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Eighteen -Month Assessment of Sunshine Ordinance <br />April 1, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />Projects which meet the community meeting criteria and have held community meetings as <br />required by the Sunshine Ordinance include: <br />1. 301 East Jeanette Lane — 182 -unit residential project <br />2. 4426 West Fifth Street — 29 -unit detached residential project <br />3. 1901 East First Street — 264 -unit residential project <br />4. 923 North Santiago Street — 70 -unit residential project <br />5. 1200 North Main Street — 149 -unit residential project <br />6. 1732 West Second Street — zone change from industrial to residential <br />There are no changes or additions recommended for this provision. <br />Community Meetings (number, timing, noticing, content format) (Sections 2 -152 and 2 -153) <br />Description — This provision required a community meeting to be held by the applicant for <br />applicable projects within 20 -days of submittal for Site Plan Review. Notices for the meetings <br />are required to be sent to all property owners and applicants within 500 -feet of the project site <br />and mailed not less than 10 -days prior to the meeting. The meetings are required to be held on <br />a weeknight during the early evening or on Saturdays and held in a publicly accessible facility <br />within 1 -mile of the project site or at the nearest City facility. <br />Assessment — The Planning Division required applicants to perform community outreach for <br />larger planning projects administratively prior to the Sunshine Ordinance. The adoption of the <br />Sunshine Ordinance formalized this outreach process and has been successful in providing the <br />community the chance to learn about and provide feedback on a project at the earliest <br />opportunity. Producing the additional notices to occupants was initially challenging for applicants <br />as information regarding occupants is not provided by the County Assessor's Office, which was <br />the primary source for mailing label generation. City staff was able to quickly identify other <br />qualified vendors who can provide this information and as a result, issues with this requirement <br />have been significantly reduced. The additional requirement of noticing both property owners <br />and occupants has increased the number of notices substantially in areas of the city with high <br />numbers of rental units, mobile home parks and office buildings, which has also resulted in <br />additional community input. Although not required by the Sunshine Ordinance, Planning Division <br />staff has attended these meetings as an observer to the community meeting. The applicant has <br />always provided the required meeting notes to staff following the meeting and in no cases has <br />community meeting requirement resulted in a project being delayed during the site plan review <br />process. There are no changes or additions recommended for this provision. <br />Enhanced Mailings for Discretionary Actions (Section 2 -153) <br />Description- This provision modified the requirements for noticing for discretionary actions from <br />300 -feet to 500 -feet and increased the noticing requirements from property owners only, to both <br />property owners and occupants. This noticing requirement has been successfully executed on <br />all applicable discretionary actions since the adoption of the Sunshine Ordinance. <br />65A -2 <br />