Please join us for a "CONVERSATION ABOUT AMERICA" with
Congresswoman JACKIE SPEIER
Saturday, August 24th
Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant
The meeting will begin at 9:30 am in the rear banquet room at the Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant.
A full breakfast is available for $12, a continental breakfast at $6, or just coffee for $3, although no purchase is necessary.
If
you wish to join or renew your membership in the Pacifica, Daly City
Democrats, you can do so on Saturday by completing a membership
application available at the sign-in table. However. meetings of the
Club are free and open to the public.
Submitted by Suzan Getchell, President, Pacifica-Daly City Democrats Club
Attend in person, 2212 Beach
Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or, view on local Pacific Coast television, PCT/Pacifica Channel 26. PCT links to meeting videos: calendar,and recent coastside civic meeting videos.City Council and Planning Commission meetings usually begin at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City meeting agendas (current and archived) are available on theCity meetings calendar.City websites:City Council,and Planning Commission.
In memory of past Councilmember Cal Hinton 11/30/1926 - 7/22/2019. He lived 92 good years.
A. CA code 54956.9 (d)(4), anticipated litigation. Initiated litigation, paragraph (4) subdivision (d). 1 case. B.CA code 54956.8. Lease, price and terms: Stephen Johnson photography, 1220 C Linda Mar Boulevard (APN 023-281-130). C. CA code 54956.8.
Lease, price and terms: Pacifica Historical Society, a portion of 2212 Beach Boulevard (APN 016204020, 016204999, 016294620).
Open Session, 7:00 p.m. Call to order, roll call, salute to flag. Closed Session report, Proclamation, Special Presentation if any.
Consent Calendar 1. Approval of financial disbursements (checks), FY 2018-2019: a) 6/14/19 - 6/30/19. 2. Approval of financial disbursements (checks): FY 2018-2019: a) 7/1/19 - 7/15/19. FY 2019 -2020: b) 7/1/19 - 7/15/19. 3. Approval of City Council Minutes: a) 7/8/2019. 4. Proclamation confirming existing of a local emergency: coastline from Westline Drive to the end of Beach Boulevard, report. 5. Approval of Bay Area Tree Specialists contract for tree maintenance and emergency services, $140,000. a) Agreement.. 6. Approval of Woodard & Curran Design and Environmental Services contract: Serra Drive outfall repair project, $208,130 from the Planned Local Drainage Fund 19, report. a) Agreement. 7. Approval of Woodward & Curran Collection System Master Plan Update Phase 2, $304,520, budget authority (with 10% contingency): $334,520 from the Wastewater Enterprise Capital Improvement Fund 34, report. a) Agreement, update C007A. 8. 1) Award construction contract to DRYCO Construction, Inc. for the Cattle Hill Parking Lot and Trailhead Improvement Project, amount $254,542.00. And 2) Approve naming the Cattle Hill Parking Lot "Jean F. Fassler Parking Lot", report. a) DRYCO Construction, Inc. agreement. b) City facilities/property naming policy. 9. Reject all bids for the Cabrillo School Crossing Improvement Project, and redirect staff to rebid the project, report. 10. Notice of completion for the FY 2017-18 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, Phase I, report/Resolution. a) Phase I Notice/Verification. 11. Notice of completion for the FY 2017-18 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, Phase II, report/Resolution. a) Phase II Notice/Verification. 12. Notice of completion for the Frontierland Park Improvement Project, report/Resolution. a) Notice/Verification. 13. Quarterly Investment Reports: $40.6 million, 6/30/19, report. a) Cash and Investment Reconciliation Report. 14. Approval of transfer from the General Fund balance, to the Child Care reserve account for FY years 2016-17 and 2017-18, $333,357, report. 15. Rescind Resolution No. 02-2015, and appoint Directors to Municipal Pooling Authority of Northern CA on behalf of the City, report/Resolution. a) Resolution No. 02-2015. 16. Adopt an ordinance amendment to establish the use of "Health/Fitness Club" in Commercially Zoned Areas, exempt from CEQA, report/Ordinance. a) Code Amendments (Redlined). Communications (Oral): Public, City Council, City Staff.
Note: Photograph of Past Councilmember Calvin "Cal" Hinton is from a Pacifica Tribune article by Jean Bartlett, 11/25/16, re-posted onFix Pacifica, 11/26/16. Dates of Cal Hinton's life are from Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park. The Pacifica Tribune newspaper also published a print article about Cal Hinton's life a few weeks ago.
Advocacy group attempts to force cities to approve projects
In a low-key San Francisco office decorated with “legalize housing” T-shirts and a fluffy, avocado-shaped throw pillow, a tiny group of advocates is trying to sue their way out of the Bay Area housing crisis.
The four-person California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, or CaRLA, has one reason for being — to sue cities that reject housing projects without a valid reason. The litigious nonprofit with YIMBY roots struck again last month, suing Los Altos after the city rejected a developer’s bid to streamline a project of 15 apartments plus ground-floor office space.
It’s a bold strategy and one advocates say fills the enforcement hole in California housing policy. But it’s also helping push housing decisions out of city council chambers and into the courtroom — removing those key issues from local control and further stoking the flames of bitter contention that often surround Bay Area housing debates.
