Good morning Thank you, Susan. All right Good morning everybody and welcome to the January 29th 2019 Board of Supervisors. I'm gonna call the meeting To order and ask the clerk to call the roll Supervisor Leopold here friend here cap it here McPherson Chair Coonerty here, and now we're gonna have a moment of silence and then the Pledge of Allegiance of America to the Republic And now I'm gonna ask are there any Thank you. I'm gonna ask are there any late additions to the agenda additions or deletions Yes, there are some corrections and deletions On the consent agenda item number 17. There's additional materials. There's agreement 19c 4 3 5 7 with Brinks Redacted this is an insertion After packet page 179 on Item 23. There's a revised memo packet pages 220 through 222 and a revised attachment a packet pages 225 and 226 On item 30. There's a revised memo packet page 247 and Item 34 staff requests that this item be deleted Great, thank you so much And now is an opportunity for board members to remove items from the consent agenda Supervisor Caput do you have any items? I just want to comment on item number 31. I'm really happy to see that we're Making progress on increased transparency Relatively evaluating how the homeless outreach proactive engagement services Program services are working the effectiveness of this program will be greatly enhanced with our strong Evaluation and subsequent oversight and adjustments to the program which probably will be coming in the near future I appreciate that and that's all I have to say Supervisor friend. I have nothing to pull So I'm not pulling anything either. Okay, so we have no items to be pulled Now is An opportunity for public comment This is an opportunity for members of the public to speak to us about items that are not on the agenda or Or on our consent agenda or are on our regular agenda if you cannot stay to To to speak on those items And I ask if if possible if you are here to speak please line up And we will we'll take your testimony German supervisors Gary Richard Arnold. I'm again here to protest the Sovietization of the state of California I think it's important to know that The Committee for Economic Development calls for reducing local governments by 80 percent Willie Brown Which is sitting here with next to Jim Jones Jim Jones was mostly had a random mob up in San Francisco area Willie Brown in his AP report Called for all cities and counties to be run from Sacramento Willie Brown by the way was the mentor For a committee of Harris. In fact, he dated her 30 years younger than him and we saw Bad things according to one of the candidates in Alabama for dating somebody not ten years younger than him I also think it's important that people know that Mr. Coonerty went to the London School of Economics Which the very emblem is a sheep in wolves clothing The Fabian Society came out advocating regional government, which is and bag and a bag and The various regions and of course a socialist organization. They want to install a system of regional government To act as the ears and eyes and mouthpiece of the central government and we also find with the sheriff This is a little bit awkward But the sheriff has adopted next door right on his website next door was put together by Incutel Which is the invest the investment agencies for the central intelligence and other agencies It was put together by gray line the massage the CIA you go to gray line And then they they saw you show all the people of it and worked in intelligence The ambag system the cogs of councils of government occur where people do not know They meet every six to ten weeks McPherson's been there mr. Capit They're not reported the last time I went they only had five agendas for the public for 13 cities and three counties. It's outrageous. They don't expect people to show up and they're certainly not welcome The Whole state of California is put into a web of Soviets and It's called Cal cog so there's not a square inch in the state of California, which is not intended to be regionalized in fact the Pavian socialist society Advocates that there be two levels of government with the smaller governments Being reduced it will consist of the lower deck will consist of simplified councils and counties Being superseded by regional government. This is what you have been pushing For decades, thank you Austin X speaker to come forward, please Good morning council and supervisors Benjamin Cogan here. Just want to let you know that I'm aware of agenda 21, which is a united nation kind of mandate for basically undermining our personal liberties and local government and and bag is regionalization and Gary just mentioned that there's ties that they're kind of linked together and So we just did the pledge of allegiance to the flag this morning and I'm a Boy Scout Eagle Scout, so it's very It's important to me and it's one nation under God and So I didn't pledge allegiance to the United Nations and I don't follow leadership from the United Nations I follow leadership from our elected officials who are representatives and so Gary I know is here and is advised of the United Nations agenda 21 I'm also advising everyone here to take responsibility and look up agenda 21. It's on the internet It's something we can all be a part of to really bring localization local government local Representation back to Santa Cruz and give the power to the people so that we can have the kind of a city that we want run by the people and you can see The all the buildings and kind of the snack-and-pack housing and they want they're kind of like little one-world city Everything kind of controlled the 5g is gonna control all the little Smart cars so they can be manned Without having people drive and they got their little city and we'll have a loss of freedom a loss of power loss of Loss of property and so if we really work together Right now to create this community We can really put ourselves on the map and stand that we stood for freedom local government local representation and then Really make the difference in the world because this branch out New York will know us and You know the world will know us and we would stand for freedom so thank you as our representatives for listening and having public comment and Being able to hear this we can create this together Yeah, appreciate your time Before I pivot it before I move it into my public comment I just want to be able to remind members of the public what it is to be a good flag waving Americans because we are good people I Want to believe that? Right the American public is tired of the political shenanigans You know the Human Service Department ride Alan Timberlake and Emily Bali with their political machination Trying to criminalize my political dissent like I said, hey, you know, I saw him in the back talking to you guys Did I don't care about them? They're ineffective and they need to be fired How many other activists are they mistreating? You know, they take me through a malicious prosecution the jury acquitted me right for a bogus restraining order have no restraining orders right from services.  Here. He is talking about white privilege, right? And it's horrible. I couldn't even get through this book You know Listen, we want to be able to in participate in our government Self-government is really important. We understand that you guys want to abolish self-government and bring in the regional government The American public didn't sanction it and it's not the will of the people. You know, I'm saying It's a de-legitimize enterprise and we're not gonna accept it because we're gonna be dignified rivals We're gonna stand up for our constitutional Republic for civil liberties and for our freedoms We have every right when I'm walking into this building right here. It says welcome We value accountability and yet I come in here and I can't get community justice at all Right, they were totally corpatory evidence. The DA is just corrupt. It's a corrupt enterprise You need to stop funding those people. You need to start holding them accountable. You guys are healing administrators You know the American public is watching people like myself Gary and Ben Because they want to hear the unscripted reality. You bring in all these design talkers these functioning your bureaucrats with their scams We understand I understand all pressure. Hey, I read all day. I understand all pressure. It's like breathing drinking water food I got it. I'm a scammer, too But let me run systems. Let me run the public defender's office. Let me run the deep the probation department Let me run it and I guarantee you people ain't gonna be complaining Because hey, we're not getting our fair share This is the only county out of all the 58 counties that hey when I come in here. I don't see people of color I don't even see a woman up in here the which is shameful Right when I'm in the jury all it is is just women They need a pull from the DMV not from the voter registration because most people that don't believe in the system don't register to vote They should be pulling from the jury from the DMV so that hey, we have a fair trial Thank you Next speaker, please Good morning. This is just a quick. Thank you for the Emergency climate resolution that's on the consent agenda. Thank you from all of us and our grandchildren Thank you Are there any other speakers today? Great Yes, good morning. My name is Satio Ryan. I'm with a group called EMF aware Santa Cruz And I'm here today particularly to thank John Leopold for for support of Anna Eschews bill It feels so good to have this recognition come This is such an important issue this fifth generation of wireless technology that's being pushed by the telecom industry I am fully in favor of technology, but I think that there is far too much of this already and Without consideration for the many peer-reviewed scientific studies that are out there. I know the The FCC and the telecom industry work hand-in-hand. It's been well documented. I am EMF sensitive It's hard for me to be here today because of the towers on the roof the big one out there I'm not alone in this. There's many in the community. A lot of us don't come forward because people don't believe us people who haven't experienced symptoms of this yet are Experiencing it the health effects. It's just not known to you yet It was the way it was for me five years ago and now I do believe because I've experienced the symptoms myself One thing I'd like that. I think it's wonderful that this you're supporting Anna Eschew And I don't think her bill has gone far enough I think we really need to look closely at this 5g which is completely untested these frequencies and to Educate ourselves more all of us. I mean I include myself in this as well Our group is working so hard to learn as much as we can and we would love to share what we've learned with you I sent you a really long email in a couple of days ago I hope you've got a chance to look at it and I'd like to share more I Spend about six hours a day researching this stuff, which is not something I ever plan to do But because my health was so dramatically impacted by it. I Needed to so one thing I want to say is that those of us who are sensitive It's really not fair to start what 5g wants to do is put these towers in our neighborhoods every 500 feet 40 per square mile outside our bedrooms. This is what was quoted to me by a planner in Santa Cruz AT&T said this in a meeting to them and This is not we have not consented to this the public right of ways ADA protections cover us as a protected class those who are EMS sensitive and that over that supersedes FCC rulings so I I want to personally pursue this myself to learn more about those ADA protections I hope you'll help us. So thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you Hello, everyone. My name is Alyssa Barnes and I have been a 30 year resident of Santa Cruz I am here in support of HR 530 the Proposal that The last speaker just spoke about from Anna eschew and thank you John Leopold for your support of that I have worked as a massage therapist and a In the new leaf market in the wellness area, so I've worked One-on-one with people and their health quite a bit and I'm also very interested in the health of the environment as well so I just really am Here to request support for the slowing down of acquisition of new technologies as we do have Considerable scientific evidence that the technologies that we have right now are Harmful to human health and the crisis in human health in our not just our society, but worldwide Really speaks to the fact that something's going on So there are many examples of strong scientific evidence lagging behind the public knowledge and understanding And this is due largely to big money interests tobacco asbestos Let in paint to name a few these are all times when the science showed clearly That there was issues and harm and it took years and decades for that to be well understood So I feel that the slower acquisition of technology is really important at this point and 5g has a lot more to do with Creating a condition where we need to purchase more items more new phones to go with their systems and so on and so forth So I'm gonna just go ahead and leave it there right now But thank you very much for this public comment time and for your support of HR 530 Good morning supervisors Excuse me. I'm getting over cold My name is Tina toe and I'm the field representative for Santa Cruz County for NORC at the University of Chicago I would came to let you know that the National Survey of Early Care and Education is going on now until June This is a very important research study. It determines where funding is Future federal funding is determined and distributed throughout the county And I wanted to stress the importance of letting your constituents know to participate in the