WAYLAND I WANT TO ADD ON TOP OF THAT 19:54:53 . SO COMMISSIONER ZHANG, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO 19:54:56 MENTIONED 330, SB 3 19:55:00 30 AND WAYLAND, VERY 19:55:03 ACCURATELY DESCRIBED SB 35 WHICH IS 19:55:06 ACTUALLY PROBABLY MORE MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF THE 19:55:11 CITY'S REVIEW OF PROJECTS, AND OUR ABILITY 19:55:14 TO LOCAL CONTROLLED PROJECTS. 19:55:18 SB 330, YOU THE SORT OF WANT TO KNOW 19:55:21 THE BIG PICTURE RESPONSE TO THAT FOR US IS WE ARE COMPLIANT 19:55:24 WITH THOSE TIME LINES AND THOSE OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS 19:55:27 . AND WE HAVE THE PREAPPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S CALLED 19:55:30 FOR IN THAT FULLY IMPLEMENTED 19:55:34 , WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROJECTS GO THROUGH THAT 19:55:37 PROCESS. SO ON THAT WHICH APPLIES TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE 19:55:40 AGAIN WE'RE GOOD. 19:55:47 >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU. FROM ONE OF YOUR SLIDES IT SEEMS 19:55:50 LIKE WE'RE KIND OF SHORT 19:55:53 ON THOSE VERY 19:55:57 SHORT RHNA APPLICATIONS, 19:56:01 IN 2023, WILL FREMONT 19:56:04 GET PENLTZED FOR NOT MEETING THOSE NUMBERS, HOW 19:56:09 ? 19:56:12 >> A CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARD TO THE 19:56:16 RHNA ALLOCATION IS TO HAVE SQUAT REZONED SITES IN 19:56:19 PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PRODUCTION AND ALSO, TO HAVE POLICIES 19:56:22 AND PROGRAMS TO REMOVE THE 19:56:25 BARRIERS AND CONSTRAINTS TO BE ABLE TO 19:56:28 ACHIEVE THAT PRODUCTION. CITIES 19:56:32 DON'T TYPICALLY CONSTRUCT HOUSING. AND 19:56:35 THAT'S GENERALLY BEEN A FUNCTION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 19:56:38 BUT BECAUSE OF THAT FRAMEWORK 19:56:42 , THERE 19:56:47 TRADITIONAL 19:56:51 LY NOT BEEN TARGETS, SB 35, IF 19:56:54 YOU'RE NOT MEETING YOUR TARGETS YOU COULD BE SUBJECT 19:56:58 TO MINISTERIAL STREAMLINED 19:57:01 REVIEW FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE 19:57:04 CERTAIN AFFORDABILITY LEVELS. BUT OUTSIDE MUCH THAT, 19:57:07 OF THERE 19:57:10 , THE CITY DOESN'T FACE PENALTIES FOR NOT MEETING 19:57:14 THOSE TARGETS, AT LEAST FOR TIME BEING. AS YOU KNOW THE 19:57:17 LANDSCAPE OF STATE HOUSING LEGISLATION IS 19:57:24 CONSTANTLY EVOLVING. SO WHILE THERE ARE BESIDES 19:57:28 SB 35 THERE AREN'T BIG IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF PENALTIES 19:57:31 FOR NOT MEETING OUR TARGETS 19:57:34 , ARE THERE GOING TO BE 19:57:37 OTHER IMPLICATIONS MOVING 19:57:41 FORWARD? YOU KNOW WE DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY. 19:57:51 >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: MR. LIU 19:57:54 . >> Commissioner Liu: YES, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR WAYLAND 19:57:58 AND COURTNEY. SO IN ONE OF THE SLIDES REGARDING 19:58:01 FREMONT RHNA PRODUCTION, IT SHOWED 19:58:05 THAT THERE ARE FOR VERY LOW INCOME UNITS 19:58:08 , THERE ARE 493, ALL 19:58:12 THESE THREE CATEGORIES, LOW INCOME AND MODERATE 19:58:15 INCOME UNITS ARE COMBINED TO BE AROUND JUST UNDER A 19:58:18 THOUSAND UNITS. ARE MOST OF 19:58:22 THEM FOR RENT, OR FOR PURCHASE? AND CAN YOU GIVE 19:58:25 ME A ROUGH BREAKDOWN 19:58:28 OF THESE BELOW 19:58:32 MARKET RATE HOUSING? 19:58:37 >> GOOD EVENING, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS 19:58:41 DAN SCHOENHOLZ AND I'M 19:58:45 THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND 19:58:49 I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR HOUSING MANAGER LUCIA HUGHES 19:58:52 WAS UNAVAILABLE SO I'M STEPPING IN. 19:58:55 SO IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER 19:59:00 , BASICALLY, THE VAST, VAST 19:59:03 MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE RENTAL UNITS. 19:59:06 WE DO HAVE A 19:59:09 FEW INCLUSIONARY UNITS, I DON'T HAVE THE 19:59:13 NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT BASICALLY, 19:59:17 THE BULK OF OUR 19:59:20 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION IS IN 19:59:24 RENTAL UNITS. AND THAT'S A SPECIFIC POLICY 19:59:28 CHOICE THAT THE 19:59:31 CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS. WE USED 19:59:34 TO -- 20 YEARS AGO, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS WERE 19:59:38 ESSENTIALLY REQUIRING INCLUSIONARY UNITS 19:59:41 IN OWNERSHIP PROJECTS. AND SO WE GOT THESE 19:59:44 BELOW MARKET RATE FOR-SALE HOMES AND 19:59:48 THEY WERE 19:59:51 GENERALLY FOR SALE TO MODERATE 19:59:54 INCOME FAMILIES, AND THAT WAS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM. 19:59:57 AND THEN OVER THE YEARS THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT WE NEEDED 20:00:01 TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES TO HOUSING FOR 20:00:04 FOLKS AT THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE. 20:00:08 AND THAT SORT OF PUSHED THE 20:00:12 POLICIES TOWARDS R 20:00:15 RENTAL UNITS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE MOST OF THE PRODUCTION 20:00:18 NOWADAYS. WE GET OCCASIONALLY A DEVELOPER 20:00:22 WHO WANTS TO DO MODERATE INCOME FOR- 20:00:25 SALE INCLUSIONARY UNIT AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT BUT IN TERMS 20:00:29 OF NUMBERS IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE 20:00:33 . >> Commissioner Liu: SO IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY THERE IS ONLY WHEN 20:00:37 A DEVELOPER DECIDES TO 20:00:41 BUILD BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING ON THEIR 20:00:44 SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT SITES, WILL YOU GET BELOW MARKET RATE 20:00:47 HOUSING, BUT ANY OTHER PROJECTS WILL 20:00:50 BE FOR RENT ONLY? 20:00:54 >> YES, IF THEY'RE BUILDING OWNERSHIP 20:00:57 AND THEY -- OWNERSHIP UNITS AND THEY DECIDE TO 20:01:00 DO INCLUSIONARY ONSITE THEN WE 20:01:03 GET OWNERSHIP UNITS. BUT WE HAVE -- OUR 20:01:06 ORDINANCE HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT POSSIBLE WAYS 20:01:10 FOR DEVELOPERS TO COMPLY. THE MOST COMMON 20:01:13 ONE IS THAT THEY WILL PAY A FEE TO THE 20:01:16 CITY, AND THE CITY USES THAT MONEY TO 20:01:20 SUBSIDIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE PRODUCED BUY 20:01:23 NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPER. BUT ANOTHER WAY 20:01:26 