MINUTES
FREMONT RECREATION COMMISSION
VIRTUAL MEETING – SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 8, 2021
1. PRELIMINARY
A. Call to Order: Commissioner Winters called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
B. Flag Salute: Commissioner Hughes led the salute to the flag.
C. Roll Call: Present: Commissioners Brian Hughes, Mia Mora, Larry Thompson, Elissa Winters, and Mywand Zazay
Staff Present: Community Services Director Suzanne Wolf, Community Services Deputy Director Kim Beranek, Parks
Planning & Design Manager Roger Ravenstad, Senior Landscape Architect Tara Bhuthimethee, Park Superintendent Juan Barajas, Recreation Superintendent II Irene Jordahl, Associate Planner Mark Hungerford and Executive Assistant Tracey Leung
2. CONSENT CALENDAR - None
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved by Commissioner Thompson and seconded by Commissioner Hughes to approve the minutes of November 3, 2021 meeting.
Ayes: Commissioners Hughes, Mora, Thompson, Winters and Zazay Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Commissioner Benz and Sankaran
4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS – None
5. STAFF PRESENTATIONS/CEREMONIAL ITEMS
5.1 Neelay Bhatt, Vice President of PROS Consulting Inc. and Philip Parnin, Associate Principal of PROS Consulting Inc. gave an update of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
5.2 Director Wolf informed the Commission that this is Commissioner Mia Mora’s last Recreation Commission meeting; Commissioner Mora was honored for her 5 years of service as a Recreation Commissioner.
5.3 Director Wolf informed the Commission that this is Commissioner Brian Hughes’s last Recreation Commission meeting; Commissioner Hughes was honored for his 8 years of service as a Recreation Commissioner.
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6. ACTION ITEMS
6.1 CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC ART FOR THE BART
WARM SPRINGS WEST ACCESS BRIDGE AND PLAZA PROJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, (PWC 8863)
Recommend to the City Council the Art Review Board’s recommendation of first- and second-choice art proposals for the BART Warm Springs West Access Bridge and Plaza project.
Associate Planner Mark Hungerford provided a presentation on the first- and secondchoice art proposals for the Bart Warm Springs West Access Bridge and Plaza. The Commission asked questions and provided feedback.
On a motion by Commissioner Hughes, seconded by Commissioner Thompson, the Recreation Commission:
1. Recommend approval of the Art Review Board’s first choice art proposal, Vicki Scuri’s Lifting the Veil – Focusing the Lens, and second choice art proposal, Ben Butler’s Momentum, to the City Council.
Vote on Motion:
Ayes: Commissioners Hughes, Mora, Thompson and Winters
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Commissioner Benz, Sankaran and *Zazay
*Commissioner Zazay had to board his flight and did not participate in the voting.
Motion approved and so ordered.
7. COMMISSION REFERRALS - None
8. COMMISSION AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Director Wolf informed the Commission that City Council appointed Karena Shackelford as City Manager.
Parks Planning & Design Manager Roger Ravenstad updated the Commission that a $4 million grant was awarded for the Dusterberry Park project.
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9. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m.
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Suzanne Wolf, Secretary
Fremont Recreation Commission
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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Planning
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Presentations
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
STAFF REPORT (ID # 4571) DOC ID: 4571
Updated: 3/25/2022 9:51 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1 2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PRESENTATION - Receive a Presentation Regarding the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update: An Eight-Year Plan to Meet the Housing Needs of Everyone in the Community Contact Persons:
Name: Wayland Li Joel Pullen
Title: Principal Planner Planning Manager
Div/Dept: Planning Planning
Phone: 510-494-4453 510-494-4436
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: The purpose of this presentation is to update the City Council on the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update.
BACKGROUND: Under State law, all local governments in California are required to adequately plan to meet the housing needs of everyone in the community by adopting a Housing Element as part of their General Plan. State law also requires that local governments update their Housing Elements every eight years to periodically address the changing housing needs of their communities, establish action plans to meet those goals, and report on progress toward meeting those goals. All local jurisdictions in the Bay Area, including the City of Fremont, are currently preparing an update to their Housing Elements.
Bay Area jurisdictions must adopt an updated Housing Element by January 2023 to plan for the housing needs for the next eight-year Housing Element Planning Period (2023-2031).
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
Planning for Housing Growth in the General Plan:
In December 2021, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) adopted the Final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Plan for the Bay Area. The plan distributes a share of the region’s projected housing needs for 2023-2031 to local jurisdictions; Fremont’s allocation was finalized at 12,897 units. Under state law, the City is now responsible for updating the Housing Element to show where this housing can be built and the policies and strategies necessary to meet that target.
