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ITEM 6.A.
City Manager's Office
MEMORANDUM
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Thousand Oaks 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard • Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 Phone 805/449.2121 • Fax 805/449.2125 • www.toaks.org
TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew P. Powers, City Manager
DATE: May 23, 2023
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 6A - Citywide FY 2023-24 Top Ten Priorities and Goal Setting Study Session
As stated in the subject report, Attachment #2 is being provided in this Supplemental Packet. Attachment #2 is the list of FY 2023-24 Proposed Top Priorities. The submitted priorities are not in any particular order.
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ATTACHMENT #2
FY 2023 - 24 City Council Submitted Priorities for Consideration • Homelessness - Complete construction of 77-unit permanent supportive housing project at the Quality Inn & Suites, complete planning, and entitlement process for 30- unit "Homeless Navigation Center" at Lawrence Drive and begin operations. Continue to seek State and Federal funding to support these efforts. • Affordable Housing - Advance planning and entitlement process for 78-unit affordable for sale project at site of former Hillcrest School. Adopt revised inclusionary housing and in-lieu ordinance in alignment with General Plan. Explore other potential affordable housing locations and partnerships.
• Public Safety - Proactively address current crime trends by continuing to participate in federal-level task forces and leveraging advanced technology, directed enforcement, and public outreach to combat crimes including catalytic converter theft, organized burglary crews, and fentanyl abuse. Advocate and support a potential "Family Justice Center" presence in Thousand Oaks. Support efforts of fire safe councils in building community resiliency.
• Campus Master Plan - In conjunction with ad-hoc committee and consulting team, renew community engagement on the Civic Arts Plaza renovation project. Deliver phasing strategy to City Council and begin planning for potential Phase 1 construction. • Comprehensive General Plan Update - Release draft general plan document along with accompanying environmental review, complete all elements with stakeholder engagement. Deliver for Planning Commission and City Council consideration. • Open Space / Wildlife Protection - explore additional open space acquisition opportunities and advocate for wildlife corridor protection. • Environmental Sustainability - Complete Climate Action Plan. Advance strategic sustainability investments including grant advocacy for additional microgrids at strategic locations. Continue to strongly advocate for regional solutions that promote localized water resiliency including the Las Virgenes Pure Water Project • Economic Development - Continue harnessing investment in the Thousand Oaks biotech cluster with a focus on recruitment, retention, and localized growth. Process 16-building Shapell industrial project at the end of Rancho Conejo Boulevard and speculative wet lab construction on Via Merida. Investigate other potential public infrastructure investments to better connect life science campuses. • Cultural Arts + Library - Complete library space planning initiative for both branches and identify additional funding to potentially begin renovations. Identify short- and long-term fiscal strategies to further enhance experiences and programs in Thousand Oaks.
2 • Technology Investments - Complete comprehensive rebuild of City & Library public websites. Begin process of upgrading water billing system to offer more real-time information for customers. Refine and build upon comprehensive land management system implementation. Ensure continued technology safety through investment in state-of-the-art cybersecurity protections.
• Public Works + Infrastructure Investments - Leverage capital improvement budget to address aging public infrastructure, improve public median plantings with drought tolerant landscaping, and invest in new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. In conjunction with TOPD, launch targeted outreach to improve bicycle and pedestrian • District Elections - Work closely with the consultant, legal team, and public on providing an inclusive and accessible process on establishing and implementing a district-based elections framework.
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From: Joan Edwards <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 9:57 PM
To: Andrew Powers <[email protected]>
Subject: May 23 2023 city council mtg
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Hello Andy,
Please make sure my comments below are distributed to the current city council members:
Comments for the May 23 meeting -
Regarding the Borchard wetland:
Please do not allow for this important last
remaining wetland to be developed. We who
Live in Thousand Oaks know we may need this acreage someday, with our dramatically changing climate.
Please do not allow money hungry developers and land owners run over you.
Joan edwards
Thousand Oaks ca 91361
805231 9618
4 From: Conejo Climate <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 6:54 PM
To: Kevin McNamee <[email protected]>; David Newman <[email protected]>; Al Adam <[email protected]>; Bob Engler < [email protected]>; Mikey Taylor <[email protected]>; City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Agenda item 6a citywide goals and priorities
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Dear council members and honorable mayor,
Please see the attached letter regarding the Conejo Climate Coalition's recommendation on the 2023-24 citywide goals and priorities.
Thank you,
-Conejo Climate Coalition members
5 CLIMA
PALITION
Citywide Goals and Priorities for FY 2023-2024
Subject: Agenda Item 6A - City Council FY 2023-24 Top Ten Priorities and Goal Setting Dear Council Members:
The Conejo Climate Coalition (CCC) appreciates the opportunity to contribute our thoughts to this year's citywide goals-setting session. In light of the recent information that the world is set to reach a record of
1.5 degrees celsius by 2027, much earlier than previously predicted, we strongly recommend listing the climate crisis and environmental sustainability at the top of the city's priority list. Additional wording must include the reflection of these two priorities in every city governmental policy and budget decision. City governments have the power to influence the trajectory of our future environmental impacts, and ultimately the health and safety of us all.
We're encouraged that the city prides itself on its reputation as a leader in protecting the environment, as outlined in the 2021-22, 2022-23 Citywide goals. We were also thankful last year that completing the Climate and Environmental Action Plan was a priority set by the city. To continue this forward momentum we would like to recommend the following goal for 2023-2024:
Environmental sustainability goal recommendation:
Continue the City's commitment to environmental sustainability by adopting the Climate and Environmental Action Plan (CEAP), implementing all programs and policies outlined in the adopted CEAP, and enacting a sustainable procurement policy for all governmental purchases.
We appreciate your review and consideration of the above recommended priorities and goals for 2023-2024,
Sincerely,
Conejo Climate Coalition
6 From: George Senko <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:34 PM
To: Sandra Delgado
Subject:Letter to Councilmen et al
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> May 22, 2023
> Councilmen, City Attorney, and City Manager,
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> At the April 25 council meeting, we were led to believe that the city could do nothing to protect The Ranch mobile home park status as senior only.