THAT DEVELOPERS CAN MEET THAT OBLIGATION IS 20:01:30 BY BUILDING ONSITE RENTAL UNITS AS 20:01:33 WELL OR AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT. AND IN WARM SPRINGS 20:01:36 WE'VE GOT OVER 500 UNITS FROM DEVELOPERS 20:01:40 WHO ARE BUILDING OWNERSHIP UNITS FOR SALE 20:01:43 . AND THEN THEY 20:01:46 ALSO WORKED WITH NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, OR 20:01:49 IN ONE CASE A FOR PROFIT DEVELOPER, 20:01:53 TO BUILD ONSITE RENTAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 20:01:56 AND THAT'S PERMISSIBLE UNDER OUR ORDINANCE 20:01:59 AND WAS REALLY SORT OF PART OF THE PLAN FOR 20:02:02 THE WHOLE WARM SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT. >> Commissioner Liu: 20:02:05 OKAY, ANOTHER FULL-UP QUESTION, FOR THOSE 20:02:09 FOR RENTAL UNIT, FOR THOSE VERY 20:02:12 LOW INCOME FOLKS 20:02:15 , 493 UNITS, WHAT IS A TYPICAL 20:02:19 MONTHLY RENT THAT THE RENTERS HAVE TO PAY 20:02:24 ? >> YEAH -- I DON'T 20:02:27 HAVE -- I DON'T HAVE -- WE CAN 20:02:30 PROVIDE THE CHART. THERE IS SORT OF A TABLE. IT 20:02:33 DEPENDS ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND THE INCOME LEVELS 20:02:36 . BUT VERY LOW INCOME IS 50 20:02:39 % OR BELOW 20:02:43 OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR A 20:02:47 PARTICULAR FAMILY SIZE. AND THERE'S 20:02:51 ESSENTIALLY THE HOUSING AND URBAN 20:02:54 DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PUTS OUT EVERY YEAR SORT OF A SPREADSHEET 20:02:57 THAT SHOWS WHAT THE ALLOWABLE RENTS ARE. IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. 20:03:00 WE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT CHART, SO YOU 20:03:03 CAN SEE WHAT THE RENTS ARE. BUT I DON'T HAVE IT COMMITTED 20:03:06 TO MEMORY. >> Commissioner Liu: OKAY, THANK YOU 20:03:09 . >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. MY TURN 20:03:14 . I THINK 20:03:18 . >> Commissioner Yee: WAIT, I HAD MY HAND UP CHAIR. 20:03:21 >> Commissioner Daulton: OH, OKAY. >> Commissioner Yee: SORRY. 20:03:24 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU 20:03:27 YOU. I PROMISE I HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT'S RELATED TO 20:03:30 SB 9. I'M JUST WONDERING SINCE JANUARY 20:03:33 1st HOW MANY APPLICATIONS HAVE WE SEEN 20:03:37 RELATED TO SB 9 FROM THIS CITY 20:03:41 ? >> WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY APPLICATIONS UNDER SB 20:03:44 9. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE FIELD 20:03:47 ED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD 20:03:51 ANYBODY TO A LEVEL OF ACTUALLY HAVING AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED YET. 20:03:54 WHICH IS NOT -- WHICH IS 20:03:58 NOT ATYPICAL FOR THE REGION IN THE 20:04:01 STATE, AS BOTH 20:04:06 DEVELOPERS OR FOLKS FROM THE 20:04:09 DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND CITIES KIND OF WRESTLE WITH 20:04:12 HOW TO DEAL WITH THE NUANCES OF THE LAW. BUT WE 20:04:15 HAVE -- TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE HAVE NOT PROCESS 20:04:18 ED ANY SB 9 APPLICATION 20:04:22 S YET. >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU. 20:04:25 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER ZHANG. 20:04:28 >> Commissioner Zhang: JUST A COMMENT WHAT I HEARD FROM A RECENT SEMINAR 20:04:31 IS SB 9 WON'T BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN TERM 20:04:35 OF SOLVING THIS HOUSING ISSUE. BECAUSE I THINK THE PROJECTION IS 20:04:38 PROBABLY 5% 20:04:42 OF THE RHNA MAY BE CONTRIBUTED MANY 20:04:45 I'M NOT FOR AN EXACT NUMBER BUT SB 9 20:04:49 WON'T HELP VERY MUCH ON THESE HOUSING ISSUES. >> Commissioner Yee: 20:04:53 IT IS 5.84%. 20:04:56 >> SOME ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT SB 9 INDICATES 20:05:00 THAT LIKE A RELATIVELY LOW PERCENTAGE 20:05:04 OF 20:05:07 SINGLE 20:05:11 FAMILY ZONED PARCELS IT WILL MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO DEVELOP 20:05:14 WITH AN SB 9 PROJECT 20:05:17 . AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 20:05:21 TO BE SEEING HOW MANY 20:05:24 UNITS WILL BE DEVELOPED 20:05:28 UNDER SB 9 OR THE -- 20:05:32 THIS RHNA PERIOD, RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY SPECULATIVE BECAUSE 20:05:36 IT IS BRAND-NEW AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA 20:05:39 TO SUPPORT HOW MANY UNITS MIGHT ACTUALLY 20:05:43 BE -- MIGHT ACTUALLY 20:05:47 BE -- 20:05:52 >> Commissioner Zhang: THE CITY HAS TO APPROVE TO 20:05:55 ACCEPT SB 9 BEFORE ACCEPTING ANY SB 20:05:59 9 APPLICATIONS RIGHT? >> THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO 20:06:02 ADOPT A LOCAL ORDINANCE 20:06:06 BEFORE ACCEPTING 20:06:09 AN SB 9 APPLICATION. >> Planner Pullen: 20:06:12 I WANT TO MENTION IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SB 9 IS 20:06:15 WE ALREADY HAVE A TOOL THAT'S DOING PART OF WHAT SB 9 20:06:18 IS INTENDING. SB 9 IS INTENDING TO MAKE 20:06:22 A ONE UNIT SITE, FOUR UNITS 20:06:25 . BUT TRUE STANDARD A 20:06:28 DU LAWS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, 20:06:31 A SITE CAN HAVE THREE UNITS ALREADY. NOW THE SIZES 20:06:34 ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT UNDER SB 9. THE FEES ARE 20:06:37 WAIVED FOR THESE KIND OF UNITS WHERE THEY'RE NOT FOR 20:06:40 SB 9. AND SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE 20:06:44 HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE 20:06:47 OF THE ABILITY TO PUT 20:06:51 AN ADU ON THEIR PROPERTY, TO 20:06:54 CONVERT A SPACE NEW SPACE ET CETERA. AND THAT FORMS SOME 20:06:58 OF THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE BY 20:07:01 DESIGN UNITS THAT WILL BE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 20:07:04 YOU KNOW MORE WIDELY THAN LET'S SAY 20:07:07 THE SITES INVENTORY WILL BE SHOWN. 20:07:13 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 20:07:17 . 20:07:21 SO JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE 20:07:24 THE ZONING FOR THE ALLOCATION, 20:07:27 AND THEN THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT 20:07:30 WE GET FOR THE ALLOCATION 20:07:33 ? I SAW ON YOUR CHART IT 20:07:36 MENTIONED PRODUCTION, VERSUS GOAL. IS 20:07:40 THAT HOW THAT IS? AND FURTHER, 20:07:44 DOES SACRAMENTO LOOK AT BUILDING 20:07:47 PERMITS IN TERMS OF THEIR ASSESSMENT 20:07:50 OF HOW WE'VE DONE OR DO THEY SIMPLY LOOK AT 20:07:53 ZONING? 