CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF HALF MOON BAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022
REMOTE PARTICIPATION (SEE NEXT PAGE) Debbie Ruddock, Mayor Deborah Penrose, Vice Mayor
Robert Brownstone, Councilmember
Joaquin Jimenez, Councilmember
Harvey Rarback, Councilmember
12:00 PM
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CONVENE SPECIAL MEETING / ROLL CALL
FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 PRIORITY SETTING WORKSHOP
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING
FY 2021‐23 Council Priorities Workplan
Priority/Task Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Affordable Housing
1. Pursue Opportunities for Housing Development:2. Contract with an on‐call housing specialist (Q1 2021‐22) 3. Short‐term Rental Ordinances (new) and ADU Ordinance (comprehensive update) (Q1 2021‐22)
4. Measure D ranking system Ordinance (comprehensive update) (Q2 2021‐22) 5. Town Center Planning/Land Use Plan Implementation: 6. General Plan Elements:
Public Health, Safety and Emergency Preparation
1. Pandemic response and recovery (ongoing)
2. Law enforcement outreach:3. Sheriff contract negotiations (Q4 2021‐22) 4. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (Q1 2021‐22) 5. Emergency Operations Plan (“EOP”):6. General Plan Elements: 7. Community workgroup on substance abuse and mental health (ongoing and continuous)8. Age‐Friendly Community initiative: (TBD) Community Climate Resilience and Sustainability (“Environmental Sustainability”)
1. Community engagement and outreach:2. Climate Action and Adaptation Plan: 3. Electrification Ordinances:4. Transportation Demand and congestion management programs (Q4 2022‐23) 5. General Plan Elements:
Economic Recovery and Development
1. Coastside Recovery Initiative:2. Town Center Planning ‐ Design and Infrastructure: 3. Main street tree light and banner pole project (Q2 2021‐22)4. Downtown wayfinding and place‐finding signage project (Q3 2021‐22) Redistricting
1. Establish advisory committee (Q4 2020‐21)2. Develop and implement communications plan (Q4 2020‐21) 3. Hold public hearings and workshops (Q2 2021‐22)4. Development and adoption of maps, Election Sequencing (Q3 2021‐22)
5. Map integration with County Elections Department (Q4 2021‐22) 6. Public Outreach and education (continuous) Color Coding
Component delayed from projected startComponent active and ongoingComponent started as projectedComponent projected start dateComponent active (projected start) FY 2021‐23 Council Priorities Workplan
Priority Top Level Task Supporting TasksAffordable Housing
1. Pursue Opportunities for Housing Development:
a. Meet with property owners and developers (continued and ongoing)
2. Contract with an on‐call housing specialist (Q1 2021‐22) 3. Short‐term Rental Ordinances (new) and ADU Ordinance (comprehensive update) (Q1 2021‐22) 4. Measure D ranking system Ordinance (comprehensive update) (Q2 2021‐22) 5. Town Center Planning/Land Use Plan Implementation:
a. Zoning Map, including Town Center residential upzonings (Q4 2022‐23)b. Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance: (Q4 2022‐23) i. Workforce Housing Overlay zoning for extremely low, very low, and low income households (new) ii. Inclusionary affordable housing ordinance (aka below market rate or BMR ordinance) (update) iii. Density Bonus Ordinance (update)
iv. Special Development Permit and Precise Plan enabling ordinance to allow flexible planning of Town Center housing sites (new) v. CEQA coverage
6. General Plan Elements:
a. Cycle 6 Housing Element update (Q2 2022‐23) b. Community Character Element (new element) (Q4 2022‐23) Public Health, Safety and Emergency Preparation
1. Pandemic response and recovery (ongoing)
Update: This activity has been active and is on‐going per workplan. b. Seek diverse housing types including mixed‐use, multi‐family, mobile home park, and others, prioritizing Town Center and Workforce Housing Overlay sites (continued and ongoing) Detailed TasksUpdate: n/aUpdate: n/aUpdate: n/aUpdate: n/a Update: Draft zoning map is prepared; need to reschedule sooner to support housing element.
Update: City Council confirmed direction in Q2 2021‐22; currently assessing Measure D applications and considering options related to citizen ballot initiative; will need City Council check‐in and new schedule.
Update: This activity has been active and is on‐going per workplan.
