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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.3, Attch 2-Minutes of March 1, 2011 cc mtgCity Man r Pattillo stated it would take three months just to get the participants lined up and then they c d come back in three months to report what progress had b made. Usually, when the Ci 'mplemented educational programs, they let them settl r a year. This had been done wit the City's environmental programs. Would the C' Council agree to three months for pro m development, and three months to see hat results, if any, were accomplished. Th group would be composed of the Fire D rtment, a member of the City Manager's Office, an the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Sbranti stated h could agree to three mont for formation and then another three months to see how educat was working. City Manager Pattillo stated th City would al ave to work with the Alameda County Health Department. Mayor Sbranti asked if someone don an AED unit, was it a charitable donation. City Attorney Bakker stated it coul e a b iness tax right off. Mayor Sbranti stated it was re expensive buy a unit individually than buy in bulk and maybe businesses could s e in the costs. Pe aps this could be an item on the agenda for the next faith-based roun able meeting. City Manager Pattillo iterated that City Council directi was to convene a group of Alameda County EMS, Dubl' Chamber of Commerce, and City aff and Fire, in developing a goal statement, as ide ified, and review associated outreach str gies, and return in three months to report. Then a group would implement strategies for three onths and return with a status report. The r ort would come back to the City Council in August September. The City council concurred with the City Manager's stated plan. Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy 8:04:08 PM 7.2 (530-10) Principal Planner Kristi Bascom presented .the Staff Report and advised that the City of Dublin had taken an active role in promoting environmental sustainability with initiatives such as the Green Building Ordinance and the City's recent adoption of a Climate Action Plan. In this report, Staff was presenting the City Council with various . options for implementing a "Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy," which would enable and promote sustainable site design and planning for the street, land use, and open space patterns for neighborhoods in Dublin. DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7 VOLUME 30 ~,~-~ ~~ REGULAR MEETING ~ 9 ~~,r\u MARCH 1, 2011 `\ ~v/~ ATTACHMENT 2 ~ `~~ Vm. Hart asked if part of the policy would include width of streets. Ms. Bascom stated she had been working with Public Works and the policy would cover width of the ultimate right of way, which would incorporate sidewalks, parkway strips, bicycle lane, as well as travel lanes, medians and the light. Vm. Hart asked if there were certain areas of the City that had wider streets, or setbacks of residences, than others. He asked if the proposed policy would recommend guidelines relative to that aspect. Ms. Bascom stated it would focus more on the amenities on the street, such as ensuring correct bicycle lane widths and ample sidewalks for pedestrians as well as detached sidewalks, in particular, with a parkway sidewalk between the sidewalk and the street. There were many classifications of roadways. Cm. Swalwell asked if this was state-of--the-art. Ms. Bascom stated this was nothing cities were doing on a regular basis. Other cities were taking a variety of approaches. Looking at this on a broader level, it was unusual to be able to propose something on a planning level. There was no one in the area that the City could use as an example. City Manager Pattillo stated this compiled a lot of what the City was already doing. It was a collection of the City's current practices. Mayor Sbranti stated this was including parts of current City documents such as the City's Streetscape Master Plan and the Bikeways Master Plan. Ms. Bascom stated this was what the City was doing. The City could say from this point forward, this is what the City wanted to see in its neighborhoods. Cm. Hildenbrand stated the Summerglen community in Dublin was a wonderfully planned, walkable community. Residents were utilizing what was around them. The City should be striving for more green infrastructure; she would like to see more must-haves in green building infrastructures. Cm. Biddle stated this kept the City ahead of what was being presented in the County. The City Council discussed and, by consensus, approved the following five Staff recommendations of the Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy: Item 1 Content of the Draft SNDS Item 2 Applicabilit~of the SNDS based on project type DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 8 VOLUME 30 G~~ ~ ~~ti REGULAR MEETING ,9'~~~~~ MARCH 1, 2011 ~\ ~ /~ ~, Nm Item 3 Applicability of the SNDS to actual projects Item 4 Implementation and Incentives and Item 5 Adopting Draft SNDS By consensus, the City Council confirmed Staff's recommendations on the elements of the Draft Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy, the applicability of the Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy; the methods of implementing, and methods for adopting the Sustainable Neighborhood Design Strategy. G BUSIN d Amendment to the First Time 8.1 (430-60) m Community evelopment Director Jeri Ram presented the Staff R rt and advised that Staff was requestin the City Council authorize the Second Amendme o the First Time Homebuyer Loan Program t address changes in the residential mortga ndustry that had occurred in the past several year Additionally, the Amendment included inor clean ups that were necessary to streamline proce es. Staff was also requesting dir tion from the City Council if a change should be explored th would offer borrowers the ity to repay their loans monthly with fixed principal and interest pa ents. Vm. Hart asked for an expla tion of a thir arty vendor. Ms. Ram stated some nearby ci ' s u d a loan servicing company to manage its portfolio for the loans for the payments. Thep on who paid the loan did so through a servicing company that then worked with the city. . Vm. Hart asked how many i ns had bee pproved. Ms. Ram stated thirty I ns had been approve and the program had been in existence for five or six years. The t I value of the loans was 82,000 and the average loan amount was about $35,000. Cm. Swalwell eked if it was correct that there had only 131~en one default on these loans. Ms. Ram sated that was correct. Suzett~ Clark Walker, Bay East Rea{tors, stated the mortgage ~t~ustry had changed and it made sense to make .these changes.. She asked the City Council to approve the changes. DUBLlN CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 9 VOLUME 30 REGULAR MEETING `-lam DU ~~ 9 ~,~u MARCH 1, 2011 ~ 4' ~~ iC/fC~R~