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> Further research has shown that this is not the case; and, in fact, a Senior Overlay Ordinance can be put in place that will protect all of the parks in Thousand Oaks. A federal appeals court has found that this is an appropriate action that a city can take. Attached are an article on the appeals court ruling and a number of the city and county ordinances that have been enacted. >
> I, as the GSMOL Thousand Oaks coordinator, and a number of residents of The Ranch will be speaking at the next council meeting. Our objective is to get a Senior Overlay Ordinance on the agenda. This will be consistent with the city's intention to protect our seniors and make sure that they do not become > Thank you,
>
> George Senko
> 818-621-6656
George Senko
818-621-6656
From: George Senko <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:31 PM
To: Sandra Delgado
Subject:Fwd: Senior park overlay information
Attachments: Federal Ruling.pdf; Senior Park Ordinance.Yucaipa.pdf; Ordinance_No._4555. PDF; Senior Park Ordinance.Huntington Beach.pdf
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > Here are the documents that will be mailed to all of the councilman and the city manager, and the City Attorney.
> George Senko
> 818-621-6656
8 LAW OF THE LAND
A blog on land use law and zoning
Posted by: Patricia Salkin | March 12, 2012
9th Circuit Finds no FHAA Violation in Creation of
Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay District
Four mobile home park owners filed suit against the City of Yucaipa, challenging a zoning ordinance which prohibited the conversion of mobile home parks from senior only to all age housing. The park owners challenged this ordinance under the Fair Housing Act Amendment of 1988 (FHAA). The district court dismissed the owner's suit and they appealed. The United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit affirmed.
In 2009, the City adopted an ordinance creating a Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District, which prohibited the conversion of mobile home parks with a significant amount of space reserved or intended for senior use. The purpose behind the ordinance was to preserve affordable and independent housing for the City's senior population, "as well as to protect the reliance interests of those seniors who had purchased homes in existing senior-housing parks." The owners asserted this ordinance was in violation of the FHAA as it required the parks to discriminate on the basis of familial status and interfered with the parks' ability to "aid or encourage" families with children to enjoy fair housing rights. The City replied by asserting that the "senior exemption" applied, which under the FHAA, the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995, and Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations, allows municipalities to exclude families and children. The owners' retorted by asserting the exemption did not apply because it required the owners to intend to provide senior housing, which they did not. The district court ruled in favor of the City, finding the exemption applied and the requisite intent was of the City, not the owners.
The owners appealed, alleging the intent to provide senior housing must be of the land owner and not the City, and that the HUD regulations relied upon are inconsistent with the housing law and are outside the scope of HUD's authority. The 9th Circuit began their discussion of the case by noting that the FHAA added familial status to the list of prohibited discrimination in housing. However, the FHAA provided an exemption - that restrictions would not apply to housing for older persons. The defendant has the burden of proof on this affirmative defense, and needs to show the requirements of the exception were satisfied at the time of the discriminatory act.
https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/9th-circuit-finds...iolation-in-creation-of-senior-mobile-home-park-overlay-district/ 1/7/17, 3:18 PM
One of the elements of the affirmative defense is a showing of an intent to operate a senior "housing facility or community." In interpreting this statutory term, HUD stated that a municipally zoned area qualified as such a facility or community. HUD further provided that a municipally zoned area could meet the intent requirement by meeting certain requirements.
The court stated that under the HUD regulations, there is no doubt that the intent of the City can be used to determine whether the "municipally zoned area" is a "housing facility or community" entitled to the senior exemption.
Thus, the only question is whether the HUD regulation is authoritative. In examining the regulations, the court stated that an agency's interpretation of a statute the agency is charged with implementing will be deferred to if reasonable. Prior to the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995, the FHAA used in the exemption the language "owner or manager." Congress changed this to "housing facility or community," illustrating an intent to permit a broader array of senior housing providers. The statute also required the housing facility or community to adopt, publish, and adhere to policies and procedures, evidencing that these entities have the authority and power to issue these restrictions. These specific sections, as well as Congress's broad intent to ensure senior housing, lack of intent on the phrase in question, and its willingness to have HUD promulgate regulations on the matter, led the 9th Circuit to defer to HUD's interpretation of the term "housing facility or community." Thus, the HUD regulations were lawful, the City was rightfully determined to be a housing facility or community, and their actions satisfied the intent standard. The regulations were then determined to be lawful under the FHAA and the district court's dismissal of the action was affirmed.
Putnam Family Partnership v. City of Yucaipa, - F.3d -, 2012 WL 516063 (9th Cir. 2/17/2012) The opinion can be accessed at:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/02/17/10-55563.pdf (http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/02/17/10-55563.pdf).
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4555
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VENTURA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AMENDING DIVISION 8, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 2, 3, 4, AND 9 OF THE VENTURA
COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE, NON-COASTAL ZONING ORDINANCE PERTAINING
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SENIOR MOBILEHOME PARK OVERLAY ZONE
AND RELATED REGULATIONS
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura, State of California, ordains as follows:
Section 1
The Board of Supervisors finds that:
A. There are 25 mobilehome parks in the unincorporated area of Ventura County, eight of which have long operated as senior mobilehome parks, providing an important source of affordable senior housing;
B. The eight senior mobilehome parks represent approximately 660 spaces out of 1,360 total spaces, or 50 percent of all mobilehome spaces in the unincorporated area;
C. The conversion of senior mobilehome parks to mobilehome parks allowing occupancy by persons of all ages will result in harmful environmental effects and the loss of existing affordable senior housing within the County. These effects present a threat to, and a specific adverse impact upon, public health, safety and welfare and the County's ability to provide safe and decent housing opportunities to seniors;
D. The goals of the 2014-2021 Housing Element of the County's General Plan include discouraging the conversion of existing senior citizen housing to other uses and providing opportunities for new, and preserving existing, senior housing including ownership, rental, and manufactured housing (Housing Element Goals/Policies 3.3.2-4(1) and 3.3.1-5(4));
E. The California Legislature has authorized counties to provide zoning for "senior mobilehome parks" pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section 18300; F. The California Attorney General has opined that zoning for senior housing does not conflict with the general prohibition against discrimination based upon age contained in California Government Code section 65008 (87 Cal. Ops. Atty. Gen. 148 (Oct. 20, 2004));
11 G. It is necessary to develop new zoning regulations to implement a Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone in order to promote and preserve low cost senior mobilehome parks;
H. This ordinance is necessary to mitigate the unregulated effects of conversion of senior housing to housing allowing occupancy by persons of all ages, including the potential shrinking inventory of existing quality affordable housing for seniors, and restricted housing options for seniors hoping to remain in their mobilehome community or transition into such a community from larger or more expensive housing. No feasible alternative is available to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid these specific adverse impacts as well as or better than, or with a less burdensome effect than, the adoption of the proposed ordinance;
1. California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civil Code, § 51 et seq.) authorizes private parties to establish housing for senior citizens and the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.) expressly allows for "housing for older persons"; and J. The adoption of the text amendments herein and the zoning of the listed existing mobilehome park properties to the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone is consistent with the Ventura County General Plan and good zoning practice and is in the interest of the public health, safety and general welfare.
