Approve County offer to partner with State and San Jose in support of San Jose Hope Village homeless encampment
Staff recommend that the Board approve the County to offer partnerships with the State of California and the City of San Jose in support of San Jose Hope Village, an organized tent village for up to 30 homeless individuals located, without authorization, on State-owned land on Ruff Drive, San Jose. The partnership would include the following actions:
- Send a formal letter to the State of California requesting the State’s forbearance from removing the San Jose Hope Village for a period of six months to provide time for the County to work with the City of San Jose to locate a site for Hope Village;
- Request the State to lease the current Hope Village site to the County at nominal rent for two years for the San Jose Hope Village; and/or
- Request the City of San Jose to lease the adjacent city-owned parcel immediately north of the current Hope Village site to the County at nominal rent for two years (or to sell the parcel to the County at fair market value if developable) for the San Jose Hope Village; and/or
- Request the City of San Jose to lease the city-owned parcel at Guadalupe Parkway and West Taylor Street to the County at nominal rent for two years (or to sell the parcel to the County at fair market value if developable) for the San Jose Hope Village; and
- Request the City of San Jose to share with the County in the cost of services for San Jose Hope Village at either the State-owned or the City-owned sites, and
- Report to the Board by October 16, 2018 with a recommended plan for support of San Jose Hope Village, depending on the degree of partnership by the State and/or the City.
The San Jose Hope Village is an organized tent village for homeless individuals, supported by toilets, showers and garbage services. In contrast to illegal encampments, this model seeks to create a more humane and secure environment for the homeless. The San Jose Hope Village is a project of San Jose Catholic Worker and Sleeping Bags for the Homeless.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: Tues, September 25, 2018, 9:30am
Link to agenda item: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=9962&MediaPosition=&ID=93404&CssClass=
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Direction on development agreement negotiation for Stanford’s GUP
Staff are recommending several options for the Board to take regarding possible development agreement negotiations with Stanford University:
- Direct the Administration to define the process for the negotiations, including a provision that a negotiated development agreement should be completed prior to publication of the staff report for the first Planning Commission meeting on the 2018 General Use Permit application and report back to the Board on this process.
- Direct Administration to seek to bring back a negotiated development agreement for consideration at the same time as the Board’s consideration of the 2018 General Use Permit application.
Stanford University is in the middle of an application for a new General Use Permit to be issued by the County. Discussions have taken place about an appropriate method of mitigation due to the increased development. One of the options is a Negotiated Development Agreement.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: Tue, September 25, 2018, 9:30am
Link to item: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=9962&MediaPosition=&ID=93469&CssClass=
Link to agenda: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=9962
Approving Civic Center Master Plan Project and Final EIR
Staff recommend that the Board approve the Civic Center Master Plan Project and its final Environmental Impact Report. The revised EIR addresses concerns with traffic impact mitigation and alignment of the EIR with the San Jose Urban Village Plan.
In 2012, the Board approved the possible lease, sale, joint development or other disposition of approximately 55 acres of County-owned property in the Civic Center for purposes of public, residential, commercial, industrial and/or cultural use or development. In 2013, the Board authorized an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with Lowe Enterprises and Gensler for the redevelopment of the Civic Center Campus.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: Tue, September 25, 2018, 9:30am
Link to item: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=9962&MediaPosition=&ID=92971&CssClass=
Link to agenda: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=9962
Approve new job classification of Labor Standards Investigator for Office of Labor Standards
The Board may approve a new classification of Labor Standards Investigator, necessary to describe the responsibilities to be assigned to a new function/position within the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE). The investigator position will report to the Program Manager II and will be responsible to receive, research, investigate, and recommend resolutions to the complaints received by the OLSE; and to ensure compliance by businesses, levy penalties for infractions and/or violations, and facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information related to wage regulations to all parties contracting with the County.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: 9/25/2018, 9:30 AM, Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, County Government Center, 70 West Hedding Street, 1st floor, San Jose
Link to item: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=9962&MediaPosition=&ID=93148&CssClass=
Link to agenda: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=9962
Adopting revised Housing Impact Mitigation Fee and Inclusionary Housing Zoning ordinances
Staff recommend that the Board adopt the revised Housing Impact Mitigation Fee Ordinance (and Resolution) and the revised Inclusionary Housing Zoning Ordinance for the Stanford University Community Plan. The Housing Impact Mitigation Fee Ordinance would mitigate 60% of the affordable housing demand generated from Stanford University’s future development, and the Inclusionary Housing Zoning Ordinance would require 16% of all market rate faculty and staff housing units to be affordable, which, together, would partially avoid further exacerbating the existing jobs-housing imbalance and resulting affordable housing crisis in this region. A key revisions include: setting the fee for academic space development at $68.50 per square foot; reducing affordability restrictions from 99 years to 55 years; preference for Stanford to build units rather than collect fees.
