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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 21, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />MI, <br />CONSIDERATION OF OPTIONS <br />ADDRESSING PROPOSED COUNTY <br />ORANGE EMERGENCY SHELTER <br />MULTI - SERVICE CENTER <br />CITY MANAG <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />FOR ❑ As Amended <br />OF ❑ Ordinance on 181 Reading <br />AND ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Consider options for addressing the proposed County of Orange emergency shelter and multi- <br />service center. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Council agenda items are authorized pursuant to Santa Ana Charter Section 411. Pursuant to <br />this section, any member of the City Council may place items on the City Council agenda to be <br />considered by the City Council. Councilmember Sarmiento has requested that the City Council <br />consider options to address community concerns expressed regarding the County of Orange <br />emergency shelter and multi- service center proposed for 1217 E. Normandy Place. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In September 2013 the City Council adopted the Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing <br />Ordinance in furtherance of compliance with California's Senate Bill 2 which requires cities to <br />identify zones where emergency shelters may be allowed by right. The City's ordinance allows <br />for one multi- service center with a maximum of 200 beds within limited industrial zones. <br />On July 15, 2014 the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a purchase and sale <br />agreement for a property located within one of the permitted zoning areas at 1217 E. Normandy <br />Place, beginning a 90 -day feasibility period. Escrow is not anticipated to close until January of <br />2015. <br />Prior to this action, a community meeting was held on July 2, 2014 at Kennedy Elementary <br />School to provide information on the requirements contained within the City's zoning ordinance <br />related to emergency shelters and the County's proposed purchase of a facility in the area; <br />however, the specific address of the facility was not released during the meeting due to the fact <br />that real estate negotiations were still in progress. <br />Following the Board of Supervisors' action on July 15, and concerned that the surrounding <br />neighborhoods had not had sufficient notification and information about the impending purchase, <br />85AA -1 <br />