Update: Completed Q2 2021‐22Update: Ordinance adopted by City Council Q1 2021‐22; submitted to Coastal Commission; preparing response to Coastal Commission staff comments and waiting for a hearing date.
Update: n/aUpdate: Housing Element Cycle 6 public draft is in development; outreach planned for spring; on schedule Update: n/a
2. Law enforcement outreach:
a. Convene Council Public Safety subcommittee to evaluate and refine staff reports and recommendations (Q2 2021‐22) b. Continue Yanira Serrano Presente! Program Implementation (ongoing) c. Follow up community outreach and meetings (community‐wide survey, facilitated workshops) (Q2 2021‐22)
3. Sheriff contract negotiations (Q4 2021‐22)
4. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (Q1 2021‐22) Update: Council directed staff in September to pursue a 2‐year extension, to which the Sheriff agreed. Staff has met with Sheriff leadership twice in late 2021 and early 2022 to discuss parameters of extension. Once the results of the Public Safety Survey have been reviewed, staff will meet with the subcommittee to discuss priorities for the negotiation which will be completed by late Spring 2022. The amended contract will be presented to the Council for approval in May or June 2022.
Update: The City continued providing County sponsored testing at the TACC and Senior Center until late summer 2021, when demand decreased. The County provided once a week outdoor testing to provide a coastside, option, and begiining in late fall 2021, begain ramping up services due to new demand based on first the Delta variant and then the Omicron variant. Testing is currently offered 3 days per week at the TACC, operated by County contractors. Staff continue to participate in regular countywide COVID calls, outreach and vax discussions, and provide support and outreach for community vax clinics. Staff will continue to support testing, vax and communication efforts as needed until the pandemic transitions to something else. The Coastside Recovery Initiative, described below, provided a more formal approach to community and economic recovery.
Update: The Public Safety Subcommittee has met several times over the last year, most recently on December 1, 2021. The subcommittee informed the development of the Public Safety workplan, the Public Safety survey, and the Community Responder Pilot program. The subcommittee will continue to meet bi‐monthly for the foreseeable future, and will help inform the negotiation of the 2 year extension of the sheriff's law enforcement contract. Update: In summer 2021, the City setup a law enforcement feedback line, which received some calls initially, but waned off and has only received one call since late summer 2021. Staff are working with community partners on outreach and education related to the line.The City helped coordinate Sheriff outreach activities with the community, inlduing the meet the deputies series, which started as an online meeting but evolved to a tacos with cops event at Main Street apartments and was well attended and received a positive response. The second event was planned for December 2021, but did not materialize due to the Sheriff's Captain (Lopez) being out on leave and the increase in COVID cases and fears based on the Omicron variant. As Omicron subsides and the interim Captain (Armando) developing rapport with the community, an event should be planned for March 2022, and then quarterly therafter (June, September, December 2022).
To address mental health concerns, the City has been developing the CARES program, which will provide an alternative ental health response to 911 calls, and will launch in March 2022.Update: The City provided extensive outreach in FY 2020‐21 related to public safety, and continued by hosting a public safety listening session in July, which was well attended and provided quality feedback to the Council. A spanish language session was planned in the Fall but was cancelled as case rates from the Delta and then Omicron variants decreased public meetings and contact.The city hosted two additional sessions of the mental health workgroup (originally the mental health public safety focus group) to receive feedback on the plans for implementation of the community responder pilot program.
In February 2022, the City hired Probolsky Research to conduct a scientific and statisticly valid survey on public safety, gleaning feedback on the relationship and perceptions of the sheriff, public rust and stress for the CARES program, general public sentenment of the City and priorities, and a question for a potential tax measure. The survey will be complete and reports available by March 2022.
