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Home My WebLink About09-30-1980 City Council Minutes -MINUTES' - ~ SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL TIME: Tuesday, ~ep~ember 30, 1980 - 7:30~.p.m.- PLACE': Saratoga City Council Chambers, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA TYPE: Special Meetin9 AGENDA .ACTION I. ORGANIZATION A. ROLL CALL Clevenger, Jensen, Mallory, Watson, and Callon -~ all present. COMMUNICATIONS A. ORAL B. WRITTEN "III. PUBLIC HEARING A. SHOULD THE CITY CONTINUE ITS HCDA Coordinator explained the process PARTICIPATION IN THE JOINT CO~TY'by which project proposals were gener- CITIES HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ated: p_ublicl hearings are held each yea~ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM? in August and September. At the same : time, staff performs.a needs assessment. 1. If approved, adoption of' Projects' are then presented to the City Res. 970 Council for review and checked for com- pliance With the Community Development Plan. Those which are acceptable~! move to the Count~".level, where they are re- viewed by the HCD Citizens Advisory Committee. That committee makes fundinq " recommendations. to the HCD Council Committee, which makes the final recom- mendations that are sent to the Board oi Supervisors for concurrence. Mayor Callon asked whether HUD could force a particular. project upon the City. HCD Coordinator explained that HUD would have neither a.preCed~nt!Lno~ the powe~ to'do so. If the City does not sign the agreement, the SHARP pro- ject funding, which provides 'low in~? terestloans to homeowners and non- residen~ owners, wouldbe lost. Councilmember Watson asked how much money would be lost and how many loans were granted to non-resident owners. Coordinator'replied that this year the SHARP funds amounted to $20,000, which ~was less than usual because a cushion ~had built up previously. Of the 26 :loans already granted, three were to noneresident owners. Mayor Callon asked how much money Sara- toga could apply for. Coordinator ~st~ted that it would be possible to !apply for the total amount allocated to the Council, but that Saratoga has averaged $300,000 per'year. The City · has been tentatiVe~'y ~llocated $100,000 2-9/30/80 AGENDA ACTION for street improvements and $150,000 for the SHARP program. Councilmember Mallory asked if the City could obtain funding for streets as well as housing. Coordinator noted that the City could receive funding for .various projects as long as they were for the Urban County. In the past~ the . City has received funding for a wide range 6f programs, such as the Senior Citizens Center addition. If' an area has 51% low- to moderate-Lncome citizens, it is eli~ib'le to receive funds for public improvements: . For the area in question, the percentage is : 'about 53%. Councilmember Jense~ made note of a document showing that the 'percentage in '.that area was about 45%. Coordinator. explained that 'those figures had b~en modified, and the_CoUnty made 'tentative allocations based on the-modified figures. Councilm. embe.r Jensen asked about sep'tic tanks in' the area. Coordinator replied that .there w~re no figdres on-sep.tic tanks, but that in order to recefve funds for this purpgs. e, the City Ad-'_-_" ministrator would have to declare a health hazard, i.e., for'an overall septic tank ~emoval program that would not primarily benefit low to moderate income persons., - .~ Councilmember Jensen inquired as to the status of areas in the. Saratoga S:pher. e of Inflhen, ce.-,, Coor~inatbr ~t~Eed "~hat staff had.!i_den~ified areas 'in' ;the sphere of influence needing rehabili- tation but' that they were, not yet part~c lpating. Councilmember Mallory asked:how great the problem of-houses n~eding -rehabili- tation was. Coordinator responded that a staff suvey h~d identified 165 units needing rehabilitation on the exterior. Experience has shown that units deteri- orating on the outside are deterlor-' ating at least as badly on the inside. Persons residing in identified homes are given program brochures so that they may contact staff if they are interested in participating ~n the pro- g ram. Councilmember