Section 2
Article 2: Definitions
Article 2, Section 8102-0 - Application of Definitions, of Chapter 1 of Division 8 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code, is hereby amended by addition of the following definition in appropriate alphabetical order:
Senior Mobilehome Park - A mobilehome park with a minimum of 10 spaces in which at least 80 percent of the occupied mobilehomes or manufactured homes are inhabited by, or intended for habitation by, at least one person who is 55 years of age or older.
Section 3
Article 3: Establishment of Zones, Boundaries and Maps
Article 3, Section 8103-0 - Purpose and Establishment of Zones and Minimum Lot Areas, of Chapter 1 of Division 8 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec. 8103-0 - Purpose and Establishment of Zones and Minimum Lot Areas 2 In order to classify, regulate, restrict, and segregate uses of land and buildings; to regulate the height and size of buildings; to regulate the area of yards and other open spaces around buildings; and to regulate the density of population, the following classes of use zones are established along with their abbreviations and minimum lot areas. Alternative minimum lot areas may be established pursuant to Section 8103-1 et seq. Minimum lot area requirements are expressed in "gross" area for land uses and structures. The minimum lot area for subdivision purposes is expressed in "net" area for parcels of less than 10 acres, and "gross" area for parcels of 10 acres or more.
Zoning District Base Zones Minimum Lot Area*
Open Space.... 10 Acres
Agricultural Exclusive 40 Acres
Rural Agricultural 1 Acre
Rural Exclusive. 10,000 sq. ft.
Single-Family Estate 20,000 sq.ft.
Single-Family Residential 6,000 sq. ft.
Two-Family Residential 7,000 sq. ft.
Residential Planned Development..... RPD As Specified by Permit Residential High Density. 0.80 acre (1)
Commercial Office No Requirement
Neighborhood Commercial No Requirement
Commercial Planned Development No Requirement
Industrial Park 10,000 sq.ft.
Limited Industrial 10,000 sq.ft.
General Industrial M3 10,000 sq.ft.
Timberland Preserve TP 160 Acres
Specific Plan SP Established by Plan
Residential RES OTSDC (2)
Residential Mixed Use R/MU OTSDC (2)
Town Center.. TC.. OTSDC (2)
Industrial IND OTSDC (2)
Overlay Zones
Refer to Article 9 (Standards for Specific Zones and Zone Types) for development standards applicable in Overlay Zones
Scenic Resource Protection ISRP Not Applicable
Mineral Resource Protection ... /MRP Not Applicable
Community Business District... /CBD Not Applicable
Temporary Rental Unit Regulation /TRU Not Applicable
Dark Sky. IDKS Not Applicable
Habitat Connectivity and Wildlife Corridors. /HCWC Not Applicable Critical Wildlife Passage Areas ICWPA. Not Applicable
Mobilehome Park ... /MHP. Not Applicable
Senior Mobilehome Park ISMHP. Not Applicable
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Section 4
Article 4: Purposes of Zones
Article 4, Section 8104-7 - Overlay Zones, of Chapter 1 of Division 8 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code is hereby amended by the addition of the following:
Sec. 8104-7.10 - Senior Mobilehome Park (SMHP) Overlay Zone The purposes of this zone are:
a. To recognize senior mobilehome parks as walkable communities where seniors may live actively and independently among peers, the preservation of those qualities being central to residents' continued health, welfare and financial stability.
b. To recognize that senior mobilehome parks provide one of the few housing options within Ventura County available to seniors that are affordable and allow for independent living in a detached dwelling.
c. To preserve a significant source of affordable, senior housing by ensuring that senior mobilehome parks within the unincorporated area remain predominantly available to seniors and are not converted to allow occupancy by persons of all ages.
d. To meet the purpose of the federal Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (42 U.S.C. § 3607.
e. To ensure a sufficient supply of land for this type of use in the future.
Section 5
Article 9: Standards for Specific Zones and Zone Types
Maple, of Dision or eVentara County ordinane Sode is perepo zones ye the addition of the following:
Section 8109-4.11 - Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone Sec. 8109-4.11.1 - Application
The abbreviated reference for this zone when applied to a base zone shall be "SMHP". The provisions of this overlay zone are intended to apply to all mobilehome parks in the unincorporated area where, as of the operative date of the Ordinance enacting this Section 8109-4.11, such mobilehome parks meet the definition of senior mobilehome park and are rezoned to the SMHP Overlay Zone. The suffix "SMHP" shall be added to the base 4 14
zone covering land so identified (e.g., RPD-8 du/ac/MP/SMHP), but shall have no effect on the provisions of the base zone, except for the limitations provided herein. In this overlay zone the permit requirements of Division 11, Chapter 1, Articles 5, 11, 13 and 17 shall apply.
Sec. 8109-4.11.2 - Allowed Uses
Only the following uses, as authorized in this Chapter and with appropriate permits, are allowed:
a. Principal Uses: Senior mobilehome parks.
b. Accessory Uses: Accessory structures and uses incidental to the operation of senior mobilehome parks, and for the exclusive noncommercial use of the senior mobilehome park residents and their guests, such as a clubhouse or community center, community pool, recreational vehicle storage, or common laundry facility. c. Accessory Uses to Dwellings, in accordance with section 8105-4. d. Uses exempt from obtaining permits, in accordance with section 8105-
4. e. Uses not listed above to which owners and residents of mobilehome parks have reasonable expectancy, consistent with applicable permit conditions and section 8101-4.10, and which do not interfere with the operation of mobilehome parks or their use and enjoyment by residents. Examples of such uses include occasional filming activities and wireless communications facilities.
Sec. 8109-4.11.3 - Land Use Regulations
All owners, operators, and occupants, as applicable, located within the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone shall comply with all of the requirements and limitations described below.
Sec. 8109-4.11.3.1 - Signage, Advertising, Rental Agreements and Leases
a. Signage, advertising, park rules, regulations, rental agreements and leases for units in a mobilehome park in the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone must state that the park is a "Senior Mobilehome Park."
b. Any advertisement for a rental or vacancy in a Senior Mobilehome Park must state that the vacancy is intended for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older.
