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ONE-YEAR UPDATE: RELINQUISHED AREA
City Council
September 11, 2023
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Overview – One-Year Update
8 1. RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PLANNING GRANT AWARD;
2. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (LA METRO)
3. RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES 710 ADVISORY GROUP
4. HIRING OF A SENIOR PROECT MANAGER
5. CONSULTANT ASSISTANCE
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Relinquished Property
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Overview – One-Year Update
8 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
PLANNING GRANT AWARD;
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The City Beautiful
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City Beautiful
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The City Beautiful
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Relinquished Property
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• EQUITY
• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• CLIMATE RESILIANCY
Reconnecting Communities
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Overview – One-Year Update
8 MEASURE R “NEAR TERM PROJECTS”
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METRO NEAR-TERM PROJECTS
23 On February 23, 2023, the Metro Board of Directors approved the reallocation of $181.4 million in Measure R MIP funds for nine projects from the City of Pasadena priority project list.
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Overview – One-Year Update
8 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES 710
ADVISORY GROUP
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710 Community Advisory Group
25 The 710 Advisory Group:
“The working group will provide input to the City Council on the vision, land use, massing, circulation, and other urban design aspects of the plan, as well as other key
policy issues, including restorative justice efforts relating to the displacement caused by the proposed freeway
expansion.”
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8 At its meeting on February 27, Council appointed nine members to the Advisory Group:
■ Cynthia Kurtz and Wayne Brandt, nominated by Mayor Gordo ■ Nevil Green, nominated by Vice Mayor/District 2 Councilmember Felicia Williams ■ Tina Williams, nominated by District 1 Councilmember Tyron Hampton ■ Danny Parker, who will serve as chair, nominated by District 3 CouncilmemberJustin Jones ■ Bryan Takeda, nominated by District 4 Councilmember Gene Masuda ■ Blair Miller, nominated by District 5 Councilmember Jess Rivas ■ Ali Barar, nominated by District 6 Councilmember Steve Madison ■ Randy Shulman, nominated by District 7 Councilmember Jason Lyon.
Subsequently, On March 6, City Council appointed the following residents:
■ Jose Luis Correa, nominated by councilmembers Hampton, Jones, Rivas and Lyon ■ Joel Bryant, nominated by councilmembers Hampton, Jones and Madison ■ Mic Hansen, nominated by Mayor Gordo
■ Jasmine Shupper and Pasadena Unified School District Board President Michelle Richardson Bailey, nominated by councilmembers Hampton and Jones
■ Remy De La Peza
, who will serve as vice chair, nominated by Councilmember Jess Rivas ■ Adriana Lim, nominated by Councilmember Gene Masuda
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Reconnecting Communities 710Advisory
Group
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Reconnecting Communities 710Advisory
Group
8 • April 10, 2023:
o Brown/Act Training;
o Selection of a Chair/Vice Chair;
o Basics of Relinquishment (mapped area, process).
• May 17, 2023:
o Discussion of Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant;
o Discussion of work products and role of the Advisory Group; o Discussion of Planning Laws – Future General Plan Amendment; o Discussion of Measure R, Near Term Projects.
• June 21, 2023:
o Discussion of RFP for Historical Report
o Discussion of RFP for Master Plan
o Information on Caltrans owned homes
• July – Summer Cancellation
• August 30, 2023:
o Bus Tour of 710 Relinquishment Area and further discussion of Measure R projects.
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Overview – One-Year Update
8 EXPERT ASSISTANCE
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EXPERT ASSISTANCE
30 point C
Historical Report
Master Plan
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31 point C
Instrumental in Relinquishment: Provided technical and strategic assistance regarding relinquishment process – Caltrans, CTC
Federal Highway Administration: Continue to provide guidance and communication channels regarding the FHWA position regarding future potential development of ditch for uses
Input Regarding Request for proposals.
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EXPERT ASSISTANCE
32 HISTORIC REPORT
Task 1: Historical Data/Setting: frame the discussion of the impacts of freeway expansion including the specific history and construction of the SR 210 and SR 710;
Task 2: Oral History Project: bring the statistical data to a human level.