Clevenger asked for de- . -. tails about funding and the City's eligibility for a specific share of same. Coordinator. replied that al= though Saratoga's participation would 3-9/30/80 AGENDA ACTION add $400,000 to the County funding this year, that figure is not precisely.re- flected in funds allocated to Saratoga. Saratoga has had effective use of $850,000 over 5½ years. The funds are not'~allocated on a per capita basis, but on the basis of identified needs. The highest probability of receiving funds iS for the SHARP program, but we are not precluded from receiving funds for other programs. Speaking in favor of the participation in the HCD program were: Dan Gutierrez, 18245 McFarland, representing the E1 Quito Homeowners; Marjo~ie Pulliam, Canyon View, repre- !sentingthe League of Women Voters; ~Ma~g~=r~Sh~!l~4290~Rau~':!A~enue; ~Muriel Mahrer, SaratOga Gardens, a re- . 2c'ipient of a SHARP loan; Barbara Oldfield, 13004 Paseo Presada;' Andrew Beverett, 19597 Via Monte; Gloria Kramer, 13385 Ronnie Way; Kathy MCGoldri~k, 12860 Paseo Presada. ' Fran Mills, 20552 Ver~e Court, pre~ .... ~:. SeDted alp~tiltion of those oppOsed.to : ~ity par~iFi~p~io~"in the HCD program. ! Also speakin~ ~gainst participation were: Carol Machol, Ronnie Way; Joan ~' G~een, ~235~ Ggleta Avenue; Tom Zimmer- "~:% ~man,'Natoma Cou~;,K~enne~h Wilkin, 20405 ~,, COx;:Richa~ ~i~onson,~ Yerba Santa Ct.; Jim Snodd, 20624 Sevillal; Bill Cunning- ham. D~ring thj rebuttal period, the followingJcitizens spoke for partici- pation: .RonfF~euna, 18775 Afton; Mildred Gordon, representing the Senior Coordinating Council; Phil GoOdere, 13235 Paseo Presada. Speaking against par'ticipation during the rebuttal period were: Carol Machol, and Jim Snodd. The Public Hearing was closed. Councilmember Jensen asked what had happeWed~ at Los Altos, and Mr. Kobashi · explained that they had changed their plans so as not to in:c~ude,~s~iS~e"d housing, which had made them ineligible for the program. Los Altos then agreed to return the money allocated to them. CoUncilmember Jensen then asked what a fair share of the allocation would be. Mr. Kobashi explained that although ABAG had attemped to develop a'fair shar~ allocation plan, there was as yet no official plan. 'r9/30/80 ACTION government publication showed the low to moderate income population=of the Paul'Spring area as being 45%, which rWould not be sufffcientto qualify it for funding." Mr. Kobashi explained that the ~rget area had been reduced so'thatthe area now covered did qualify. CoUncilmem6er Jenseh asked if the County could assume an adminstrative posture~ and Mr. Kobashi-stated that the County could not do this, and that the cities had to have control over what'was happening in their dictions. Councilmember Clevenger noted that although Quito is in need of repair, only 30.8% of the residents are low to moderate income. Mr. Kobashi stated that although Quito does not meet the. ~51% standard, if the street condition could be shown to be.the stumbling block to neighborhood revitalization, there could be a good chance of re= ceiving funding. After further discussion, Callon/Mallor~ moved that the City sign the JPA and approve the Citizens Participation Plan and that the City note that it did not wish to participate in public-assisted housing. Passed 3-2 (Clevenger and Jensen oppo'sed). Mayor Callon stated that there were no legal implications allowing undesired projects to be forced on the City; that no projects would be allowed without City Council approval in any case; that the best way to protest the federal deficit would be to lobby Congress rather than to refuse to accept federal funds. Councilmember Mallory said he believes that the prob~ems-L~6f~ ~ow~i.nc6me~hoUslng are not a threat in Saratoga and that the street program and SHARP program would maintain the character of Sara- toga. Councilmember Clevenger noted that she believed,pressures for public-assisted tiousing would increase every year and the program would not achieve street ~mprovements. 5-9/30/80 AGENDA ACTION IV. ADJOURNMENT Adjournment- V. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Personhel Matters .. ReSpectfully shbmitted, ~race-E. Cory.-./: Acting Cit~ Clerk