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SR-8-A (4) e e A l)"o \0 y>- A JAM 1 4 1986 C/ED:CPD:DKW:lw Clty Council Mtg: 1/14/86 Santa Monica, CalIfornIa TO: Mayor and Clty CouncIl FROM: Clty Staff SUBJECT: Transmittal of PlannIng CommIssIon RecommendatIons on Land Use Element Portion of Proposed Ordinance EstablIshing In-LIeu Fees INTRODUCTION On November 26, 1985, the CIty CouncIl requested that the PlannIng CommlSSlon reView and comment on a proposed ordInance establishing an In-lieu fee optIon for small multI-famIly resIdentIal proJects and ImplementIng the parks and hOUSIng In-lieu fee prOVISIons of the Land Use and Clrculatlon Elements. The Clty CounCIl requested that comments be prOVIded to them by the January 14, 1986, Councl1 meetIng. ThIS memorandum transmits the Commlsslon's comments on the Land Use and CIrculation Elements portIon of the draft ordInance. The CommlSSlon IS In the process of formulatIng its recommendatIons on the HOUSIng Element portIon of the ordInance, and WIll forward Its comments on that sectIon of the ordinance at a later date. BACKGROUND After receIVIng the CounCIl's request for comments on the proposed ordinance, the PlannIng CommISSIon formed a subcommIttee At>t)\O fj~A J~11 .. *' - 1 - e e , . conslstlng of Commlssloners Israel, Klrchner, and Perlman. On January 6, 1986 the full Plannlng CommlSSlon dlscussed and approved the subcommlttee1s recommendatlon to adopt the Land Use and Clrculation Elements sectlon of the proposed ordInance wIth the follOWIng amendments: 1. Add the following at the end of subsectlon 2(a): n...or by providIng eqUIvalent off-SIte Incluslonary hous~ng and open space subject to reVIew and approval by the PlannIng Commisslon, wlth appeal permItted to the City Council.1I 2. RewrIte subsectlon 2(f) 1n ltS entirety to read as follows: IIEach payment made pursuant to thIS Sectlon shall be deposlted In a Reserve Account to be used exclUSIvely to develop low and moderate Income hOUSIng or for new park acqUISItIon and development, ~n such proportion as the CIty Council shall dIrect follOWIng reVlew and recommendatlon by the Plann1ng Comm1SS1on, WIth prImary emphasis on low and moderate lncome houslng.1I The Commlsslon felt these amendments would add flexiblllty to the proposed ordlnance. FINANCIAL/BUDGET IMPACT The recommendatlons of thIS report have no fInanclal/budget lmpacts. - 2 - . .~ e e RECOMMENDATION It ~s respectfully recommended that the C~ty Counc~l rev~ew the Comm~ss~onls comments ~n cons~derlng the draft ordlnance. Prepared by: D. Kenyon Webster Senlor planner translue ..... - 3 -