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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - Senior Housing on Lower Bayview Landing Site°tea CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH o�zE� COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC G DEVELOPMENT _ «a" PLANNING DEPARTMENT 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92655 (714) 644 -3200; FAX (714) 6443250 Hearing Date: Agenda Item No.: Staff Person: REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL September 12, 2000 SUBJECT: Affordable Housing Task Force Recommendation on CIOSA Requirement SUGGESTED 12 Sharon Z. Wood (949) 644 -3222 ACTION: Authorize the Chair of the Task Force to advise The Irvine Company to proceed with development of senior affordable housing on the Lower Bayview Landing site. After holding study sessions to discuss Newport Beach's need for affordable housing and opportunities to meet that need, the City Council appointed Councilmembers Debay (Chair), Adams and Ridgeway to an Affordable Housing Task Force on March 14, 2000. In their deliberations so far, the task force has concluded that affordable housing for the City's senior citizens is our most pressing need. They also believe that it is time for The Irvine Company (TIC) to develop the affordable housing required by the General Plan Housing Element in conjunction with the development of over 850 units of market rate housing pursuant to the Circulation and Open Space Agreement ( CIOSA). The task force looked at potential sites where TIC might develop senior affordable housing, and concluded that Lower Bayview Landing is the most likely site on which a project can be developed without significant delay. This site has a General Plan designation of Retail and Service Commercial. Affordable senior housing is allowed as an alternate use, if the Coastal Development Permit findings demonstrate that adequate visitor serving uses exist in the Newport Beach coastal zone. The General Plan does not limit the number of units allowed, but the Planned Community zoning allows 120 units of senior housing. The City could set TIC's affordable housing requirement for CIOSA at 15% of total market rate units developed (129 affordable units), or 20% of total market rate units developed (172 affordable units). Previous studies of the site suggested that 120 to 240 units are feasible, and it may be possible to amend the Planned Community to increase the number of units allowed. This would enable The Irvine Company to meet its CIOSA obligation fully with one project. The Irvine Company has indicated it is waiting to hear if the City desires this project to go forward. Therefore, the task force is asking the City Council to approve the attached letter expressing that desire, and authorize Councilmember Debay to sign and send it. The task force is continuing to work on ways to use in -lieu fees paid to the City by Ford and other market rate housing developers. Parties who are interested in developing senior affordable housing have contacted task force members and staff to discuss sites and development concepts. Staff is beginning work on a request for proposals that will give the City Council the opportunity to review all the proposals in one process. SHARON Z. WOOD Assistant City Manager Page 2 September13, 2000 Mr. Gary Hunt DRAFT Executive Vice President The Irvine Company 550 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660 Dear Mr. Hunt: The City Council has discussed the need for Newport Beach to demonstrate progress on implementing the Housing Element of our General Plan at study sessions over the past year. An issue that has been part of every discussion is The Irvine Company's obligation to provide affordable housing in conjunction with the Company's development of over 850 units of market rate housing pursuant to the Circulation and Open Space Agreement ( CIOSA). At the Council's request, City and Irvine Company staff have met to explore options for the Company to meet this obligation. Despite sincere efforts from both parties, not many viable options have been identified, and we always seem to come back to Lower Bayview Landing. At our study session on affordable housing in April 1999, Carol Hoffman stated that The Irvine Company was waiting to hear from the City if you should proceed on this site. In March 2000, the Council established an Affordable Housing Task Force, on which Gary Adams and Tod Ridgeway serve with me. Our duties include identifying, evaluating and implementing one or more affordable housing projects to satisfy community needs and achieve regional housing goals. The task force has concluded that our greatest community need at this time is for senior housing, and we need to make it affordable to low income seniors to satisfy both community and regional needs. The task force also has reviewed potential sites for a senior project, and confirmed our two staffs' conclusion that there are not many options in our built -out community. The recommendation from the task force, which the City Council approved on September 12, 2000, is to advise The Irvine Company that you should proceed with plans to develop a senior affordable housing project on the Lower Bayview Landing site. The Council believes it is in the best interest of both the City and The Irvine Company to resolve this outstanding CIOSA issue. Furthermore, it is in the best interest of the community to provide for the growing need for housing that is affordable to our senior citizens. The entire City Council looks forward to seeing this project move forward. Our primary staff contact will be Assistant City Manager Sharon Wood, and she will be in contact with your staff very soon. Sincerely, Jan Debay Councilmember Chair, Affordable Housing Task Force