20:07:58 >> Planner Pullen: THIS IS A VARIATION OF YOUR EARLIER QUESTION I 20:08:01 THINK WHICH IS WHAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND 20:08:04 WHAT'S BEING GRADED. BEEN 20:08:08 WELL, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS 20:08:11 TO ZONE TO SITES AND MAYBE ONE WAY TO SAY THIS, TO SORT 20:08:14 OF SET THE TABLE WITH OUR AVAILABLE SITES, WITH OUR POLICIES, 20:08:17 WITH PROGRAMS, TO GET THE 20:08:21 PRODUCTION TO HAPPEN. BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL 20:08:24 THE ECONOMY. THE PACE OF 20:08:27 PRODUCTION BY THE PRIVATE MARKET, KEEP IN 20:08:31 MIND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WAS HERE IN THE 20:08:34 GREAT RECESSION, END OF 2008 ON, 20:08:37 WE DIDN'T PRODUCE VERY MUCH HOUSING FOR YEARS. AND I'M 20:08:41 NOT -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT EIGHT 20:08:44 YEARS. THERE COULD BE AN UPSWING, COULD BE A DOWN 20:08:47 SWING AND THE REALITIES OF THE MARKET 20:08:50 WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH HOUSING GETS 20:08:54 BUILT. WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE IT ABLE TO BE BUILT 20:08:57 AND THE STATE WILL EVALUATE US ON WHETHER 20:09:00 OUR HOUSING ELEMENT SETS THAT 20:09:04 TABLE, SO THEY WILL BE BUILT. WE MAY 20:09:07 ALSO GET BEHIND. THAT'S WHERE SB 35 COMES 20:09:10 IN. OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL THERE COULD BE 20:09:13 A DEFICIT OF HOUSING BUILT, WE CAN LOOK AT 20:09:17 THAT AND SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS IT BUT ULTIMATELY IF 20:09:20 IT'S DRIVEN BY A ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ISSUE THAT'S 20:09:23 OUTSIDE MUCH OUR C 20:09:26 OF OUR CONTROL. >> Commissioner Daulton: 20:09:30 OKAY SO IN TERMS OF GETTING 13,000 UNITS 20:09:33 ZONED IN FREMONT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE NEED TO 20:09:36 REALLY ADDRESS DENSITY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR 20:09:39 . IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT ALL. 20:09:42 AND SO I SORT OF AM LOOKING 20:09:46 FOR AT LEAST DISCUSSION OF 20:09:49 SOME MORE RADICAL IDEAS AROUND THAT. FOR EXAMPLE 20:09:54 , ZEROING OUT PARKING MINIMUMS 20:09:57 AND TOD'S, HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED THAT 20:10:00 AT ALL? 20:10:07 >> ANALYZING PARKING AS A CONSTRAINT TO HOUSING IS 20:10:11 A MANDATORY COMPONENT OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROCESS 20:10:16 . SO WHEN WE REPORT TO THE STATE 20:10:19 , WE'LL NEED TO PROVIDE ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE EFFECT 20:10:22 OF PARKING IS 20:10:25 ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 20:10:28 . AND IS IT A CONSTRAINT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO 20:10:31 ADDRESS OUR 20:10:35 HOUSING NEEDS. >> Commissioner Daulton: 20:10:38 WELL, DON'T YOU THINK THAT ELIMINATING PARK 20:10:41 ING MINIMUMS AROUND TRANSIT HUBS IS A POSSIBLE WAY 20:10:45 TO SKYROCKET DENSITY, OR AT LEAST 20:10:48 INCENTIVIZE DENSITY IN THOSE AREAS? >> YES, 20:10:52 IN CONCEPT, REDUCING PARKING DOES FACILITATE HOUSING 20:10:56 PRODUCTION, HIGHER DENSITIES. >> Commissioner Daulton: 20:10:59 SO ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING INTO THAT IN TERMS OF THE NEW ZONING 20:11:02 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING? >> WELL, THAT'S A 20:11:06 POLICY OPTION THAT WILL 20:11:09 BE -- THAT WILL BE UP FOR 20:11:13 DISCUSSION AND DECISION MAKING BY YOU AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS 20:11:17 THE CITY COUNCIL. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. >> Planner Pullen: 20:11:20 THERE ARE PLACES IN TOWN, CHAIR DAULTON, WHERE WE HAVE ELIMINATED PARKING 20:11:23 PARKING. WE HAVE PARKING MAXIMUM ACTUALLY IN 20:11:26 WARM SPRINGS. AND THE 20:11:29 MARKET'S CHOSEN TO BUILD VARYING AMOUNTS OF 20:11:32 HOUSING WITHIN THAT PARKING 20:11:36 ALLOWANCE. ABOVE THE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT UP TO 20:11:39 THE MAXIMUM. AND IT'S BURIED 20:11:42 A LITTLE BIT AMONG THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF CATEGORIES 20:11:45 OF DEVELOPMENT ALREADY, WHETHER IT BE WITHIN TOD 20:11:49 'S, WHETHER IT BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DENSITY BONUS 20:11:53 ES SOMETIMES CAN LEAD TO PARKING BEING REDUCED TO VERY LOW 20:11:56 NUMBERS. AND SO THAT'S ALREADY IN THE POLICY 20:11:59 FRAMEWORK. WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME OTHER 20:12:03 CITIES TRUE REDUCING OR ELIMINATING PARKING REQUIREMENTS BUT 20:12:06 ALSO THE STATE CONSIDERING LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO DO THE 20:12:09 SAME. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY THE DIRECTION. WE HAVE TO THINK 20:12:12 ABOUT CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE 20:12:16 SAME STANDARDS MAY NOT WORK IN EVERY SITUATION 20:12:20 GIVEN RELATIVE DENSITY SURROUNDING 20:12:24 THOSE LOCATIONS. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THE COMMENT 20:12:28 AND THINK ABOUT. >> Commissioner Daulton: SURE. IN THAT 20:12:31 SAME REGARD IN REGARDS TO THE AFFORDABLE OR 20:12:34 LOW INCOME HOUSING, AGAIN I'M GOING TO BRING UP 20:12:37 THE AFFORDABLE ZONING OVERLAY THAT THEY HAVE INSTITUTED 20:12:40 IN BERKELEY. 20:12:44 IN WHICH THE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS GET FIRST 20:12:47 CRACK, AND STREAMLINE 20:12:51 ED APPLICATION PROCESS, TOWARDS THEIR DEVELOPMENTS 20:12:55 OVER MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS. IS THAT GOING TO BE 20:12:58 A COMPONENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE TOO 20:13:03 ? 20:13:06 >> I MEAN, I CAN START ON THAT. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE 20:13:10 ACCELERATED TIME LINES FOR REVIEWS OF 20:13:13 AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. THAT'S IN OUR BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS 20:13:17 . IN TERMS OF ENTITLEMENT REVIEWS 20:13:22 , NOTHING FORL. BUT 20:13:25 FORMAL. BUT 20:13:28 THE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS 20:13:31 ARE'S ON TIGHT TIME LINES AND THEY 20:13:35 HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PERMITS ISSUED WITHIN 20:13:38 SIX MONTHS. AND 20:13:41 SO TYPICALLY, WE'RE TURNING 20:13:44 THOSE AROUND FASTER THAN WE ARE 20:13:47 MARKET RATE PROJECTS 20:13:51 . WE DON'T HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER 20:13:54 LAY ZONE, ANYTHING 20:13:58 FORMAL BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THE 20:14:01 TIME LINES THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING 20:14:04 DEVELOPERS NEED. >> Commissioner Daulton: BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING 20:14:09 THE RHNA ALLOCATION NUMBER IN TERMS OF UNITS. 