Sec. 8109-4.11.3.2 - Occupancy Limitations & Rentals
At least 80 percent of the occupied units in a Senior Mobilehome Park must be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older.
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Senior Mobilehome Park occupancy satisfies the requirements of this section even if:
a. There are unoccupied mobilehomes, provided that at least 80% of the occupied mobilehomes are occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older.
b. To the extent permitted by applicable law, for a period of no more than two consecutive years fewer than 80 percent of the occupied units are occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older, provided the Senior Mobilehome Park has
reserved all unoccupied mobilehomes for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older.
Sec. 8109-4.11.4 - Age Verification & Compliance Procedures a. The County shall determine, and maintain summary documentation establishing, that at least 80 percent of the mobilehomes in a Senior Mobilehome Park are occupied by at least one resident who is 55 years of age or older. The occupancy verification documentation shall be made available by park owners for inspection by County upon reasonable notice and request.
b. At least once every two years owners and operators of Senior Mobilehome Parks shall submit documentation confirming that at least 80 percent of all occupied mobilehomes are occupied by at least one resident 55 years of age or older to the Planning Division of the County of Ventura Resource Management Agency.
c. The County shall consider government-issued identification to be reliable documentation of the age of the residents of the mobilehome park, provided that it contains specific information about current age or date of birth (e.g., driver's license).
d. Reliable documentation shall also include a certification in a lease, application, affidavit, or other document signed by any member of the household age 18 or older asserting that at least one person in the unit is 55 years of age or older.
e. If the occupants) of a particular mobilehome refuse or are unable to comply with these age verification procedures, the County may, if it has sufficient evidence, consider the unit to be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older. Such evidence may include:
(1) Government records or documents;
(2) Prior forms or applications; or
(3) A statement from an individual who has personal knowledge of the age of the occupants. The individual's statement must set forth the basis for such knowledge and be signed under penalty of perjury. 6 16
Sec. 8109-4.11.4.1 - Duty of Mobilehome Park Residents to Comply with Age Verification Request
Upon the operative date of this Section 8109-4.11.4.1, and no later than 30 days after request for age verification by a mobilehome park owner or operator or an employee or agent of the County, all owners and residents of all mobilehomes located, or proposed to be located, within the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay Zone shall provide to the mobilehome park operator and to the Planning Division of the County the requested age verification documents.
Sec. 8109-4.11.4.2 - Duty of Mobilehome Park
Owners/Operators to Comply With Age Reporting Requirement and Certification
a. Within 60 days of the passage (12/10/2019) of this Section 8109-4.11.4.2, and then every two years thereafter, the owner or operator of each Senior Mobilehome Park shall report to the Planning Director of the County confirmation that at least 80 percent of all occupied mobilehomes are occupied by at least one resident 55 years of age or older. The owners or operators of each senior mobilehome park shall maintain procedures for verifying the age of park residents.
b. The senior mobilehome park owner or operator shall provide to the County a certification substantially in the following form:
"I [name] hereby certify that there is at least one occupant 55 years of age or older living in _ _[number of such mobilehomes] mobilehomes out of a total number of total number]
mobilehomes located in this mobilehome park. This certification is based on my personal knowledge of the residents, evidence provided to me in the form of official government documents containing specific information about the current age of the residents, resident affidavits, or age certifications made by residents."
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Section 6
Section 8109-4.11.4.1 in Section 5 of this ordinance shall become effective and operative 30 days following the adoption of this ordinance. Section 8109-4.11.4.2 in Section 5 of this ordinance shall become effective 30 days following the adoption of this ordinance and operative 60 days following adoption. All remaining provisions of this ordinance shall become effective 30 days following adoption of this ordinance and shall become operative 90 days following adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this_10 day of Decembe 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: superiors larks, Long, Huber, Zaragoza and Burett NOES: Supervisors nore
nope
ABSENT: Supervisors
CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF VENTURA
ATTEST:
MICHAEL POWERS
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of Ventura, State of California
C RNIA
Deputy Clerk of the Board
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ZONING CODE
Title 22 ZONING CODE-OVERLAY DISTRICTS
Chapter 228 SR SENIOR RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT
228.02 Senior Residential Overlay District Established
The Senior Residential Overlay District is intended to promote the maintenance and viability of existing mobile home parks through appropriate zoning. It is an overlay district where mobile home parks are established as the primary land use in order to limit conversion of existing affordable housing to other land uses. The Senior Residential Overlay District may overlay any property which provides for mobile home park developments.
The Senior Residential Overlay District is established and shall be designated by the symbol (SR). The (SR) designation applies to all of the 10 senior residential mobile home parks that existed in the City of Huntington Beach as of the approval on August 5, 2013 of the City's moratorium ordinance regarding senior mobile home park conversions. (4019-4/14)
228.04 Zoning Map Designator
The Zoning Map shall show all property subject to the provisions of this chapter and overlay district by adding a "SR" designator to the underlying base zone. (4019-4/14)
228.06 Definition
Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definition given in this section shall govern the provisions of this chapter.
Senior residential park. A "senior residential park" means a mobile home park in which at least 80% of the spaces are occupied by, or intended for occupancy by, at least one person who is 55 years of age or older, or where 100% of the spaces are occupied or intended for occupancy by persons 62 years of age or older. (4019-4/14) 228.08 Land Use Regulations
At least 80% of the spaces in mobile home parks in the Senior Residential Overlay Districts shall be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older. If an existing mobile home park met this qualification on August 5, 2013, and fell below the 80% requirement between that date and the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, the Senior Residential Overlay District shall be applied to that mobile home park and the park shall be required to operate as a senior residential park by renting spaces and mobile homes only when at least one occupant of the mobile home is 55 years of age or older. The signage, advertising, park rules, regulations, rental agreements and leases for spaces in a senior residential park in the SR Overlay District shall state that the park is a senior residential park.
Pursuant to Section 228.06, Definition, and as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, the senior residential parks in the SR Zoning District are Rancho Del Rey Mobile Home Park, Skandia Mobile Home Park, Huntington Harbor Mobile Home Park, Sea Breeze Mobile Home Park, Beachview Mobile Home Park, Los Amigos Mobile Home Park, Brookfield Manor, Del Mar Mobile Home Park, Mariners Pointe, Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park.
