Consent Item 4d
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: February 18, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Shari Meads, Community Development Director
THROUGH: Amy Nilsen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Community Development Department Report for December 2024 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive a report highlighting December 2024 Community Development Department activities.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS:
• The Planner II remains on leave from November 15, 2024. • Work continues on new applications including Design Review and Home Occupation permits and in-process applications for major and minor subdivisions, conditional use permits, lot line adjustments, and other land use entitlements. • Progress continues on the Mill District Specific Plan including meeting with outside counsel to ensure responses to comments received on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report to be included in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report are adequate.
• On Thursday, December 5th, the Community Development Director participated in the Bay Cities Leadership Academy.
• On Wednesday, December 11th, the Community Development Director participated in the League of California Cities Planning and Community Development Department Business Meeting.
• On Tuesday, December 17th, the Community Development Director participated in an inperson Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan update meeting. • On Tuesday, December 24th, the Community Development Director met with Planwest Partners to outline two projects for which they will assume the project manager role.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIVITY:
• On December 10th, the Community Development Director brought forward two ordinances for recommendation to the City Council. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approval of the Single Room Occupancy and Request for Reasonable Accommodation Zoning Text Amendments.
BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITIES:
• The December 2024 and year end Building Permit Summaries are attached.
Consent Item 4d
STAFF REPORT
City Council Consent Item
DATE: February 18, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Shari Meads, Community Development Director
THROUGH: Amy Nilsen, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: Community Development Department Report for January 2025 STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive a report highlighting January 2025 Community Development Department activities.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS:
• The Planner II resigned on January 13, 2025 after being on leave from November 15, 2024.
• New Planning applications were received including one Design Review, one Conditional Use Permit, one Major Subdivision, one Home Occupation permit and one application for a pre-application meeting. Ongoing projects include several minor and major subdivisions, and other land use entitlements.
• Progress continues on the Mill District Specific Plan including finalizing the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report and ongoing weekly and biweekly meetings with the consultant team and property owner respectively. • Progress continues on the Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan with adoption anticipated in late Spring or early Summer 2025.
• On Monday, January 6th, the Community Development Director participated in a Regional Climate Action Plan collaboration meeting.
• On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the Community Development Director attended the League of California Cities Planning and Community Development Department Business Meeting.
• On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the Community Development Director attended the safety committee meeting.
• On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, a second pre-application meeting was held for the Humboldt Senior Resource Center Supportive Living project. • On Tuesday, January 14th, the Community Development Director met with the City Manager and all other department heads around developing core values for City staff. • On Thursday, January 16th, the Community Development Director participated in the Bay Cities Leadership Academy.
Consent Item 4d
• On Wednesday, January 22nd, a pre-application meeting was held for the potential Springville Estates subdivision project.
• On Wednesday, January 29th, the Community Development Director participated in the Sergeant Promotional Leadership Presentations.
• On Tuesday, January 21st, the Department of Finance Housing Unit Survey was submitted to and accepted by the California Department of Finance. The Housing Unit Survey collects housing unit change data from every California city and county which helps to inform annual population estimates.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIVITY:
• On January 28, 2025, the Planning Commission reviewed modifications to the Mill District Specific Plan and associated documents and recommended City Council approval.
• On January 28, 2025, the Planning Commission adopted an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), and approved Design Review for the 24-unit Newburg Glen Townhomes project located at 1569 Newburg Road.
BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITIES:
• The January 2025 Building Permit Summary is attached