The City’s 2011 General Plan anticipated the need to provide additional housing to accommodate the community’s growing housing needs through the year 2035. The General Plan recognizes that, as the City’s vacant land supply dwindles, the ability to house our population becomes a challenge. For many reasons—preservation of open space, reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions, supporting vitality in the City’s core districts—the City’s General Plan focuses future housing growth primarily near transit hubs and corridors, becoming more urban in strategic locations. Because of the strategically urban growth potential created through the 2011 General Plan, City staff believes that the City has adequate sites available to accommodate the RHNA target without the need for significant rezoning. The state must ultimately concur that adequate sites exist through the review of the City’s draft Housing Element.
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Staff Report (ID # 4571) Meeting of April 5, 2022
Updated: 3/25/2022 9:51 AM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 2 Components of a Housing Element:
Under State law, a Housing Element must contain several mandatory components, as shown in the graphic below.
The first three basic components -- 1) an evaluation of the previous housing element; 2) an analysis of community housing needs; and 3) analysis of potential constraints to housing –- are the foundational pieces to a Housing Element that provide a factual basis to determine appropriate policy responses.
The next three basic components -- 4) affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH); 5) an inventory of land zoned for housing; and 6) goals, policies and programs -- are the actionable components of a Housing Element. These components build off of the analysis from the foundational components to create actionable items to meet the housing needs of everyone in the community. Since major rezoning is not anticipated to be necessary to meet the City’s RHNA target, the principal focus of the Housing Element update will be on establishing effective policies and programs to facilitate meeting the housing needs of everyone in the community and to affirmatively further fair housing.
Focus of Presentation:
The presentation this evening will focus on the foundational components of the Housing Element. Staff will provide an overview of these topics and highlight important take-aways from preliminary analysis. The information presented will inform future work and discussion on the Housing Element update.
RECOMMENDATION: Receive presentation.
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Fremont City Council Meeting: 04/05/22 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: City Council
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Council Referrals & Appointments
SCHEDULED
Sponsors:
STAFF REPORT (ID # 4584) DOC ID: 4584
Updated: 4/1/2022 2:48 PM by Alberto Quintanilla Page 1 MAYOR MEI REFERRAL: Appointments to Advisory Bodies
Contact Persons:
Name: Lily Mei
Title: Mayor
Div/Dept: City Council
Phone: 510-284-4011
E-Mail: [email protected]
MAYOR MEI REFERRAL: Appointments to advisory bodies.
N/A
ATTACHMENTS:
• Library Advisory Commission Applications
• Planning Commission Applications
• Senior Citizens Commission Applications
Appointments:
Advisory Body Appointee Term Expires
Library Advisory Committee Rohit UpaMaka 12/31/2025
(Student Commissioner)
Library Advisory Committee Smiti Anand 12/31/2025
Planning Commission Jasmin Basrai 12/31/2023
Senior Citizens Commission Claudette Surma 12/31/2023
RECOMMENDATION: Approve appointments.
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CITY CLERK
Freiliont JAN O 4 2022
Board and Commission Applicatio :CITY OF FREMONT
Board or Commission you wish to serve on: Library Advisory Commission (Planning Commission applicants: Please attach supplemental questionnaire) Submit application to:
Office of the City Clerk
3300 Capitol Avenue, Building A
P.O. Box 5006
Fremont, CA 94537-5006
Personal Information:
Ms. Last Name: Anand First Name: Smiti
Home Address:
Home Telephone: Work Telephone:
E-mail:
Resident of the City of Fremont: since 4/2017
Demographic Information:
Ethnicity:lndian Gender:Female
Language(s) Spoken: English, basic Hindi
Background Information:
Why do you wish to serve as a member of the Library Board or Commission:
I am a local ch!ldren's author and publisher. My family and I have benefitted from Fremont's exemplary library system and talented librarians. I want to give back to the Fremont community that has given so much to our family. I'm also a great believer in how much our free American libraries and librarians are vital for helping our country be the best that we can make it.
What would you bring by way of perspective or experience to this Board or Commission:
I'm a local children's author who has given book readings and sold books and a former technical product manager for HP. I believe my combination of the ability to manage large and small problems and my genuine love and appreciation for librarians and libraries will allow me to serve the Fremont community well.
EmploymentNolunteer Information:
Please list any qualifications you feel would provide positive input to the work of the commission.
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