20:14:12 IN A VERY BROAD SENSE THE BERKELEY ORDINANCE 20:14:17 ALLOWS AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS FIRST CRACK AT CITY PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED 20:14:22 . 20:14:29 AND IN THAT WAY, THEY CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE LINE THERE 20:14:32 AND NOT JUST VIA A STREAMLINED APPLICATION 20:14:36 PROCESS BUT VIA A FRONT OF THE LINE SITUATION 20:14:39 FOR ACQUIRING PROPERTY RIGHTS AND 20:14:43 POTENTIAL PROPERTY TO BUILD ON. 20:14:46 >> ACTUALLY, WHAT -- >> Commissioner Daulton: AND 20:14:49 BERKELEY IS CITYWIDE RATHER THAN SPECIFICALLY ZONED. 20:14:52 >> YEAH, I MEAN WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT 20:14:56 THAT BUT ACTUALLY UNDER STATE LAW WE ARE ALREADY REQUIRED TO 20:14:59 GIVE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS FIRST CRACK AT ANY 20:15:03 SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY. THERE IS A LOCK ON THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT 20:15:06 THAT REQUIRES THAT WE FIRST OFFER UP 20:15:09 PROPERTIES FOR EITHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING 20:15:12 OR FOR PARK USES 20:15:16 , AND, YOU KNOW, THEN, 20:15:19 IF THERE ARE NO AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS THAT 20:15:22 ARE INTERESTED OR CAN KIND OF PUT A PACKAGE TOGETHER, 20:15:26 THEN IT CAN BE MARKETED MORE BROADLY 20:15:29 . SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BERKELEY 20:15:33 PROGRAM AND KIND OF SEE HOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM STATE LAW. 20:15:36 WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF JOEL OR 20:15:39 WAYLAND MAYBE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT 20:15:43 PARTICULAR BERKELEY POLICY 20:15:47 ? >> I'LL ADD THAT A COUPLE OF 20:15:50 YEARS AGO, THE STATE ADOPTED A PIECE OF 20:15:53 LEGISLATION, AB 1397, 20:15:56 WHICH REQUIRES THAT WHEN A CITY USE 20:16:01 S A SITE FOR ITS HOUSING 20:16:04 ELEMENT FOR MORE THAN ONE CYCLE 20:16:07 , IT COULD BE ONE OR TWO CYCLES, DEPENDING 20:16:10 ON WHETHER IT'S VACANT PROPERTY OR NOT, IT 20:16:14 REQUIRES THAT CITIES PROVIDE 20:16:17 FOR BY-RIGHT PROCESSING 20:16:21 OF HOUSING 20:16:24 PROPOSALS ON THOSE LOCATIONS WHEN THEY PROVIDE CERTAIN LEVEL 20:16:28 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH IS 20%. THE MECHANISM WHICH 20:16:31 MOST CITIES AROUND THE STATE ARE EMPLOYING TO 20:16:34 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 1397 IS TO 20:16:37 ADOPT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE 20:16:40 , WHERE IT OVERLAYS 20:16:44 SPECIFIC 20:16:49 STANDARDS AND 20:16:53 PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS, FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE 20:16:56 PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ENCOURAGE 20:16:59 THAT PRODUCTION. SO THAT'S -- I THINK BERKELEY 20:17:03 'S MODEL IS DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. 20:17:06 BUT CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE LOOKING AT 20:17:11 SIMILAR ZONING TOOLS TO 20:17:14 STAFF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT WAY AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK 20:17:19 LIKELY WILL FREMONT. BECAUSE OUR NUMBER IS SO HIGH IT'S 20:17:22 UNAVOIDABLE 20:17:25 THAT WE'LL BE REUSING 20:17:28 SITES. IT IS PART THAT 20:17:31 WILL REQUIRE CONVICTION. >> Commissioner Daulton: AND THE OTHER PART THAT I WOULD ALSO 20:17:35 BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IS EVEN FURTHER 20:17:41 95 20:17:44 INCENTIVIZE 20:17:47 ATION, CLEARLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE WITH 20:17:51 TOWN HOUSES AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE WITH 2500 20:17:54 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENTS EITHER OR CONDOMINIUMS, WHICH 20:17:57 IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE SEEM TO BE GETTING THESE DAYS 20:18:02 . SO I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME 20:18:05 INCENTIVES IN PLACE NOR THAT BUT I THINK CLEARLY, IF YOU ARE GOING 20:18:08 TO MEET 13,000 UNITS, IN THE LIMITED SPACE 20:18:12 THAT WE HAVE, IN A WAY THAT IS 20:18:16 TRULY STRATEGICALLY URBANIZED YOU'RE GOING TO 20:18:19 HAVE TO LOOK FOR SOME SMALLER UNITS AND THEY'RE GOING 20:18:22 TO HAVE TO BE DENSELY PACKED. ONE 20:18:25 THING I, IN LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS FROM THE LAST 20:18:28 ALLOCATION, WE EXCEEDED OUR 20:18:32 RHNA NUMBERS OVER THAT PERIOD BY 20:18:35 NEARLY A THIRD, RIGHT? THIRD AGAIN. 20:18:39 SO WE ASKED FOR 5,000, WE 20:18:42 GOT 7,000. SO I THINK WHEN THE 20:18:45 PUBLIC SEES HOW 20:18:48 MANY -- HOW MUCH BUILDING IS GOING ON WE ALL KNOW IT'S 20:18:52 NOT POPULAR. RIGHT? WE 20:18:55 GET -- I HEAR IT ALL DAY LONG, 20:18:58 YOU KNOW. OH THEY'RE JUST BUILDING AND BUILDING AND WHAT 20:19:01 ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT ABOUT THE ROADS AND WHAT ABOUT THE 20:19:04 TRANSIT, YOU KNOW. IT'S LEGITIMATE. I REALIZE THERE'S 20:19:07 A WHOLE SEGMENT OF OLD SCHOOL FREMONT THAT 20:19:11 JUST WANTS THEIR FARMS BACK AND THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN 20:19:14 HAPPEN. BUT THEIR QUESTION IS NOT WRONG, 20:19:17 IN THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO 20:19:21 PUSH FOR THIS NUMBER OF UNITS, AND IN FACT 20:19:24 , ACCORDING TO RECENT HISTORY, FAR 20:19:28 EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE, IN TERMS 20:19:32 OF BUILDING IN FREMONT, RIGHT 20:19:36 ? LITERALLY BY A FULL THIRD OF WHAT THEY ASKED US TO 20:19:39 , WE EXCEEDED IT. SO 20:19:42 IF THAT HISTORY CONTINUES ITSELF, THEN I 20:19:46 CAN'T READ THE TEA LEAVES OFTEN THAT. 20:19:49 ON THAT 20:19:52 BUTTER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20,000 UNITS IN THE NEXT 20:19:57 RHNA ALLOCATION, RATHER THAN 