Spaces and mobile homes in senior residential parks shall be rented only to occupants who meet the age requirement set forth in Section 228.08 above; provided, however, that if the occupants of a space or mobile home who do not meet this requirement rented the space or mobile home before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, they shall be allowed to remain, and provided further that when such occupants cease to occupy a space or mobile home, the mobile home and space cannot thereafter be rented except to occupants who meet the age requirements set forth in this section. (4019-4/14)
19 228.10 Minimum Design and Performance Standards
The signage, advertising, leases, and park rules and regulations for spaces in senior residential parks shall state that the park is a senior residential park. Each senior residential park shall have procedures for verifying that it qualifies as a senior facility under applicable federal and/or state law, including documentation establishing that at least 80% of the mobile homes or spaces in the mobile home park are occupied by at least one resident who is 55 years of age or older.
These procedures shall provide for regular updates, through surveys or other means of initial information supplied by the occupants of the mobile home park. Such updates must take place at least once every two years. A summary of this occupancy verification documentation shall be available for inspection upon reasonable notice and request by City officials. (4019-4/14)
228.12 Removal of the Senior Residential Overlay District A zoning map amendment to remove the SR overlay designation shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 247. (4019-4/14)
20 ORDINANCE NO. 289
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
YUCAIPA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 232,
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL LAND USE PLAN AND ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YUCAIPA, AND AMENDING
ARTICLE 3 (MOBILEHOME PARK (MHP) OVERLAY DISRICT)
OF CHAPTER 4 (LAND USE MODIFICATIONS) OF DIVISION 5
(OVERLAY DISTRICTS) OF VOLUME II (DEVELOPMENT
CODE) OF THE YUCAIPA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING
A SENIOR MOBILEHOME PARK OVERLAY DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City of Yucaipa ("City") General Plan includes policies and goals for senior housing oriented development, and it establishes the City's objective to provide sufficient housing for senior residents, and
WHEREAS, the City is committed through the General Plan Housing Element policies to preserving the City's existing affordable housing stock and to maintaining housing for special needs groups, such as senior citizens; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Yucaipa General Plan is that the City will promote the maintenance and viability of existing mobilehome parks through the establishment of appropriate zoning and development standards (Goal LU-8); and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Yucaipa General Plan is that the City will assist in the provision of a variety of housing to meet the needs of the community (Goal H-2); and
WHEREAS, approximately 24% of the City's population is made up of persons age 55 years of age or older, which percentage is significantly larger than that of San Bernardino County (14.6%) as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the twenty-two (22) mobilehome parks in the City that have long operated as senior mobilehome parks provide an important source of affordable senior housing; and
WHEREAS, the twenty-two (22) seniors-only mobilehome parks represent approximately 2,271 spaces out of 4,262 spaces, or 53% of all mobilehome spaces in the City; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Government Code section 65858, the City Council adopted Ordinances 275-U and 287-U, as interim urgency ordinances placing a moratorium on the conversion of any mobilehome park currently existing in the City from a park occupied primarily or exclusively by residents over the age of 55 yeats (senior residents) to a mobilehome park allowing residents of all ages (the 21 "Moratorium") to assure the continued availability of affordable housing to residents of existing parks and to individuals over the age of 55 years; and WHEREAS, the Moratorium expired on July 28, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that new regulations are necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City, particularly those tenants or residents who are over 55 years of age in mobilehome parks within the special needs group; and
WHEREAS, certain senior restricted mobilehome parks are faced with the threat of converting those facilities to all-age mobilehome parks, which would allow residents of any age to reside in that community, and such conversions to non-age restricted housing would result in the loss of existing predominantly senior only housing and is detrimental to the senior citizens of the community. Additionally, conversions to non- senior housing results in a loss of existing senior only housing available within the City, and this loss of affordable senior housing in the City creates a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the seniors in the City; and
WHEREAS, the 2000 Census demonstrates that a senior citizen occupied housing unit will likely have fewer residents in the unit than if the unit housed only non- seniors; and
WHEREAS, Table 26 of the California Travel Trends and Demographics Study Final Report that was issued to the Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning, Office of State Planning, in December 2002, demonstrates that senior citizens are likely to make substantially fewer trips than non- seniors; and WHEREAS, that study found that individuals aged 55-59, 65-69, and 75-79 make 87.5%, 78.6%, and 64.5% less daily trips than those aged 40 to 44; and WHEREAS, in contrast to other senior housing in the City, mobilehome parks afford seniors the ability to live in their own homes rather than in apartments and provide a senior living community in a low-rise setting that typically provides a clubhouse for community events and socializing as well as recreational facilities inside the park so thai the residents can easily walk to these facilities and events; and WHEREAS, many of the seniors living in these senior mobilehome parks enjoy having their grandchildren visit them in the parks and love children, but they, like the seniors without grandchildren, purchase mobilehomes in a senior park in order to live in a quieter community with others in their own age group and purchased their homes in these parks because they were senior parks that only accepted prospective purchasers of homes in the park if at least one occupant of the mobilehome being purchased was 55 years of age or older; and
WHEREAS, the California Mobilehome Park Residency Law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and the Federal Fair Housing Act each recognize the need 22 for and value of senior housing by expressly exempting facilities in which 80 percent of the units are occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of age or older from the requirement to rent to families with children; and
WHEREAS, while senior housing complexes in the City, other than senior mobilehome parks, are generally restricted to senior occupancy by conditions, covenants and restrictions, this is not the case in senior mobilehome parks. The residents of those mobilehome parks relied upon the representations of the park management and park owners that only seniors could purchase homes in those parks and obtain tenancies in those parks. These representations were set forth in the leases or rental agreements they pete rend in to sies or thou phas a ma bie resident werpanks regimed to sino ahe acknowledge. Now some owners of senior mobilehome parks have indicated that they can, and may be already attempting to, change their parks from senior parks to family parks, over the objections of their senior residents, simply by changing park rules using the procedure in Civil Code Section 798.25; and
