Remarks by Angela Curro
201 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 9
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“Thank you. And thank you for bringing this forward. I feel like this has been a topic we've been talking about for quite some time. We do appreciate your speed signs. The actual speeds that you are allowed to do are not necessarily near the speed signs, either they're before or they're way after. So if we could maybe have the signs, I'm not directing, I'm just asking if it's something we could have staff look at the signs actually have the speed limit on that sign. So when it's flashing the speed, it tells you what your your actual limit is because that's been one of the comments from the…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Just so it's on the record, none of the residents want speed bumps or calming. They would rather have a stop sign. at the the post office street they they do not want speed bumps they don't want maybe those rumble you know like when you're right before right when you're at that that sign that says flashing the speed maybe the rumbles to just wake you up and remind you gotta slow down that but no way would they want speed bumps i'm 99.9 sure on this one”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, at Airline and 25 and Ridgemark or Fairview, there's a four-way stop sign with a flashing light. You know, with the Ridgemark potential project, they're looking at a potential light going there. There's nothing that says we can't ask Caltrans again to possibly do a flashing light study or even a yellow light, a warning light, you know. where it's not that they're stopping, it's just getting them to slow down. I've sat at flapjacks at noon and at breakfast, and when these trucks go flying by and the whole building shakes because of the speed that they're going, that's the part. It's…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“So my understanding from your presentation versus what Supervisor Kosmicki stated on the timing of the affordable construction, it's half of the permits have to be issued before the 71st house out of 121 is issued. Is that correct? So half would be 10. of the affordable.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“So it's that because these are houses with attached ADUs, it has to go through a flow, but that means that 15 of them have to be done before the 71st and that all of them have to be done before the last main house permit is issued.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“And I recall that this had to be deed restricted in order to meet the vehicle miles traveled overriding consideration. We did not approve an overriding consideration for VMT. We said VMT was matched, was met because of the affordability level, which requires these to be deed restricted. I want to make sure that everybody, that that's what my intent was, that these are deed restricted and that the only reason was because we didn't have to do an overriding consideration of VMT, which means less cars on the road because they would be most likely local residents. That's the only way the…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. So it's not like a new program that we're asking. We're just adding it to this development. Is there a development agreement? Or will there be a development agreement with this project? Has that conversation been discussed? I don't know. I'm asking. I don't know.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Wouldn't we be looking into, so I would definitely want a development agreement that's negotiated with that hypothetical new negotiation team that we discussed last night. Yeah, yeah, okay. Because without a development agreement, I don't think that there's too many nuances where people could be taken advantage of, or residents could take advantage of these ADUs. And I really want the development agreement to hash that out. The if that was mentioned by my colleague about the if they decide to rent, there are so many people right now that I know personally that can't even afford their own…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I heard, Supervisor Kosmicki, I think you said 120%. Is that right? I want to make sure I had that right. So they get in and they're eligible because they're low income.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then a couple years go by, and now they're up, and now they're out. Yes. And so, but this gives the discretion that the planning director can override that for a period of time. I'm not in agreement with that.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“but it also defeats the purpose of housing people that couldn't afford housing, and it kicks them out of a location that they were able to afford. So is there a way to have a period of time that you now, your annual inspection, your annual review has occurred, and it's been determined that you exceed the amount, you have six months to vacate the property.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm just throwing a number out there. I just feel the whole point of this project, in my opinion, I'm looking at the college students at Gav College. I'm looking at teachers. I'm looking at people that can't afford to live in our community. And we have enough multifamily opportunities. Multi families living in one home or even one apartment that could potentially qualify for these homes. And I mean, it's not a one shot fits all. And I know it's not what our long term goals are for affordable housing, but we try to work with what we've got.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“And that at least gives them an opportunity to find another place to live because I just feel like we're going to be causing homelessness if we're kicking people out of our affordable housing. I just I don't see by them being successful and getting out of that affordable housing level that that. Yeah. Will there be a waiting list for these deed restricted units that could be maintained by the county so that when that happens, there is a list that those property owners have of pre-qualified people that could come in and apply to rent that unit?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm sorry, can you say that one more time? How many?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“So there is. So just noticing that there's a big need. So I see this as another thing that if we have, I agree that there needs to be a management of these units and that management needs to be paid by the developer, but the need is there. And if you look at those numbers, we're gonna find people that are gonna benefit from these units. So we did the paid by the developer. I wrote no access, and the reason I wrote this is I don't know how these units are designed. They are attached ADUs. Are they connected by any access doors, like a door? Is it a wall, a full sheer wall between the ADU with…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“In our development agreement, can we make it a requirement that they have to be sheer walls? They cannot be connected with a door. And the reason I'm saying that is that is going to be a way of making sure that these are not being used inappropriately. I'm just trying to find ways to...”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, this is an attached ADU. It's attached, not detached, it's attached. It's attached to the building, but is it connected in any way? Because if it has a door that walks through, that is gonna open the door to not being utilized as an ADU. I see what you're saying. Do you see where I'm going? Yes, yes. And because, I'm sorry, I came from Ridgemark. We got ADUs on every corner in Ridgemark 11. Every single house on the corner has an ADU, but every single one of them has an attachment of a door. And if this is truly affordable, which is my intent, I want to make sure that that's a sheer wall,…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, they're not going to use it. We want it to not be a connected ADU. When I looked at this as an ADU development, it was not with a door access or any connection between the ADU and the other one. Does that make sense?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't want to just say door because door could mean, you know, I don't want any access between the two. Okay? Because that will help with the management, with the affordable, and the deed restriction. I just, that's my basic comments. I think that was it. Thank you. Thank you.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“So after hearing and understanding a little more, can we make the duets deed restricted also?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so, okay, I was hoping we could add that in there. We do have the ability to say that we would amend 2.3, the affordable units are to be made available, that they... are required to be available and remove the first line of if the affordable lot owner elects to offer their respective affordable unit or ADU to rent. No, it is that they shall. The affordable unit shall be rented only to qualified low income. I think we need to, first of all, make that happen. That would be my first recommendation to the board. We need to make sure this management fee, the 5% onto the property owner, I…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's low income, but it would not recuse anyone that is very low income from qualifying. So it would be very low and low.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just want to make sure it's very low and low.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. And then I had originally asked about staff, and now I heard you say consultant. That means money. This addition of deed restrictions would require us to bring on a consultant?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“That needs to be discussed in the development agreement. And it needs to be negotiated. But I don't want to be part of that negotiation team. The other thing is we have to look at this in the eyes also of property owners. When you own a property, like let's say an apartment complex, and the county can't force you to take on a renter, but we're in basically making them take on a renter. So it's that where I'm at is either you're having a renter come in that meets the affordability requirements, or you have no one in that unit. I don't understand. I'm trying to fill the problem, which is we had…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026