HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2021 0915 CCSA REG ITEM 11BCITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of September 15, 2021
ACTION ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 491.
(ROLL CALL VOTE: UNANIMOUS).
BY B. Garza.
B. Consider Ordinance No. 491 Approving First Amendment to Development
Agreement By and Between the City of Moorpark and Sky Line 66, LLC, in
Association with Residential Planned Development Permit No. 2014-02, a
Previously-Approved Residential Development Located at 635 Los Angeles
Avenue.
Item: 11.B.
Item: 11.B.
ORDINANCE NO. 491
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING FIRST
AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORPARK AND SKY LINE 66, LLC,
IN ASSOCIATION WITH RESIDENTIAL PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 2014-02, A PREVIOUSLY-
APPROVED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 635
LOS ANGELES AVENUE
WHEREAS, Section 65864, Article 2.5, Chapter 4, Division 1, Title 7 of the State
Planning and Zoning Law provides that cities may enter into contractual obligations
known as Development Agreements with persons having equitable interest in real
property for development of that property; and
WHEREAS, on February 19, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-
3887, adopting a Negative Declaration and approving General Plan Amendment No.
2014-01 for a change of land use designation from General Commercial (C-2) to Very
High Density Residential (VH).
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 481, for a
change of zoning from Commercial Office to Residential Planned Development and
Ordinance No. 482, approving Development Agreement by and between the City of
Moorpark and Sky Line 66, LLC, in association with Residential Planned Development
Permit (RPD) No. 2014-02; and
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2020, an application was filed to modify the terms
of a Development Agreement between the City of Moorpark and Sky Line 66, LLC, for
RPD No. 2014-02, a previously-approved residential development located at 635 Los
Angeles Avenue; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on July 27, 2021, the Planning
Commission adopted Resolution No. PC-2021-660, recommending that the City Council
approve a First Amendment to the Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on September 1, 2021, the City
Council considered the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and public
testimony related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all points of public testimony relevant
to the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and has given careful
consideration to the content of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement, and
has reached a decision on the matter; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director has determined that this
project, as amended, is consistent with the environmental determination that was
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previously-approved for Residential Planned Development Permit No. 2014-02.
Therefore, no further environmental documentation is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: The City Council concurs
with the Community Development Director that the First Amendment to the Development
Agreement is consistent with the Negative Declaration adopted for Residential Planned
Development Permit No. 2014-02.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Moorpark does hereby find as follows:
A. The provisions of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement are
consistent with the General Plan in that it will help achieve the goals of the Land
Use Element and Housing Element and is consistent with the goals and policies
of all other elements.
B. The provisions of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and the
assurances that said agreement places upon the project are consistent with the
provisions of Chapter 15.40 of the Moorpark Municipal Code because the
Development Agreement and First Amendment contain the elements required
by Section 15.40.030 and shall be processed through a duly-noticed public
hearing process as required by law.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby adopts the First Amendment to the
Development Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein (Exhibit A) between
the City of Moorpark, a municipal corporation, and Sky Line 66, LLC and the City Clerk is
hereby directed to cause one copy of the signed, adopted agreement to be recorded with
the County Recorder no later than ten (10) days after the City enters into the development
agreement pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section 65868.5.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
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SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make
a written record of the passage and adoption thereof in the minutes of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall publish notice of
adoption in the manner required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th of September, 2021.
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ky Spangler, City Clerk
Exhibit A – First Amendment to Development Agreement with Exhibits
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EXHIBIT A
FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
Recording Requested By
And When Recorded Return to:
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MOORPARK
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
EXEMPT FROM RECORDER’S FEES
Pursuant to Government Code
§6103
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
CITY OF MOORPARK
AND
SKY LINE 66, LLC
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORPARK
AND SKY LINE 66, LLC
This First Amendment to the Development Agreement ("First Amendment”) is
made and entered into on ____________, 2021, and is an amendment to that certain
Development Agreement (“Agreement”) that was made and entered into on March 4,
2020, and recorded on March 18, 2020 by Instrument No. 20200318-00040037-0 by and
between the CITY OF MOORPARK, a municipal corporation (referred to hereinafter as
"City"), and Sky Line 66, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Developer”). City
and Developer are referred to hereinafter individually as "Party” and collectively as
"Parties." In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this First
Amendment to the Agreement, City and Developer agree as follows:
1.Recitals. This First Amendment is made with respect to the following facts
and for the following purposes, each of which is acknowledged as true and
correct by the Parties:
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65864 et seq. and
Moorpark Municipal Code chapter 15.40, City is authorized to enter
into a binding contractual agreement with any person having a legal
or equitable interest in real property within its boundaries for the
development of such property in order to establish certainty in the
development process.