study if they're selected. That's all Thank you. Thank you. I Can leave some information if you're interested. Thanks Good morning. My name is Erica Miranda Bartlett. I'm here to just support or express my Support and appreciation for your thorough attention to the MHSA update Item number 29. I Really appreciate the time and attention you've paid to this as looking sort of at the documents They're really complicated hard to understand, but it's so Vital that this funding goes to the most vulnerable members of our community. So thank you supervisors. Thank you Hi there, my name is Tracy Kennedy and I just wanted to Express my support for the MHSA plan and Thank Thank you for continuing to make peer services an important part of that plan Thank you supervisors, my name is Adrian Bernardo and and I Guess I'm just going to chime in as well about supporting the plan and thank you for taking the energy and the time to to to invest in mental health and behavioral health and And I just want to echo what Erica said about the most vulnerable population in our communities is and How can we continue to further and support and promote? More funding in this area. So there's a movement on the horizon of sorts And so thank you for being a part of it and I'm grateful for first and I completely support the MHSA plan and taking Taking the time to fund all of mental health programs that are benefiting from it. So thank you so much Good morning. My name is Rockmont Martin I'm a 48 year resident of this county with 46 years in John's district I'm not a naive Environmental fundamentalist I began my adult life with a science and engineering education at Stanford University I've spent two-thirds of my working life in the world of telecommunications in the early 90s I was a co-founder of a Silicon Valley startup business that bridged the world of the internet with the world of wireless data communications I left the corporate world as one of the senior executives in that company about 15 years ago And went out on my own and began to help people solve problems in their lives In that role I began to receive questions and requests from people who were living with challenging issues such as they could not sleep any longer at night Or they had uncomfortable buzzing in their brains during the day. I acquired instruments that enabled me to measure for extensive dirty electricity EMF Wi-Fi and the then rapidly increasing amount of so-called smart meters But I can assure you that they are anything but smart We live in a time when the global elite have increased their control over society and all of us in a broad diversity of ways But with a focus here this morning on cell towers and my limited time I will only comment on this The proliferation of powerful cell towers is very dangerous The wireless industry is now beginning to deploy their so-called generation 5 or 5g towers This is beyond insane and cruel to all living things from the animals the trees the plants those that fly and swim and not to be missed But indeed us humans We must not allow this Research scientists have determined that the effects of exposure to emf are cumulative We need to stand up like one of the communities in Marin County recently did and in upscale communities in Florida and outlawed the Installation of any 5g networks in their community We cannot expect or hope that the federal agencies like the FCC will protect us like virtually all federal agencies This is an industry controlled network of the global elite Like myself Kim many members who live in or visit the vendors in the so-called village will not agree to any Installation of a new cell tower in the village and it should be understood. There are five schools within the Affected zone of this proposed cellular installation You members of the board should know that we will not agree to you and not taking strong action and request your strong support of US Congressional Resolution 530 Thank you. Thank you John My name is Sarah Nelson. I'm with the Romero Institute a law and policy Center here in Santa Cruz I just want to express appreciation for thousands of other citizens that I know agree with what I'm about to say to you Bruce McPherson for your incredible leadership and Monterey Bay community power Which means that now we when we turn on our lights in our three counties We are not in any major way contributing to global warming and I want to thank John and Ryan because you are providing the leadership we need on climate the world is Desperate for good leadership on climate and I want to see it come out of Santa Cruz and then out of California And then into the nation in the world and we can do it And I can't even tell you how happy I was when I saw this was on your agenda And you're gonna do it and we're all behind you and let's put something fabulous together To be a model for other counties in our state. We are with you. Thank you so much This will be our final speaker Garrett part of wireless radiation alert network, and you have been alerted and informed and provided data Over I've been coming here or 18 years since I retired from teaching about the hazards of wireless Microwave radiation the harm to the bees the harm to all wildlife and us so you know you're not Uninformed and The previous speaker here talking and thank all the previous speakers who came The carbon footprint It's not just the cars and the oil industry But that's huge, but the telecom industry also has a huge carbon footprint That doesn't seem to be taken into account here Regarding the five. Thank you for supporting and issues bill I don't think it goes far enough either. We really need to put a halt to this and remove the harm When you know something is dangerous We need to stop it and instead You are While you support this bill against 5g the 5g the 4g which is all over the county and There are 13 of these cell sites in the Aptos Freedom Boulevard Area where I live and I keep thinking of how Zach friend your aid told me you took a leadership role and Promoting the technology so my whole Neighborhood is now more radiated than before We need safety. We don't need micro radiation. It's a big factor in killing the bees as well and I want this Unfortunately, you have censored the public from commenting on the consent agenda items But I would like this to be entered Mobile communications cause for the global disappearance of the bees to be entered with item What I was that on the be safe be safe remove the pesticides remove the wireless on November 30th, we had a presentation here called 5g Microwave onslaught what it means to us. It was recorded. Dr. Carl Merritt was the keynote speaker and 5g they showed on the polls in a promotional by Verizon They're the 4g's antennas and oh, they'll just put their 5g antenna here AT&T it's already working with the city of Santa Cruz to promote this deadly technology We need to stop it. You need to stop it watch this, please. Thank you. Time's up. Thank you All right, that concludes public comment the board will now take action. Oh, sorry, which ma'am I didn't rise you still want to speak please Is there anyone else who'd like to speak let's say about public comment? This would be our final speaker Hi, thank you. I'm Joanne Walfeld from Scotts Valley, San Cruz County and I wanted to say about the regarding the 5g Since it's going to be in the milli milli meter waves continuously about 24 gigahertz to a hundred We know it affects the sweat glands the sweat glands act like antennas It affects the eyes blindness cataracts and the military we know uses it to disperse crowds To burn the skin and it uses it on its enemy to control brain thoughts I'm studying it in every direction I can and there is a whistleblower that has come forward an airport Employee who has cancer and she said they have been working with these scanners at the airport That are in the milli meter wavelengths. She said She hasn't gone back to work because of the government shutdown Which has actually been a good thing for her. She's trying to recover She said the employees that are working at this particular airport with these scanners Some have already passed away from cancer Some right now are in stage three and four cancer, which is usually quite terminal Many have different types of autoimmune So the milli meter wavelengths are affecting different tissue types Which causes the cells to quickly create new cells, but they're not effective cells in a tissue type That is kind of a fast definition of autoimmune She she says they get to go home and escape the 5g They work in the 5g millimetre wavelengths on their jobs and they are still getting cancers Some have as I said passed away and are dealing with terrible autoimmune If 5g goes we will not be able to escape this. This is this is absolutely an apocalypse Thank you Thank you, and that concludes public comment We're now going to move to item number six, which is the action on the constituent agenda. These are items one through 46 with the exception of 34 and our supervisor friend if you have any comments or additions Thank you chair, I just have a brief comment item 22 with supervisor leopold appreciate his partnership on this which is to provide a Regulatory framework over some of these new shared mobility services that are coming into communities as you know The city of Santa Cruz for example has jump bikes a lot of cities throughout the state actually don't have a regulatory framework of how these and other Types of these shared mobility services can use the right-of-way So we felt it was important to ensure that we take a look at this in advance of them coming Recognizing that they are coming and seeing what is the best use of the county right away and have a regulatory framework for them Once they actually interned our community so we can have a process by which they can exist Or not depending upon what we what the board determines is best once we come back with this framework. Thank you Supervisor Leopold good morning chair I just have a number of items to comment on on item number 21, which has been talked about here earlier hr 530, you know the The federal government the legislature the in the u.s. Senate tried to take up a bill last year that would take away local control Over the siting of cell facilities. We also saw a bill in the state legislature this Board opposed both those pieces The Trump administration unable to get what they wanted in the legislature Use the federal communications commission to order a set of rules which totally bypasses Really any local control over land use for these facilities. I'm appreciative of Congresswoman and eschew for Introducing hr 530 and I think it's part of our long-standing effort to maintain some local control over the wireless Facilities we have very little that we actually have a say over I also want to comment on item number 22 as my colleague Mentioned we're starting to see these kind of Services available. There are some people who want them and there's some people who are concerned about them We definitely need a regulatory framework to figure out how to if they're going to be introduced how they can best be introduced in our community and I look forward to Seeing those regulations come back to our board Item number 23, which is the declaration of a climate emergency This is a response from many many members of the community Who have expressed themselves in lots of different ways? They've been strongly supportive of our efforts whether it be on banning fracking whether it be on the creation of the Monterey Bay community power This board has taken lots of actions to reduce our Carbon footprint and we need to to to say as loudly as possible that this is a serious problem that we need to be working aggressively to address it and Again, it's trying to move against of what the federal goals are which is not they're moving in the opposite direction We need to be moving forward on Item 29, which is the Mental Health Services Act Update, I want to thank our mental health services and HSA for the work they did to To really respond to community concerns by ensuring that there was meetings that were held throughout the county to listen to people That they're they were well attended meetings I think that this update reflects that community input and I want to appreciate our department for for trying so hard to be Inclusive and accountable to the community. So thank you on item number 32, which is the Report on the renovation of the former veterinary building on on Soquel Avenue I think that as we bring this back during budget hearings I just want to say that that I would like to see the crisis stabilization program or crisis program How's there that's clearly a need that we have in the community and I and I think it would be a great opportunity to use that facility To help out for a much needed service that we hear about all the time here at the board And I know I hear from constituents Lastly on item number 40, which is Accepting special condition on the Rockview coastal access park I want to thank Jeff Gaffney and the parks department for their work on this along with county council the idea that That homeowners when repair their seawall but also Provide some mitigation to be able to support the community won't allow The our coastal access to be improved by the creation of the stairs at Rockview park I go there all the time I'm really I this is a well-loved spot and the fact that we'll be able to get down to the ocean right from there Safely will be is great And I appreciate the partnership between the coastal Commission the county and homeowners to help enhance Coastal access so thank you for your work And that's it. All right Supervisor Caput the only thing I'll comment on is item 36 because Marilyn Garrett brought it up about the bees and she did mention You know the oil industry of course and