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Home My WebLink About2018-05-14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE , BUDGET & TECHNOLOGYCITY OF SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUDGET AND TECHNOLOGY CALL TO ORDER: ATTENDANCE: MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: REGULAR MEETING MINUTES May 14, 2018 City Hall 20 Civic Center Plaza, Room 1600 Santa Ana, CA 5:05 P.M. Council Committee members: Michele Martinez, Chairperson Vicente Sarmiento None Raul Godinez II, CMO Steven Mendoza, CDA Francisco Gutierrez, FMSA Sergio Vidal, FMSA Jack Ciulla, ITD Candida Neal, PBA Bianca Zurita. CDA Robert Cortez, CMO Minh Thai, PBA William Galvez, PWA Nabil Saba, PWA Taig Higgins, PWA Jason Gabriel, PWA GUESTS PRESENT: Peter Katz, Com -Link; Carl Benning, Com -Link; Bob Jystad, Crown Castle; Peter Whittingham, WPAA; Jennifer Daw, Chick-fil-A; Katie Sanchez; In -N -Out PUBLIC COMMENTS • Peter Katz, President of Com -Link Board, commented on potential revenue to city from sale of vacant land. Stated that a marketing director is needed to sell properties and speak to owners to develop land. Jennifer Daw, Development Manager for Chick-fil-A, spoke on agenda item 7, seeking approval for development of project. Joint development with Chick-fil-A and In -N -Out. Asking to direct staff to move forward with necessary annexation requests for approval to extend the sewer line. Needs to meet requirement with County of Orange for development. • Katie Sanchez, Development Manager for In -N -Out Burger, spoke on agenda item 7, working with Chick-fil-A for last three years on development project. Need to get through entitlement process with County of Orange for development of property to move forward. May 14, 2018 1Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes • Robert Jystad, Crown Castle, spoke in support of item 6 and welcomes working with the City. Has plans to build over 200 nodes in Santa Ana and is willing to help work on ordinance. AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. Approval of Minutes from Regular Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget and Technology Committee Meeting of March 12, 2018. MOTION: Sarmiento SECOND: Martinez VOTE: AYES: Martinez, Sarmiento (2) NOES: None (0) ABSENT: None (0) 2. Verbal Update on Housing Opportunity Ordinance — Staff Recommendations {Strategic Plan No. 5, 31 - (PBA) Candida Neal, Planning Manager, provided update on Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO). Ordinance has requirement that it must be reviewed by full council before December 31, 2018. Staff is in need of direction regarding issues that have come up: 1) Density Bonus; 2) Policy consideration on general location on affordable housing; 3) Payment in lieu fee timing and fee structure. Disappointing that no affordable units constructed as part of market rate housing in those projects. So how do we encourage developers? Additionally, role of developers' input on allocation of housing funds. Councilmember Sarmiento noted housing element would be a good source to look at. Goal is to build on-site. Provide flexibility and relaxation of conditions for those that build on-site; adjust units and other things. Chair Martinez inquired on when there is a trigger to HOO, if there are any changes in zone and what process is like. Candida Neal stated the basic trigger is if you are changing zoning or general plan to accommodate your project. Other trigger in transit zoning code is where zone base is industrial but want to develop as residential, our ordinance is triggered. Chair Martinez supportive of making sure that everyone is able to build affordable housing on-site. Section 8 housing is an opportunity to leverage funds. Councilmember Sarmiento further commented that as project criteria is met, staffs comprehensive comments on needs are helpful to council and beneficial to department. 3. Update on General Plan (Strategic Plan No. 5, 3) - (PBA) Minh Thai, Executive Director of Planning and Building, provided presentation on General Plan Update — Status Report. Initiated in 2016, with estimated budget of $2 - $2.57 to complete. Included extensive public outreach community engagement meetings, general plan advisory group (GPAG) meetings to develop draft vision statement and goals and policies to be presented to City Council. Milestones, budget expended/needed and source were also included in presentation. May 14, 2018 1 Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes (Item 7 taken out of order) 17th and Tustin Presentation {Strategic Plan No. 3, 5a) - (CMO) Robert Cortez, Deputy City Manager, provided presentation: 17th Street and Tustin Ave. County Unincorporated Island. This county island is 24.7 acres; project area is 3.3 acres and owner of vacant land is interested in developing. Development needs connection to nearest sewer line. For City's part; LAFCO and County require an Out -of -Area Service Agreement and commitment to annexation; otherwise they will not allow development to go forward. Process steps and options for consideration were detailed. Moved and Seconded Motion to move forward with Option C — City to file for annexation application for 17th StreetfTustin Avenue Island. (Item 10 taken out of order) 10. Housing Work Group Meeting (Strategic Plan No. 5, 3) (CDA) Steven Mendoza, Executive Director, Community Development Agency provided presentation entitled: Housing Working Group Meetings. Overview of meetings held for both property owners and tenant/residents. Information to be taken to full council and include staff follow-up and next steps. Committee members commented on need to address issues and support rights of tenants and support responsible owners. Chairperson Martinez would like staff to coordinate bringing groups together to meet and discuss. Recommendations: 1) Through CDBG use two organizations (Fair Housing & Public Law Center) to focus and help residents. 