Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

qualified to be able to pull up your housing office. The longer harder it is to find affordable Last question I have question. Um on page A4 or section 9-59 it talks about the establishment of administration fees by resolution city for administration monitoring of the unit which may be updated. requ the ordinance talks about a developer walk into the department. We we as a city then have a builtin charge into that agreement that is charged by the to the developer so that we that staff time to make sure these affordable housing agreements are kept current because there has to be affordability limits that are watched every year self

agreements we've done I've done other jurisdions but that's simply built in feed the actual fee itself. Thanks for explaining that kind of thought running through my mind is that these will be recorded documents.

Yeah, I understand the units. Yeah, that's really the last concern I have really perspective of the city and it budget this is going to take you saw in the notes of the responding city to I would imagine it depends on the size of the So some of the models that are out there experience what you can do is take some of that contracts administration turn it over well over 50 or 60% of cities use a third party especially for the financial parts and things like that. So and you know the other main take away from my interviews with Contraosta County and Walnut Creek and Elto was just as much as they wanted to give me solid trends it's just very up and down B and that's you know that's the development application process it could go no one touches the darn thing for six weeks and then suddenly big with these affordable housing uh plans that establish all these rules that we're asking which are of course vital but then somebody has to ass up and down but then of course your expertise balances out the other thing

once you learn figure it out like anything else but again it's all about leadership here's prioritization of this need for housing versus uh utilization time. I will also say just because you brought it up, I I had to go back a couple of my emails from that that city in Sanino. It is pretty clear that a city can quote prioritize residential reser ordinance. I remember now it was that phrase prioritize versus establish an actual number. So there's still this question of what does prioritize mean? Does it say anything that's better from the county, you know, around that boundary no matter what. Or is it prefer a certain preference with developers for resle It's important to be inclusionary in our uh in our prioritizing of our preference. Uh the other thing I notic on here that kind of has concern is that says any housing authority. So at what point do we say we need to have an entity in place that manages what you know has grown beyond what city staff can be discuss very simply

And I think we're talking a lot of the uh what are more micro issues as far as inclusion that housing authority could take over housing authority in terms of I think right housing authority is such a larger polic just expanded out towards all elements of housing production policy state housing coordination things like that threshold And I would just add the city of Annioch does have housing staff and consultants working with it currently. And um you know there's unknown plans to have that maintained but the housing authority would be a separate entity than just city staff that we have now. So you answered a lot of my questions but I wanted to um I also have the concern of developers because we tas

and this becomes the two schools of thought of how do we solve the housing crisis even even the people who don't like housing ordinances they're coming from a place of like well restricted developer then they won't come and I I see that but I also see there is definitely a good Um looking at the one thing that a few com a few of the members of public have mentioned was about extremely low income bracket I guess goes down to about 10 15% below that is just kind of um that can I don't know exactly how to solve that but there's a thought I have I have not too many questions but so many thoughts and I just want to just express a few of those help out um yeah so I don't want the developer to get pushed away that's an incredibly important thing um I also you know I also don't want to have the fee so expensive that it also just tells the developer that there's no alternative option affordable housing more expension or however for each of the houses that that's just the price that I would push on over the other housing. All that being said, all that being

said, I do I do prefer the inclusionary housing. I have all these concerns and I don't know exactly what the right answer is. I do trust the staff kind of and uh place works has also kind of like done all the necessary things to know that these numbers are right. Do we want to have 15% inclusion? Like why is it 20? Why is it 10? I was actually thinking before I came into this 10%. But then after hearing some comments saying I should 20% I'm like all right I can settle on 15. But that's a number I'm kind of coming up with in my mind. I'm not a not a real estate developer homeowner. So I you know it's kind of so I don't know exactly like exactly where to place these numbers but those are some of the thoughts that I have.

