City Council Special Meeting

Agenda

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4. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION (ITEM 1)
6. 1 South Central Light Rail Extension Update
   Discussion and Possible Action
   Action: approved Passed

   A motion was made by Councilwoman Stark, seconded by Councilwoman Mendoza, that this item be approved to reaffirm the existing plans and road configuration for one through-lane in each direction for South Central Light Rail Extension and that the City continue moving forward with the federal funding submittal process. Further direction that staff ensures: a fully community-inclusive and equitable Transit Orientated Development (TOD) process focused heavily on addressing gentrification and small business needs; any requests to rezone land will not result in negative community impacts; any process for use of City-owned property in the area involve the community; the City take an education, not enforcement-based approach to addressing any neighborhood violations during the construction; a strong effort to encourage and promote affordable housing; and the City must involve the community in ensuring job opportunities are provided for residents and youth. Councilwoman Mendoza clarified the points made in the motion so actions to be taken are clear: the first point, to clarify this would mean the South Central TOD Steering Committee develops policies addressing gentrification and small business needs and they solicit significant input from residents, businesses and property owners to identify areas for preservation, retrofit and redevelopment so the commmunity helps decide what areas change or remain the same; the second point, rezoning requests must address impacts to existing residents and small businesses to minimize gentrification of neighborhoods and loss of small locally-owned businesses, and they must also serve to preserve historic or cultural assets or open space; the third point, when it comes to use of City-owned property, local neighborhood and small business representatives must be involved in any RFP process; the fourth point, the City needs to be clear that Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) must work with exisiting businesses and residents to focus on education over enforcement in addressing any blight or neighborhood violations, also NSD should assist small businesses through their Neighborhood Commercial Rehabilitation and Operation Patch and Paint programs; staff must engage affordable housing developers to help discuss and address this corridor's needs and opportunities market for housing to ensure they are working to address housing shortages; related to jobs for the community, the Community and Economic Development Department (CED) should partner with non-profit vocational and educational training organizations to improve those opportunities for youth and residents. The motion carried by the following vote:

7. ADJOURN