b.Developer is the owner of real property within the City, more
specifically described in Exhibit “A” attached to the original
Development Agreement (referred to hereinafter as the “Property”).
c.Prior to, and in connection with approval of the Agreement, the City
Council reviewed the project to be developed pursuant to the
Agreement as required by the California Environmental Quality Act
(“CEQA”). The City Council found that the Negative Declaration
(“ND”) adopted by Resolution No 2020-3887 to be applicable to the
Agreement and that no changes or new information within the scope
of State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 required the preparation of
a new or subsequent environmental document in connection with the
approval of the Agreement.
d.Prior to approval of the Agreement, the City had approved General
Plan Amendment No. 2014-01 (“GPA 2014-01”), Zone Change No.
2014-01 (“ZC 2014-01”), and Residential Planned Development
Permit No. 2014-02 (“RPD 2014-02”), including all subsequently
approved modifications and permit adjustments to RPD 2014-02 and
all amendments thereto (collectively “the Project Approvals”;
individually “a Project Approval”) to provide for the development of the
Property with a 69-unit multi-family residential condominium complex
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and the construction of certain off-site improvements in connection
therewith (“the Project”).
e. Thereafter, the City Council approved the Agreement with respect to
the Property on March 4, 2020, and the Agreement was executed and
then recorded on March 18, 2020 by Instrument No. 20200318-
00040037-0.
f. Following approval of the Project on March 4, 2020, Developer
amended the number of buildable units onsite to comply with the
California Building Code’s minimum requirements for garage
dimensions of 20’ x 20’. As approved by the City Council, the Project
included garages that did not comply with the minimum requirements
of the California Building Code. Further, additional site area was
needed for drainage purposes than was reflected in the approved
site plan. Pursuant to the conditions of approval imposed on the
Project and agreed to under the Agreement, Developer is required
to comply with all Building Codes in place at the time of Project
approval. In order to comply with the Building Codes’ garage
dimensions and drainage requirements, the total number of
approved units has been reduced from 69 to 63.
g. In consideration of the decrease in the number of approved units to
be included in the Project, the City has agreed to proportionally
reduce the number of affordable units required to reflect the same
affordable set aside of fifteen percent (15%) of total units as
originally agreed to in the Agreement.
h. Developer has sought relief from Standard Condition of Approval No.
145 which requires the Owner to underground all existing and
proposed utilities based on plans approved by the City, including
electrical transmission lines less than 67Kv prior to issuance of the
Project’s first building permit. Relief is sought due to the complex
work required to underground the specific high voltage transmission
lines which carry electricity from the Moorpark substation owned by
Southern California Edison and which are uniquely different than
other overhead utilities, including other overhead utilities along Los
Angeles Avenue. Undergrounding the transmission lines fronting
the Project site on Los Angeles Avenue would cause a potential
delay to the Project of approximately two and a half years. This is
because undergrounding these transmission lines would require
additional poles to be removed in front of other property and
engineered steel poles to be constructed on either end of the
undergrounding, along with vaults installed at both ends. At this
time, the adjacent properties have not undergrounded the high
voltage transmission lines fronting their properties.
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i. The City has agreed to waive Standard Condition of Approval No.
145 solely as applied to the high-voltage transmission lines front Los
Angeles Avenue due to the unique circumstances of the Project and
those transmission lines. In consideration for waiving the high
voltage transmission line undergrounding requirement associated
with Standard Condition of Approval No. 145, Applicant has agreed
to pay the City a fee in lieu of the undergrounding equal to $210,000
to be applied toward future project costs for undergrounding
overhead utilities. The City will modify other mitigation fees required
by the Agreement in order to render the in-lieu fee cost neutral for
the Applicant.