13 20:20:00 . THEY ASKED FOR 5, WE GAVE THEM 7. IF YOU 20:20:04 KEEP DOING THOSE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO 20:20:07 EXCEED THAT. FREMONT IS A VERY POPULAR PLACE TO BUILD AND A VERY POPULAR 20:20:10 PLACE TO LIVE. LET'S FACE IT. SO I 20:20:14 THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE OR ONE OF THE THOUGHTS 20:20:17 I CONSTANTLY HAVE IS THAT YES, WE ALL WANT 20:20:21 STRATEGIC URBANISM HERE IN THE TRANSIT 20:20:24 CORRIDOR. HOW DO YOU SELL THAT TO THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A WAY 20:20:28 THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STILL RETAINING THE 20:20:31 FREMONT THAT WE CAME HERE TO LIVE IN, 20:20:35 AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT BUILDING IN SUCH A 20:20:38 WAY SO THAT THEIR LIFESTYLES ARE STILL EFFICIENT. NOW 20:20:41 , I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE ONTO 20:20:44 TRANSIT AND I'M BEHIND THAT ALL THE WAY. BECAUSE I THINK 20:20:47 THAT THAT'S, LET'S FACE IT, I THINK THAT'S THE 20:20:51 ONLY WAY WE CAN TACKLE THE GREENHOUSE 20:20:54 EMERGENCY, IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN TACKLES 20:20:58 THE CONGESTION ON OUR STREETS. 20:21:03 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO 20:21:06 SEE LIKE -- I MEAN SUCH A LITTLE THING AS 20:21:09 , TO ME, A SMALL THING IS BIKE LANES. LOOK 20:21:13 AT THE UPROAR THAT BIKE LANES HAVE 20:21:16 CAUSED IN FREMONT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? 20:21:19 PEOPLE ARE CRAZY ANGRY ABOUT THIS. 20:21:22 SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT TO 20:21:25 APPROACH THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S NOT 20:21:29 ONLY MEETING THE RHNA 20:21:33 NUMBERS REQUIRED BY THE STATE BUT MEETING THEM IN 20:21:36 A WAY THAT'S CONVENIENT AND EFFICIENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. 20:21:39 AND IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN WE'RE ADDING PROBLEMS 20:21:43 TO AN ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE 20:21:47 . 20:21:50 AND FURTHER, I REALLY AM LOOKING FOR, MYSELF 20:21:53 , SOME FAIRLY RADICAL IDEAS 20:21:56 REGARDING HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 20:22:00 AROUND HERE. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A STATEWIDE 20:22:03 PROBLEM. IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE IN CALIFORNIA 20:22:07 . IT'S JUST BECOME THAT WAY. BUT 20:22:10 THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 20:22:13 SOLVE IT BY CONTINUING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE DONE 20:22:17 . THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK, OBVIOUSLY. 20:22:20 BECAUSE WE'RE JUST -- NOBODY IS FIXING IT 20:22:23 THAT WAY. 20:22:27 SO I'M TRYING TO 20:22:30 THROW OUT THESE THINGS THAT I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, 20:22:34 SORT OF HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY STATE LAW 20:22:37 OR SORT OF HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY CITY ORDINANCE 20:22:40 OR SORT OF BEEN ADDRESSED BY INCENTIVE 20:22:44 THE STUFF WE'VE DONE ALREADY AND IT'S NOT BEEN QUITE 20:22:47 ENOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BUILD 20:22:50 A $1.7 MILLION TOWN HOUSE IN FREMONT 20:22:53 BUT NOBODY WANTS TO GIVE THE JANITOR A JOB WHERE 20:22:56 HE CAN 20:23:00 LIVE HERE OR A TEACHER WHERE THEY CAN LIVE HERE. SO I 20:23:03 THINK AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WITH A 20:23:06 VERY HARD EYE AND PASS LEGISLATION 20:23:09 OR PASS AN ORDINANCE HERE THAT CAN MAYBE 20:23:13 MAKE SOME OF THAT HAPPEN A LITTLE BETTER THAN WE HAVE ALREADY 20:23:16 . THAT'S ALL. >> Planner Pullen: I PICKED A 20:23:19 FEW THINGS OUT OF WHAT YOU SAID AND I WANT TO RESPOND TO THEM BECAUSE 20:23:22 I THINK THEY'RE GOOD POINTS AND WE NEED TO 20:23:25 THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS. I WILL 20:23:29 SAY WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY, WHAT YOU'RE 20:23:32 DESCRIBING WITH RESPECT TO THE TOWN HOUSES WAS 20:23:36 VERY COMMONLY WHAT WAS BEING BUILT. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A 20:23:39 CHANGE, YOU KNOW. IF I LOOK DOWNTOWN AND IN OUR 20:23:42 CITY CENTER THERE IS DEVELOPMENT GOING UP THAT'S MUCH 20:23:45 DIFFERENT THAN THAT, MOST 20:23:48 RECENTLY, ALONG WALNUT, THERE 20:23:51 ARE OTHER PROPOSALS, COMING IN FROM 20:23:54 RELATIVELY LARGER PROPERTIES 20:23:58 , YOU KNOW, CORPORATELY OWNED PROPERTIES, LOOKING TO 20:24:01 CREATE A 20:24:04 N APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ODD 20:24:08 , COMING IN FIVE OR TEN YEARS AGO, 20:24:11 FROM WHAT WE HAD SEEN AT THE TIME. IT'S BECOMING 20:24:14 MORE NORMAL FOR THOSE TO BE LOCATED IN AN AREA FRANKLY 20:24:17 FRANKLY NEAR OUR BART STATIONS, 20:24:20 NEAR TRANSIT, AND THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR THE VISION 20:24:23 OF STRATEGICALLY URBAN. AND THAT GOES TO THE 20:24:27 OTHER POINTS YOU MADE WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE 20:24:30 DO THIS WHILE KIND OF DOING RIGHT BY THE 20:24:33 COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF NOT 20:24:36 SHAKING UP SORT OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE ARE USED 20:24:39 TO. THE STRATEGICALLY URBAN IS THE VISION 20:24:42 TO DO THAT. ALONG OUR -- 20:24:45 THOSE AREAS THAT COURTNEY SHOWED YOU ON THE MAP NEAR 20:24:48 THE BART STATION, AID STATION 20:24:51 ALONG FREMONT BOULEVARD, THE INTENSITY HAS 20:24:55 BEEN SORT OF AUGMENTED, TO ALLOW A VARIETY 20:24:58 OF TYPES OF PROJECTS AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT 20:25:01 PROJECTS COME IN ON THOSE SITES 20:25:04 . AND 20:25:08 IF YOU DO A LARGER DEVELOPMENT NEAR A BART STATION 20:25:12 , IF YOU LOOK AT THE EQUIVALENT 20:25:16 NUMBER OF UNITS FOR A 20:25:19 SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY, THAT'S A WIN IN TERMS 20:25:22 OF MAKING THOSE UNITS MORE SUSTAINABLABLE, 20:25:25 MAKING THOSE HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO TRANSIT FOR 20:25:28 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, AND ALSO SORT OF FOCUSING 20:25:33 THE INTENSITY IN AN AREA THAT YOU CAN BUILD 20:25:37 THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR. THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED 20:25:40 , SMALLER UNITS. WE