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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.6 Trumark Homes Community Benefits OF t'� ,- &2 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK CITY COUNCIL File #600-30 DATE: December 16, 2014 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager SUBJECT: Authorization of Units from the Downtown Dublin Development Pool and Related Community Benefit Agreement Deal Points with Trumark Homes Prepared by Kristi Bascom, Principal Planner EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Trumark Homes seeks units from the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan Development Pool in order to develop a project at 7144 Regional Street. Staff will present the negotiated deal points to be included in the Community Benefit Agreement and is requesting authorization from the City Council to proceed in its preparation. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council authorize preparation of a Community Benefit Agreement that includes the negotiated deal points summarized in this report. Submitted By Reviewed By Community Development Director Assistant City Manager DESCRIPTION: Trumark Homes is seeking to develop a residential project at 7144 Regional Street, a 2.6 acre site that is currently home to Horizon Irrigation. The site currently includes an 8,640 square foot building, surface parking lot, and outdoor storage area for the irrigation supply company. This site is located in the Retail District within the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan, as shown the figure below: Page 1 of 3 ITEM NO. 8.6 Figure 1: Vicinity Map r - - F F L N _ G " gL � r ice ■ ■ ■ The Downtown Dublin Specific Plan identifies the number of residential units that may be constructed in the Plan area and establishes a pool of these units. A developer must request City Council authorization to pull units from this pool and must provide a benefit to the community for the use of these units. A Community Benefit Agreement is required to ensure that a benefit is provided and establishes a timeframe in which the developer must construct the units. The units are returned to the pool at the end of the established timeframe if not constructed. The developer, Trumark Homes, has prepared a concept site plan for the development of 64 urban townhome residences (Attachment 1). The developer is currently requesting authorization for an allocation of up to 70 residential units from the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan Development Pool in order to proceed with this project. In order to construct the project, the applicant will need approval of a Community Benefit Agreement, Site Development Review and a Tentative Map. Trumark Homes and City Staff have discussed the terms of the proposed Community Benefit Agreement, as follows: Page 2 of 3 • Trumark Homes would receive an allocation of up to 70 units from the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan Development Pool to construct the units. In exchange for the allocation of development capacity, Trumark Homes will pay a Community Benefit payment of $10,000 per unit, for a total of $640,000-$700,000 (depending on the size of the final project), or will construct physical improvements in the Downtown area of an equivalent value. Potential improvements include the construction of streetscape improvements along Regional Street and/or the installation of an off-site media filter/trash capture device that will clean the stormwater for a larger area of Downtown. • Under the City's Inclusionary Zoning Regulations, the project proposed by Trumark Homes would require the construction of eight units of affordable housing (12.5% x 64 units). If Trumark modified their concept site plan to accommodate 70 units on the project site, the affordable requirement would be nine units. Instead of building the affordable units on the project site, Trumark proposes to comply with the requirements of the Inclusionary Zoning Regulations by paying an in-lieu fee of $150,000 per unit, due at the time of Final Map approval. • The term of the reserving the units obtained from the Development Pool is two years from the City approval of project entitlements, which in this case will be Site Development Review and a Vesting Tentative Map, unless that timeframe is extended by the City. City Council authorization to prepare the Community Benefit Agreement does not imply any endorsement of the development project. The applicant will need to submit a Site Development Review (SDR) and Vesting Tentative Map (VTM) application for complete review. This application will be reviewed concurrently with preparation of the Community Benefit Agreement. Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize Staff to prepare the Community Benefit Agreement that contains the deal points as described in this staff report. The Community Benefit Agreement will be brought to the City Council for consideration after the Planning Commission approves the SDR and VTM. If the SDR and VTM applications do not move forward, or the project is not approved, the 70 units will not be allocated from the Development Pool and the Community Benefit Agreement will not be approved. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: Not applicable. ATTACHMENTS: 1 . Concept Site Plan and Conceptual Architecture Page 3 of 3 TAIL SHOPPING CENT ER - Z 140,1 A& All 1 •y 333 a -"'=�1 �'r�� a.� '�''._".�''?—• i ��. iii �Yr I�E� x — P ll� 1 ■ r#' 1 1, •'e 1 111 , -- REGIONAL PLAN Ll DUBLIN,ac avil,Plaza ai le, TRUMARKHOMES Danville 94506 580 Second 11 SSOCIATES Oakland, 1 510.272.2910 1 �1 �1 REGIONAL STREET CONCEPTUAL RENDERING - PROJECT ENTRY RI 4185 Blackhawk Plan Circle, DUBLIN,CA KTGY Group,Inc. GATES Suite 200 Ni4Y#30140757 I3-03-3014 Architecture+planning TRUMARKHOMES D—ille,cA 94506 580 Second St.,Suite 200 111 +ASSOCIATES 925.648-8300 Oakland,CA 94607 510.272.2910 ,. ktgy.conn