Agenda - 06-16-20; 8-a - Minutes

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13 Commissioner Dorosin asked if, right now, the only eligible use of funds is for new 1 construction. 2 Emila Sutton said yes. 3 Commissioner Dorosin said he would advocate for changing the application to include 4 acquisition and rehab. 5 Commissioner Dorosin said the whole residency issue is tricky and can create legal 6 issues. He said the developers should be encouraged to market to those who live and work in 7 Orange County. He said he would encourage more creative thinking on this issue. 8 Commissioner Greene agreed completely with Commissioner Dorosin about the 9 residency issue. She said the other point she wanted to make was about the scoring criteria, 10 and specifically public transportation. She said points were added for developments that had 11 access to public transportation, or those that would provide transportation. She said she did not 12 like that option of providing transportation, as it is too vague, and she would like to strike that 13 and just give points to those projects on public transportation (section 5 of scoring criteria, page 14 18) 15 Chair Rich asked Emila Sutton about this topic. 16 Commissioner Greene said the BOCC added development provided transportation last 17 year. She said she would prefer that if the development is not on public transportation then it 18 does not get the points. 19 Commissioner Greene moved to take language out for transportation being provided by 20 the developer. She said this should not earn transportation points. 21 Commissioner McKee asked, if the verbiage is taken out, would it not eliminate 22 developments being built beyond the bounds of public transportation. 23 Commissioner Greene said no, as the transportation points are just one area of points. 24 She said a development could get points for other things. 25 Commissioner McKee said between two close projects, it may make the difference. 26 Commissioner Greene said it may well be the tipping point, but she feels the project on 27 public transit should get the money. 28 Commissioner McKee said it is hard to argue against her point, but he does not want to 29 centralize affordable housing in urban corridors. 30 Commissioner Greene said this is a policy difference between her and Commissioner 31 McKee, and she would like public monies to be used to support development that serves the 32 most people in an environmentally friendly way. 33 Commissioner McKee said he understands that, but also feels the BOCC has an 34 obligation to support geographical diversity in affordable housing. 35 Commissioner Greene said the BOCC is talking about creating scoring criteria for 36 limited funding. 37 Commissioner Marcoplos said there will soon be an on demand transportation that will 38 go throughout the County, and this should be recognized and addressed somehow in the 39 scoring. 40 Commissioner Marcoplos said every resident was able to vote on this bond, and the 41 BOCC needs to envision some projects in the rural areas. He said there may be a 42 development that has a community garden component, which could only be done in a rural 43 setting, and this helps the environment as well. He said there should be opportunity for 44 affordable housing everywhere. 45 Commissioner Greene said she is not opposed to re-writing the verbiage to add the on 46 demand transportation. 47 Commissioner Price said she had concerns about taking the verbiage out, and there is 48 room for a lot of creativity. 49