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ACTION ORDINANCE NO. 352
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
BY' �/h ')r MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
NO. 2004-01, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORPARK AND
TOLL LAND XX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR 43.04
ACRES NORTH OF CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE AND EAST
OF GRIMES CANYON ROAD
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 December 6, 2006, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 346,
approving Development Agreement No. 2004-01 , in conjunction with Residential
Planned Development Permit No. 2003-04, General Plan Amendment No. 2003-04,
Zone Change No. 2003-03, Tentative Tract Map No. 5463 on the application of Toll
Land XX Limited Partnership; and
WHEREAS, Toll Land XX Limited Partnership is now requesting Amendment No.
1 to Development Agreement No. 2004-01 ; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Moorpark on June 12, 2007,
adopted Resolution No. PC 2007-517, recommending to the City Council approval of
Amendment No 1 to Development Agreement No. 2004-01 ; and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was conducted by the City Council on
June 20, 2007 to consider Amendment No. 1 to Development Agreement No. 2004-01
and to accept public testimony related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all points of public testimony
relevant to Amendment No. 1 to Development Agreement No. 2004-01 and has given
careful consideration to the content of Amendment No 1 to Development Agreement
No. 2004-01 , and has reached a decision on the matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 . The City Council of the City of Moorpark does hereby find as
follows:
A. Development Agreement No. 2004-01, as amended by Amendment No. 1 ,
is consistent with the General Plan and Chapter 15.40 of the Municipal Code.
B. Development Agreement No. 2004-01, as amended by Amendment No. 1,
is consistent with the intent and provisions of the Mitigated Negative Declaration
previously adopted for this project.
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C. Development Agreement No. 2004-01 , as amended by this ordinance is
necessary to ensure the public health, safety and welfare.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby amends Development Agreement No.
2004-01 between the City of Moorpark, a municipal corporation, and Toll Land XX Limited
Partnership as follows:
A. Section 5.4 is amended with the insertion of the following language at the
end of the second paragraph:
However, in recognition of the importance of the Acquisition Parcel to the
feasibility of the Project, none of Developer's obligations contained in this
Development Agreement or in the Project Approvals shall be effective until
Developer has acquired legal title to the Acquisition Parcel.
B. The first four paragraphs of Section 6.9 are amended to read as follows
(the remainder of Section 6.9 is not amended):
Developer agrees to provide a total of twelve (12) affordable housing units; eight
(8) units for Tract 5463 (four (4) low and four (4) very low) and four (4) units per
the Development Agreement for Tract 5464 (two (2) low and two (2) very low) as
further described in this subsection 6.9.
To partially meet this obligation, the Developer agrees to transfer clear title to the
approximately 0.34 acre and approximately 0.16 acre parcels known as 396
Charles Street in partial fulfillment of the requirements for affordable housing as
indicated in section 6.9 of this Agreement. City will credit Developer five (5)
affordable units, consisting of three (3) low income and two (2) very low income
units toward the total required by this Agreement and the Development
Agreement for Tract 5464. In the event Developer obtains clear title to the
approximately 0.34 acre parcel known as 436 Charles Street in further partial
fulfillment of the requirements for affordable housing, City will credit Developer
three (3) additional affordable units, consisting of one (1) low income and two (2)
very low income units toward the total required by this Agreement and the
Development Agreement for Tract 5464. Prior to the issuance of a grading
permit for either Tract or upon receipt of clear title, whichever is earlier,
Developer shall transfer the property or properties described above to the City
free and clear of any and all encumbrances and structures. Should the grading
permit for Tract 5463 precede the grading permit for Tract 5464, the credit for the
five (5) or eight (88) (depending on whether Developer has acquired clear title to
the 436 Charles Street property) affordable units shall be applied to Tract 5463.
Should the grading permit for Tract 5464 precede the grading permit for Tract
5463, the requirement for four (4) affordable units will be fulfilled. At the
Developer's option, the credit for the remaining fifth (5t") to eighth (8th) affordable
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unitig may be applied toward the fulfillment of one (1) to four (4) affordable
housing unites for Tract 5463.
To meet its obligation for the remaining affordable units, Developer shall also
provide three (3) (or two (22) if credits have been obtained for the 436 Charles
Street property) four (4) bedroom and two (2) bath single-family detached units
with a minimum of 1 ,200 square feet to be sold to buyers who meet the criteria
for low income (80 percent or less of median income), and four (4) or two U if
credits have been obtained for the 436 Charles Street property) four (4) bedroom
and two (2) bath single-family detached units with a minimum of 1,200 square
feet to be sold to buyers who meets the criteria for very low income (50 percent
or less of median income). All single-family detached units shall include a
standard size two-car garage with roll-up garage door and a minimum driveway
length of eighteen (18') feet measured from the back of sidewalk, meet minimum
setback requirements of the City RPD zone, include concrete roof tiles, and other
amenities typically found in moderate priced housing in the City (e.g., air
conditioning/central heating, washer/dryer hookups, garbage disposal, built-in
dishwasher, concrete driveway, automatic garage door opener). The duplex type
units in Tracts 3481 , 3070-2, 3070-3, 3070-4, 4170, and 5133 are considered to
be single-family detached units for the purpose of this subsection 6.9.