DO IN VARIOUS WAYS 20:25:43 , INCENTIVIZE SMALLER UNITS. WE'VE 20:25:46 SEEN A LOT OF THEM UNDER 700 20:25:49 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH YOU MAY KNOW BECAUSE OF 20:25:52 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE, THAT GIVES A DISCOUNT OR A CUT IN THE 20:25:56 RATE. IT'S HALF THE PRICE FOR THE 20:26:00 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE WHEN YOU BUILD A SMALL UNIT 20:26:03 THAT'S AFFORDABLE BY DESIGN UNDER 700 SQUARE 20:26:06 FEET AND THAT'S PART OF THE OBJECTIVE REQUIRING THAT. I'M SURE 20:26:09 THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE COULD LOOK INTO TO THINK ABOUT 20:26:13 HOW SMALLER UNITS FIT IN AND 20:26:16 CAN BE INCENTIVIZED. BUT, YOU KNOW, 20:26:19 THERE IS ALSO A GOAL TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ALL TYPES OF 20:26:22 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO I'LL 20:26:26 HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. >> Commissioner Daulton: 20:26:29 I THINK THAT WHAT I'M 20:26:32 ENVISIONING IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE 20:26:35 TO BE ALMOST A SEA CHANGE IN TERMS OF 20:26:39 THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF 20:26:42 WHETHER WHAT WE'RE DOING 20:26:46 BY APPROACHING A STRATEGICALLY URBAN 20:26:49 CITY IS RIGHT 20:26:53 . AND I THINK A RECENTLY, IN THE 20:26:57 DISCUSSION AND PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, 20:27:01 OF THE CENTERVILLE STREET PLAN, YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED. WE HAD 20:27:05 A -- WE HAD A TRIAL PLAN THAT 20:27:08 WAS STRATEGICALLY URBAN, THAT PROMOTED A CERTAIN KIND 20:27:13 OF VISION FOR 20:27:16 DOWNTOWN CENTERVILLE THAT WHEREAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 20:27:19 AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? IT WAS LARGELY SCRAPPED 20:27:23 . BECAUSE PUBLIC OUT 20:27:26 CRY TURNED THE VOTES IN CITY COUNCIL 20:27:28 . I MEAN ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 20:27:31 SO I THINK ALONG 20:27:35 WITH WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE 20:27:38 , THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF REAL MARKETING OF 20:27:41 THIS THING, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME 20:27:44 PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS, 20:27:47 THE VOTERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 20:27:51 CONSISTENTLY TELL MEMBERS OF 20:27:54 CITY COUNCIL WHAT THEY WILL AND WILL NOT ACCEPT. 20:27:58 AND WHAT -- AND SO FAR, THEY'RE NOT 20:28:02 ACCEPTING WHAT THE PLAN IS THAT WELL 20:28:07 . YOU KNOW? SO I 20:28:10 -- BECAUSE PUBLIC RELATIONS ISSUE HERE THAT IS VITAL 20:28:14 . >> Planner Pullen: I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS 20:28:17 . IT'S 8:28, CHAIR. I WANTED 20:28:20 TO JUST AS A TIME CHECK WE'RE ALMOST DUE FOR 20:28:23 A STENO BREAK. AND ALSO, THIS IS A 20:28:27 LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL ITEMS, THERE'S 20:28:30 NO APPLICANT. SO WE SORT OF SLID INTO CONVERSATION BEFORE 20:28:33 GETTING THE PUBLIC INFURTHER. SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY 20:28:36 GIVE THE PUBLIC THE CHANCE TO SPEAK AND MAYBE 20:28:39 DO A BREAK BEFORE THAT OR AFTER THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY 20:28:43 , TRISH DO YOU WANT TO SET US A TEN MINUTE CLOCK FOR 20:28:46 THE BREAK? >> YES, WE 20:28:49 WILL DO THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: LET'S DO THAT AND COME 20:28:52 BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I SAW THAT COMMISSIONER ZHANG 20:28:56 HAD A COMMENT AFTER THAT. >> Commissioner Zhang: 20:28:59 WE'LL SKIP THAT. >> I JUST WANTED TO 20:29:02 REQUIREMENT EVERYBODY APPLIES TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO AND UN 20:29:06 MUTE YOURSELF AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN TEN MINUTES 20:29:09 . [ RECESS ] 20:41:38 >> Planner Pullen: LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED, 20:41:41 WHEN YOU'RE READY, CHAIR 20:41:44 . >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT THEN, CALLING THIS MEETING BACK TO 20:41:48 ORDER. TRISH. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS 20:41:52 DISCUSSION ITEM? >> CHAIRPERSON DAULTON, YES, WE HAVE 20:41:55 ACTUALLY THREE SPEAKERS. >> Commissioner Daulton: SO TWO MINUTES, THREE 20:41:58 MINUTES. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? THREE MINUTES IS FINE. 20:42:03 >> DID YOU SAY THREE MINUTES? >> Planner Pullen: THREE MINUTES IS PINE. 20:42:06 >> THREE MINUTES, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 20:42:09 INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER. KELLY, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK 20:42:12 SPEAK. I'VE ALLOWED YOU TO TALK. 20:42:16 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO PARKING IS A BIG 20:42:19 ISSUE. BUT STREET PARKING IS OFTEN IGNORED 20:42:23 . AND STREET PARKING IS UNDER ATTACK BY MOBS OF 20:42:26 NIMBYS ALL OVER THE CITY. I WOULD POINT YOU 20:42:31 TO TONICA ROAD NEAR SABERCAT TRAIL 20:42:35 , NEAR MISSION SAN JOSE. THEY HAVE PUT UP VIGILANTE 20:42:39 SIGNS SAYING NO PARKING ON THAT STREET, THAT'S THE LOCAL 20:42:42 RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE PARK 20:42:45 VISITORS. RANCHO ARROYO PARKWAY 20:42:48 , THE CITY PUT IN PARKING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY HAD SPACE SO 20:42:51 THEY GAVE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN 20:42:54 THOSE LOW END APARTMENTS, THEY GAVE THEM PARKING. AND THEN 20:42:57 ALL THE NEIGHBORS GOT MAD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY PARKING 20:43:01 ON THE STREET. AND THEY DIDN'T THINK THOSE PEOPLE DESERVED 20:43:04 PARKING. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THE WY 20:43:07 BEL DRIVE NEAR MISSION PEAK. THAT IS AMAZINGS. 