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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12.21.2020 Regular & PC Minutes @5:00MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE Yy HOUSING STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND c�LIFOR�IA PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, 400 Grand Avenue) South San Francisco, California 94083 MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020 5:00 p.m. Teleconference via Zoom Housing Standing Committee conducted this meeting in accordance with California Governor Newsom's Executive Orders N-25-20 and N-29-20 and COVID-19 pandemic protocols. CALL TO ORDER 5:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Addiego, Vice Mayor Nagales, Planning Commission Vice Chair Evans, Planning Commissioners Faria and Shihadeh. AGENDA REVIEW None. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION Motion to approve the Minutes from the meeting of October 19, 2020. Motion — Planning Commission Shihadeh / Second — Planning Commissioner Faria to approve the Minutes from the meeting of October 19, 2020. Yes: Mayor Addiego, Commissioner Shihadeh, Commissioner Faria, Vice Chair Evans. Abstain: Vice Mayor Nagales. 2. Study session for a Use Permit and Design Review to construct a Mixed -Use Development, consisting of 27 residential units and 2,865 SF of retail, at 455-463 Grand Avenue. (Stephanie Skangos, Associate Planner) Associate Planner Skangos presented the item to the Housing Standing Committee and advised the application was submitted in June 2020. The existing conditions would be demolished to allow for the development. The project site consisted of two different parcels with the approximate project area being 4,000 square feet. There would be retail space on the ground floor, as well as a basement level parking area and the upper levels consist of 27 residential units consisting of 1 -bedroom, 2 - bedroom, and 3 -bedroom floor plans with 32 parking spaces provided as parking stackers. Associate Planner Skangos stated the project was reviewed by the Design Review Board at their November meeting and appreciated the design of the building with some minor revisions that were requested. The revisions included some reworking of the fagade, change in landscaping for the proposed courtyard terrace, and attention to any potential wind issues for the courtyard terrace. John Imhoff and Rajat Randev, Fractured9, Inc., listed the overall amenities, which included a courtyard, rooftop barbeque area with views going out to the south hill. All units would be under the Fair Housing accessibility guidelines. Elevator entries would all be electronically controlled to give a safe environment for the people living there. Vice Chair Evans inquired about the scale relative to the surrounding buildings and asked for the distance between the proposed building and the building next door. Mr. Imhoff estimated the distance to be 10 to 15 feet. Vice Chair Evans had encroachment concerns as they have had those issues on past projects. Vice Chair Evans inquired whether parking would have an additional fee. Mr. Randev advised that he was not privy to that information and advised the owner had not mentioned an additional fee for parking. Vice Chair Evans was against people in affordable units to have to then pay for additional parking because it skewed with the affordability formula. Commissioner Shihadeh inquired who gets to rent the affordable units and how would the City monitor that. Chief Planner Rozzi advised that it was coordinated with the Housing Division. They go through a process of advertising, having outreach for the rental for the affordable units. Anyone was eligible to apply, but the intention would be to administer and monitor on an ongoing basis as part of the affordable housing agreement. City Manager Futrell added that the City had a consultant that every year checks every unit to ensure it remained affordable. Vice Mayor Nagales asked City staff whether residents that lived in South San Francisco or working in South San Francisco had priority in the eligibility list. Associate Planner Skangos stated they had not but were still working through the details. She advised that was something they would discuss. Staff was primarily focused on the design portion of the project. Vice Mayor Nagales stated parking was very limited in terms of the number of spots and asked whether visitors would have to park on Grand Avenue. Mr. Randev confirmed that was correct. Commissioner Faria inquired whether each resident would have a code to use for the parking stacker and what the max size vehicle that could be used on the stacker. Mr. Randev advised a stacker could fit up to a mid-sized SUV. He stated there was only one way to enter, the resident would enter their code, the gate lifts and the resident would drive into the space, the resident would exit the vehicle, the stacker would then place the vehicle in an open space. JOINT HOUSING STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 21, 2020 MINUTES PAGE 2 Mayor Addiego stated the developer mentioned a property tax incentive to remain what it was today and for 25 years. He advised that was a big ask as they would not just impact the City, but also impact the schools and county government. 