As the Bay Area struggles with a housing shortage that’s driving up home prices and rents, and some building proposals that could alleviate the crunch get bogged down or denied amid pushback from neighbors, CaRLA’s founder, Sonja Trauss, sees her mission as simple:
She’s here to enforce the law.
“Something, by hook or by crook, has to make these cities actually build housing,” said Trauss, a 37-year-old law school dropout turned housing advocate, who has a lawyer on staff and also works with an outside law firm to file her cases. Her group’s unofficial motto is “sue the suburbs.”
But critics argue suing the suburbs is not the best way out of the housing crisis. Development decisions should be made locally and with community input, not in courtrooms under pressure from outside groups such as CaRLA, said Mill Valley resident Susan Kirsch, founder of slow-growth group Livable California.
“These people (city councils) are so dedicated and are working so hard to find the solutions, to get the right affordable housing mix and the right jobs-housing balance,” she said. “And then to have the threat of a lawsuit, it’s just unfortunate, I think.”
In late July, Trauss’ group sued Los Altos over the city’s ruling that a residential and office project proposed on North Main Street did not qualify for streamlined approval under the state’s new SB 35 law. That law requires cities to expedite approval of certain residential and mixed-use projects. The city said the project didn’t have enough residential space to qualify under the law, among other issues, but the lawsuit takes issue with how that calculation was reached.
Attend in person, 2212 Beach
Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or, view on local Pacific Coast television, PCT/Pacifica Channel 26. PCT links to meeting videos: calendar,and recent coastside civic meeting videos.City Council and Planning Commission meetings usually begin at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City meeting agendas (current and archived) are available on theCity meetings calendar.City websites:City Council,and Planning Commission.
Item l. 7-Eleven, 700 Hickey Blvd, alcohol sales review.
Open Session, 7:00 p.m. Administrative: approval of order of agenda; draft Minutes. a) 6/3/19. Designation of liaison to City Council meeting: none. Consent items: none. Consideration items: none. Public oral communications.
Item 2, Charing Cross Way and Clarendon Road location.
2. File 2018-047. SUB-239-18 (tentative); MOD-45-19; heritage tree removal authorization. Subdivide one 1) lot (52,271 SF) into three (3) lots; construct an extension of Clarendon Road (290 ft.), and remove eight (8) heritage trees: Northeast intersection of Charing Cross Way and an unimproved portion of the Clarendon Road public right-of-way (APN 016-355-150). East Sharp Park district, report. a) Resolution and COAs. b) Land Use/Zoning. c) Subdivision map (tentative). d) Arborist report/map, small trees affected by building a retaining wall. e) Biological survey/impact assessment, no sensitive habitats. f) Traffic Study, page 1: "The project proposes to construct two (2) 1,800 SF single family homes on a subdivided lot. Access to the project will be provided by an extension of Laurel Lane." g) City/Air quality, page 4, "less than significant". h) City/Water quality, stormwater review.
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Reference, development/planning acronyms. ADU, Accessory dwelling unit construction, APN, Assessor's parcel number. CDP,
Coastal Development permit.COAs, conditions of approval.CZ, (Coastal Zone Combining) zoning
districts. DA, development agreement. DP, development permit.HDR, High density residential. GPA, General Plan Amendment. LCP, Local Coastal Program. LDR, low density residential. MDR, medium density residential. MUP, Marijuana Use permit. PD, Planned Development. PE, Parking Exception.PSD,
Site
Development permit.PUE. Public utilities easment. PV, Permit Variance. RIA, Rent Increase Application. S, Sign permit.SE, Sign Exception.SF,square foot.SP, Specific Plan. SUB,
Subdivision. TA,
text amendment (ordinance).UP, Use permit. Zoning: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).CA CEQA:Guidelines, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions: Class 1
categorical exemptions: existing facilities, section 15301; no
significant effect section 15061(b)(3); not a project, a review, section 15378. Freestanding single-family
residences set-back and parking, C-1, neighborhood commercial. C-2, Commercial/Office (within 100 ft. of a residential zone). C-3, Service Commercial. Class 3 categorical exemption, section 15303(a).Class 32,Infill Development projects, section 15332. MND, Mitigated negative declaration. MMRP, Mitigation monitoring and reporting program. MOD, modification of subdivision regulations. MO-RB, Marijuana Operation-Rockaway Beach Overlay District. MRO, Marijuana Retail Operation. PMC, Pacifica Municipal Code. R1, single-family residential, Reference.com.R-2, Two family residential; R-3, Multi-family residential; R-3G, Multiple-family residential garden district. RIA, rent increase application. S,City of Pacifica Sign ordinance. CA code, accessory (second residential) dwelling units, 65852.2. Zoning/Planning Handouts, City of Pacifica. RZ, rezoning. TBD, to be determined. TDR, transfer of development rights (urban planning).City: Annual progress report (APR). Capital Improvement program (CIP), Title/Ordinances/Municipal Code. General Plan. (GP) update documents,background history. Pacifica Municipal Code (PMC). Local Coastal Land Use Plan, (LCLUP), update documents.Note photographs, map graphic and visuals. Item l, 7-Eleven, 700 Hickey Blvd from Yelp.Item 2, Charing Cross Way and Clarendon Road, Google graphic map, and Google street map. 340 Charing Cross Way from Zillow, click on their website picture for another google street view. Posted by Kathy Meeh
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