20:43:10 THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THAT STREET, NO MAILBOXES 20:43:13 , NO DRIVEWAYS BUT ANGRY MOBS OF 20:43:17 NIMBYS BLOCKED PARKING ON THE ENTIRE 20:43:20 STREET. SO IT IS ALSO FOR THE CITY 20:43:23 TO -- FOR THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 20:43:26 SO DISINGENUOUS TO POINT THIS FINGER AT 20:43:30 PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE 20:43:33 . NILES GATEWAY. YOU HAD 100 BIG UNITS 20:43:36 OF FAIRLY BIG DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE AND THAT GOT SLASHED DOWN 20:43:39 TO 75 UNITS OF SMALLER UNITS. AND YOU 20:43:44 HAD POLITICIANS SAYING THEY WANTED 20:43:47 IT SMALLER THAN 75 UNITS, 60 20:43:50 UNITS, AND THERE WAS A SPLIT ON CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE MANY 20:43:53 POLITICIAN HE THOUGHT THAT NILES GATEWAY WAS TOO BIG. 20:43:56 THE DEVELOPER SAID AND WAS QUOTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AS 20:44:00 SAYING I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'VE NEVER WORKED ON A PROJECT 20:44:03 WHERE I'VE REDUCED THE SIZE AND SCALE OF A PROJECT 20:44:06 MORE. THAT'S THE TYPICAL FREMONT WAY. 20:44:09 IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 20:44:12 IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE WHERE THESE DEVELOPERS GET BEAT DOWN AND WE 20:44:16 END UP WITH FEWER UNITS. THAT'S THE WHOLE 20:44:19 POINT. THEY TALK ABOUT MASSING, THEY TALK 20:44:22 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARTICULATION, THEY TALK ABOUT GOD KNOWS WHAT 20:44:25 AND IT'S ALL DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF 20:44:28 EVERY PROJECT. I'D ALSO POINT YOU TO 20:44:32 , YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO PROUD OF THE DOWNTOWN. WE GOT 20:44:35 ONE AND A HALF ACRES AT THE CORNER OF 20:44:38 STEVENSON AND CIVIC CENTER DRIVE. NEXT 20:44:41 DOOR TO A LIBRARY, 20:44:44 AND A KAISER HOSPITAL, WHY DOES THAT ONE AND A HALF 20:44:48 ACRE LOT HAVE 25 SHIP CONTAIN 20:44:51 ERS ON IT? IS THAT ZONED FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN 20:44:54 THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN? ALSO STAFF IS SUGAR 20:44:58 COATING THE SITUATION BY SAYING HALF OF THE 20:45:02 UNITS DON'T MEET RHNA ALLOCATIONS, 20:45:05 THE TRUTH IS, THAT 3 20:45:08 % MET ALL THE RHNA 20:45:12 TARGETS, OKAY, HARD 20:45:16 LY ANYBODY MEETS THE RHNA TARGETS. 20:45:19 HALF ARE BELOW 20:45:22 IN ALL FOUR CATEGORIES. SO RHNA, FREMONT'S 20:45:25 ACTUALLY DOING NOT BAD WHEN IT COMES TO RHNA WE'LL 20:45:28 SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT UP. I'M NOT GOING TO 20:45:32 THROW TOO MANY STONES AT FREMONT FOR NOT MEETING 20:45:36 RHNA BECAUSE WE DID. THANKS. 20:45:46 >> Commissioner Daulton: TRISH, 20:45:49 YOU WANT TO QUEUE UP ANOTHER SPEAKER? >> YES 20:45:53 , ONE MOMENT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT THOUSAND. 20:45:56 I'M ACTUALLY, MARIA, WITH THE TIMER UP, I CAN'T GET 20:46:00 TO THE ATTENDEES TO GIVE 20:46:03 THEM PERMS. GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT AND I'LL DO THAT 20:46:06 NOW. I JUST NEED TO DO ONE OTHER THING HERE. 20:46:10 OKAY. SO ONE MOMENT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS 20:46:13 LISA. LISA, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. 20:46:16 >> HI, THANK YOU. I HEARD A LOT 20:46:19 OF TALK IN THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE ACTUAL BUILDING IS OUTSIDE 20:46:22 OF YOUR CONTROL. AND YES, IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE FORCE 20:46:25 S OUTSIDE OF YOUR CROALT BUT YOU DO 20:46:28 CONTROL BUT YOU HAVE 20:46:32 BROAD SCOPE TO MAKE IT MORE 20:46:35 FEACIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO LET'S DO MORE THAN THE STATUTORY MINIMUM 20:46:38 . I THINK WE ARE ALL FRUSTRATED HOW FAR WE ARE ON 20:46:42 OUR 2015 TO 2023 NUMBERS 20:46:45 ON THE ALL BUT MEDIAN INCOME 20:46:48 . I KNOW WE WILL BE PROUD IF WE MEET ALL OUR 20:46:51 NUMBERS IN OUR NEXT CYCLE AND ASK OURSELVES WHAT CAN WE DO 20:46:55 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. TO 20:46:58 TO THAT END, I 20:47:01 APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER DAULTON'S COMMENTS 20:47:05 , IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF MIGHTING OUR NUMBERS. I 20:47:08 HOPE YOU CONSIDER THESE AND OTHER BOWLED 20:47:12 OTHER BOLD 20:47:15 MOVES, AS WE CAN BE PROUD OF 20:47:19 FREMONT AS A CITY THAT BUILDS FOR ALL 20:47:24 INCOMES. THANK YOU. >> OKAY 20:47:27 LISA THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE 20:47:30 THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHERINE. 20:47:34 KATHERINE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> HI, I 20:47:37 JUST WANTED TO MAKE THREE 20:47:40 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FIRST, I WANT TO 20:47:43 KNOW, IF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS 20:47:47 BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION 20:47:50 FOR THE PLANNING ON ALL OF THIS, HOW 20:47:54 IT FITS INTO ALL OF THIS. NUMBER 2 IS, MY MOST 20:47:57 IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND THAT IS, 20:48:00 THE LOW INCOME OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRACTORS DO 20:48:03 NOT SEEM TO HAVE OVERSIGHT. 20:48:06 AND WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE 20:48:11 FOR APPLICANTS FOR 20:48:14 THOSE PARTICULAR 20:48:17 HOMES, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN 20:48:20 ENTITY IN WHICH SOMEBODY CAN SEEK REDRESS OR 20:48:23 EVEN AN AUDIT 20:48:27 TO 20:48:30 SEE IF THESE CONTRACTORS ARE WITHIN COMPLIANCE 20:48:33 OF STATE LAW OR TO 20:48:36 FIND IF THERE ARE ANY 20:48:41 CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH LOW INCOME PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE 20:48:45 OF WHILE KIND OF 20:48:50 SKIRTING THE LAW. AND I JUST KIND OF WANT TO MAKE 20:48:53 SURE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT 20:48:56 NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE OF 20:48:59 AND ADDRESSED. AND MY THIRD 20:49:02 AND FINAL COMMENT WAS, THERE WAS A CONCERN RAISED ABOUT 20:49:05 BIKING LANES. FROM MY 20:49:08 PERSPECTIVE, I THINK BIKING LANES ARE A GREAT IDEA 20:49:12 . HOWEVER, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BIKE 20:49:17 ING LANE CHANGES WAS THAT THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE 20:49:20 ANY SIGNAGE THAT WARNED DRIVERS 20:49:23 OF THOSE UPCOMING PROJECTS 20:49:26 . AND THE CHANGES WERE CONFUSING BECAUSE 20:49:30 THE LANES WERE THE 20:49:33 WHERE THE RIGHT TURNS USED TO BE 20:49:36 WERE STILL WIDE ENOUGH FOR A CAR TO FIT INTO IN THE REACHING 20:49:40 THE CORNER WHICH MAY HAVE CREATED SOME TRAFFIC 20:49:43 ISSUES, IF NOT ACCIDENTS. SO THOSE 20:49:47 KINDS OF THINGS ALSO YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF TOO 20:49:50 . I THINK THAT THOSE KINDS OF 20:49:53 THINGS DO CREATE SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS FOR 20:49:56 WHERE PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY WITH THOSE 20:50:00 PROBLEMS OR SITUATIONS. SO I 20:50:04 CLOSE AND HOPE THAT THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS WILL 20:50:08 BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. 