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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04261994 - H.5 a Contra TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS nt _ - Costa 0 :imi„ s County FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON � DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT moo, yti4 sra co"ux`t`� cA DATE: April 22 , 1994 SUBJECT: PROPOSED HOMELESS SHELTER GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, NORTH CONCORD HOMELESS SHELTER AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE & WAREHOUSE (File #GPA 3-93-CO) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION 1. Open the hearing on the proposed General Plan Amendment, North Concord Homeless Shelter and Administrative Office and Warehouse projects. 2 . Close the hearing and adopt a motion declaring the Board's intent to approve the items listed under "RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTIONS" . 3 . Direct staff to prepare findings for Board adoption. 4 . Continue the matter to the May 10, 1994 agenda for final Board decision. RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTIONS 1. ) Certify the adequacy of the Final EIR as recommended by the Zoning Administrator. 2 . ) Approve the general plan amendment contained in Resolution #16-1994 as recommended by the County Planning Commission subject to the proposed modification described below. 3 . ) Direct staff to include the general plan amendment in the next consolidated general plan amendment adoption action. 4 . ) Adopt the findings containedin Exhibit I pertaining to the proposed Homeless Shelter at #2047 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITT .,E APPROVE OTHER x• SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON April 26, 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER x See Addendum for Board action. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS See Addendum for votes I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact:Bob Drake (510) 646-2091 Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED April 26, 1994 cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF Social Service Dept. . E BO OF SUPERVISORS Housing Authority D COU ADMINISTRATOR County Counsel BY , DEPUTY Page Two 5. ) Approve and authorize the establishment of a permanent County Homeless Shelter at #2047 Arnold Industrial Way. 6. ) Direct staff to initiate an application with the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCCTA) to extend transit service to the North Concord Homeless Shelter including provision of a bus-stop along the shelter frontage. 7. ) Approve and authorize the establishment of an administrative office and warehouse at #2099 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area for the County Homeless Program. 8. ) Direct the Community Development Department to file a Notice of Determination with the County Clerk. r 9. ) Direct the Community Development Department to provide distribution of the approved general plan amendment as follows: a. ) One copy to the Clerk of the Board within one working day of the final Board approval. b. ) One copy to all public entities identified under §65357 (a) of the Government Code including all cities within the County and the Mayors' Conference. BACKGROUND The background to the .proposed North Concord (Central County) Homeless Shelter and General Plan Amendment is described in the April 5, 1994 County Planning Commission Staff Report. COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED GPA The County Planning Commission heard the proposed GPA .on April 5, 1994 . Prior to the hearing the Commission received and considered letters from the Cities of Antioch (dated 2/18/94) , Walnut Creek (dated 2/10/94 & 4/5/94) , Lafayette (dated 4/5/94) , and San Pablo (dated 4/4/94) . The Commission also received public testimony that the County: • should not exclude consideration of County Homeless Shelters in single family residential areas; • should place qualifications on the proposed requirement to provide transportation services, security and on-site supervision for proposed shelters; and • sh°buld modify the proposed GPA to specify that any shelters proposed within incorporated areas shall comply with the applicable policies and regulations of the respective city. Based on this testimony, the Commission voted (5-2, Straus and Accornero dissenting) to recommend to the Board modification's to the staff proposal. The dissenters on the Commission were concerned with the inclusion of single family residential designated areas as possible sites for homeless shelters. f Page Three REVIEW OF PROPOSED GPA WITH MAYORS' CONFERENCE On April 7, 1994, staff reviewed the proposed GPA, and modifications recommended by the Commission, with the Mayors' Conference. A memorandum dated April 7 from the Department was distributed at that meeting. At that time, staff indicated that the cities would be surveyed to learn of their policies for siting of homeless shelters within their respective jurisdictions. CITY HOMELESS SHELTER SITING POLICIES On April 14, 1994, staff requested that cities within the county ;provide the County with a copy of their general plan policies pertaining to the siting of shelters within their jurisdiction. Not all cities have responded to date. The policies of the cities who have responded are contained in a document entitled "Survey of Homeless Shelter Siting Policies of the Cities within Contra Costa County" , dated April 20, 1994 . Of those cities who have responded to date, the survey has found that more than half of the responding agencies identify areas in their jurisdictions where homeless shelters may be located. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS Several cities have expressed concern about the language of the general plan amendment relative to its impact on cities. While the proposed GPA might appear to apply to cities, the general plan amendment by law would not be applicable to incorporated areas. The reference to incorporated areas is intended as an administrative statement to guide the County should County homeless shelters be considered within cities in the future. If deemed appropriate, the Board may wish to clarify this aspect of the plan amendment with modified text. PROPOSED REVISION TO COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Staff has concerns with the Commission-recommended modification to subject the establishment of County homeless shelters to the policies and regulations of the respective city. By law, the County General Plan is not applicable within incorporated areas. It would therefore not be . appropriate to have the County General Plan state that the County would comply with city policies and regulations. The issue is not the plan but location of facilities. Accordingly, staff recommends that this aspect of the Commission modifications not be accepted. Father than include such provisions in a general plan amendment, , the Board could consider adoption of an administrative policy to guide County actions in siting of any County Homeless Shelters within incorporated areas. Such a County policy might require compliance with City policies and regulations where the respective city has designated an area for homeless shelters within its boundaries. Based on discussions with cities, staff feels that the County should abide by City policies in facility siting provided that all sites are not precluded. Page Four NORTH CONCORD FACILITIES The proposed homeless shelter would provide shelter for up to 60 single adult homeless men and women year-round, and up to 100 single adult homeless men and women during the winter months. The proposed administrative office and warehouse would be used (in part) to centralize various administrative and storage functions relating to the County homeless program serving the North Concord shelter and other County homeless program operations. The facility at 2099 Arnold Industrial Way would also be used for non-homeless office and warehouse functions of the Housing Authority. hom2 .bor RD ADDENDUM TO ITEM H.5 APRIL 26, 1994 This is the time noticed by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors for hearing on the recommendation of the Contra Costa County Planning Commission on a proposed Homeless Shelter General Plan Amendment, County File#GPA 3-93-CO to amend the Land Use and Public Facilities/Services elements of the County General Plan to permit the establishment of County- operated homeless shelters as an allowable use. The proposed amendment would affect all land within Contra Costa County(including incorporated and unincorporated areas) except for certain specified lands designated in the General Plan; and the recommendation of the Contra Costa County Community Development Department staff on a proposal to establish a permanent County homeless shelter at#2047 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area; and to consider the recommendation of the Contra Costa County Community Development Department staff on a proposal to authorize placement of the County Homeless Program Administrative and Support staff and to establish an administrative office and warehouse facility for the County Homeless Program at#2099 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area. Dennis Barry, Community Development Department,presented the staff report on the proposed amendment and the environmental impact report recommendations and he also commented on the Contra Costa County Planning Commission. The public hearing was opened and the following persons presented testimony: Richard Clark, 1237 Robyn Drive,Danville; Marge Kimmerer, City of Walnut Creek; Philip Bertenthal,P.O. Box 2289, Richmond, representing the Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation; C. Kathleen Kerns, 2308 Chickie Street, Antioch, representing the Concordia Lutheran Church; Reverend Berni Fricke, 5522 Alaska Drive, Concord; Jerry Forehlick, 2047 C Arnold Industrial Way, Concord; Arlene Segal, 2121 N. California Boulevard, Walnut Creek; Thomas Jacobucci, 2047 C Arnold Industrial Way, Concord; Benita Harris, representing Phoenix Programs; Merlin Wedepohl, 1070 Concord Avenue, #200, Concord, representing Shelter, Inc. The public hearing was closed. After discussion, the Board of Supervisors took the following actions: 1. CLOSED the hearing on the proposed Homeless Shelter General Plan amendment (GPA 3-93-CO); 2. DECLARED INTENT on the following actions: to certify the adequacy of the Final Environmental Impact Report(EIR) as recommended by the Zoning Administrator, approve the General Plan amendment as recommended by the County Planning Commission as modified and with the flexibility for single family residential location, direct staff to include the general plan amendment in the next consolidated general plan . amendment adoption actions, adopt the findings as recommended pertaining to the proposed Homeless Shelter at 2047 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area, approve and authorize the establishment of a permanent County Homeless Shelter at 2047 Arnold Industrial Way, direct staff to initiate an application with the CCCTA relative to transit service to the shelter, approve and authorize the establishment of an administrative office and warehouse at 2099 Arnold Industrial Way in the North Concord area for the County Homeless Program, direct the Community Development Department to file a Notice of Determination with the County Clerk; 3. DIRECTED staff to prepare findings for Board adoption and SET May 10, 1994 for final decision on the matter. The vote on the above actions was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Smith,DeSauher, Torlakson and Powers NOES: Supervisor Bishop ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 4. DIRECTED the Director of the Growth Management and Economic Development Department Agency and County counsel to develop for Board consideration an administrative policy relative to locating County facilities for a homeless shelter in incorporated areas and SET May 10, 1994, for final decision on the matter. The vote on the above action was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Smith, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Powers NOES: None AB SENT: None ABSTAIN: None