j. In order for Developer to construct the Project, as well as to provide
the housing opportunities for residents and to assist in advancing the
City’s state-certified Housing Element, the Parties desire to amend
the Agreement to an in-lieu fee for the future undergrounding of the
66 KV power lines along the project frontage and reduce the number
of affordable units required due to a reduction in the overall units to
be constructed within the project.
k. On July 27, 2021the Planning Commission of the City commenced a
duly noticed public hearing on the environmental determination, and
this First Amendment, and at the conclusion of the hearing
recommended approval of the environmental determination and this
First Amendment.
l. On September 1, 2021, the City Council commenced a duly noticed
public hearing on the environmental determination and this First
Amendment, and at the conclusion of the hearing, made an
environmental determination and introduced Ordinance No. 491 to
approve this First Amendment. On September 15, 2021, the City
Council adopted Ordinance No. 491 approving this First Amendment.
2. Amendment to Project. Pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Agreement,
Developer acknowledges and agrees that the Project has been amended
to provide for the 63 condominium units and the construction of any
improvements in connection therewith. Developer further consents to the
City’s amendment to the Project Approvals, including Residential Planned
Development (RPD) Permit No. 2014-02, as necessary to incorporate a
revised site plan that reflects a new version of the Project with 63
condominium units.
3. Amendment of Section 6.3. Section 6.3 of the Agreement is amended as
follows:
Development Fee Per Unit. As a condition of the issuance of a building
permit for each residential dwelling unit within the Property, Developer
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shall pay City a one-time development fee as described herein (the
"Development Fee"). The Development Fee may be expended by City in
its sole and unfettered discretion. The amount of the Development Fee
shall be Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) per residential. unit. The
Development Fee shall be adjusted annually commencing January 1,
2022, by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The annual CPI adjustment
shall be determined by using the information provided by the U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for all urban consumers
within the Los Angeles/Long Beach/Anaheim metropolitan area during the
prior year. The calculation shall be made using the month of October over
the prior October. In the event there is a decrease in the referenced Index
for any annual indexing, the current amount of the fee shall remain until
such time as the next subsequent annual indexing which results in an
increase.
4.Amendment of Section 6.7. Section 6.7 of the Agreement is amended to
read as follows:
Park Fees. Prior to the issuance of the building permit for each residential
dwelling unit within the Property, Developer shall pay a one-time fee in lieu
of the dedication of parkland and related improvements ("Park Fee"). The
amount of the Park Fee shall be Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) for
each residential dwelling unit within the Property. If the Park Fee is not
paid by January 1, 2022, the Park Fee shall be adjusted annually
commencing January 1, 2022 by the larger increase of a) or b) as follows:
(a)The change in the CPI. The change shall be determined by using
the information provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, for all urban consumers within the Los
Angeles/Long Beach/Anaheim metropolitan area during the prior
year. The calculation shall be made using the month of October
over the prior October; or
(b)The calculation shall be made to reflect the change in the Caltrans
Highway Bid Price Index (Bid Price Index) for Selected California
Construction Items for the twelve (12) month period available on
December 31 of the preceding year (annual indexing).
In the event there is a decrease in both of the referenced Indices
for any annual indexing, the Park Fee shall remain at its then current
amount until such time as the next subsequent annual indexing
which results in an increase. Developer agrees that the above-
described payments shall be deemed to satisfy the parkland
dedication requirement set forth in California Government Code
Section 66477 et seq. for the Property.
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5.Amendment of Section 6.4. Section 6.4 of the Agreement is amended to
read as follows:
Traffic Mitigation Fee. As a condition of the issuance of building permit for
each residential dwelling unit within the boundaries of the Property,
Developer shall pay City a one-time traffic mitigation fee as described
herein ("Citywide Traffic Fee"). The Citywide Traffic Fee may be expended
by City in its sole and unfettered discretion. The amount of the Citywide
Traffic Fee shall be Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars
($11,867.00) per residential unit. The Citywide Traffic Fee shall be
adjusted annually commencing January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter
by the change in the Caltrans Highway Bid Price Index (Bid Price Index)
for Selected California Construction Items for the twelve (12) month period
available on December 31 of the preceding year ("annual 8 indexing"). In
the event there is a decrease in the Bid Price Index for any annual
indexing, the current amount of the fee shall remain until such time as the
next subsequent annual indexing which results in an increase.
