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JOINT MEETING OF: THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL AND
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
(Joint Special Meeting)
DATE OF MEETING: September 13,2005
TIME OF MEETING: 6:OO p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: City Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER: MayOKhair Lewis called the Joint Special Meeting to order at 6:36 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Council/Commission Members Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoose
Absent: None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (Commissioners Only)
On a motion by Vice Chair Hall, minutes of the following meeting were approved as presented:
Minutes of the Joint Special Meeting held on August 9, 2005.
PUBLIC HEARING:
(This item was continued from the meeting of August 9, 2005).
FOR THE ROOSEVELT STREET AFFORDABLE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.
1 I .AB #18,236 - APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
Housing and Redevelopment Director Debbie Fountain presented the staff report and reviewed a
PowerPoint presentation (on file in the office of the City Clerk).
Ms. Fountain hi-lighted various details regarding the project such as location, financing and project
alternatives.
In response to an inquiry from Council/Commission Member Packard, Ms. Fountain explained that the
highest previous affordable housing subsidy amount was $70,000.
Mayor Pro TemNice Chair Hall asked that the record show the Council/Commission received a
statement from the Housing and Redevelopment office outlining Action One and Action Two of
staffs revised recommendation (on file in the office of the City Clerk).
In response to an inquiry from CounciKommission Member Sigafoose, Ms. Fountain confirmed
that staff would return to Council/Commission as soon as the new project re-design documents
are ready.
Mayor/Chair Lewis opened the duly noticed Public Hearing at 650 p.m. Seeing no one wishing to
speak MayOKhair Lewis closed the hearing at 650 p.m.
September 13,2005 JOINT MEETING OF THE CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Page 2
Mayor/Chair Lewis confirmed with staff that the proposed project would meet the requirements in
the Village area for very low-income housing.
ACTION: On a motion by Mayor Pro TemNice Chair Hall, the CounciKommission
denied the appropriation of financial assistance and related loan documents
for the Roosevelt Street Affordable Apartment Project, and directed the
Housing and Redevelopment Director to pursue redesign of the project and to
return at a later date with appropriate legal documents to allow for funding and
construction of 11 condominiums on the Roosevelt Street property affordable
to households at 50% of the Area Median Income; and, Staff was directed to
work with an affordable housing developer that will produce this housing in the
most cost effective manner with the lowest possible subsidy requirement from
the City of Carlsbad.
AYES:
NOES: None
Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoose
and
ACTION: On a motion by Mayor Pro TemNice Chair Hall, the CounciVCommission
directed Staff to return with the appropriate documents to approve the
proposed Roosevelt Street Condominiums as a Combined Project under the
City’s lnclusionary Housing Ordinance and allow for the Carlsbad
Redevelopment Agency to sell housing credits within the project to private
housing developers within the Northwest Quadrant to satisfy their inclusionary
housing obligations; and, Staff was instructed to return said documents to the
Council and Commission upon completion of negotiations with the appropriate
developer to convert the affordable housing project to condominiums; and,
that the actual subsidy ultimately approved by the Council and Commission
shall be used to determine the price for said housing credits.
AYES:
NOES: None
Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoose
ADJOURNMENT:
By proper motion, the Joint Special Meeting of September 13, 2005, was adjourned at 656 p.m.
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SHEILA R. COBIAN Deputy City Clerk