A public hearing will be included for both the Housing Impact Mitigation Fee and Inclusionary Housing Zoning ordinances. Two comment letters have been received from residents, one in support of stronger ordinances and one urging the Board abstain from adopting the ordinances until further study.
Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
When: Tue, September 25, 2018, 9:30am
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Link to Agenda: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=9962
City of San Jose
Report on study of how to grow Airport service while allowing for high-rise downtown & Diridon development
The committee will receive an update on the work in progress on airspace protection at Mineta San Jose International Airport and its relationship to downtown development capacity. Completion of this work may provide new insights into how best to balance the City’s goals of growing air service at Mineta Airport and maximizing high-rise building development downtown. The airport and downtown are within two miles of each other and the primary aircraft approach and departure paths for the Airport are directly over downtown, which places limitations on downtown building heights.
Office of Economic Development and Airport staff are managing the current Downtown airspace and development capacity study. National aviation planning/engineering consultant Landrum & Brown has been contracted to do the study. Landrum & Brown have engaged consultants Jones, Lang & LaSalle for the economic analysis portion of the study’s scope. A project steering committee comprised of Downtown stakeholder representatives including the San Jose Downtown Association, SPUR, Silicon Valley Organization, and Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building & Construction Trades Council was formed to provide review and input on the technical analyses and resulting recommendations.
The next step in the detailed airspace scenario analysis will be assessing the potential economic
impact on Airport air service and on Downtown/Diridon area development. These assessments will be completed by the end of the year.
Where: San Jose Community & Economic Development Cmte
When: Mon. September 24, 2018, 1:30pm
Link to item: https://sanjose.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3645039&GUID=CC8223F4-12CC-43D6-BD7E-FD19B4B2B1BE&Options=&Search=
Link to agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=619798&GUID=9CDC09BD-CAEB-492E-B1A7-22F490504D30&Options=info&Search=
Councilmembers Peralez, Rocha, Jimenez & Carrasco urge agendizing the Mayor’s memo on developing nexus study for a Commercial Linkage Fee
Councilmembers Peralez, Rocha, Jimenez, and Carrasco recommend that the committee agendize a memo from Mayor Liccardo regarding the Commercial Linkage Fee (CLF) for City Council discussion before the end of the calendar year.
Mayor Liccardo’s September 10, 2018 memo urged the committee to accept the recommendation of Councilmembers Peralez, Rocha, Jimenez and Carrasco, to return to Council with a Staff recommendation on September 18 regarding the approach to a citywide nexus study and feasibility study for a commercial linkage fee. The recommendation included exploring a funding partnership with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which has funded similar studies. On September 18th, 2018, the council was again locked in a 5-5 stalemate about the CLF.
The four councilmembers state that they share the Mayor’s sentiment that the housing shortage demands looking at every option available, and the commercial linkage fee is a powerful tool that can correct the housing imbalance.