Identify persons/sources with direct knowledge or experience of the freeway expansion;
Task 3: Impacts of freeways and other mechanisms on segregation and demographics in Pasadena. Zoning, redlining, covenants, Expansion of World Wide Church of God
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EXPERT ASSISTANCE
33 MASTER PLAN CONSULTANT
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
• RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FRAMEWORK/POLICY
• DATA COLLECTION, EXISTING PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, 3D MODELING, SURVEY • ECONOMIC STUDY/MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS/ DEVELOPMENT AND INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES
• MOBILITY & CIRCULATION ANALYSIS
• LAND USE OPTIONS
• CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES PLAN
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Next Steps
34 > Annual Update to the California
Transportation Commission – Madera, CA
October 18th and 19th.
> RC 710 Advisory Group to begin discussion
of potential uses, massing, scale
> Bring Contracts forward with schedules
> Sharing of Monthly Agendas in CM
Newsletter
> Quarterly updates to Council
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Harmful Historic Policies and Impacts
The Project seeks to explore how redevelopment of the Stub will equitably distribute benefits, mitigate impacts to vulnerable populations, and grapple with redressing historic inequities.
Lower-income minority residents flocked to Northwest Pasadena when the transportation barrier was constructed, and a lack of investment due to historic redlining practices in the area (when banks drew red lines on a map around neighborhoods with populations of color, restricting lending and starving them of investments) resulted in negative effects that are still seen to this day.
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Community Participation Plan
As a sub-recipient of grant funds from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the City of Pasadena Transit Division prepares and updates its Title VI Program every three years. The City’s most recent update was in August 2022 and describes proactive public outreach strategies and procedures that allow for, encourage, and monitor public participation within the City including, but not limited to, minority individuals, persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), and low income populations.
As outlined in the Scope of Work and Community-based Stewardship, Management, and Partnerships merit criterion, the Site Plan for the Stub will be defined by community feedback and engagement.
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Existing Barriers to Access
The construction of the Stub displaced at least 4,000 people and created barriers for the families and businesses in its path. Much of this population, which was primarily disadvantaged communities, settled in Northwest Pasadena. This displacement eventually created further barriers to multi-modal transportation as Northwest Pasadena is both a greater distance to downtown and the jobs and amenities it affords and is also bisected from this area by the freeway system.
Today, the Stub remains a transportation relic, adversely impacting the development potential and connectivity of the existing street grid between residential neighborhoods and the bustling downtown district. The planning project will evaluate different paths to achieving the vision of redeveloping the Stub to improve access to daily destinations like jobs, healthcare, grocery stores, schools, places of worship, recreation, and parks.
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Community Restoration and Anti-displacement Strategies
The City is committed to ensuring that “all Pasadena residents have an equal right to live in decent, safe, and affordable housing in a suitable living environment for the long‐term well‐being and stability of themselves, their families, their neighborhoods, and their community.” To achieve this goal, the City has implemented several anti-displacement policies, including housing rehabilitation, housing replacement, inclusionary housing, rental housing assistance, affordable housing preservation, fair housing, and neighborhood and community preservation programs.
The State Certified 2021-2029 Housing Element specifically calls for the City to continue to promote transit oriented development with a goal of increasing housing stock by 2,500 or more units within one-half mile of existing L-Line stations, of which there are two within a ½ mile radius of the Stub.
This guiding policy will be an important factor for the community and City to consider together as we plan for the future of the stub area.
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Exploring Pasadena’s Past
40 “Most Black residents lived in neighborhoods clustered along Vernon Street (removed for freeway construction), in northwest Pasadena, and west Altadena. Restrictive covenants and other racist practices prevented most people of color from living outside these tightly constrained neighborhoods. Despite the Supreme Court’s 1948 ruling against restrictive housing covenants, housing discrimination has continued through unfair lending practices, entrenched segregation, and lack of affordable housing.
In the 1970s, many downtown residents were forced to
move by eminent domain to make way for the Parsons Corporation headquarters and the Foothill Freeway.”
