2025-07-15 City Council - Full Agenda

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NO. DAP24-0038). Background: Colton Hub City Centre Specific Plan. The CHCCSP was adopted on November 21, 2014. The document replaced the existing West Valley Specific Plan, which was adopted June 1996. The CHCCSP was amended in November 2016 to include the RES-1 zone. Housing Element. The State of California requires jurisdictions to update their Housing Element every eight years. Housing Element State of California Government Code Section 65580-65589.11 outlines the necessary requirements and components to be included in the Housing Element to ensure compliance with State law. Jurisdictions are required to submit their Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review and for determination of whether the Housing Element achieves substantial compliance with State law. Once HCD has determined that a Housing Element meets the necessary requirements, it issues a letter of substantial compliance. Throughout preparation of a Housing Element, HCD provides guidance and technical assistance to jurisdictions to assist them in achieving compliance with applicable State laws. HCD and the California Department of Finance are responsible for assessing the new housing needs of different regions across the State. The City of Colton is located within the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region, which has a cumulative Regional Housing Needs Determination of 1,341,827 new units. SCAG has distributed these units to each jurisdiction within the region in a process known as the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Colton’s RHNA for the 2021-2029 planning period was determined by SCAG to be 5,434 housing units, including 1,318 units for very-low-income households, 668 units for low-income households, 906 units for moderate-income households, and 2,542 units for above-moderate-income households. The City of Colton began updating its 6th Cycle Housing Element in early 2021. A total of five meetings and workshops were held for the Housing Element between February 2021 and January 2022, and two additional public meetings were held in October 2023. The Housing Element was adopted by the City Council on January 4, 2022 (Resolution R-04-23). The Housing Element went through several rounds of review by HCD throughout 2021 to 2023. The most recent letter from HCD was received on December 11, 2023. This letter states that once the rezoning efforts as outlined in Program 10 (Mixed-Use Development) and Program 11 (Rezoning Sites), and Program 18 (By-Right Approval of Projects with 20 Percent Affordable Units on “Reused” RHNA Sites) are completed and submitted, the Housing Element would comply with State law. The CHCCSP amendment implements pieces of Programs 10 and 11 to rezone sites in the CHCCSP area used to meet the City’s RHNA. This would bring the City’s Housing Element into full compliance with State law. In order to be fully compliant, the City needs to complete the rezoning in Programs 10 and 11. There are no “reuse” sites within the CHCCSP. Community Meeting and PC Study Session CHCCSP. On April 9, 2025, the first community meeting was held with about 600 public notices including property owners/residents/tenants. In addition, staff sent out notices to home builders interested in developing the CHCCSP. Eight residents attended and received handouts about the project, heard a presentation by staff and asked questions during Question and Answer. Mayor Pro Tempore was present at this meeting as well as three City staff members. The community meeting was held in the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) facilities. A copy of the Presentation and other materials are available as part of Attachment 1, which includes materials taken to the meeting. The following notes include areas that were discussed and/or questions asked about the plan or general development of the CHCCSP: • Question of the status of the habitat area also known as the Habitat Conservation are of the Endangered Species Act for the Federally Endangered Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly (future development, removal of the designation, other general information). • Comment received about beautifying the curb appeal/landscape buffers of the areas fenced around the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly. • Question/Comment received concerning issues with mosquitoes coming from protected conservation area where the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly is located. • Question/comment about future cross traffic through Wildrose Avenue in northern direction through San Bernardino Avenue. • Question about review of environmental information from developers third party consultants instead of City generated environmental reports/studies. • Question received about whether Section 8 Homes will be generated with new development. • Question about the maximum height of buildings and general development standards. • Comment from one of the participants with a nursing background stating that their family lives in the new homes from San Bernardino Avenue and west of Indigo Avenue. 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