Item 10 - Ten-Day Written Report Following the Adoption of Urgency Ordinance NS-3064

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Ten -Day Report Describing Measures Taken to Alleviate the Conditions which Led to the Adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. NS-3064 (Transit Zoning Code Moratorium Extension) April 1, 2025 Page 6 2025, City staff engaged in a comprehensive outreach effort regarding TZC regulations, holding 20 meetings in various formats with affected stakeholders. This included: • Direct engagement through eight individual and group meetings with business owners and brokers, • Two focus group meetings with TZC business owners, • Community outreach involving two neighborhood/resident group meetings, • Two City -hosted TZC (SD-84) meetings: the October 22, 2024 City Informational Meeting and the March 3, 2025 Community Meeting, • Three site visits at the request of businesses, and • Three Planning Commission meetings (February 10, 2025 Study Session and February 24/March 6 Public Hearings). This extensive engagement aimed to gather diverse input for the development of permanent TZC regulations. To proactively ensure important communications reached all stakeholders, City staff mailed notices to all property owners and occupants, comprising 3,599 addresses, within the Transit Zoning Code area for each of the following meetings: the October 22, 2024 City Informational Meeting, the Planning Commission February 10, 2025 Study Session and February 24, 2025 Public Hearing notice, and the City Council April 1, 2025 Public Hearing Notice. City staff from the Neighborhood Initiatives and Environmental Services (NIES) section of the Planning Division continue to coordinate with City departments, external regulatory agencies, and staff from other federal and state agencies to identify additional resources available to enhance deeper awareness of pollution exposure in disadvantaged communities, long-term health effects, and immediate solutions. The NIES team has held meetings and discussions with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and CaIEPA Environmental Justice Team to identify opportunities for linking environmental justice (EJ) resources and support to the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods. Next Steps To address polluting industrial uses in the TZC during the ten (10) month and fifteen (15) day extension of the moratorium approved by Urgency Ordinance No. NS-3064, staff continues interagency coordination efforts, stakeholder outreach, and data analysis to inform permanent code amendments to the TZC zoning district that will be presented to City Council for their consideration. Permanent code amendments to address incompatible land uses in the TZC may include a zoning map amendment, zoning text amendment, or both, which would permanently address industrial land uses in the TZC (SD-84).