HomeMy WebLinkAbout4a_Additional Materials Received_MosherSeptember 2, 2020, HEUAC Agenda Comments
These comments on items on the Newport Beach Housing Element Update Advisory Committee agenda
are submitted by: Jim Mosher ( jimmosher@yahoo.com ), 2210 Private Road, Newport Beach 92660
(949-548-6229)
Item IV.a. MINUTES OF JULY 15, 2020 MEETING
The passages shown in italics below are from the draft minutes. Suggested corrections are
indicated in strikeout underline format.
Page 3, paragraph 2 from end, last sentence: “He asked why the City is pursuing legislation that
will exempt Measure S from a vote.”
[comment: This accurately records what was said (see video at 44:20), but I think the
speaker was alluding to (the now dead) AB 1063 and the intent was to ask why the
legislation seeks to exempt the GP update from the outcome of a Measure S vote, not
something that exempts a vote on Measure S.]
Page 5, paragraph 2 from end, last 2 sentences: “Lower-income housing sites are concentrated
in the Airport Area, but it is a high resource area. Unfortunately, development projects have
reduced the number of lower-income units that can be developed in the Airport Area.”
[comment: These two sentences may be technically “correct,” but I found their meaning very
difficult to interpret. After reviewing the audio,1 it appears the first is trying to say to that
placing lower-income housing in a “high resource” area could be seen as following state
guidance, but placing all such housing in a single area could be a problem. The second
refers to the idea that with much of the existing 2,200 unit Airport Area allocation having been
entitled for market rate development, there are not enough units left to meet a 700 unit lower
income goal.]
Page 6, full paragraph 5: “In reply to Committee Member Sandland's inquiry, Principal Planner
Murillo reported the Newport Crossing Crossings project with 350 units and Uptown Newport
project with approximately 600 units will be entitled by June 30, 2021. Unfortunately, the units
that can be counted will be moderate or above-moderate-income units because the lower-
income components have been completed. Staff will prepare a list of projects and units for the
next meeting.”
[comment: The second sentence is inconsistent with page 2 of the “Roadmap to Compliance”
in Item V.c on the present agenda. It anticipates the City getting credit for 10 very low income
units at Uptown Newport and 78 low income units at Newport Crossings.]
1 I used the “download audio” feature because I found the online streaming video too frustratingly slow to
navigate.
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Page 8, paragraph 3, last sentence: “Incentives are needed for developers to construct projects
in high-income areas and allocate funds saved from that project to projects in less-costly areas.”
[comment: I am not sure I understand the meaning of this sentence. Reviewing the audio, I
am even less sure I understand how offering incentives to build high-income housing will
promote the development of low income housing elsewhere in the city.]
Page 8, paragraph 6 from end: “Committee Member Selich introduced himself as a housing
developer and a former member of the Newport Beach City Council , Planning Commission,
Affordable Housing Committee, and Local Coastal Plan Committee.”
[comment: The correct names are the Affordable Housing Task Force and the General Plan
Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee.]
Page 8, paragraph 5 from end, sentence 2: “He has served on the City Hall Design Committee
and the Building and Life Safety Board of Appeals.”
[comment: The correct name is the Building and Fire Board of Appeals.]
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