“I am concern that this not go on too much farther.... If it’s past the first week of February it would jeopardize the time we have to get this done,” he noted.At Tuesday’s meeting the Council will consider a Community Development Block Grant loan to The Grove Restaurant for the purpose of job creation. Such CDBG loans have been made in the past to various enterprises, including a city-based manufacturing firm.The Council will consider appointing a Citizen Committee to Review Recreational Vehicle Parking Regulations, an issue that surfaced after a city crackdown on those parking such vehicles past set time limits on streets and within public view. The Council will also discuss the proposed Livable Communities Workshops and strategies for consensus building for development.The Council will also receive a report and discuss the proposed Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA). The often-controversial RHNA - created by the Southern California Association of Governments - allocates the number of low-income housing units each city must plan for.Santa Paula has resisted the allocation numbers for years, which have been lopsided, with wealthier cities lacking in low-income housing - such as Thousand Oaks, Camarillo and Moorpark - receiving a lower percentage of low-income housing requirements, while those cities already providing for same allocated higher percentages.
Santa Paula City Council: RHNA housing recommendation, RV Committee on agenda
December 29, 2006
Santa Paula City Council
The City Council will meet newly appointed police officers, firefighters and Reserves, as well as give kudos to nearly promoted police officers and firefighters before getting down to business at Monday’s meeting.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesThe City Council will meet newly appointed police officers, firefighters and Reserves, as well as give kudos to nearly promoted police officers and firefighters before getting down to business at Monday’s meeting.Agenda items for the meeting include an update on a proposed presentation by representatives of Noram, which constructs Vertreat deep-shaft wastewater facilities, and an update on the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, an item held over from an earlier meeting. The meeting will be held Tuesday, January 2 at City Hall Council Chambers, 970 E. Ventura Street.Tuesday’s session - moved back one day due to the holiday, and the first of the New Year - will start with a closed session at 5:30 p.m. When the Council reconvenes at 6:30 p.m., the meeting will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable Channel 10 and aired again later.After considering the Consent Calendar, the Council will receive an update from Public Works Director/City Engineer Cliff Finley on arranging a presentation from Vancouver, Canada-based Noram Engineering, whose Northern California representative has expressed interest in bidding on construction of the wastewater treatment plant.“We’re still trying to get a date from them and we still don’t have it,” noted City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz on Thursday. “We’re hoping to get a date in February,” and Bobkiewicz suspects that the holidays and perhaps Noram “weighing the expense” of travel and other costs to attend a meeting could have delayed the presentation.