From – Exploring Pasadena’s Past
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Affordable Housing – Statewide Significance
• Statewide Need
> California needs @1,000,000 more affordable rental homes to meet current demand;
> State funding remains well below 2012 levels, undermining progress in addressing homelessness;
> Median rent in California has increased 40% since 2000 while median renter household income has only increased by 8%, when adjusted for inflation. 41
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42 Pasadena’s Housing Allocation
Hillsides
2014-2021
City of Pasadena RHNA
Income Category Number of RHNA
Units
Progress
Very Low 340 148
Low 207 54
Moderate 224 45
Above
Moderate
561 2,342
TOTAL 1,332 2,589
TOTAL Regional
RHNA Allocation
412,137
Pasadena’s % of
Total Regional
RHNA
0.3%
2021-2029
City of Pasadena RHNA
Income Category Number of RHNA
Units
Very Low 2,740
Low 1,659
Moderate 1,562
Above
Moderate
3,447
TOTAL 9,408
TOTAL Regional
RHNA Allocation
1,341,827
Pasadena’s % of
Total Regional
RHNA
0.7%
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Challenges to Producing Housing
43 • Cities are NOT developers: Since affordable housing is produced by the private market (whether it is for-profit housing developers or non-profit affordable housing developers) the production of affordable housing often follows a larger market trend and tracks with the economy.
• The State’s funding for affordable housing remains well below 2012 levels.
• Affordable Units are expensive to build: Several recent examples show that costs range from $416K to $618K per unit, including land costs.
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Background – Local Leadership
• Affordable Housing Production in Pasadena
> Inclusionary Housing: The City requires ALL housing projects of 10 units or more set aside 20% of the units as affordable. Has resulted in the construction of 590 affordable units to date. > In-lieu Fees: As an alternative to providing affordable units on-site as specified above, a developer may choose to pay the City an in-lieu fee. The City has collected $26.3M. > Funding Affordable Housing Projects: From 2008 to present, 200 affordable units were completed within the past 2 years, the City committed approximately $7M to assist the development of 134 permanent supportive housing units for homeless persons. > Conversion of Hotels to Affordable Housing: The City has established regulations to allow the 44 OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
Pasadena, which was once considered a
"city of churches," is likely the first Los
Angeles County community to adopt
the ordinance in the hopes of fulfilling its
9,400 unit requirement by 2029.
Ordinance will allow up to 36 units per acre
with the requirements that 80% be set
aside as "affordable."
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More Affordable On the Way
46 Recently Completed
Project Location CD
New Construction
Units (non-
Inclusionary) Rehab Units
Rehab
Preservation Units Inclusionary Units Total Units
THEO Apartments 289 N. El Molino Ave. 3 9 9
Decker Court / Gill Court Fair Oaks & Penn 1 14 2 16
SUBTO
TAL 14 2 0 9 25
Under Construction
Project Location CD
New Construction
Units (non-
Inclusionary) Rehab Units
Rehab
Preservation Units Inclusionary Units Total Units
Lincoln & Orange Grove 654 N Lincoln Ave, 745 N Orange Grove Blvd. (off-site) 3 11 35 46 Waverly Demonstration House 268 Waverly Dr. 6 1 1
Concord 275 Cordova St. 6 149 149
Olivewood Apartments 111 N. Madison Ave., 88 N. Oakland Ave., 535 E. Union St. 3 16 16 2488 Mohawk 2488 Mohawk St. 4 1 1
SUBTO
TAL 11 1 149 52 213
City Action or Funding Committed
Project Location CD
New Construction
Units (non-
Inclusionary) Rehab Units
Rehab
Preservation Units Inclusionary Units Total Units
La Villa Lake 1070 N. Lake Ave. 2 114 114
Salvation Army HOPE Center 1000 E. Walnut St. 5 66 66
Heritage Square South Fair Oaks & Orange Grove 3 70 70
Waverly House ADU 268 Waverly 6 1 1
Habitat for Humanity Duplex 136 & 138 Howard St. 1 2 2
SUBTO
TAL 139 114 0 0 253
Predevelopment
Project Location CD
New Construction
Units (non-
Inclusionary) Rehab Units
Rehab
Preservation Units Inclusionary Units Total Units
Adept Walnut 1880 E. Walnut St (off-site) 2 31 27 58
HOPE Apts 760 N. Worcester 5 6 6
Oakland SRO Apts 274-282 N. Oakland 3 142 37 179
Ramona Garfield 280 Ramona 3 112 112
Villa Raymond 455 N. Raymond Ave. 5 61 61
SUBTO
TAL 285 6 61 64 416
TOTAL 449 123 210 125 907
907
Units in
the
Pipeline
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47 Map of Single Family Zoning
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Council Initiation
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Additional Opportunities
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