5. Emergency Operations Plan (“EOP”):
a. Contract emergency management and communications specialist (Q1 2021‐22) b. Finalize outreach with community partners (Q1 2021‐22) c. Finalize draft EOP sections (Q2 2021‐22)
d. Coordinate with Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and General Plan elements e. Finalize evacuation and emergency response plans‐ fire, tsunami (Q3 2021‐22) f. Finalize and adopt EOP (Q4 2021‐22)
6. General Plan Elements:
a. Safety Element (update) (Q4 2022‐23)
b. Noise Element (update) (Q4 2022‐23)
c. Healthy Community Element (new element) (Q4 2022‐23)
7. Community workgroup on substance abuse and mental health (ongoing and continuous)
8. Age‐Friendly Community initiative: (TBD)
Update: n/aUpdate: n/aUpdate: Draft EOP 75% complete. On track for completion by Q4Update: Updated LHMP included in EOP draft; will coordinate with CDD to ensure compliance with LUP Update: n/aUpdate: for the EOP, staff hired Tetra Tech, a regional firm with experience in SMC including Coast ; for the CCP, staff hired SAE Communications, a statewide firm that has assisted coastal cities like Carlsbad, Seal Beach, Ventura, SLO, as well as several bay area cities,special districts and the state with crisis communications.
Update: County completed LHMP, including City Annex (11/21); State certified LHMP (12/21); City approved (01/22) Update: Staff continues to participate in CEAP, CERT and other programs/groups to gather feedback on relevant sections of the EOP.Update: the County kicked off regional evacuation planning efforts in July 2021, and several departments have had active roles in that process, which is moving slowly.Staff coordinated with the County and regional partners on the development of the tsumani playbopok, which is in review by the County, incorporating feedback from all agencies. Public outreach will follow before finalization. Staff is working with fire and other agencies on HMB specific evac plans which will help inform the Countywide efforts.Once regional evac plans have been completed, extensive outreach and education will be necessary to ensure implementation is effective.
Update: Staff has led the convening of this group several times over the last year, with seevral productive discussions about Narcan, making it available where it can best be used to save lives. Other efforts from the group have not been as fruitful and more focused efforts towards outcomes will be necessary.
Mental health workgroup has been focused on planning and implementation of CARES program. Future meetings could focus on other community needs.
Update: Draft EOP 75% complete (01/22)
Community Climate Resilience and Sustainability (“Environmental Sustainability”)
1. Community engagement and outreach:
a. Community sustainability events and training (ongoing)
2. Climate Action and Adaptation Plan:
a. Coordinate with Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and General Plan elements (Q1 2021‐22) b. Finalize Draft plan and conduct community outreach (Q1 2021‐22) c. Finalize and adopt plan (Q2 2021‐22)
3. Electrification Ordinances:
a. Buildings (FY 2021‐22) b. Landscape equipment (FY 2022‐23)
4. Transportation Demand and congestion management programs (Q4 2022‐23) 5. General Plan Elements:
a. Circulation Element (update) (Q4 2022‐23) Update: The City completed its 2017 GHG inventory. Macro level results have been shared with community and Council via Electrification Ordinance. Staff is set to work with County RICAPs group on 2020 inventory. Climate Action portion of Plan is at app. 70‐percent drafted. Upon return of Veronika from maternity leave, we hope to integrate document to new Countywide format. Adaptation portion of the Plan will trail the CAP portion. We are working on Ocean Colony SLR assessment which will assist in Adaptatio work. Will coordinate with CDD to integrate LCP, GP and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan into Adaptation strategies.Update: Veronika teamed with CMO to complete the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. We will work with CDD as they commence drafting the remaining General Plan Elements. Update: The City is partnered with ALAS to Beta Test and complete outreach utilizing the Loteria game to Spanish and Non‐Spanish speaking community members. Staff is working on the Annual Earth Day event which includes document shredding, e‐waste colection and compost give away. We have also met with Sea Hugger who has agreed to partner on beach clean‐up efforts including the annual September Coast Cleanup.
Update: City involvement with this task force was initiated by the Council at the August 17, 2021 meeting. The Task Force included a coast‐wide group of citizens, which included Councilmember Harvey Rarback and representatives from Senior Coastsiders, Village of the Coastside and ALAS to name a few. Focus groups comprised of HMB/Coastside residents, age 55+ were held throughout the fall. The results of the focus groups were then given to the group to analyze and determine what projects would meet the needs of the aging population on the Coastside. The group will next submit an application to the AARP Network of Age Friendly States and Communities. If accepted, then the HMB‐Coastside Age‐Friendly Community Coalition will be establised to move the pilot projects forward. Update: Covid has and will likely continue to make rideshare implementation challenging. Staff is and will continue to work with Commute.org on various strategies. Vice Mayor Penrose was able to secure survey for coastside and Commute.Org has agreed to share information. They have committed to sharing survey data which staff will use to focus City/coastside efforts. Staff plans to work with CDD on Ordinance revisions to address TDM. This work will coincide with LCIP revision work. We are continuing work on permitting and completing the East Side Parallel Trail for walking and biking.