then wireless and the effects and item 36 Actually is going to address the pesticides that are being used and how that all affects The the loss of a lot of bees that are very important to agriculture for Poland and colonization and so anyway My last understanding is that the bee population in Santa Cruz County is doing better now than it was a couple of years ago so we're doing something right and So it's good to see some money going into Looking at the relationship between all of these different things that are going on and how it affects The bees and how that will affect agriculture in general. Thank you All right, perfect And I just have a couple comments to make first on item number 22 Which is the shared mobility? Issue I want to thank my colleagues for bringing this forward and also just encourage that to the extent possible We need to integrate with the adjacent cities Because we're a small county geographically and many people don't know When they're leaving the cities versus the unincorporated areas and we want to have something that works seamlessly Allowing people to move across the county An item number 23, which is the climate emergency. I just want to thank the community for pushing this and bringing this forward It's clear that at least in the United States. We will not have a leadership at the federal level I think we can have leadership at the state and federal level But most importantly we have leadership at the community level where people are organizing and making sure that we're taking a stand that is Responsible not only environmentally but ethically for future generations And then finally on item number 31, which is a report back on hopes I think this was a great initial report back I want to really stay focused on the fact that this program was created To address public safety and community impacts first and foremost and so getting the indicators up and going Especially arrest six months before and six months after as soon as possible so we can track the community impacts Is essential and evaluating this program and so making sure That that's a priority as the hopes program continues to do its good work in the community So with that I will take a motion the consent agenda today is items 11 to 46 with the exception of item number 34, which was deleted I would move the consent agenda motion by Leopold second by McPherson all in favor. I Opposed that passes unanimously. Thank you everybody We are now moving on to our regular agenda. The first item up is item number seven This is a public hearing to consider a resolution amending the unified fee schedule to reduce the fee for year-round special event organizer from $380 to $190 $90 for events concurrent with the certified farmers markets as outlined in the memo of the director of health services and I'll first ask if any of my colleagues have any questions about this item The only thing I would mention is We're actually talking about reducing something. I haven't heard that from government in a long time Thank you and I will ask if there are any comments from members of the public Good morning everyone Nesh Dillon executive director Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market on behalf of SCCFM the organization that runs the RFI farmers markets here in the county and I'm also speaking on behalf of Catherine Barr who's the executive director of Monterey based certified farmers market We support this amendment to the year-round special event organizing permit reducing the fee from $380 to $190 Our organizations operate the lion's share of all farmers markets in the Monterey Bay Operating a total of nine markets Considering sort of five farmers markets already are required to purchase an operation permit Which each site is required at a cost of $380 the reduction in this new permit makes perfect sense We want to thank the Board of Supervisors Especially Supervisor Coonerty's office and Santa Cruz County Environmental Health Department on working on this We recognize we hope we're glad that you guys recognize the importance of farmers markets as a promoter and delivery platform for locally grown food An incubator for new food businesses and a vital community experience Bringing neighbors friends and visitors together every week year-round rain or shine. Thank you appreciate it Thank you Anyone else that Concludes public comment And I'll bring it back to the board for a move to move the recommended action and just say that less is better sometimes Thank you motion by McPherson second second by I would just add it's important to support our Community farmers markets They not only provide great organic produce and help us eat well But there also is an important part of our community and they build community So thank you for your work and glad that we're able to support it this way Thank you, so we have a motion and we have a second all those in favor. I Opposed that passes unanimously Moving on to item number eight. So this is to consider an ordinance for peeling chapters 2.28 2.30 and 4.09 and sections 4.0 4.0 4.0 9 oh 4.2 6 point 1 6 oh and 4 2 6 4.2 6 1 7 oh the Santa Cruz County Code and emitting chapters 2.14 2.6 6 2.8 2 4.0 4 4.0 8 4.2 2 4.2 6 5.0 8 5.1 6 5.2 0 5.2 4 5.2 6 and 5 point 4 6 of the Santa Cruz County Code to correct Typographic errors address organizational issues Align the code which changes the state law Delete unnecessary material and make any make additional miscellaneous changes as outlined in the memorandum of the county council This is about this is in short to explain all those numbers Is an ongoing effort by our county council to clean up our code and make sure that it's consistent with relevant laws and clear for for future boards and members of the public So we have Jason Heath here to answer any questions the board might have well I thought it was a hazing ritual for the new chair to have That was very good you get to serve the rest of the year a quick three times Jason Heath for County Council's office, and I'm back. This is the fifth time the fifth ordinance We're bringing to update the county code provisions this time. We're asking We're recommending that you repeal a couple of county code provisions that are just Outdated no longer needed for instance 1989 earthquake relief That's been on the books for a long time and not necessary anymore a couple others regarding juvenile hall There's a couple other programs that have been changed over time that are no longer necessary, and I'm happy to answer any questions that you have Do we have any questions? No, it continues to be in a very interesting read actually to go through our county code this way You do you're doing a lot more work than we are reading these updated codes, but it's helpful for me great Thank you any comments from members of the public I Would like to see some elaboration for the public and Explanation because this has been going on for many board meetings So these are sweeping changes one change that I know has been pushed through by the County Council Is the procedures of the board meeting where? The comments on the consent agenda item can no longer bring brought up by a member of the public Yes, Garrett That's actually not this agenda item that we're talking about so you need to talk about any of the Well, I'd like you to elaborate so the public knows what you're talking about this is on TV It's all these numbers. I know what happened with that is that the public has been censored Especially as women who speak out been censored by you men So I would like some more Elaboration on specifics of all these Countless numbers. I can't believe that that many typographical errors in the county code Thank you that concludes public comment and I'll bring it back to the board for action Chair I will move the recommendations and I'll just add that these aren't all typographical areas they they Also slight changes in the code references and just a review to make sure that these are still applicable as the as the attorney Mentioned we had something in our code relating to the 1989 earthquake and 30 years later We don't need that anymore in our code. So these are these are relatively small changes And I appreciate the work that's gone into it. So we have a motion by Leopold second second by friend All those in favor, please say aye. Aye Opposed that passes unanimously. Thank you for your good work I were moving on to item number nine, which is consider a final appointment of Steve Steve Otten to the Resource Conservation District Board of Directors as an at-large representative for a term to expire November 25th 2020 Any questions to the board move approval? Well, let me just ask anyone in from the public want to comment Close public comment. I move approval. Yeah, we got a motion by Leopold second by McPherson All those in favor, please say aye. Aye Opposed that passes unanimously our last item of the day is a 1030 scheduled item And so the board will recess until 1030 for consideration of item number 10 Thanks for reminding me Call the meeting back to order our first I are a first and only item today is a 1030 scheduled item Which is a public hearing to consider application number? 181094 Habitat for Humanity a subdivision planned unit development for the residential for a residential development permit for an 11 affordable unit housing project at 2340 Harper Street Then also to accept the determination that the project is exempt in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and take Related actions as outlined in the memorandum of the planning director And we have Lizanne from the plan department here to make a presentation. Yes. Good morning everybody So um there we go So the subject property is located on the south side of Harper Street It's in the live oak planning area Approximately halfway between the intersection with Chanticle Avenue and the point where Harper Street dead ends at I believe Rodeo Creek Gulch The parcel is currently developed with a small single-family dwelling and some associated sheds The remainder of the northern portion of the site is open grassland with a few small trees Which are mostly around the existing house and the southern third of the parcel Slopes down to an event ephemeral drainage channel that runs along the southern property line This southern area contains a riparian corridor and an associated buffer zone Which is characterized by eucalyptus and oak woodland with understory vegetation that increases in density as it gets closer to the creek Along the front of the parcel and you can kind of see that in the top right hand picture there There is a line of mature monterey cypress trees along Harper Street The property is bounded to the northeast and west by residential neighborhoods That is owned for single-family development Although there are some larger legacy parcels that are currently with only one single-family dwelling Many of the original parcels have been subdivided and are developed with single-family and town-home dwellings on smaller parcels I would add that some of those developments actually are of greater density than the proposed project South of the subject site across the other side of the riparian corridor is developed with a historic farmhouse and other associated Structures, but beyond this there's a mobile home park To the west of the project site on shanticleer Avenue and capitol road about 700 feet northwest of the project site That's the live oak elementary school The application is a proposal to divide the existing 69,367 square foot parcel Into 11 residential parcels and a common area parcel and to construct for two story structures Each containing two single-family dwellings and one two story and two what sorry two one story structures one with The semi-detached single-family dwelling unit and one containing one single dwelling unit The 11 units will be set within a landscaped private common area that includes a shared parking lot Which is accessed by a central driveway a Communal recreation area and gathering place with the children's playground there's a fenced community garden with raised planting areas and open space and There's the riparian corridor that runs along the southern portion of the parcel which will be protected and enhanced Because a hundred percent of the 11 proposed single-family dwellings would be de-restricted as affordable to low or very low income households The applicant has requested a residential affordable density bonus, which is in conformance with the state density bonus regulations Under the density bonus law a maximum bonus of up to 35 percent May be applied which would allow for the construction of a total of 17 units I think actually the density bonus now allows for up to 50 percent and I haven't calculated the The number of units that could be proposed under that but under 35 percent It would be 17 units But the applicant is proposing to build only one Additional unit over the maximum of 10 units that could be built under standard county regulations and doesn't intend to construct Any of the six additional bonus units that would otherwise be allowed The subject property is owned r1 6d a single-family designation that allows residential units at a density of 6,000 square feet per unit Which is consistent with the urban low density general plan designation The proposed subdivision is consistent with the zoning and the general plan as allowed under density bonus law The D designation denotes a designated Park site combining district However, because your board previously determined that development of the parcel for a park or other Recreational use was not appropriate and that the site should instead be developed for affordable housing The proposed project is subject only to the regulations of the basic residential zone district The proposed land division is shown on the tentative mat would result