20:50:13 >> Commissioner Daulton: IS THAT OUR LAST SPEAKER TRISH? 20:50:17 >> THAT IS LAST SPEAKER, YES. >> Commissioner Daulton: THEN IN 20:50:20 THAT CASE I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND SEE 20:50:23 IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF 20:50:28 . DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. 20:50:32 I WOULD JUST SAY, IN TEMPS OF KATHERINE 20:50:35 'S LAST QUESTION, I THINK, 20:50:38 SOMEHOW, MAYBE THERE COULD HAVE 20:50:42 BEEN A BETTER MARKETING OF THE BIKE LANES. I DON'T KNOW 20:50:45 . SOMETHING WENT, SEEMS TO HAVE GONE 20:50:49 WRONG BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE LIKE A VERY 20:50:52 BOISTEROUS OPPOSITION TO BIKE LANES IN FREMONT. AND I 20:50:55 TELL YOU AS A CYCLIST IT IS UNNERVING 20:50:58 TO HEAR HOW PISSED 20:51:02 OFF PEOPLE ARE ABOUT BIKE LANES. I 20:51:05 THINK, I SAW TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME 20:51:08 FROM PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER, I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO 20:51:12 WERE OBVIOUSLY COMMUTING ON THEIR BICYCLE, HEADED 20:51:15 FOR BART, AND THE MORE 20:51:19 OF THOSE PEOPLE WE CAN GET, SPANDEX OR NO, THE MORE PEOPLE 20:51:23 ARE GOING TO GET USED TO IT AND THE BETTER IT IS GOING 20:51:26 TO BE FOR THE CYCLING COMMUNITY HERE AND FOR THE WHOLE 20:51:29 CITY, SO I DON'T KNOW -- >> Planner Pullen: WE'LL ADD THAT ON TO 20:51:32 OUR COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC WORKS, THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD 20:51:36 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE 20:51:39 ? IN THAT CASE, I GUESS I'LL JUST END 20:51:42 THIS ITEM, THERE'S NO VOTE ON THIS RIGHT JOEL 20:51:45 ? OR -- >> Planner Pullen: NO 20:51:49 . THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS DO EXACTLY WHAT 20:51:52 DID YOU WHICH IS TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK AND WE GOT 20:51:56 QUITE A FEW OF YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL TAKE THOSE INTO 20:51:59 ACCOUNT, THE HOUSING ELEMENT TEAM IS ASSEMBLING 20:52:02 THOSE AND CONSIDERING ALL OF IT AS THEY 20:52:05 CRACK THIS NUT. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, IN THIS CASE WE'LL MOVE 20:52:08 ON TO MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 20:52:11 STAFF UPDATES OF ANY SORT JOEL? >> Planner Pullen: I WANTED TO 20:52:14 GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION TO ITEMS THAT WENT 20:52:19 TO THE COUNCIL THAT YOU SAW. THE HOUSING ELEMENT 20:52:22 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT CONNECTED TO THE LAST HOUSING ELEMENT 20:52:25 DID GET REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL AND THAT GOT SENT 20:52:28 OFF TO THE STATE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 20:52:32 AND OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH. AND SO WE ARE COMPLIANT 20:52:35 FOR THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORTING AFTER YOU SAW 20:52:38 THAT IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN ALSO, 20:52:41 THE SCANNELL PROJECT THAT YOU SAW IN FEBRUARY WAS REVIEWED 20:52:45 AND THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED AND 20:52:50 THE ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL 20:52:53 AS OF THE 15th OF MARCH AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES 20:52:56 THOSE UPDATES. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO ATTEND 20:52:59 ED THE 20:53:03 LEAGUE OF CITIES PLANNING COMMISSION 20:53:08 ERS ACADEMY AND GAVE ME 20:53:11 SOME FEEDBACK AND MIGHT ALSO HAVE A REPORT OUT ON THAT 20:53:14 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY SO DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR 20:53:17 ANYTHING TO SHARE FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION 20:53:20 AND STAFF? ANYONE? 20:53:26 OH, COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, 20:53:29 I WAS ONE OF THE THREE COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER LIU 20:53:34 , COMMISSIONER ZHANG AND MYSELF ATTENDED THE 20:53:37 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ACADEMY LAST WEEK, THREE DAY 20:53:40 EVENT UP THERE IN SAN RAMON SO IT WAS OUR TURN 20:53:44 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO BE THE HOST, NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE 20:53:48 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD THEY HAD 20:53:51 QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SB 9. WE HAD ABOUT I 20:53:54 BELIEVE 330 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FROM AROUND THE STATE 20:53:58 ACTUALLY ATTEND THIS PARTICULAR ACADEMY. SO IT WAS KIND OF I GUESS IT 20:54:01 WAS PLEASANT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, NERVE WRACKING AT THE SAME TIME 20:54:05 . BECAUSE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE, 20:54:08 MASK OR NO MASK, MASK OR NO MASK, YOU KNOW WITH 20:54:11 THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ONE LARGE ROOM. BUT ONE 20:54:14 THING I DO WANT TO SHARE IS, ONE 20:54:18 OF THE -- THERE'S A SENATE BILL, 20:54:21 THAT'S BEING DRAFTED AND 20:54:25 BEING SENT BY STATE SENATOR 20:54:28 BOB WIECKOWSKI, AND LOOKING AT INCREASING THE HEIGHT 20:54:31 OF THE ADUS FROM THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF 16 FEET TO 20:54:35 25 FEET. SO THAT HE'S LOOKING 20:54:38 TO PROVIDE A BILL SO THAT ADUS 20:54:41 CAN BE TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT 20:54:46 WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. >> Commissioner Daulton: 20:54:49 WOW. OKAY. ANY OTHER INFORMATION 20:54:52 ? ALL RIGHT, HEY IF YOU GUYS 20:54:55 ARE DONE I'M DONE. SO LET'S ADJOURN THIS 20:54:58 MEETING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION 20:55:01 . PUBLIC AND COMMISSION. THANK YOU. 20:55:08 >> ADJOURNING AT 8::55 P.M.