3. Study session for a preposed 480 unit multi -family residential project at 124 Airport Boulevard and 100 Produce Avenue (Tony Rozzi, AICP, Chief Planner) Chief Planner Rozzi gave a brief introduction on the project and stated it was interesting because it was kind of the first test case of a project moving forward after adopting a land use vision under the General Plan. The project was intended to follow in the general density requirements that were now allowed and accepted under the land use scenario. There remained a lot of questions and details that staff needed to work out with the applicant as far as specific zoning. Staff was bringing this project forward so the Housing Standing Committee could get a sense of the architecture, density, layout, site circulation, what was happening at the ground level and some of the significant improvements the applicant was proposing as part of their community benefits package. Staff requested feedback on two things: 1) What they were doing at the ground level and 2) The architecture and the broad strokes of their improvements that they were proposing for the community. This project had gone to the Design Review Board a couple of times and staff received a lot of good feedback and adjustments. Zack Anderson, Development Director for the Hanover Company, stated they had worked very closely with City staff to refine the project. The base project consisted of 400 units, plus a 20% density bonus in exchange for providing 10% low-income units on site. The 480 total project units were split between the two standalone buildings, Building 1 and Building 2, 294 and 186 units, respectively. Each building's unit mix consisted of studios, 1 -bedroom, 2 -bedroom and 3 -bedroom units. The parking ratio for the project was roughly 1.17 parking spaces per unit and would be providing double the City's requirement for long term bike parking. Mayor Addiego inquired whether occupants that lived in one building also had access to amenities in another building. Mr. Anderson advised the idea was that there would be shared amenities between the two buildings, but they would have the ability to operate independently as well. Vice Chair Evans inquired whether parking would have an additional fee. Mr. Anderson advised that the City of South San Francisco allowed to unbundle up to 50% of the parking spaces per the City's ordinance. Vice Chair Evans stated the point of her question was that if the project had affordable units and charged them additional rent for parking spaces, it took that rent out of the affordability range. Scott Youdall advised that the inverse of that is 50% would be bundled and they would make sure that all the affordable units in the project remained in the bundled category to address that concern. Commissioner Shihadeh was concerned the project site area would be overwhelmed with all the additional housing units. He suggested making improvements to the crosswalk and intersection as part of the community benefits enhancement. Mr. Anderson advised as part one of the community benefits mentioned that had been proposed, would be to upgrade the portion of the intersection between the two buildings. JOINT HOUSING STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 21, 2020 MINUTES PAGE 3 Vice Mayor Nagales inquired how garbage pick up would occur on the site. Mr. Anderson advised the trash trucks would not drive into the buildings; property management would bring the trash bins out to the curb on trash days. Building 1 would potentially utilize the Uber pickup and drop off area on San Mateo Avenue so they wouldn't block traffic. Vice Mayor Nagales inquired whether the developer had considered increasing the 10% affordable housing units for the site project. Mr. Anderson stated 10% of affordable units was what they were prepared to offer for the project. Otherwise, given everything going on in the market, there was a potential issue in terms of the finance ability of the project. Vice Mayor Nagales asked whether the developer considered splitting the 10% in terms of 5% for very low and 5% low income. Mr. Anderson advised that looking into the current San Mateo County Housing Authority rents, unfortunately, they could not amend the affordable housing units. Mayor Addiego liked the design of the proposed buildings and inquired whether the developer had constructed other projects in South San Francisco in the past. Chief Planner Rozzi confirmed they had; they were the architects for the first phase of the Sares Regis project. Mayor Addiego was concerned about other similar projects experiencing break ins into the bike locker area and inquired how they were planning to combat the same experience. Mr. Collins stated the bike locker area was a discreet secured locked room that was not part of the parking garage. Mayor Addiego questioned whether the proposed pool would come to fruition for the final plans. Mr. Youdall advised they were planning for the pool and had the appropriate clearances and access in the garage below. Mr. Anderson added they were very deliberate about the placement of the pool within the courtyard to ensure the pool had as much sunlight as possible year-round. Housing Standing Committee members were concerned the projects on Airport Boulevard would cause an abundance of traffic when accessing the northbound entrance to Highway 101. Mayor Addiego inquired when they would receive the traffic studies for the project. Chief Planner Rozzi stated they got a traffic study as part of the CEQA document that is currently in draft form but would share with the Housing Standing Committee members as soon as it was available. ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m. Submitted by: Gabriel Rodrigue , Deputy City Clerk City of South San Francisco Approved by: Mark ddiego, Mayor City of South San Francisco Approved by the Housing Standing Committee: K / to / uZ� JOINT HOUSING STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 21, 2020 MINUTES PAGE 4