in the creation of 11 townhouse style single family parcels And one common area parcel in addition There's a 600 square foot four foot wide strip of land along Harper Street Which will be dedicated to the county of Santa Cruz for street and sidewalk purposes This project is proposed as a common interest development and the average parcel area per residential unit Which includes the common area would be 5,610 square feet of net developable land per dwelling which is consistent with the urban low density residential general plan designation as set out in density bonus law and that would allow for one unit At the maximum density it would allow for one unit for each 4,080 square feet if the maximum density was of 35 percent was applied Individual lots within the development has shown on the tentative map range from about 1,241 square feet to 2,474 square feet an area and the common area parcel would contain 49,878 square feet All of the required external site setbacks for the R1 six-zone district has applied to the existing parcel have been maintained or they are exceeded Setbacks to new interior property lines that that is those between the individual new lots Have been reduced in accordance with county code Which allows for interior setbacks to be reduced for parcels that don't about the periphery of the project site This reduction of interior setbacks has been proposed to allow for the construction of semi-detached single family dwelling units The proposed development would also comply with all of the other site and development standards for the R1 six-zone district Including lock coverage floor area ratio and height While semi-detached dwellings are considered to be a single family use in county code The semi-detached configuration isn't specifically allowed in the R1 six-zone district as it would otherwise be in the R1 3.5 and R1 4 zone districts therefore the proposed project includes a request for a planned unit development Or PUD the to allow for departure from strict conformance with county code There are no departures from the otherwise required site and design standards found in the design review ordinance county code chapter 1311 The proposed PUD Includes standards specifically designed to mitigate the impact of proposed development as well as to provide benefits to the neighborhood and community In which it's located These benefits include the provision of affordable housing enhanced resource resource protection design excellence and public viewshed preservation The residential development along this section of Harper Street is comprised of a mixture of mostly detached single-family homes that range in size from about 800 square feet excuse me To over 2600 square feet in size There are also townhomes and semi-detached single-family homes which are similar in character to the proposed project To ensure the proposed development would be compatible with the neighborhood character on Harper Street The proposed project has been required to include homes that would front onto the street rather than onto the interior driveway Units along the northern edge of the proposed development have therefore been required to include a front entrance with a gabled porch That opens towards Harper Street At the lower floor the homes fronting the street would be set back From the existing edge of Harper Street by a minimum of 38 feet That's 24 feet from the edge of the proposed right-of-way dedication And the second story would be set back an additional seven feet These increased setbacks together with the proposed landscaping and the retention of the existing mature cypress trees Will mean that the proposed homes at the front of the parcel will not be visually prominent in any views along Harper Street The remaining homes are located beyond the shared parking area approximately 150 feet from Harper Street These homes front onto a shared landscape recreation area that will include a children's place structure and a communal meeting space with barbeque girls and picnic tables South of the recreation area There would be a community garden with raised planting beds that will be allocated to homeowners for growing vegetables or other gardening projects Individual dwellings have been grouped together to reduce the total number of proposed buildings Which will lessen the visual impact of the development and also reduce the overall coverage by impervious surfaces The proposed semi-detached single-family dwellings will not result in massive buildings that will be out of character with the surrounding homes The maximum floor area proposed for any one of the proposed buildings which contain two homes would be 2,520 square feet which is similar in size in fact slightly smaller than existing homes along Harper Street the newer homes The maximum height of the proposed two-story structures measured from existing grade would not exceed 24 feet Which is less than the maximum 28 feet allowed in the zone district and therefore the visual impact of the development will be roughly Equivalent to a single-family home development containing six moderately sized detached single-family homes So as directed all of these structures would be required to be enforceably restricted to be maintained a Single-family dwelling such that no portion of any home may be converted to an ADU To protect the existing public view sheds and to maintain the character of the neighborhood as far as possible The site has been designed and laid out to retain Open vistas through the site from Harper Street to the wooded Arroyo along the southern boundary To reduce the total number of structures 11 single-family homes are accommodated in just six structures And these are laid out either side of an open area running on a north-south access through the center of the parcel The open area will be comprised of the access driveway Parking area a landscaped recreation area in the community garden beyond and so the Layout basically allows views across the parcel to the woodland beyond There's a new sidewalk that's proposed along the project frontage and it'll run along the southern side of the Away from the road of the existing cypress trees Which will allow for pedestrian connectivity along the street while preserving the existing character along the project frontage This this isn't something that came up with the planning commission, but they wanted to know that garden sheds that Would be potentially developed in association with the community garden wouldn't block that view so The PUD includes language that would restrict sheds to be within these two areas shown on the plan here in red Either side of the common area so that they wouldn't be in public view The buildings all been designed to feature clean lines and simple shapes Which is consistent with many of the other older homes in the neighborhood and all of them include features such as gable roofs and painted wood effects siding and covered porches Although each of those buildings would have a similar aesthetic the color palette will be different for each structure and the colors have all been Designed with muted earth tones grays greens browns to blend with the existing homes on Harbour Street and with the natural environment The proposed architectural features and variety of colors will break up the visual bulk and mass of the proposed development Extensive landscaping is also proposed throughout the development together with Retaining those existing cypress trees Which will further screen and soften the homes to enhance privacy and create a more intimate development No developmental site disturbances proposed in the riparian corridor or the associated rife riparian buffer zone Except for the terminus of the storm drain system for the project and associated energy dissipator There was a biotic report that was submitted in support of the proposed project And this concluded that there would not be any significant impacts on the riparian corridor Further to ensure the proposed project ensures enhanced resource protection a habitat restoration plan is proposed that will require a prohibition on public use of the Eucalyptus oak woodland And preserve the understory and avoid impacts to the resident wildlife and in addition there'll be some removal of select eucalyptus trees and replanting of native oaks and other shrub species to help enhance that habitat All of those recommendations of the biotic report have been incorporated into the project and also included as conditions of approval The parking for the development will be provided in a shared parking lot Which is located behind the proposed homes that front onto hump half a street The proposed parking area includes a total of 30 parking spaces Which will provide two spaces for each of the 11 units in accordance with the parking Requirements for a density bonus project and will also provide eight spaces Which are not required by code for guest parking It should also be noted that although the applicant did request these have reduced parking standards consistent with density bonus law that the project has proposed also fully complies with the residential parking standards set out in the Residential parking standards ordinance, which is county code section 1310 552 Traffic impacts from the proposed projects based on a traffic analysis prepared by Keith Higgins traffic engineer Shown that the traffic impacts impacts are expected to be insignificant so therefore in conclusion as proposed in condition the project is consistent with the applicable policies and codes of the Ordinance in general plan and staff is recommending that Your board certified that the project is exempt from further environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines set forth in article 12.5 sections one five one nine two and one five one nine four Adopt an ordinance granting a plan due to unit development as allowed by the Santa Cruz County Code chapter 1810 relating to the establishment of development Standards for APN 029 17105 and approved application number 1810 94 based on the findings and conditions set out in the staff report to the Planning Commission of December 12th 2018 and that concludes my presentation. Thank you now. I'm going to offer board members a chance to ask any questions of Ms. Jeffs Supervisor Leopold. Thank you chair Could you just review the specific exceptions or variances they're requesting under the affordable housing laws? They this yoke the request on the density bonus So at the time that the application came in under state density bonus law and chapter 17 of County Code they would be allowed because they're doing a hundred percent affordable project to have up to a 35 percent additional density That is based upon the gross parcel size It does not as set out in state law require that riparian corridors are deducted and All of the figures that result from that are rounded up So doing the mathematics and that is set out in the staff report. It would lead to a maximum density of 17 units on the site So that's the only variance that that is being requested. The only other change that's been requested from County Code is that We're doing the PUD has been requested to allow for the semi-detached Structures in the R16 zone district because it's only per code allowed in the R13.5 and R14 zone district They did also request the reduced parking standards that are allowed in chapter 17 but Even though they've requested that and it meet it well exceeds the standards based on that requirement They also do meet the standards in our regular parking ordinance. I checked that as well and they had asked for Originally more units, but there were limitations because of the riparian quarter. Is that correct? That's correct The original application came in with 12 units. Thank you Any other questions If you can tell me I know it's in here, but The Square footage of the whole development the lot The structures or the parcels the parcels parcels let me find those figures for you. So Let's see I Don't have each lot broken out. They each of this the actual housing lots. They range from 1241 square feet To 2474 square feet and there are some that are in the middle the one that's 2474 square feet is the one that you see Here this is the the single-level Single-family dwelling this one is not a Semi-detached structure that has the larger lot the smaller lots are ones like this one There There's a community room There is not a community room. There is the community open space and That that includes all of the driveway the parking area the community garden and the open space that parcel Is about 49,878 square feet? That does not include the 600 square foot dedication parcel where the sidewalk will be along the frontage Okay, and the size of the lot The total the original parcel Acreage I have that figure 69,000 something Course it's not jumping out at me. I apologize as I remember it's about an acre and a half. Yes. Yes I did have the figure in square feet here in my presentation Okay, are there any other questions Seeing none, let's open it up for public comment Can I please have a show of hands for how many people wish to speak today? Oh so Seeing that's let's give two minutes and I would ask everyone who wants to speak today to please If you're if you're able, please line up so that we can keep people coming. Oh Is there? So first, I'm sorry one second here before we begin the applicant if the applicant is in the room I'd ask them if they want to speak and then also the central fire chief Can come up. Good morning. I'm gonna cut my talks short because Lizanne covered everything that I was gonna say but my name is David Foster executive director with habitat for humanity We're currently celebrating our 30th anniversary serving Santa Cruz Monterey County area We're now we've now completed 52 homes over the years and we promote the idea of home ownership