Where: San Jose Rules and Open Government Committee
When: Wed, September 26, 2018, 6pm
Link to item: https://sanjose.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3683221&GUID=43C8246C-1623-41E5-8F0B-92854B1851FD&Options=&Search=
Link to agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=612838&GUID=245BC0E8-F636-49ED-8D3A-1DFBBDF6B17D&Options=info&Search=
Approve design of Small Project Inclusionary Housing Ordinance and forward to full council
Staff recommend that the committee approve and forward to full council recommendations for the creation of a Small Project Inclusionary Housing Ordinance that would apply to for-sale and rental residential developments with 19 or fewer units. Staff’s proposal for the design of this ordinance includes building on-site as the preferred compliance option, with the alternative compliance of an in-lieu fee, based on square footage, to require additional approval.
San Jose implements two programs that tie to the creation of affordable homes to the construction of market-rate housing: an Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO) program that applies to rental and for-sale residential developments of 20 units or more and an Affordable Housing Impact Fee (AHIF) program that applies only to rental residential developments of three to 19 units (“small” rental projects). Projects of 19 units or less (“small” for-sale projects) are not covered under either program.
Staff is recommending that the Small Project IHO apply to all new residential development with two exceptions: Accessory Dwelling Units and renovation of existing homes.
Where: San Jose Community Economic Development
When: Mon, September 24, 2018, 1:30pm
Link to item: https://sanjose.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3645086&GUID=3E18D2B0-7DFC-4FB7-8DC9-D39C46E24EE7&Options=&Search=
Link to agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=619798&GUID=9CDC09BD-CAEB-492E-B1A7-22F490504D30&Options=info&Search=
New memo from Mayor Liccardo, Vice Mayor Carrasco and Councilmembers Jones, Peralez and Khamis Approving airline service subsidies for new routes to San Jose Airport
MEMO from Mayor Sam Liccardo, Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco, Councilmember Chappie Jones, Councilmember Raul Peralez, Councilmember Johnny Khamis recommending approve staff recommendations contained in Items 6.1 and 6.2 relating to the air service support program.
Council will consider adopting a resolution making changes to the air service support program that waives landing fees and provides marketing fund for new service routes. The proposed revisions to the support program reflect airlines’ continued interests in stronger marketing to promote a new nonstop route. At the same time, the proposal is to reduce the fee waiver elements of the program given current constraints on airport terminal facilities. Therefore, Airport staff recommends that landing fee waivers be capped at 18 months’ duration for qualifying categories of service. For a new entrant carrier, staff recommends that the existing benefit of an additional $100,000 maximum in marketing funds will be eliminated and there will be no facility fee waivers for ticket counters and boarding gates.
Comparisons:
Current Subsidy Program:
New Short Haul Domestic (within 1250 miles): Landing fee waiver for 12 months and up to $25,000 in marketing funds.
New or Added Long-Haul Domestic: Landing fee waiver for 18 months and up to $50,000 in marketing funds.
New International Within North America: Landing fee waiver for 18 months and up to $50,000 in marketing funds.
Nee International Outside North America: Landing fee waiver for first 18 months, 50% for next 12 months; and up to $500,000 in marketing funds.
New Entrant Carrier: Landing fee waiver for first 18 months, 50% for next 12 months; and up to $100,000 in marketing funds.
Proposed program:
New Short Haul Domestic (within 1250 miles): Landing fee waiver for 12 months and up to $25,000 in marketing funds.
New or Added Long-Haul Domestic: Landing fee waiver for 18 months and up to $75,000 in marketing funds.
New International Within North America: Landing fee waiver for 18 months and up to $100,000 in marketing funds.
Nee International Outside North America: Landing fee waiver for first 18 months and up to $500,000 in marketing funds.