6.Addition of Section 6.21. A new Section 6.21 of the Agreement is added
to read as follows:
Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee. As a condition of the issuance of a building
permit for each residential dwelling unit within the Property, Developer
shall pay City a one-time development fee as described herein (the
"Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee"). The Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee may be
expended the undergrounding of any overhead power lines within the City,
with those locations chosen by the City Council in its sole and absolute
discretion. The amount of the Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee shall be Three
Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-three Dollars ($3,333.00) per
residential. unit. The Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee shall be adjusted
annually commencing January 1, 2022, by the Consumer Price Index
(CPI). The annual CPI adjustment shall be determined by using the
information provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for all urban consumers within the Los Angeles/Long
Beach/Anaheim metropolitan area during the prior year. The calculation
shall be made using the month of October over the prior October. In the
event there is a decrease in the referenced Index for any annual indexing,
the current amount of the fee shall remain until such time as the next
subsequent annual indexing which results in an increase. The
Undergrounding In-Lieu Fee shall satisfy Developer’s requirement to
underground the 67Kv high-voltage transmission lines fronting Los
Angeles Avenue pursuant to Standard Condition of Approval No. 145.
Developer is responsible for all other undergrounding requirements under
that condition.
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7. Amendment of Section 6.13(a). Section 6.13(a) of the Agreement is
amended to read as follows:
Developer agrees that densities vested and incentives and concessions
received in the Project Approvals include all densities available as density
bonuses and all incentives and concessions to which Developer is entitled
under the Moorpark Municipal Code, Government Code Sections 65915
through 65917.5 or both; Developer shall not be entitled to further density
bonuses or incentives or concessions and further agrees, in consideration
for the density bonus obtained through the Project Approvals that is
greater than would otherwise be available, to provide ten (10) housing
units, with a minimum of 1,800 square feet and three (3) bedrooms, 2.5
baths each, affordable to low income households (not to exceed 80% of
median income adjusted for family size). These ten (10) housings units
may be referred to as affordable units or units affordable to low income
households or required affordable units.
8. Amendment of Subsection 6.13(w). Subsection 6.13(w) of the Agreement
is amended to read as follows:
Developer agrees that the required construction of the low-income
affordable units must receive final inspection approval by Developer on
terms consistent with this Agreement and the Affordable Housing
Agreement as specified in the following schedule and shown on Exhibit
“C” attached hereto and superseding Exhibit “C” to the Development
Agreement recorded on March 18, 2020, by Instrument No. 20200318-
00040037-0:
Prior to
Occupancy of
Number of
Affordable Units
20th Unit 3
40th Unit 3
60th Unit 2
63rd Unit 2
Total 10
9. Amendment of Subsection 6.13(y). Subsection 6.13(y) of the Agreement
is amended to read as follows:
Developer shall provide the initial buyer of each Completed Unit in the
Project a disclosure that the Project includes ten (10) residential dwelling
units that will be sold to qualified low-income households. The disclosures
shall also state that these ten (10) residential dwelling units have deed
restrictions recorded on their title that restrict the resale of these units only
to qualified low-income buyers. The form and language of the disclosure
shall be approved by the City Attorney and Community Development
Director and shall conform to all requirements of the applicable State
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agencies pertaining to real estate disclosures.
10.Operative Date of First Amendment. This First Amendment shall become
operative on the date that Ordinance No. 491 that approves this First
Agreement becomes effective pursuant to Government Code Section
36937.
11.Authority. By their signatures below, the individuals signing on behalf of
Developer and City warrant that they have the authority to execute this
First Amendment on behalf of Developer and City, respectively.
12.Entire Agreement. The Development Agreement and this First
Amendment, contain the entire agreement between the Parties regarding
the subject matter hereof, and all prior agreements, understandings, oral or
written, are hereby merged herein, except that nothing contained herein is
intended to or shall abrogate, extinguish or supersede the Affordable
Housing Agreement and any other City land use entitlements or conditions
imposed thereby that are applicable to the development of the Property.
13.Except as amended herein, all other provisions of the Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Moorpark and the Developer have executed
this First Amendment to the Development Agreement on the date first above written.
CITY OF MOORPARK
Janice S. Parvin
Mayor
OWNER/DEVELOPER
Sky Line 66, LLC
By: ________________________________
Its:
By: ________________________________
Its:
ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE NOTARIZED
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