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DESCRIPTION:Project Information: 831 Water Street\nJoin the Applicant Virtually via 
 Zoom\n\nDate:  Thursday, August 12th, 2021\nTime: 6:00pm to 7:30pm\nWhere: 
 Virtual Webinar - Zoom\n\nCommentary on the 831 Water Street project from 
 former Santa Cruz County Supervisor Gary Patton:\n\n"This huge, out of 
 scale proposal, which would be located at 831 Water Street, is on a "fast 
 track" for approval as a so-called "Ministerial Project." That means NO 
 Environmental Review, NO Planning Commission hearing, NO City Council 
 hearing on the merits, and NO vote on the merits by our elected officials. 
 Normally, huge projects with profound public impacts are "discretionary," 
 meaning that our elected officials get to vote "yes" or "no," and can 
 modify or impose conditions. NOT with this project (based on SB 35, a state 
 law that removes local discretion for qualifying projects). If this 
 proposed project goes forward as the developer requests, the public and our 
 elected officials will be bystanders, not participants. There WILL be a 
 so-called "community meeting," which is basically to inform the public, and 
 let the public vent." \n\nMore information: \n\nSave Santa 
 Cruz\nhttps://www.facebook.com/livableSC\n\n\nBackground from City of Santa 
 Cruz:\n\nOn July 1, 2021, the City received an application for an SB35 
 project that consists of a five-story mixed-use building with 149 
 residential apartments and ground floor commercial space. The state 
 legislature passed SB 35 in 2007 in order to remove barriers to the 
 development of affordable residential urban infill projects and to limit 
 certain types of discretionary home rule oversight that have prevented the 
 development of an adequate supply of housing within the state. When a 
 project qualifies for streamlined ministerial approval under SB 35, the 
 City has a limited time to apply its objective standards to the project, 
 and is strictly prohibited from applying any discretionary standards that 
 would chill the development of affordable housing on a suitable site 
 identified in its general plan. The application is currently under review 
 for compliance with objective standards.\n\n\nContact info:\n\nApplicant: 
 Novin Development\ninfo@novindevelopment.com\n\nCity of Santa Cruz Project 
 Planner: Ryan Bane\nrbane@cityofsantacruz.com\n\n\nTo sign up for future 
 updates, review plan sets, and for all other information about the proposed 
 project, please visit the 831 Water Street project page: 
 https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/?navid=4208\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844058.php
SUMMARY:831 Water Street - Virtual Community Meeting
LOCATION:Virtual Webinar - Zoom\nZOOM MEETING ID: 918 7870 5149\nDIRECT ZOOM LINK: 
 831 WATER WEBINAR: https://zoom.us/j/91878705149
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/29/18844058.php
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