Where: San Jose City Council
When: September 25, 2018 1:30PM San Jose City Hall
Link to item: 6.1: https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6624485&GUID=CFFFD605-A407-473F-A491-2E0F0C5B1DDA
6.2: https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6624486&GUID=C1ED65D1-BA36-40A8-93EA-45127762B049
Link to agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=610819&GUID=81C96AC2-BA62-4AED-93D0-DB445B8426A3&Options=&Search=
City of Mountain View
Adopting resolution to support Cities Association discussions to form a RHNA subregion
Staff recommend that council adopt a resolution supporting the Cities Association of Santa Clara County to explore forming a Regional Housing Needs Allocation Subregion for Santa Clara County, and for the City to participate in those discussions,
The Cities Association has initiated a process to explore the formation of an RHNA subregion with Santa Clara County as the geographic area. In addition to allocating housing needs to cities within Santa Clara County, the Cities Association seeks to foster collaboration between cities through a subregion to facilitate sharing information and best practices, implementing programs such as Measure A, developing funding sources, and collaborating on opportunities to meet the region’s affordable housing needs.
Over the years, most, if not all, Bay Area jurisdictions have failed to produce the number of units in their affordable housing allocations—though many have met or significantly exceeded their market-rate housing allocation. Mountain View exceeded its total RHNA for the 2007-14 cycle primarily by producing 2,387 market-rate units, in addition to 269 affordable units. After just three years into the current 2015-22 RHNA cycle, Mountain View has met over half of its total allocation and has produced nearly as many affordable units as the entire 2007-14 cycle.
The idea of a subregion is that it could more effectively facilitate meeting local and regional housing needs. While many details would need to be figured out regarding policies and program design, two high-level principles are that: (1) a subregion should not exacerbate—and would ideally reverse—regional inequities in housing production/supply; and (2) jurisdictions that do take on additional allocation should be equitably and appropriately compensated for it. The City seeks to actively participate in discussions regarding the subregion formation.
Where: Mountain View City Council
When: Tue, September 25, 2018, 6pm
Link to item: https://mountainview.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3683251&GUID=63E11C1D-A31E-4AD0-98C9-AAB3FFC62380&Options=&Search=
Link to agenda: https://mountainview.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=609586&GUID=FB49F63A-04F2-4B8A-ABE4-13CB9061961B&Options=info&Search=
City of Sunnyvale
Anticipated litigation with Local 21 on behalf of affected SEA employees
Staff will hold closed session to discuss an anticipated litigation with IFPTE Local 21 on behalf of affected SEA employees.
Where: Sunnyvale City Council
When: September 25, 2018/ Council Chambers/ Close Session 5:00 p.m./ Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Link to item: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=573876&GUID=A2ECA89A-7378-414F-BB25-E66544A99F3D
Link to agenda: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/DepartmentDetail.aspx?ID=24675&GUID=92003858-11AA-4C13-A98E-15FFEAD40EC0&Mode=MainBody
Franklin- McKinley School District
Charter Petition Hearing for KIPP Heritage Charter School on October 23, 2018
Staff will hold a Public Hearing for KIPP Heritage Charter School Renewal Petition on October 23, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in the District’s board room.
KIPP Heritage Academy has operated a charter school within the Franklin-McKinley School District since the fall of 2014. KIPP Heritage is an independent Charter School that is housed within Franklin-McKinley School District facilities, and serves students in and outside the district boundaries.
As an alternative educational model, KIPP Heritage Charter School provides an additional educational option for Franklin-McKinley School District students and families.
The KIPP Heritage Academy charter petition has been submitted and will be reviewed by FMSD personnel over the next few weeks. They will be screened for compliance, content and completeness of the proposed charter petition. Comments from the public as well as questions by the Board, district personnel is part of the review process.
Where: Franklin-McKinley School District
When: September 25, 2018/ 7:00 p.m./District Service Center – Board Room
Link to item: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/fmsd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=B4R3LU7E841D
Link to agenda: https://www.boarddocs.com/ca/fmsd/Board.nsf/vpublic?open
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