WHEREAS, while the seniors now living in senior mobilehome parks could remain in a park that changed to a family park, those seniors would no longer enjoy the quiet and companionship of a senior community and the limited supply of senior parks that now exists in the City could be greatly diminished or even eliminated. Since mobilehomes are not mobile in any practical sense due to the high cost of moving a home, the risk of damage to the home in moving, the loss of improvements such as porches, patios, carports and landscaping, which cannot be moved, and the lack of available rental spaces in senior parks, or in any mobilehome park in the City or surrounding areas that will accept re-located homes, senior residents of a park that becomes a family park would have to sell the homes in which they have lived for many years and in which they have invested both financial and personal resources in order to move to another senior facility. After selling their mobilehomes, these seniors may no longer have sufficient funds to purchase a mobilehome in another senior park or other senior facility. Further, as the number of senior mobilehome parks diminishes, it will become harder and harder to find a mobilehome to purchase in a senior park in the City or surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, for the reasons set forth in the preceding recitals, the City Council finds it necessary to protect, enhance and encourage the preservation and enhancement of senior-only mobilehome parks through the adoption of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Housing for Older Persons Act amendments to the federal Fair Housing Act, 47 U.S.C. §3607(b), and the provisions of the implementing regulations set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations (24 CFR §100.304(b)(4))) and the Appendix thereto (64 Fed.Reg. 16331) provide that a senior housing facility or community includes a municipally zoned area and that an area zoned by a unit of local government as "senior housing" satisfies the intent requirement of the senior housing exemption from the provisions of the Fair Housing Act prohibiting discrimination based on familial status; and
23 WHEREAS, the City intends that this Ordinance be consistent with, comply with and implement the federal Fair Housing Act as amended by the Housing for Older Persons Act and the California statues providing senior housing exemptions from statutes prohibiting discrimination in housing based on age and familial status; and WHEREAS, on August 5, 2009, the Yucaipa Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the provisions of this Ordinance, and following the receipt of public comments and any written materials, the Planning Commission closed the hearing, reviewed and considered all the evidence presented, and recommended adoption of the Negative Declaration and approval of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Planner has reviewed the proposed project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has conducted an Initial Study, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Based upon the results of the Initial Study, the City Planner has determined that there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the City, that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, and therefore, the City Planner has prepared a Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the Negative Declaration has been prepared in accordance with requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Environmental Review Procedures of the City of Yucaipa, and hereby adopts the Negative Declaration; and WHEREAS, on September 14, 2009, the Yucaipa City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the provisions of this Ordinance, and following receipt of all written and oral public comments, the City Council closed the public hearing, considered the evidence presented, and deliberated;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUCAIPA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings.
The City Council finds and determines that:
(a) The Recitals set forth above are true and accurate and incorporated herein by this reference.
The conversion of senior mobilehome parks to non-senior mobilehome parks will result in harmful environmental effects and the loss of existing affordable senior housing within the City. These effects present a threat to, and a specific adverse impact upon, public health, safety and welfare and the City's ability to provide safe and decent housing opportunities to senior citizens.
(c) This threat to, and specific adverse impact upon public health, safety and welfare that would result from allowing the conversion of senior housing to non-senior housing justifies the adoption of an ordinance.
(d) This ordinance is necessary to mitigate the unregulated effects of conversion of senior housing to non-senior housing, the potential shrinking inventory of existing quality affordable housing for seniors, the increased environmental effects of non-senior housing and to prevent inconsistency with the General Plan and Development Code. No feasible alternative is available to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid these specific adverse impacts as well or better with a less burdensome effect than the adoption of the proposed ordinance.
California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civil Code § 51.1 et seq.) expressly allows private parties to establish housing for senior citizens and the Federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.) expressly allows for "housing for older persons." (f) On average, senior citizens make less impact on the environment than do non- seniors, as occupancy rates for seniors are significantly less than non-senior occupancy rates. Seniors also make substantially fewer trips than non-seniors, as seniors drive fewer vehicles, and therefore, they require fewer parking spaces per housing unit than do non- seniors.
(g) Based on the foregoing, all-age family mobilehome parks have a greater impact on the environment than do existing senior facilities.
SECTION 2. Adoption of Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District.
A public hearing has been held before the City Council of the City of Yucaipa (the "City), duly noticed and conducted pursuant to the Planning and Zoning Laws of the State of California, and the applicable provisions of Division 3 of the Development Code (as adopted by Ordinance No. 124); and the Official Land Use Plan of the City of Yucaipa, as adopted by Ordinance No. 232, is hereby amended as provided for in Section 3 herein below.
SECTION 3. Amendment of Official Land Use Plan.
The proposed MHP1 and MHP2 Overlay District designations contained on the "Mobile Home Park Overlay District Map" on file with the City, and bearing the file number as follows:
Case No. 09-063/GPA
are hereby approved, and are hereby adopted by the City and incorporated as part of the Official Land Use Plan for the City of Yucaipa as an amendment to Ordinance No. 232. 25 SECTION 4. The Index of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 3
MOBILEHOME PARK (MHP1) AND SENIOR
MOBILEHOME PARK (MHP2) OVERLAY DISTRICTS
Sections:
85.040301 General Provisions
85.040305 Development Standards
85.040310 Definitions
85.040315 Land Use Regulations
85.040320 Limitations on Rentals"
SECTION 5. Paragraph (a) of Section 85.040301 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) Intent
The Mobilehome Park Overlay District is intended to promote the maintenance and viability of existing mobilehome parks through appropriate zoning. It is an overlay district where mobilehome parks are established as the primary land use in order to limit the conversion of existing affordable housing to other land uses.
The Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District is intended to preserve a variety and balance of housing types within the City, and it provides assurances that existing senior mobilehome parks within the Mobilehome Park Overlay District will remain exclusively available to seniors."
SECTION 6. Paragraph (c) of Section 85.040301 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Designation
The Mobilehome Park Overlay District shall be designated by the symbol (MHP1) on the City of Yucaipa Official Land Use Plan. The (MHP1) designation applies to all of the forty-two (42) mobilehome parks that exist in the City of Yucaipa as of the effective date of this section.
The Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District shall be designated by the symbol (MHP2) on the City of Yucaipa Official Land Use Plan. The (MHP2) designation applies to all of the twenty-two (22) senior mobilehome parks that exist in the City of Yucaipa as of the effective date of this section." 26 SECTION 7. Section 85.040305 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding subsection (d) to read as follows:
No Senior Mobilehome Park located within the MHP2 District shall convert to a non-senior mobilehome park."
SECTION 8. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following sections:
"85.040310 Definitions.