That's also tied to permanent affordability We believe that home ownership builds towards stability For the families that we serve and stability for the neighborhoods where we build out of all of the homes that we've built over The years we've never had a foreclosure and only six families have ever moved from their homes From their homes We're currently finalizing construction on the fifth home on our Los Asterios court project in live oak on land That was provided by the county and we're currently taking applications. I hope this is visual hour on TV We're taking applications for families interested in the two homes that are being constructed now the last two homes on that property Now and in the springtime one home is being designed for a fully wheelchair accessible Unit and we'll be looking for an applicant family that has a permanent mobility Disability and the last home will be built starting in the spring and will be designed for a veteran family So as you know habitat builds differently than other developers we build with the participation of the community with over 80% of the labor provided by volunteers and by the home home by our families themselves We're proposing to build the project in three phases The first phase will include the bulk of the site grading and compaction work on the site and the construction of the first Four homes these will be the dude the two duplexes that will front on Harper Street Screened by the Monterey Cypress trees that are there the second phase will include the next four homes in the final phase We'll complete the last three homes This has been a lengthy Pre-development period and I think that we've tried to be very responsive To both the concerns and issues brought by the neighbors and by the planning staff No housing development is easy And when you add permanent affordability into the mix everything seems to get more difficult I'd like to thank our planning staff, especially Lizanne Jeffs Suzanne Issey and Julie Conway who've helped guide us through the process to this point our project architect Bill Kempf and Our civil engine engineer Joe Ricca Joe Ricca from Bowman and Williams are both here if you have any technical questions for them So we're we're excited about the project. We've put a lot of effort into it and I think we've Followed very carefully the guiding principles that the Board of Supervisors set out for this project back in May of 2017 when we were first selected as the Of the preferred developer for this project. So thank you very much. Thank you. Sorry. We're just coming from the fire chief Thank you chair members of the board My name is Stephen Hall fire chief of the central fire district of Santa Cruz County First I'd like to say that I am not opposed to any development coming into Santa Cruz County That brings in affordable housing and I'm not opposed to this project either These plans were approved by our contract plan check company for meeting the fire code the international fire code and They do in fact meet the code as Presented I was approached Friday in regard to concerns regarding access and egress from this particular development I had an opportunity to drive the project this weekend or drive on Harper and and see the project site I do have a couple of concerns in regard to access and egress of our fire apparatus But moving forward I I don't think that that would be a Huge concern in making sure this project is done right and working with the planning staff and the developer that I have yet to meet I that's that's my fault But I think that by working on these issues or these concerns Again, we want to make the project right just like you do So I look forward to working with the planning department and the developer to see if we can Get these into into the plan You have been answering any questions if you have any for you. I just have a question for miss Jeff switches. Is there Assuming that this project gets approved Would there be a is there a mechanism by which the planning staff can meet with the fire chief to walk through ingress and egress issues And make adjustments as needed. Yes, absolutely the next phase of this project would be that we need to Is the recordation of the map The developer will be submitting improvement plans, which are the technical engineered plans to The county surveyor the county surveyor will actually be the lead agency on that But plans will come out. I would I think that before we get to that stage We can require a meeting with the fire chief with public works And I would definitely be part of that meeting to facilitate any minor changes to the plans that would address the concerns And we can make that a condition of approval Prior to recordation of the map prior to the improvement plans being approved by everybody Before they were even submitted great. Thank you. I work for you chief Let's ask So you feel like this could be resolved as part of this process you don't need a delay I think we can resolve the concerns without delaying the project. I think there's enough time between the Decision made by the board and the improvement plans being submitted that that we can work with both planning and the developer Great. Thank you All right now we can have public comment. Thank you everybody for your patience Thank you Buck Marton Harbor Street resident Since the beginning of this process the Harbor Street community has not been against this project Well, we have problems with is the process. Let me give you a few examples We were here in November for the planning commission meeting There was a motion on the floor pretty quick to pass this without even having to set up plans in front of them. I Think that's wrong secondly There were no negative Declarations from the fire departments issue and the traffic engineers issue So I went to the fire department asked the fire marshal what happened chief hall just summarized it I went to the traffic engineer. I made a phone call to the guy Nice man. I said, well, how did you come up with these numbers? 9th 9th edition 2012 edition of the traffic engineer study. There's a matrix in there They said did were you given any instructions?  It's a it's a dead-end street Is there a factor used for that? He goes we were not given those specifics when we were given this project This is for mr. Higgins. I'm not making this up he he drew this he wrote this plan up based on what came out of a book and Not the actual conditions on Harper Street and that was accepted by the planning department here and then entered into a public record I find that highly offensive and wrong to the neighbors on Harper Street who've been talking about public safety and Traffic issues from day one That's my comment Pete Peterson. I live on Chanticleer right around the corner from Harper Street been there since 1979 as you Hear from people coming behind me and buck Just now The problems that would happen with mandatory Evacuations Right now would be gridlock on that Adder at that on that so at this location this project started out as a as a park Everybody was for the park Now We have these buildings happening here with everyone here is for and behind tap tap for humanity but what we're not for is the impact on the neighborhood if in the future a calamity were to occur that occur that Required mandatory evacuations and this county with it in March I understand we are not going to you're not be allowed to have on a dead-end street This type of project which is now here We are on a dead-end street that dead ends into a private dead-end street with no egress to Capitola Road You can only imagine the chaos that gridlock would happen and then the liability that this county could possibly face for Approving this when in March you've already said we're not going to do these anymore on dead-end streets Good morning. Well a little bit Reverend James lab pastor at St. Stephens with her in church in live oak very close to this Development and a founding member of copa in 2003 an organization of 18 faith communities and non-profits in Santa Cruz County And we have several copa leaders here today. I'd like to invite them to stand And we're all here today, and I'm the spokesperson so in light of that I'd like to request one additional minute since none of those people are going to be coming up forward Sir, I can't I can't do that. Everyone gets the same amount of time if people want to line up and make your point That's fine, too. I'd like to thank supervisors Leopold and friend For attending our copa convention this past September where we gathered over 600 people and community leaders to help set our agenda To make our communities better places to live year after year as we gather and tell stories the number one thing we hear is affordable housing throughout this county and We have skin in the game our congregation recently Had its property used for affordable housing for the unit development that recently opened And so I'm here representing copa institutions who understand the bigger picture in our communities And I am asking you to not reduce the number of units for the Harper Street project any further as supervisors I think your task with keeping the bigger picture in mind while working with local neighbors In this this project So many reductions have already been made from what was possible That six families that could have been housed here Will no longer be able to do that families like 60 of the watsonville police department staff That are living elsewhere in other counties Families like the young woman from our congregation who worked as a safeway cashier And her husband a mechanic and were forced out of their house and lived in a trailer in our church parking lot for three months With their small children So I urge you to prove this project as is and please don't reduce it any further. Thank you I'm dean lundholm a copa leader And in copa as you know we tell stories to find out what's going on in the community And I heard one on saturday a family of five two adults Three children living in one room with no kitchen privileges and no bathroom privileges And so when we consider these projects I think it's very important that we do not reduce them from the maximum possible Under the zoning and the constraints Otherwise we're depriving people who have homes And people who are necessary for our community Um a place to live You know what kind of community do we have? And what kind of community do we want? Good morning. My name is nancy abbey I am no longer a resident of santa cruz county But I wanted to speak today To say the same thing I said when I was a resident I have no personal stake in this issue I lived on shanta clear but on the other side of capitol road I would not be impacted in any way by what happens on harper street And I think it's really important for you to hear from somebody with no stake I have also been as most of you know a really strong advocate for affordable housing I was one of the co-founders of affordable housing now And I have to speak out against this because knowing that street That narrow Barely two-way Dead end No sidewalk street with lots of kids I just I don't think it's appropriate there And I also know that a lot of the parents of children at live oak school Go down to the end of harper and wait for their kids there So there are even more kids added to the population I absolutely support habitat I love their pictures and what they want to do So David I think is one of my heroes But I just think we need to find another place Not on a dead end street with no sidewalks And barely enough room for two cars to pass each other Thank you Hi, my name is Kathy Kress. I live on shanticleer two doors down from harper and I live there for 30 31 years I think what you're talking about here are two larger pictures One larger picture certainly is statewide and maybe nationally and certainly in this county There is a huge need for affordable housing. I understand this. I have been a social worker for 40 years The second larger picture is That those people who need affordable housing need to be safe And safety is a big issue in this for me And you've heard many people and you are going to hear many people who talk about this First of all, it is what everybody's saying. It's a dead end street. It has no sidewalks and it has no way out So what you have there is because of fire or any kind of catastrophe People who you know need housing being an inferno Possibly, I mean look at all the environmental fires that have happened all over the country and it's certainly all over california the second thing is I came to the planning board commission And one person on the board Voted no and she said what buck You know also already talked about is that the county as you well know is considering limiting development on dead end streets And you're way ahead of the game as far as I can see and I see litigation on the frontier Of the county because making this go through is not only putting everybody in jeopardy I am not saying reduce this. I excuse me. I'm not saying get it get rid of it I think that it can be done. I think it needs to be further reduced And it you need to table it as far as I'm concerned And look at the safety issues Thank you Good morning, lord. Casey buyer from the santa cruz area chamber of commerce Uh, we're celebrating our 130th anniversary this year So we've been around this county for a long long time and I want to compliment the habitat for humanity in their 30th year They are a community partner that works real hard to develop affordable housing for our people in our community when I Survey our members every year two issues come to the come to the top Housing and transportation And I think your planning department can work out any of the concessions that are regarding the public safety concerns That you're going to hear previously and we'll