Yeah. Can I can I can I can back off there? Um my experience maybe talk about my experience and that's not the reason alone to say let's do an iss package. We have a project homes possibilities which again are already low. Question is how much I think that's when you add it up to the question right so At the end of the day, all I can also don't let I wouldn't let that

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I I think a lot of our concerns can be solved. So I have I think five things that we discussed today. number of units to rescue the ability to raise the shoulderence to local res I think for the labor and then look at options for the housing fundrious. So those are the what I heard tonight for I think the majority of that as long as I feel like

conraints on developers I don't know how that would work, but I feel like that you have more guidance as oppos in our recommendation city that those trust funds monies are spent on that. I think that would be a perfect way to go about it because it does ultimately come down to policing along. It's been around for a while. It would be appreciated. I think we could exit tonight recommendation to that about the guidance and direction on the preferences that we talked about just that solution for us.

You can all just nod your heads and we'll take that direction. I would recommend that

point for resvel and look at options for funding extremely low in that for a minute. What about maybe in the ordinance itself recommend that it be reviewed by the council first every every couple of years

by annually and then that way you can housing trust fund at the same time.

Yeah, that would be to build in a mechanism within the ordinance to have it reviewed every two years for the purpose of being able to look at the ordinance itself to add additional income levels and also to modify the housing trust fund guidelines as well. So I guess I was talking about what you do of the housing trust fund for the the preferential treatment those kind of things.

Is there a way that we can look at it's like it is what it is for years?

This is hope we get it out tonight so you can build in what you need because otherwise we're coming back to you in another month. That was the point. But if you can articulate it in such a way that you get a crack at it within a year. I mean, why wait two years? I think. Yeah.

You could actually say an annual review and then two years thereafter. Every two years thereafter. I mean, you want to crack at it in a fresh state of mind, right? Um I was gonna say is there okay so is there another like routine that is comfortable with this uh this slide right here because what the what the state required Zoe mentioned in the beginning is there like two does two is two years for staff or does it need to be not by the amount of time that has elapsed but by another triggering event something like that more Shall we? No.

No. It's trying to do less work. Like is it like instead of doing a two or should it be when X Y and Z happens? Well, as Zoe said earlier, I mean this is the perfect storm right now because we have an annual report to April 1 about activity on basis. They've been ratchet and for the right reasons. Point being after April 1 of each year for a report about where we're at. May first meeting in June is always

the annual report. You have your general plan and your progress report on that gives you some less That was a motion, Mr. Chair. If I second. Kidding. Did you get all that? No. Can you want me to say it again? Just a

Okay. I'd like to make a motion that we adopt the uh resolution for the IHO with the U recommendation that we review the IHO in of the first year, including the fund administrative guidelines and then therefore after every two years I think that was the whole point of that

I think we I think we've got the body of extremely low. I think have a motion on the floor. Oh, I have a kitty. Roll call vote. I

motion passes unanimously to adopt the resolution of the planning commission the city of Antioch recommending the city council adoption. All right, moving on to our next regular item, general plan advisory committee appointment discussion. Do we have any written or oral communications on the matter? I have a public speaker card for a one, Pablo Martinez. Good evening. My name is Juan Pablo Martinez, senior land use manager with we are looking forward to being engaged in general update process. Our priorities are everything from open space to vehicles transit development and just improving anti. I'd just like to state our support for members of this commission join the advisory committee and we think that commissioner Kevin addition to this body he was very instrumental leader

which lands on a lot of great but he has longer organizations alliance engineering planning and we look forward to participating in this committee in going forward with this process. Thank you so much.

Thank you. So, I would just say that um tonight we're looking for it would be the GPAC is going to be made up of um two planning commissioners. Um ultimately the mayor would um make the decisions and then forward those to council just like the way it was for trans plan for example a few weeks ago. If for some reason you really can't come up with, you know, two, we could forward multi, you know, multiple um people for the mayor to then interview multiple people and recommendations. So just letting you know that could be a possibility, too.

Was there an exact date for the first meeting or what day it would be held on? Um, so there's not a a set date yet. We're just trying to Right now, the um the applications for the general public are due February 27th and then we'll try and get this item because the mayor is going to have to get everyone interviewed. So, you know, it kind of depends on but they were kind of targeting like April is like right we're targeting a April that we'd like to stick with.

