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Urgency Ordinance No. 2928 Temporary Moratonum Mayor Banch opened the public hearing, continued from September 21, 2021, and called on Development Services Director Desatnik who reviewed urgency Ordinance No 2928 and explained staffs recommendation of a temporary 45-day moratorium on certain new development projects for those limited number of properties that are 1) located within the EV/IC district, and 2) identified on the list and map of potential housing sites associated with the Housing Element Update The City is currently updating the Housing Element which is a required piece of the General Plan that provides policies, programs, and actions to achieve the City's housing goals The sites that are subject to the proposed Moratonum will assist the City m providing sufficient land to meet the City's required number and density of housing units as required by the State and the temporary moratorium will allow staff time to thoroughly study these sites and related land use issues The identified sites will be required to be rezoned to authorize residential development as the primary use The State provides severe penalties to local jurisdictions that fail to provide the appropriate zoning for the RHNA sites that would be used for housing development As public comment, Alan Gotta, longtime property owner on Iowa Street, reiterated his opposition to the rezoning of certain parcels because he and his wife, personally stood to lose millions m the value of their property as they now prepare to retire and sell their property He urged Council to designate other parcels that could be used to meet the State's requirements Council Member Foster was hesitant to rezone pnvate property without more information, and he requested staff reexamine parcel locations for their potential economic value to the City and not just from the perspective of a land use decision Council Members agreed to continue this matter to the November 16, 2021 meeting Development Protect MLC Holdings, Inc Mayor Banch opened the public hearing, continued from September 21, 21, and called on Project Planner Sean Reilly, of Development Services, for an overview of the development applications related to 58 6 gross acres of land located on the north side of Domestic Avenue, approximately 625 feet west of Texas Street, and on the east side of Interstate 210 The project proposes to construct a total of 317 single family one-story and two-story homes, new interior streets to serve the project, private recreational open space areas and on -site amenities, landscape and lighting, a new 11 84-acre public park for active recreation, and related improvements including drainage basins and public/private utility connections The park will be available for use as a public park Aaron Talonco, of MLC Holdings, Inc, the Applicant, briefly spoke to the project and thanked staff for their assistance throughout the whole process The developer was in agreement with all the Conditions of Approval, including the two new additions of a secondary north/south access point Two wntten comments were received stating that m their opinion, the Mitigated Negative Declaration was not appropnate for this project because of the loss of prime agricultural land and the findings did not meet the requirements of Measure U Mayor Pro Tem Tejeda thanked the developer and staff for listening to concerns expressed by some north side residents asking for a second access point to the project With no further discussion, Mayor Banch closed the public hearing On motion of Mayor Pro Tempore Eddie Tejeda, seconded by Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, the City Council unanimously adopted Resolution Nos 8250, 8251, 8252, 8253, 8254, 8255, and 8262 to approve the Bergamot Specific Plan project, and approved modifications of the Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department's Conditions of Approval, added during the City Council meeting, for the purpose of providing for a north -side road between Pioneer and Domestic west of Citrus Valley High School and east of the I-210 to provide an alternate north -south access to the project CC_SA_October 5, 2021 Page 5