Update: Ordinance on gas powered lawn equipment has been shelved at this time. The State has enacted legislation regarding sales of small gasoline engine equipment. Staff will evaluate and determine whether additional local regulations will be necessary or desirable.Update: City Council Introduced revised Electrification Ordinance on February 1. If adopted on February 15, the Ordinance will become effective on March 17, 2022. Staff has revised FAQs for public and will be revising implementation plan for CDD.Update: The prioritization of the Electrification Ordinance resulted in delay of the drafting of the CAAP. b. Conservation and Open Space Element (new element) (Q4 2022‐23) Economic Recovery and Development
1. Coastside Recovery Initiative:
a. Continue to coordinate Recovery Taskforce and workgroups (Q1 2021‐22) b. Final report and recommendations (Q2 2021‐22) c. Convene Digital Infrastructure workgroup (Q1 2021‐22) d. Finalize Digital Infrastructure recommendations (Q3 2021‐22)
2. Town Center Planning ‐ Design and Infrastructure:
a. Hire design team (Q2 2021‐22) b. Community outreach and design process (Q4 2021‐22)
3. Main street tree light and banner pole project (Q2 2021‐22)4. Downtown wayfinding and place‐finding signage project (Q3 2021‐22)Update: The community response to recent efforts around improving the existing tree lights has been extremely positive, and the construction of a resusable tree stand over the Mac Dutra Fountain was well received. Staff will be installing new LED (color changing) festival lighting at Mac Dutra this current fiscal year. Improved holiday lighting at Mac Dutra will be included in the FY 2022‐23 CIP. Further efforts to upgrade tree lighting have been deferred to focus on more urgent issues. Banner poles remain an issue and more coordination with the Main Street Beautification committee will be needed to transition control and upgrade the facilities. The FY 2022‐23 CIP will include funding to replace the banner poles for better ease of use and asthetic value.Update: Discussions with the Chamber and downtown businesses have focused the need to a large sign near 92/Main directing people to downtown, as well as parking signage on Main and side streets (directing people to the parking on Johnston and Purissima streets). This project will need to carry over into FY 2022‐23 and may connect with the Downtown streetscape planning.
Update: Staff is meeting this week to develop workplan to move this forward. More details by priority setting session.Update: See above.Update: draft recommendations were presented to Council in November 2021, and have been shared with other groups since. The final report has been crafted is currently in final design phase before publication and release within a month.Update: Staff met with a regional group (County, City of San Bruno) deveral times in the summer and fall 2021 to discuss opportunities, especially related to federal grants. Need to reconvene to see where that research has landed. If not fruitful, City will need to look at conveneing a CRI workgroup to dig deeper at community level. May need prioritization as a standalone effort in FY 2022‐23.Update: See above.Update: Staff convened more than 20 taskforce and working group meetings, as well as several dozen key informant and stakeholder interviews, culminating in 15 recommendations to be presented and detailed in the report described below. Several early successes have resulted from these efforts, including the well received Make it Main Street events, an education and workforce group that has met regularly since the Fall, collaboration with CSM and a plan to bring communicty college classes and resources back to the Coast, as well as other regional projects that spawned from CRI. In December, staff prepared an application for the EDA Build Back Better grants to assist with implementation. Although the City was not awarded the highly competitive grant, the work that went into preparing the application will be helpful in other funding requests and applications, and will likely bear fruit in the future.Update: n/aUpdate: n/a Redistricting
1. Establish advisory committee (Q4 2020‐21)2. Develop and implement communications plan (Q4 2020‐21) 3. Hold public hearings and workshops (Q2 2021‐22)4. Development and adoption of maps, Election Sequencing (Q3 2021‐22) 5. Map integration with County Elections Department (Q4 2021‐22) Public Outreach and education (continuous) Update: Efforts will continue throughout the next two election cycles as the map is implemented and effective.
Update: Submittal due by 4/17/22.Update: Near end of process.Update: Near end of process.Update: Complete / Ongoing Update: Complete