hear after I speak Do the right thing approve this project And if you don't the state Will create incentives to make you do something that you don't want to do in that way give away gas tax measures So this is a really important opportunity And if there's planning concessions on this particular parcel those can be worked out Thank you My name is greg groves and I live on willow court cross from the proposed development I'm also the author of the care to petition That states that the affordable housing development is too large for this neighborhood And that at its current size it is unsafe for the current neighbors as well as new neighbors Each of you should have received a link to this uh report The petition is received 23 000 signatures nationwide and 145 signatures locally the local signatures are certainly the most relevant here However, I suggest that 23 000 signatures shows that there's broad Objection to two large developments in neighborhoods and further validation of our concern for a safe neighborhood I'll read a couple of the comments made by local Uh signatures I am a big supporter of habitat for humanity and over the years has spent volunteer time and money That said this street is incredibly narrow And I don't see a situation where there will be enough parking in the development and certainly not on the street for the number of units Habitat for human a second comment habitat for humanity project currently slated for harper street is too big Our narrow street cannot sustain additional vehicle parking and traffic Reduce the scale to a reasonable and sustainable level and you will get community support I ask you to vote against the current proposed development and require a reassessment And require habitat to provide an appropriately sized and safe Proposal thank you Good morning. My name is marty cavanaugh, and I am a current Construction volunteer with habitat for humanity and serve as the board of director president At this time I would like to introduce quickly Those board of directors who are here with me today to represent the support of this passage First we have ron buzzwell immediate past president And a consummate construction volunteer We have our board secretary jan tillison Who is uh been with the board a number of years and we have rick dila cruise who is also a board of director Our interest here today is to make sure that this board understands that the process by which We were selected as an applicant for the project and the Uh work that we put into making sure that every process required by the planning department Your own county pro program was complied with along the way to Developing this project completely We understand what the shortfall is we understand that we could have had 17 Housing projects on this property and we work with the community to get that down to 11 We added parking We also are sure that the requirements required by the fire department and the planning commission can be easily mitigated In a future meeting so we we really hope that you will pass this project today Our community people are waiting for this opportunity. Thank you Hi, i'm fred guess i'm a resident on harper street I live across the street from where the proposed site will be built And i mainly wanted to talk about the traffic like a lot of people did not traffic coming and going but the fact is It's an unapproved street now. It's a great plan But not every artery can or street can You know support it and somebody said barely a two lane road It's not barely a two lane road at many points It's a one lane road and if an engine comes down and everybody's freaking out and going into pack mode to escape Something like a fire the engine's never going to make it down or the people are never going to leave and people panic They're not going to make room because there is no room. You can't go to the right or left because it's got trees So those concerns are real concerns. We're talking about the street feeding into it real concerns I did have one like little Minute thing that kind of bugs me because I keep hearing this number 17 If they could have built 17, how come when they put in an application for 12 it got kicked back to 11 So where's the bs there?  Sorry.  I'm done Chair supervisors, um, mad werta housing program manager with the monterey bay economic partnership and support of this development um It really represents a model process. I believe for getting very challenging housing development done um The era of vanilla Easy to do projects is over. It's been over for a long time. So, you know, I don't have to tell you twice This is going to come up over and over and over again about how do we deal with Getting our housing needs met and we have to take action every chance we get on these Opportunities and so it does represent a compromise. Um, you know for everybody involved Um, you know, we're joined by a huge coalition of support that supports this folks that you've been hearing from over the last Few days and weeks through our action center shadowbrook restaurant Folks again taking individual responsibility for their actions but affiliated with several folks with Shadowbrook restaurant pahato valley shelter services so kehl union elementary eden housing the santa cruz business council Sure harvest bay federal blue water construction many others in the community that are concerned about meeting their our workforce Housing needs among many others and there's lots of concerns legitimate concerns about safety Certainly, we're all should be focused on that. I believe that You know habitat for humanity many others are making all the mitigations and necessary improvements there to take all that into account and also as you know We all need to take into consideration the public health and safety risk to all of us for not achieving our housing goals Thank you very much for your leadership I'm peter spicer and I live at the top of the street and this is what I see There is only one entrance and exit to harper street at shanticleer avenue roughly 90 current residences Many with spouses girlfriends boyfriends and renters most with cars use this intersection all day long Parking is allowed on both sides of the street except for a short one car length red zone on the southeast corner of the intersection regular and routine parking result Excuse me results from cars and trucks spilling over from nearby shanticleer residences and businesses Where shanticleer avenue has no on-street parking The park vehicles effectively reduce the street to one lane at the intersection and off and on down the street 70 to 80 percent of the time Cars entering the street must stop and pull over to allow exiting cars to pass Additionally school and daycare traffic parking Have the following daily schedule all occurring within the first block of the street Eight thirty elementary school drop off nine o'clock daycare drop off 230 elementary school pickup four to five daycare pickup For an easy exit. I often see parents back their cars out into the intersection This project adds at least 31 more cars to the current scenario with spouses boyfriends girlfriends and sublet renters This can easily increase to 45 to 50 cars This increase is not imperceptible and not insignificant Which were words that were inappropriately appropriately used in the traffic report On a minor note a civil engineer from public works transportation here Came out met with me saw the street and the intersection looked at some of my traffic photos And actually came back to put a fresh coat of red paint on that curb right there It is astonishing me it is it is astonishing to me That as as our public representatives you might disregard Clearly flawed safety reports and allow additional unsustainable impact. Thank you. Please vote against this and reduce it. Thank you Tim will be speaking for affordable housing now and I would just like to point out one thing These neighbors are concerned about that street and the safety of the street But you notice in their photograph their cars parked on both sides of the street I'm just wondering why they never came to you before this project and said we should have Parking on only one side of the street. They're concerned about the safety on their street only occurred When this was proposed. So please don't listen to that argument Uh This is a very good project. It's well thought out and it's definitely needed And it's one of the few public Pieces of land left where you can build an affordable housing project. That's 100 affordable housing So You know our mantra it takes land money and political will you hear the political will get this passed. Thank you My name is donovan joe tornell. I live on willow court across the street from the proposed development I have lived in this neighborhood for 35 years when I moved into my present house There were empty lots all around and most houses in live oak were on large lots There were horses on what is now brazilain and in the area up for This latest attempt at high density development go to chickens rabbits and even a donkey were part of the neighborhood It feel felt like what it was is which is a rural area in between two cities Since then many of the open areas near my house have been developed We made efforts to keep the density and construction fitting into our neighborhood, but it wasn't We had make success with that There are issues on a substandard dead end street that are being ignored for this habitat for humanity project I want to emphasize once again my concern for the scale of this development and its implications For neighborhood safety while understand the need for affordable housing. None of my kids can live here And i'm prepared for this land to be used for this purpose. I strongly believe that this development is too large Adding at least 50 additional residents and their automobiles to a dead end substandard street That varies in width has only one possible traffic lane is unsafe. We have demonstrated and in my personal um My house burned so if if a fire truck couldn't come through I only lost the top half I would have lost the whole house One of my children on a bicycle was hit by a car at harper and shanticleer So I think there are safety issues and yes, we did talk about these many many many years Secondly It's a dead end street everybody will we keep saying that people will have to leave that way and you're just This is a recipe for disaster. So make this a smaller Development. I don't I know we need more housing, but we need Safety, thank you Good morning. My name is holly tyler. I live at 22 26 harper street First of all, I'd like to say that I am a strong supporter of affordable housing My concern with this project is its scale Aside from the fact that it is way too large for the character of our street My specific concern is the traffic that it would be generated I read the traffic report prepared for mr. Foster and habitat by the traffic engineer and found it to be flawed Here's what I saw the trip generation Data is from 2012 Reality is that each home has more cars per home than it did in 2012. I think we all can Agree with that. I've lived on harper street now for almost 10 years and I've seen a great increase in the number of cars per home Number two the traffic report didn't factor in the narrowness of the street It's 20 feet wide in many places, especially at 23 40 harper. This is very narrow for a residential street UC berkeley's institute of urban and regional planning conducted a street engineering survey of california cities and counties Asking what they're using for their standard and the result was 36 to 40 feet of pavement for residential streets In comparison to the 20 foot wide section in front of the subject property It doesn't make sense number three The traffic engineering factor in the fact that this is a dead end street. How could such an important fact be overlooked? It's a key feature of harper street all of the traffic generated by this project is going to be going in and out of the harper street Shannon clear intersection of which we have a picture right there It's already greatly impacted this intersection has cars queuing up to enter and exit at busy hours And there are constantly cars jockeying with other cars Safeties are a concern here of all of our neighbors Whether it's vehicular traffic bicycle traffic and pedestrians. We have many families on the street We're near an elementary school. Please postpone this project and redo the traffic report. Thank you Hello, uh, and hello again supervisors and council um I think i'm filming the thing anyways, um, a lot of good comments by um, all the citizens here I live on shanticleer as well. Um, and for those that don't know me i'm benjamin kogan And um, one of the things that I kind of noticed in the diagram is since they're two story houses If a fire truck needed a ladder It's not really going to be able to make that 90 degree turn to get close to the house So it may actually pose a problem Just like the aptos village planning project is not able to have fire trucks go and get to the houses Also, I noticed the speaker said about 80 us in tiny homes that that's not something that They want even as a factor And uh The other thing is nothing, uh, you know I support habitat for humanity and their cause. I'd like to learn more and know um but it seems like it's a, uh You know might be government money or bureaucracy in a way where it's going to that and then they're going to collect rent and that's going to um Line it won't be part of the local uh The local uh citizenry and the local homeowners And so that for me kind of takes away the the strength of Santa Cruz because the more local homeowners we have The stronger we are and in terms of affordable housing Uh affordable housing is always more expensive than what everyone thinks it's going to be It's going