Subject to City's sole discretion, this obligation, in whole or part, may be met by
providing attached for sale units in lieu of single-family detached units at the ratio
of one and one-half (1-1/2) attached for sale unit for each single-family detached
unit. In the event such substitution results in any fraction of a unit, then the
requirement shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number (e.g. the
requirement of 3 single-family detached units are met by 4-1/2 attached for sale
units, then 5 attached for sale units are required). Each of the substituted units
shall be at the income level of the units for which they are being substituted and
shall contain at least 1,200 square feet, three bedrooms and attached or
assigned parking for two parking spaces. The approval of such substituted units
may require refurbishment or replacement of carpeting, flooring, cabinets,
windows, appliances and other items to bring the units up to standards as
determined by the Community Development Director at his or her own sole
discretion. Should the Developer acquire the attached units within four (4) twe
Q4 years from December 31 , 200 the eneratiye date of this Agreement, and offer
them for sale to the City as provided for in this subsection 6.9, the attached for
sale units in lieu of single-family detached units shall be at a ratio of one and one
quarter (1 1/4) attached for sale unit for each single-family detached unit.
C. Section 6.22 is amended to read as follows:
In the event the County does not improve the remaining unimproved portion of
Grimes Canyon Road to the City boundary, then The Developer shall improve
both sides of Grimes Canyon Road to its ultimate right-of-way from
Championship Drive north to the northern City limits, with the same section as
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the improvements previously made to the portion of Grimes Canyon Road north
of Championship Drive in connection with Tract 4928; provided, however, that
Developer shall have no responsibility for repair or reconstruction of any portion
of Grimes Canyon Road which was damaged by flood waters or other conditions
prior to the date hereof ("Road Repair Work"). Developer shall pay all City costs
for acquisition of the properties needed for construction of these improvements.,
including but not limited to legal, engineering, planning, and appraisal costs in
addition to the costs for acquisition of properties. Fifteen percent (15%) shall be
added to all City out-of-pocket expenses for the acquisition costs, excluding the
actual cost of the properties. With regard to improvement of the easterly half of
Grimes Canyon Road, the required work shall commence prior to issuance of a
building permit for the first dwelling unit in the Project, and the improvements
shall be completed within ninety (90) one-hundred eighty (180) days of after the
later of issuance of a building permit for the first dwelling unit in the Project or
receipt of all permits required for construction of the improvements. Developer
shall have no obligation with respect to improvement of the westerly half of
Grimes Canyon Road unless and until the County has completed the Road
Repair Work. Developer shall commence work on improvements to the westerly
half of Grimes Canyon Road within thirty (30) days following completion by the
County of the Road Repair Work, and the improvements shall be completed
within one-hundred eighty (180) days after the later of completion of such work
by the County or receipt of all permits required for construction of the
improvements.
D. Section 6.23 is amended to read as follows:
Pursuant to approved MND and MMRP, prior to recordation of the first Final
Tract Map for the Property, initiation of rough grading or issuance of any
subsequent permits, the applicant is required to purchase and dedicate fee title
for seventy-two (72) acres of open space in lieu of providing on-site open space
dedication pursuant to Section 17.38.080 of the Hillside Management Ordinance.
Prior to purchase and dedication, the City Council shall approve the location of
the proposed open space land. City accepts that, in lieu of the purchase of the
seventy-two (72) acres of open space, Developer shall pay two million six
hundred eighty thousand dollars ($2,680,000.00) to City to be used in its sole
and unfettered discretion for open space preservation purposes. Six hundred
seventy thousand dollars ($670,000.00) shall be paid to the City no later than the
recordation of the Final Map. Subsequent annual payments of six hundred
seventy thousand dollars ($670,000.00) shall be made for three years on the
anniversary of the first payment. The fee shall be adjusted annually,.
commencing January 1 , 20081 by the larger increase of a), b), or c) as follows:
a) The CPI increase 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/Riverside/Orange County metropolitan
area during the prior year. The calculation shall be made using the month
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which is four (4) months prior to the month in which this Agreement
became effective (e.g., if this Agreement became effective in October,
then the month of June is used to calculate the increase).
b) The annual adjustment shall be determined by any increase in the median
price of the single—family detached for-sale housing in Ventura County as
most recently published by Data Quick (Housing Index) for the previous
twelve (12) month period.
c) The annual percentage amount paid to City by the Local Agency
Investment Fund (LAIF) calculated as follows: The sum of the quarterly
effective yield amounts paid by LAIF for the City's Pooled Money
Investment Account for the most recent four (4) calendar quarters divided
by four (4).
In the event there is a decrease in all of the referenced Indices for any annual
indexing, the Fee shall remain at its then current amount until such time as the
next subsequent annual indexing which results in an increase.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause one copy of the
amended, signed, and adopted development 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. Upon the effective date of this ordinance, the Community
Development Director shall cause the property that is the subject of the Development
Agreement to be identified on the Zoning Map of the City by the designation "DA"
followed by the dates of the term of said amended Agreement.
SECTION 5. 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 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 7. 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 minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after
the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark
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Star a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government
Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18h day of July, 2007.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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