So, is there any other commissioners who have interest in So yes, thank you for commenting and endorsing me and staying this long. I appreciate that. Thank you. Um but yes, I am interested in joining for a long long time. Um as mentioned, I do have a very career history from engineering to education. I kind of see a lot of different lenses for the for how the city should get built. I have some experience in looking at kind of decision process. But um you know I love the city. I've lived here for a long time. I actually live off of Wild Road which is kind of uh over on the eastern side of the city. So I look out my window and I see a lot of stuff getting built. So I'd love to kind of know to kind of be on the side of town where more build a lot of joy to see how this can be built for the next next couple decades too long. Um about uh little Okay. Well, um I'm really excited already. We bought her house

1978. I moved here around 25 years. I you know I I really respect your decision process. Um you know if you have that interest I think I would probably with all my S goes actually with Yeah, it's a it's a crazy city and I I like the perspective of this this commission and hopefully I don't um I don't I don't know what I mean and I think you know I think on a realistic approach community does have it um um it neighborhoods and stuff, you know, but I I I embrace that. I think that, you know, part of the city has it has its issues, but those are every city has something it's nothing new, but it's something, you know, it's just something to take on.

So, I think some of the reason I think that will give you a lot of insight. I spent the past 17 years. I also am chair which includes my experience on the transeneral plan that I'm also a member of the League of I also work from home. my ability to high school And then I think all

that's kind of the list of reasons why I would love to be a part of too many commitments on my plate right now. So, I'm going to uh abstain. Although, it does sound like an amazing opportunity. However, I do feel that it's important to have balance. I feel like it's important to have the wisdom and experience of those who have experience and seen the city develop, have been here a while. And I also think it's important have that passion of service. Those who are really at heart public servants who, you know, take time out of their busy weeks to over and over and over again serve the community of I think that speaks volumes as to someone's intent and someone's passion for their community. So um do we need a motion or what are we looking for in this? Maybe just formalize the two people. I don't know maybe if that's easily concern around concerns for city resational activities here etc. I like myself. So I think it's something that

you guys

Is it possible to nominate all three and then let city council can decide? Right. Yeah. Um we could forward, you know, more than two recommendations to the mayor and he would, you know, make his decision to forward to the um city council.

I would say that's probably the most like diplomatic way because there's interest on all three sides and I don't want to see someone defer just out of like humility. I would like to maybe kind of recommend all three and then let the city council kind of, you know, let it be at their pleasure to serve. Does that seem fair? like to recommend that council member Riley and Vice Chair Jones be the primary recommended participants with myself. I think he knows.

Just to clarify, what do you mean by alternate? Well, for the mayor to consider if he doesn't like Oh, okay. Well, then I think Yeah, we might as well send all three because the same thing. Yeah, just recommend that all three have interest and then let the council decide how

that works. kind of you can I mean if we recommend an alternate they're not asking us to send alternate subjects they're saying like nominate two people and if we're saying like so for example if everybody had a vote and you guys all nominated yourselves obviously then it would kind of be left on me to break the tie and I right is that right Right. And so it's kind of silly to do it in that way where it's just more it's just easier to present all of your guys's interests and then let the council decide and maybe that would allow you guys the opportunity to present your the same things that you've said here tonight the council and sort of let them

Okay. So I mean No need to confuse. Okay. So, we have a nomination for and commissioner Jones to be appointed to the I don't even think I can. Yeah, I think if you all agree that they be to the U committee for the general plan. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. Kitty, roll call vote.

I vice chair. I pass.

Okay. Do we have any committee reports? as we're in between and as for everything you mentioned though um I will say our committee reports are about to get a lot now that yeah so I don't want you to feel like you come back all the committee reports and I feel like No, I don't think we have any committee reports tonight. And then just as a communication, the GPAC um for the public, the applications are out front and then they're getting uploaded online if they're not already as of this afternoon. And that's closing February 27th I believe for the public.

Well played like right before the year. Okay. Is there So we have no committee reports. The next commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 18th. Since you all got us out of here with an IHO recommendation tonight, we were going to um we don't have an item for next meeting. So then we move to I believe March 4th. The next planning commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. May I have a motion for adjournment? I move we adjourn the meeting. Second. I have a motion and a second on the question. Kitty, roll call vote, please.

Commissioner, I vice chair. I the motion passes unanimously to