to be over a thousand dollars people can't afford it. Um, and you know That's from my experience what affordable housing is and my suggestion request um Is that we uh Hold this listen to the majority of the speakers that are against this open up for discussion Open up the street maybe to a different part like maybe capitol and maybe um support the landlords in uh Cheaper ways for them to have 80 us. Thank you. My name is Duncan Ballinger I'm a 35 day a year resident of willow court, which is a private street right across from this development Uh as for the gentleman that says we haven't tried to do anything about the street before we have We've tried to get sidewalks there forever our last major request as I Remember was with jam buttes. We returned down So there's an issue with the children on this street Going to school I'm fear that some kid is going to get killed on that street if we keep doing what we're doing There needs to be a bigger street there before anything is done. Thank you As a retired teacher, my name is Marilyn Garrett I always put the health and safety Of children above anything else and work to assure that the situation the conditions provided for that You've heard people here talk about the detrimental Effects as plan won't have Well well substantiated The top priority is safety. This does not sound like an appropriate place for this We all want affordable housing, but this is a structural problem Even if this goes through it's a drop in the bucket And I keep thinking as a teacher of that bumper sticker I had It will be a great day when the schools have all the money they need and the air force Has to have a bake sale to be a bomber And it will be a great day when we can provide for social services and even well-being Instead of having over our tech half of our tax dollars siphoned out for military Another factor here on safety a key factor Is the proliferation of wireless facilities on all of these streets that are emitting radiation that are documented to cause Adverse health effects like increased cancer rates hard problems in somnia So my question. I this is a safety issue who wants to have the houses by industrial toxic sites Where are all these sites? This is another factor. I think this is what people have said here This is very inappropriate. It's dangerous in terms of fire safety school children traffic Please vote against it Good morning supervisors Leopold Cabot Coonerty friend and mcpherson Thank you for listening To this extremely important matter Regarding our harper street neighborhood My name is Karen Mungary I'm a lifelong resident of Santa Cruz And I have lived on creekview lane For over 34 years I also support The housing authority and the affordable housing Creekview is at the end of on the east end of harper street This is a dead end street as you've all heard And for the surrounding side streets Because of the narrow unimproved Street, sometimes the one-way traffic is difficult to maneuver Common sense says This is a real potential danger An accident waiting to happen If this uh, if this Improvement If this is approved now, please give this your most utmost attention And reassess this project And and have it done To a smaller scale Making it safer for all of our neighborhood And the current and new neighbors Thank you. This is my first time to speak so Please uh Except my apology as far as my speaking. Thank you. Thank you Nami de great Hi mr. Coonerty My name is fred baller. I live also on harper street. I am past where the development is going to be And I would say probably somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of the time that I drive from my house out To get to shanticleer, which would be the first major intersection 625 feet past the project I have to pull over to the side to allow someone else to get through when i'm coming back home I have to pull over to the side to let someone come out through three One out of three times one out of four times somewhere in that range We already have a traffic issue on harper street. We already Mr. Leopold have a safety issue in your district And yet here we are we're saying hey just add 30 more spots on the thing and this development And oh we sized it down some so it'll really be just fine That's if they have 30 parking spots on the thing to try and house the number of cars that they're going to have there Then we're going to have 30 more cars in ingress and egress daily and staley twice daily When you have a former Fire guy like buck talking about hey, this is an issue when you have the fire chief saying well, you know There's some problems here that need to be addressed that haven't addressed I kind of feel like the approval process winds up like getting a mortgage in 2006 Right no one really got into the practical part of it If you guys just came over and got on the street and stood there for a half an hour you'd see the problems John you've been there enough I don't get how you cannot be standing up and saying wow this is too much for it And I get the feeling that you're somewhere we got into the system much like the mortgage system We're just going to prove it because it is the right thing affordable housing is absolutely the right thing The density the number of cars on the street the street can't handle that density It is a dead end. You guys are starting to address that as a community When is it that you we have that moment where it fails us? And we all look back and go. Uh, what were we thinking? We're smarter than that Thank you, sir. Thanks Hi, I'm gail rovick and I live on harper street. I've been there 35 years and love the street In fact, that's kind of what I want to talk to you about The people on harper street are the ones who are asking you to put this on hold and take a look at it And it's because every day we have the impact of what the traffic involved is going to be like and and the impact of Um This amount this huge of a project is going to have on our daily lives a daily Um, as we've been talking about if I want to leave harper street A couple of times I've got a pull to the right while I let somebody go and then I go and then someone over here Is pulling over while I go. I mean this is every time I leave the street and every time I come home And I guess if I was more organized, I'd just do that once a day, but um But I hope you see also and these are beautiful buildings It's a great theory and the people who are speaking For the project don't live on harper street. Come and check it out Thank you Hey, my name is Evan Cherokee with santa cruz dmb support the project and uh, I ride my bike everywhere So I don't really care about car traffic and I care more about the housing crisis that's going on and You know people don't live on the street and they're not concerned about it because Well, there's nowhere else to live, you know I gotta live out in felton and I would much rather live, you know closer to You know major urban area, but it's just too pricey and you guys don't build enough And it takes two years to approve a freaking habitat for humanity project So You know like this is where we're at like we need housing and if you're gonna decide that Having housing for cars is more important than housing for people Like what the heck is that all about like you need to approve this project And I'm frankly like pretty mad about it that it's not denser like we need like denser projects We don't need like two and a half years of process to just you know get 11 Housing units like we need like 10 and a hundred times this much. There's waiting lists in the thousands For like affordable housing like this project needs to happen And it should be denser like it's these projects need to be denser all over like the county So Yeah, I think you should approve this and uh Yeah, approve it like today This needs to happen All right That concludes public comment. I'll bring it back to the board for uh deliberations and emotion Supervisor Leopold Thank you chair. Thank you to everyone who uh spoke today I have uh Most everybody in the room. I'm friendly with uh, and there's a lot of causes to support here When I ran for office in 2008 I walked a lot of blocks And uh, there were places that I thought I knew in live oak And then there were places that I found out about when I when I did that And there were some places that I thought I always wanted to live and after walking in neighborhood Found out that that wasn't really something I was interested in Um, and it was the first time that I walked on this block of harper street And after walking on the street is different than a lot of other blocks and live oak It is truly different than a lot of other places. Um, the the trees Uh, the road, uh, and the most importantly the people So much so that when I came home from that day of walking I went to my wife and I said, you know, if a house ever became available on harper street I'd like to live there Uh, it's the kind of place that would be a great place In fact, we looked a year later at a house on the street very seriously So I know this, uh, I know live oak and I know, uh, this street very well And the process in which we've, uh, gone through on this has been unusual, um, slightly torturous Because we were turning a park site into a housing site in the middle of a recession And so we there were a lot of false starts. There were there were things that, uh, didn't work out about this there were, uh Promises made. Uh, there were processes that were discussed. There were processes that were changed Um, as part of this Uh, and so I understand the frustration of the neighborhood Uh, because, uh, it's at times it has been hard getting Uh, good information out of the county Reliable information Um, uh, sometimes getting the same asking the same question and getting different answers So, uh, as a representative of the county, I apologize for that I take responsibility for it, actually Uh, this, uh, when we decided to make this a housing resource We did this in the in the final moments, uh, when the redevelopment law was, uh, created Or when the redevelopment law was going to eliminate redevelopment agencies And, uh, I I Rue the day that I even participated in that discussion because it's only bought brought bad things to me Uh, as part of that, I wish we had spent more time and had more time to be able to discuss it Uh, I think people should know something about live oak is that it's an inclusive community That has been supportive of lots of different projects and in fact Uh, some of these same folks have came come out, uh, and supported the The new project that we're going to be building on capitol road On brome street. There's another 13 units of housing Within compass, uh, the live oak school districts looking at increasing housing on their properties so The live oak does a lot to, uh, to meet the needs of affordable housing But we're an inclusive community because that's what we do When, uh, through this process, uh, the thing that I have, uh, tried very hard is try to keep clear communications And, uh, work with all sides involved I uh, it's been a disappointing process not only because the some of the county information has changed Uh, but the partners have changed and the way in which those partners have interacted with the public has been disputing Uh, the neighborhood has lots of questions have they have had lots of questions about this Project its size and they wanted to share it with habitat for humanity But when they met with the executive director at the site, they were They were not given a fair hearing of those questions. They were dismissed And when they decided that they should go see the board of directors They told them they were coming and when four or five of them showed up They were given a total of five minutes to address the board That's not partnership So it's it's disturbing because the as I look at these neighbors they aren't That most of them have spent their careers in public service firefighters teachers Folks who've worked for public agencies universities These are people who have committed their lives to the public And so they have a reasonable expectation that that the the public sector and its partners are going to work with them And um that hasn't happened So when uh When the executive director of habitat for humanity says we've worked on participation and tried to be responsive That's just not accurate And I can tell you from my personal experience after meeting with the executive director and the board chair Talking about the number of units in this project and the concern was raised that the cost would be greater If there were fewer projects and fewer units and I offered uh to raise the money I haven't been a professional fundraiser For the seven and a half years before I became Supervisor and having staff members who've done that we were prepared to raise the the money necessary to make that possible We never heard back from um habitat and in an event to add insult to injury in a public meeting Uh when asked the the executive director said he didn't trust me So that's not partnership either Um There are legitimate concerns and I hope my colleagues have actually walked this street Because it is different the first part of the street is a wider street and there's parking And then when you get to the place where this is um A project is proposed the streak is significantly narrowed and um One of the reasons why you have to have parking on site is there is no on-street parking in this portion of harper Not just a few spaces zero spaces For the reasons that people uh Have acknowledged that you right now you can't even get two cars across uh there at the same time so um So those concerns are real and I'm glad that the fire chief wants to take a look at that Uh to ensure that their vehicles can get in there because safety And traffic have