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DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday, December 14, the Santa Cruz City Council will re-consider the 
 831 Water Street development project application.\n\n* PLEASE NOTE: Public 
 comment will be limited to no more than a total of 30 minutes. Each speaker 
 will have 1 minute. Interested parties should also email the city council 
 to make sure their voices are heard: 
 citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com\n\nBACKGROUND:    \n\nOn October 12, 2021, 
 the City Council conducted an oversight meeting to review the objective 
 standards for the subject SB 35 project at 831 Water Street. Following 
 public input and Council discussion, a motion passed to deny the project 
 based on project’s violation, or potential violation, of the following 
 objective standards:\n\n* The anti-segregation standard in the inclusionary 
 ordinance and Density Bonus Ordinance that requires the dispersal of 
 affordable units throughout a project, which also violates the City’s 
 Health in All Policies ordinance by creating segregated housing;\n* The 
 slope regulation that projects be located no closer than 20  feet from a 
 30% slope without a variance;\n* The lack of a completed Stormwater 
 Management Plan and a completed Drainage Plan that ensure the City’s 
 standards to prevent flooding on the property and in the neighborhood;\n* 
 The lack of a traffic study demonstrating that the City’s traffic 
 standards protecting the public health and safety from the proposed 
 driveway crossing a bike lane;\n* The lack of a completed noise study 
 documenting that the City’s objective noise standards will be met;\n* 
 Deem the density bonus application incomplete for not complying with the 
 State Housing and Community Development's regulation that affordable units 
 are distributed throughout the development, and for not showing the 
 breakdown of Area Median Income (AMI) levels and density bonus unit 
 locations. \n\nOn November 23, 2021 the City Council voted to rescind the 
 October 12, 2021 motion to deny the project and directed staff to complete 
 the SB 35 objective standards consistency review  in light of the new 
 information, and schedule a follow-up public oversight hearing for the 
 December 14, 2021 City Council meeting.\n\nOn November 22, the group 831 
 Responsible Development wrote council, stating:\n\n"We thank you for 
 standing for equity in building practices by saying no to segregated 
 housing. Our City can say yes both to affordable housing and to upholding 
 local ordinances that require that housing is dispersed and not 
 segregated." (See the full letter attached below)\n\nMore 
 information:\n\n831 Responsible 
 Development\nhttps://831responsibledevelopment.org/\n\nCity of Santa Cruz 
 project page for 831 Water 
 Street\nhttp://www.cityofsantacruz.com/831Water\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/12/09/18846713.php
SUMMARY:831 Water Street Proposal at Santa Cruz City Council
LOCATION:The 831 Water Street project is #25 on the city council meeting agenda, and 
 will be heard in the afternoon, sometime after 12 PM.\n\n* Click on Zoom 
 link (no time delay): https://zoom.us/j/94684401344\n\n* Online at 
 http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-council/council-meetings\n\n* 
 See meeting agenda for information on phoning 
 in:\nhttps://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1810&doctype=1
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/12/09/18846713.php
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