The following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this article:
(a) "Concessions" or "Incentives" means any concession or incentive issued or awarded to a project by the City by virtue of the project qualifying as a senior housing project. Concessions and incentives shall include, but are not limited to:
(1) receipt of a density bonus, incentive, or lower parking requirements consistent with Government Code § 65915(b)(3); (2) any preference received on account of qualifying as "housing for older persons" under federal law, having been "designed to meet the physical and social needs of senior citizens" under state law, or qualifying as a "senior citizen housing development" as defined under Civil Code § 51.3 or 51.11, or similar authority; (3) any development which received any benefit pursuant to § 65995 et seq. [relating to lowered developer fees to fund school construction]; or (4) any other reduction in design or development standards, financial assistance, or other development related concession or incentive that the project received from the City on account of the project intending to become, or for actually becoming a senior housing project. (b) "Convert" or "Conversion" means changing from a Senior Mobilehome Park to a mobilehome park that could not qualify as a Senior Mobilehome Park. (c) "Mobilehome" is a structure designed for human habitation and for being moved on a street or highway under permit pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 35790.
Mobilehome does not include a recreational vehicle, as defined in Civil Code Section 799.4, or a commercial coach, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18218. For the purposes of this section, the term "Mobilehome" includes "Manufactured Home."
(d) "Mobilehome Park" is an area of land where two or more mobilehome or manufactured home sites are located to accommodate mobilehomes used for human habitation. This definition shall include rental mobilehome parks where mobilehome spaces are rented or held out for rent. Mobilehome Park shall also include a mobilehome subdivision, condominium, or stock cooperative in which specific ownership rights are acquired by the space occupants within the mobilehome park.
27 (e) "Senior Mobilehome Park" means a mobilehome park in which at least 80 percent of the spaces are occupied by, or intended for occupancy by, at least one person who is 55 years of age or older, or in which 100% of the spaces are occupied or intended for occupancy by persons 62 years of age or older, or that, at the time of initial City approval, which approval occurred subsequent to the effective date of this section, received a concession or incentive from the City" SECTION 9. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following section:
"85.040315 Land Use Regulations.
At least 80% of the spaces in mobilehome parks in the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District shall be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older. If an existing mobilehome park met this qualification on January 1, 2009, and fell below the 80% percent requirement between that date and the effective date of this section, the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District shall be applied to that mobilehome park and that park shall be required to operate as a Senior Mobilehome Park by renting spaces and mobilehomes only when at least one occupant of the mobilehome is 55 years of age or older. The signage, advertising, park rules, regulations, rental agreements and leases for spaces in a Senior Mobilehome Park in the MHP2 Overlay District shall state that the park is a senior park."
SECTION 10. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of Volume II (Development Code) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following section:
685.040320 Limitations on Rentals.
Spaces and mobilehomes in a mobilehome park in the Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District shall be rented only to occupants such that the age requirements set forth in Section 85.040315 are met, provided, however, that if the occupants of a space or mobilehome who do not meet this requirement rented the space or mobilehome before he effective date of this section, they shall be allowed to remain, and provided furthe hat when such occupants cease to occupy a space or mobilehome, the mobilehome an space cannot thereafter be rented except to occupants who meet the age requirements." SECTION 11. Severability.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any part hereof is for any reason held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part hereof. The City Council of the City of Yucaipa hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. 28 SECTION 12. Publication.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause the following summary of this Ordinance to be published by two (2) insertions in the Yucaipa News Mirror, a newspaper of general circulation that is printed, published, and circulated in the City of Yucaipa, and hereby designated for that purpose by said Council of the City of Yucaipa:
"Ordinance No. 289 amends the Official Land Use Plan and Article 3, "Mobilehome Park (MHP) Overlay District", of Chapter 4, "Land Use Modifications", of Division 5, "Overlay Districts", of Volume II, "Development Code", of the Yucaipa Municipal Code, to establish a Senior Mobilehome Park Overlay District that prohibits the conversion of senior-only mobilehome parks to all-age family mobilehome parks." SECTION 13. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance to be posted and published in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this 28'* day of September, 2009.
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Dick Riddell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jennifer Shanklandi ciryClenk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michael Estrada, City Attorney
29 From: Wendy Zimmerman <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:53 PM
To: City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Public Comment For 5/23 City Council Meeting - Top 10 Priorities CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear City Clerk,
Please see attached pdf document to include my comments in the packet for the City Council meeting tonight (5/23/2023) for agenda item concerning the Top 10 Priorities. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you.
Wendy Zimmerman
Newbury Park
30 Wendy Zimmerman
Newbury Park
May 23, 2023
COMMENTS REGARDING CITYWIDE GOALS AND PRIORITIES
Here's what I believe the Council and City Staff should keep in mind while evaluating and determining what City's goals and priorities are for 2023 and beyond. These points are all important to me, not in order of priority.
City needs to create and to provide residents with a fair and effective means of being heard and having their grievances redressed when they disagree with staff and council's decisions-especially when residents have been denied input on administrative decisions. City needs to create and implement an ombudsman's department with relevant policies and procedures. City's policy of charging outrageous fees to those who have health, safety and welfare concerns that are the same amounts as those developers and those seeking profits who have already been heard is unconscionable. Decisions have been made that are NOT in the public's best interests for the benefit of the few. Using exorbitant fees to deter citizen complaints and appeal decisions that were made without including them in the process is wrong. It is tantamount to denying citizens due process. City's current policy is equivalent to pay up or shut up. Residents impacted by planning and other decisions must have opportunities to be heard and to have meaningful action taken for their complaints. More often City is increasing the range of its administrative powers and shutting residents out without hearings.
Staff must do better at taking residents' needs into account, not just what is expeditious for them or what puts the most tax dollars in the City's budget for the least cost.
City needs to include wild life and environmental protections and responsible use provisions in preserving open spaces. I value our open spaces greatly and support keeping the ring of open space around the City as well as those open space places within City boundaries. We have a duty to both nature and people.
City needs to do a better job of capturing and re-using the water we have and receive from both natural and man-made sources. City can find ways to do this in ways that are effective, visually pleasing, and beneficial for our environment including both people and flora and fauna. We live in an area where climate change is happening at a rate that is even faster than most. If City wants to have more water users, it must do more to make our limited water resources go further. Healthy greenery is important for both mental health and air quality.
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City needs to stop thinking that public transit is only for going to work on weekdays between 8 AM and 5 PM and to instead embrace a much more 24/7 mentality. City needs to accept and support workers who need transit in the evenings and who come home after retail and restaurants and entertainment venues close. City also needs to realize that providing service to residents to help them access those venues and get safely to and from them is also important and can reduce car trips and drunk driving.
Shuttles for public events such as park concerts and events at the Civic Arts Plaza from gathering points around the city can reduce congestion and parking needs.
The cost of driving is becoming cost prohibitive. City needs to provide better public transit, synchronize traffic lights so we spend less time sitting waiting for lights to change and cars flow smoothly, and to encourage and make active transportation safer. City needs to provide parking for active transportation users as well at shopping centers, parks, schools, and offices.
City needs to provide better connections to other public transit systems. For example, one should be able to take public transit from Thousand Oaks to the Metro Redline, including to return home from evening performances. Even if I spend hours getting to such a place, I cannot use transit to get home after a show at a location such as the Hollywood Bowl or the Music Center, or even if I work until 6 or 7 PM. Fewer people work schedules that start and stop at specific hours and need more flexible transit schedules that don't leave them stranded.
City needs to stop letting developers pay their way out of including affordable units in their projects. City must not keep postponing this and saying we'll take money now and someone else will build them next time. Those days are over. NEXT TIME MUST BECOME THIS TIME. Further, instead of fancy hotel rooms we don't need (we already have plenty) why not encourage the building of some starter condominium units for entry level ownership instead of more hotels. These units do not have to be fancy with every upgraded amenity, neither do the apartments that have rents that are so expensive it takes two households to pay for them and then overload the parking spaces.
City needs to encourage affordable entertainment and
development of the arts. The prices of attending productions at the Civic Arts Plaza are out of reach of many, including me. I can and do support our local free concerts such as the "Pop Up" series and those at parks not just in TO but in adjacent communities as well. The sad news is that they are not available year-round, mostly just from Memorial Day - Labor Day. We need affordable entertainment January - December, even if it means using school 32 Zimmerman Page 3
auditoriums or other indoor venues during the rainy season. I applaud the TO libraries for their free music and movie programs. They are good examples.
City can also encourage and support the inclusion of
entertainment venues into the industrial areas which have the road structures to support the traffic and are far enough away from homes to alleviate the noise issues. Further, such spaces can be much cheaper than those in higher density neighborhoods while remaining easily accessible to residents. Again, encouraging such places that cost less to build can also help to support their offerings at more affordable prices. They can also provide services like restaurants to those who work in industrial areas. The need for brick and mortar retail is diminishing. We don't need more, we already have many storefronts begging for tenants.
City must respect the needs and special characteristics of various communities and residents from all over the City. Newbury Park is often treated by City like the poor cousin from the wrong side of the tracks and seen as a dumping ground for projects some of their richer counterparts don't want in their backyards. Seemingly out of sight at the west end of the Conejo Valley should not equal out of mind. City should not discriminate against residents by virtue of their location and/or the money in their wallets any more than any other attribute such as their race or ethnicity. Councilmembers and staff have a duty to be familiar with the entire City and to protect the quality of life for all residents. City promised to protect single family homes. That must include those in Newbury Park.
As to items like public safety, emergency services, utilities and sound fiscal management--those shouldn't require being part of goals to aspire to, they are bottom line responsibilities that should always be met.
33 From: Grady, David@SCDD <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:20 PM
To: City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Affordable Housing should be the number one priority in the FY 2023-24 City Council Priorities CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
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STATE OF CALFORNIA
State Council on Developmental Disabilities Gavin Newsom, Governor • website • www.scdd.ca.gov •emal• [email protected] 2580 N Frst Street, Suite 240 San Jose. CA 95131
408) 324-2106
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May 23, 2023
City Council
City of Thousand Oaks
c/o [email protected]
On behalf of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Central Coast, please accept this letter expressing the need for affordable housing in the city of Thousand Oaks. Affordable Housing should be the number one priority in the FY 2023-24 City Council Priorities. The priority statement should commit to increasing the budget allocation for Affordable Housing, particularly for extremely low income, including those with intellectual and developmental disability. The statement should commit to additional new affordable housing site development, providing zoning approvals necessary to develop significant numbers of affordable units, and means to identify and utilize the appropriate programs and support services.
The mission of State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Central Coast is to promote the quality of supports and services for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disability so they can live fully in their community with maximum independence, while remaining healthy and safe. California's Lanterman Act guarantees people with developmental disabilities the services which they need to live successfully in community housing, but there are no provisions within the Lanterman Act to secure or pay for the cost of housing. Therefore, because most adults with developmental disabilities cannot afford market rate rental housing in Thousand Oaks, they are unable to achieve the goal to live independently in the community even though supportive services are available by Tri-Counties Regional Center. Due to the lack of affordable housing, approximately 80% of those with IDD tend to live with their family of origin well into their adulthood. Faced with few residential options, an undue burden is placed on parent-care givers as they age.
When people with developmental disabilities are offered permanent supportive housing in the community where they grew up, they are more successful. They remain connected to the family, friends, and community resources on which they rely. Thousand Oaks, too, is better off by becoming more diverse and inclusive. The city benefits from the contributions of these valued members of our community.
Sincerely,
David Grady, MA
Regional Manager
State Council on Developmental Disability
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TO COUNCIL: 5/23/2023
MEETING DATE: 5/23/2023
Name City Item # In favor/ Comment
Opposed
Beth Merrill Newbury Park 6A In favor pass, adopt and enact a CEAP in 2023. The world is set to reach a record 1.5 degree celsius by 2027, much earlier than predicted. It is way past time to act on what climate scientists have been telling the world what needs to be done since the late 1800's. Human caused climate change is real and there have been solutions presented to the governments of this planet and you all have ignored our warnings and now we are at the final tipping point. Once it completes this last point there will be nothing that you can do except "enjoy what you have allowed to happen" Extinction of life on our world
Frances Lee Moorpark 6A In favor Thank-you for taking my comments! I am a resident of Moorpark, but worked in Thousand Oaks entirely before my retirement. I am an advocate for the environment and the safety of my family and community and the life in nature that sustains us.
I have followed the actions of Thousand Oaks in the development of a Climate and Environment Action Plan and | am in favor of the implementation of the CEAP, to urgently reduce green house gases and in a sustainable purchasing policy for the city.
What you do in Thousand Oaks is a recipe for other smaller cities in Ventura County. Our economies and livelihoods are all connected.
Chiris Soltow Thousand Oaks 6A Opposed I believe the #1 priority should be affordable housing - for seniors, working families, single parents, single individuals, homeless, those needing supportive housing and especially children (CUSD reports there are approximately 300 homeless students attending Conejo schools).
We need more affordable developments, inclusionary units in market rate projects, zoning to allow all church sites to utilize portions of their property for affordable housing, transitional housing, supportive housing I appreciate the affordable units that have been built here and approved but not yet built and the Navigation Center though where will these residents transition.
A vibrant community includes all.
Thank you
Chris Soltow
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