VISTA CITY COUNCIL (CC) BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT (BSD) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC)
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE VISTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SA) JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY (JPFA)
CITY OF VISTA
SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES
APRIL19, 2022
The April 19, 2022, Special Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the Chartered City of Vista was called to order by Mayor Ritter at 2:03 p.m. in the Morris B. Vance Community Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista, California.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT
Mayor Judy Ritter, Deputy Mayor John Franklin,
Joe Green, Corinna Contreras, Katie Melendez
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT
Patrick Johnson City Manager
Walter Chung Assistant City Attorney
Amanda Lee Assistant City Manager
Ned Vander Pol Fire Chief
Kathy Valdez City Clerk
John Conley Community Development and Engineering Director Larry Vaupel Economic Development Director
Kuna Muthusamy Public Works Director
Dolores Gascon Human Resources Director
Mike Sylvia Finance Director
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Deputy Mayor Franklin led the Pledge of Allegiance.
DISCUSSION
D1. INCLUSIONARY HOUSING (CC)
Community Development Director John Conley provided the staff report.
Kelly Batten, Building Industry Association of San Diego, spoke in opposition to inclusionary housing.
The following individuals from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (St. Francis) and San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP) spoke in support of inclusionary housing:
Tony Martinez, St. Francis
Luz Godina, St. Francis and SDOP
Jacqueline Zimmer, St. Francis and SDOP
Lourdes B. Farhat, St. Francis and SDOP
Teresa Perez, St. Francis and SDOP
City Council members and staff discussed the following:
• The City’s previous inclusionary housing program required the units to be built on site. For partial units, an in-lieu fee was assessed; the fee was set based on the cost of developing a unit. Interest in following this model.
• In lieu fees were placed in the City’s Housing Fund
• For a project to receive Low Income Tax Credit, they must generally be 100 percent low income and show a local contribution
• Interest in including rental properties
CONSOLIDATED MINUTES
APRIL 19, 2022
2 •Should apply to larger projects; i.e. 20 or more units in multi-family housing and 10 or more units of single family developments
•Implement an inclusionary housing overlay of 20 percent affordable units in an expanded transit-oriented area of three-quarters of a mile and an overlay of other areas requiring 8 percent affordable units
•Density bonuses can result in affordable units on site, but is optional •Concern about the cost to the builder being passed on to the consumer; more people paying higher costs than the number of people paying an affordable rate •Encourage the use of density bonus to help make projects profitable for the developer •Inclusionary housing helps ensure integrated housing
Motion by Melendez, Second by Contreras, to direct staff to develop a City-wide inclusionary housing program requiring 8 percent affordable units for complexes of 20 or more units.
Councilmember Green made a friendly amendment to require 20 percent affordable units in transit-oriented areas, defined as being within three quarters of a mile of a transit hub, and to give a 20 percent density bonus to offset the costs. Amendment accepted.
MOTION BY MELENDEZ, SECOND BY CONTRERAS, TO DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP AN INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM REQUIRING 8 PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR COMPLEXES OF 20 OR MORE UNITS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND 20 PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNITS IN
COMPLEXES OF 20 OR MORE UNITS LOCATED IN A TRANSIT ORIENTED
AREA, DEFINED AS BEING WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF A
SPRINTER STATION, AND TO ALLOW FOR DENSITY BONUS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MOTION CARRIED 3-2, RITTER AND FRANKLIN OPPOSED
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Ritter adjourned the meeting at 3:47 p.m.
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Kathy Valdez, City Clerk