been the primary issues that the neighborhood has raised Uh regularly Um One of the concerns that I had just a couple weeks ago when this board Chose the density bonus program is that not every neighborhood is appropriate for density This is a great example of it Not only are there physical limitations Uh uh To the space But you're turning people who are supportive or willing to help would be people who would help construct these homes and you're turning them into opponents and One of the things I tried to express the habitat was try to find a way to work with people because The people that you choose for these homes are going to be the neighbors And do you really want that to be the setup that you have? Where you have opponents uh to a project and those folks who move in will will only have to deal With the the process that came before them So um It's It's slightly insulting and not slightly it is insulting to think that these folks haven't advocated for improvements of their street Previous to this and have have somehow Ginned up their concerns Uh with the the this process When I walked that street in 2008 People talked to me about the road. It was in terrible condition When I got elected one of the first things I did is is get the street paved it was It was It was it was a pretty crappy road before that We didn't have the money at the time. Um, I mean it was on the list I didn't understand the list of her redevelopment project at the time We never seriously considered it for sidewalks that I was aware of And the redevelopment agency disappeared pretty soon thereafter So that wasn't an opportunity, but I'm glad we got the the road at least paved But these residents have been bringing up these concerns For a while So they haven't they haven't just fabricating them as part of this process. These are legitimate concerns That we Should address And have failed so far um To those who think that um, this is also going to you know solve the housing crisis, you know that every unit is important But we approved another Uh Gift of parkland to Habitat for Humanity in 2011 To build seven homes And as the executive director said they're not done yet They there there's only five of those homes that have been built so You know Be clear that this isn't an immediate Panacea to uh to the housing crisis This is uh, the the way they do it and I understand it is you have to raise the money to build the homes To get them built and then you have to raise the money to build the home and and so forth That's the way it works. But this is not immediate relief For anyone else and so um This process took a long time because we had to go through a process of request for proposals and everything else It wasn't that that the county was stalling on this project I'm also concerned, um about uh Using this as a PUD a plan unit development because when we revised our plan unit development ordinance we I know because I've got the language in there about specific benefits That would accrue as part of this And at the time I said well, you can't have something general like it's going to provide jobs or it's it's just going to um Provide housing you there were supposed to be specific benefits And uh having a long driveway that you can still see the trees is not really a specific benefit Having good construction and nice design is not a specific benefit and so I think it's a slippery slope that we operate on because we're going to see lots of plan unit development that we should be looking for specific community benefits um, we put that language in a previous board put that language in because Recognizing that you would see different kinds of development Development that would be different Than what was currently zoned that you needed to provide specific benefits to uh to deal with the fact that you are making Possible general plan changes or other changes This to me does not meet that measure I think this project could proceed and I would make a motion that we Adopt the recommended actions, but limited to 10 units instead of 11 units Because I think there's a way to to make this project work under that configuration That would that would meet the needs of the neighborhood And uh and habitat for humanity and the housing that's uh going to be necessary So that's my motion. Okay. We have a motion on the floor Hearing no second. I'll now uh Are you finished with the comments? Yeah, well, I just just say that I cannot support this project at this size at this time Not because I don't uh us Want to address the uh affordable housing crisis I think that the community is doing More than its fair share. I I caution the board that we're going to be faced with other Um challenges like this when we say that density should be everywhere We had a community conversation And that community conversation said let's have Uh, there was community buy-in on increased density on transit corridors. It wasn't everywhere Um, and we are breaking that social contract When we decide that density should be anywhere So I can't support this project Supervisor friend I do appreciate the comments from my colleague and I've been out on harper street repeatedly Actually, I have a very close friend that lived on brazil and another lives actually on harper just passed for this development is So i'm very familiar with the street and and and know the constraints that they discussed I do think that the constraints Uh That there are issues that could be addressed outside of this project scope I know that you are an excellent advocate for Your district and I know that you'll continue to work on that in regards to this. I think that the fire chief Will have an important say in this in the interim time I do think that this has been a project that's been discussed for quite some time I do think That this is actually one of the challenges that the county's going to face in general with state Changes on density State changes with by right adu. I mean one could make an argument that based on the current zoning You could build large single family homes there that with by right adus would actually be more units than even is being proposed right now and these are the things that are being done outside of the scope of of uh County ordinances or county approach And when you have a housing crisis across the state Disproportionately impacting coastal california But we have more land use constraints than other locations within california This story that's playing out on harper is no different than it's going to be playing out across Uh coastal areas throughout the state of california, and I think you are right that we're going to be faced With these decisions. I do think That that on balance though. This is is the correct project for the area Um, I think that it's a very difficult thing To approve affordable housing projects in general in the sense that There rarely seems to be until recently a constituency that supports housing period There rarely seems to be as a subset of that a constituency that ever supports affordable housing And then there's disproportionately Never a constituency that supports it in certain areas of the county Including my district Which hasn't historically had its fair share such as areas of your district and areas The supervisor cap is district. Although that has been changing And at some point, uh, there has to be a recognition that this has to be harmonized throughout the entire county It has to be harmonized in locations Throughout the entire state I'll move the recommended actions with the additional direction that there'll be a meeting Uh Before the recordation of the map with the fire chief public works And planning staff to ensure that whatever concerns and minor amendments of the fire chief Comes up with or his representative Being incorporated in I'll second that all right. We got a motion by friend and a second by McPherson Yeah, I um, is the right of my person. Yeah, first of all, I have walked the the street as well And um, you know recognizing that this was uh, what started almost two years ago now with 12 units And I remember we went through a hearing to reduce it to 11 um, and now we're We're, uh, arriving At 11 And we have to recognize that we are in a housing crisis. We have talked about that Especially in recent times And this is the kind of project we need we need to meet the demands of the people of sanitary's county with all affordable housing And with a reduction in the the original Proposal At 11 units that meets the parking requirements It is allowed to uh, enhance resource protection protection. I think that's important Um, it is with stated habitat could have proposed as many as 17 units with the density density bonus and Um, just as reminder just recently this board approved an enhanced density bonus program to recently encourage more affordable units in sanitary's county So tonight is at this point After two years of oversight and a lot of discussions and I can understand the neighbors concerns But I think if we do not approve this as proposed, we're going to be sending a mixed message Do we want Affordable housing units in this county or don't we? So I will be supporting the motion and I do appreciate the fact that we will have more input from the the fire district and, um I think this is a project that is we're going to see more of this type of a proposal in the future But I do appreciate what habitat have humanity its patients and its adjustments. It's made to get this far Mr. Caput you bet In the beginning I was for a little bit smaller project When it was first proposed. I think it was going to be 17 16 17 units I'd give you a perspective from south county We've been putting in affordable housing for The last probably 15 years projects that are on parcels not much bigger Maybe a half an acre bigger than this. We put 88, uh units About five years ago We're just finished about six months ago putting in 42 units in a parcel in uh district four my district on a And the the parcel area is uh about two acres also So what i'm getting at is you're looking at something that is about an acre and a half and 11 I think is a is a good number I mean I want to see it spread out Throughout the county and I want to thank the other supervisors. They have been doing that There was a period years ago When everything was south county everything was district four was building affordable housing That's not true. Everybody's kind of pitching in we do have a housing problem I'm not for spreading out and uh having urban sprawl everywhere I I want to see smart growth. That's the uh the key words there And the only way we can do that is for everybody to kind of share a little bit of the responsibility and carry Uh part of the load So I I believe this is uh Helping us out. There's state mandates. There's a lot of pressure being put on every community to build more and more housing and I think in a way, uh With 11 units, it's uh I think it's very reasonable in my opinion, so I'm I'm for the motion also. Thank you. Thank you. Um, just a few comments, uh, then we'll call for a vote So this project is compliant with our general plan or zoning ordinance or housing element It meets all the setback requirements. It meets the parking requirements. It meets the lock coverage requirements Uh, it meets uh every requirement that we've set forward And I think it's important that when we have rules those who comply by the rules Have some certainty about where they end up at the end of the process I appreciate that habitat for humanity has reached out and made changes to the project based on The neighborhood concerns. I have been I've been I did go out and walk harper street and saw The impacts I think they can be addressed Through other mechanisms and this one project doesn't drive all the the parking and the traffic on the street Um, I will say uh, as was mentioned the governor is currently proposing to take away our transportation dollars And the state legislature is proposing to take away our land use authority because their view is That we are not producing the affordable housing that's needed in this state When we go up to sacramento, we make a A lot of pledges that we will do our fair share We will meet the needs and in this case we have a hundred percent affordable housing project Which is a tremendous community benefit We have 11 units on a one and a half acres and I'd be hard-pressed to go back to the state And say well we can you know, we could do six units We could do five units on one and a half acres that doesn't pass the straight face test and Frankly, they will take away our authority to regulate these These make these decisions at all and the transportation dollars to improve our infrastructure because Because we aren't we wouldn't be doing our job. And so I'm confident this is a good project. It meets our responsibility Finally, let me just say I've worked with habitat. I've volunteered on projects here I've volunteered on projects in guatemala and louisiana. It's an amazing organization They do a lot to meet the needs of community and when you go to the ribbon cuttings and you meet the families Who put in sweat equity? And then are going to be living And thriving in our community. It's really a unique remarkable experience and And I'm I'm looking forward to partnering with how to have humanity more on more opportunities Because what they do is so thoughtful because the benefits they bring are so remarkable And there are 11 very lucky families That we will be able to have Continue to live in this community When this project is done and so I'm grateful for their work So with that I will Call the vote so all those in favor, please say I Opposed So that passes four to one That concludes our Meeting today. We will adjourn our meeting until our next regularly scheduled Meeting and thank you everyone for coming out and speaking today You