2) Possible bridge funding for residents who don't qualify for affordable housing and don't meet income threshold. Assure building is for current Santa Ana residents, not people outside who qualify. Need some sound policies. (Item 5 taken out of order) 5. Update on the Purchase of Real Property located at 202 Flower Street for Future Water Well (Strategic Plan No. 6, 1c) (PWA) Nabil Saba, Water Resources Manager, Public Works Agency, provided presentation: 202 Flower Street Future Well Site. Located site next to Walnut pump station, currently being reconstructed. Site is vacant and owner is willing to sell. PWA plans to purchase site to build replacement water well for pumping station. This will allow more groundwater to be pumped to enhance the water system and replace aging water wells. 4. Update on the School Lead Sampling Program (Strategic Plan No. 5, 11) - (PWA) Presentation: `I<-12 Schools Lead Sampling' provided by Nail Saba, Water Resources Manager, Public Works Agency. Brief update on engagement with Santa Ana Unified School District, Tustin Unified, and Garden Grove Unified to sample for lead in drinking water. Mandate from State in October 2017 that required water system from City to provide free sampling to schools. All three school districts requested sampling and should be completed by July 2019. Noted that any findings or needed correction would be the responsibility of school. May 14, 2018 ] Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes 9. Update on Open Data, Portal and ESRI Tools (Strategic Plan No. 7, 2c) (ITD) Jack Ciulla, Chief Technology Innovations Officers, provided presentation. IT will be centralizing databases and adopted ESRI Local Government Information Model (LGIM) which has common data elements. Multiple standard layers imported to new model; many other layers, including City -owned assets, utility information, and other City -specific data layers will be imported. After database set-up, next step will be to get servers and portals that connect to database and make information available to internal staff, as well as external staff. Future plans include utilizing ESRI ArcGIS Solution Apps/Maps and to expand out Data Portal. Strategy for Open Data is to have several data portals because of different types of data and formats. Currently available are: GIS Data Portal, Financial Portal, and Record Portal. In development is the Data Portal containing raw datasets tied to website and is estimated to be available in late August. 6. Small Cell Wireless Facility Ordinance Review and Discussion (Strategic Plan No. 6, 1i) PWA) William Galvez, PWA Acting Executive Director, provided presentation: Small Cell Site Ordinance, giving background and needs for update. Process will review other cities with Small Cell Facility ordinances and amend Santa Ana Ordinance as recommended by Magellan Advisors, with input from IT, CAO and PBA. Draft ordinance would be available for public vetting and input from utilities prior to bringing to full council. Distinguishing elements and timeline information was also included in presentation. Jack Ciulla, ITD, added these are the first steps that lead into Fiber master planning. Committee members requesting location map of streetlight sites when brought to full council. Chair Martinez stated she will be gone the month of July and would like to be briefed or see template by June to provide comments. 8. Presentation of Recommended Locations for the Underground Utility District (Strategic Plan 6,1g) (PWA) William Galvez, PWA, reviewed presentation: Bristol Street Corridor / Warner Avenue Corridor. Covered benefits of underground utilities and funding. Funding Rule 20A and 20B reviewed with committee. Underground district for Bristol Street project already exists with several segments of Bristol undergrounded. Some future districts could be covered under this Bristol Street Rule 20B funds. To be brought to council is need to establish Underground District on Warner Avenue from Main to Grand. In order to use Rule 20A funds; need to establish district by establishing resolution, hence council action required. Warner would be done in two phases. Cash-flow chart also reviewed for Warner Improvements. ITEMS MOVED TO NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING None May 14, 2018 1 Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes PUBLIC COMMENTS: None STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS: None COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS: None NEXT MEETING: Monday, July 9, 2018 Adjournment — 6:35 p.m. Audio of meeting available at: hfta://www.ei.santa-ana.ca.us/coc/aranicus.aso May 14, 2018 1 Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes