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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT
STUDY SESSION
MINUTES
Monday, September 13, 2021 5:00 PM City Council Chambers
77 Fair Drive
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION JOINT
STUDY SESSION
CALL TO ORDER - The Special City Council and Planning Commission Joint Study Session
meeting was called to order by Mayor Stephens at 5:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Led by the Mayor.
ROLL CALL
Present: Council Member Chavez, Council Member Gameros, Council Member Harlan,
Council Member Harper Council Member Reynolds, Mayor Pro Tern Marr, Mayor
Stephens, Planning Commission Chair De Arakal, Planning Commission Vice Chair
Zich, and Planning Commissioner Russell.
Present Via Zoom: Planning Commissioner Toler and Planning Commissioner Ereth.
Absent: None.
NEW BUSINESS:
PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT
Presentation by Ms. Le, Economic and Development Services Director, Ms. Ashabi, Principal
Planner, and Mr. Chen, Kimley-Horn Consultant.
Public Comments:
Tim O'Brien, Legacy Partners, representing Invesco, requested that the field portion of the
Hive Site be included in the updated Housing Element.
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Robert Morse, Costa Mesa, spoke on permanent supportive housing that can be structured to
count towards the Housing Element, and that the majority of Costa Mesa residents are
currently renters.
Betsy Densmore, spoke on low and moderate income people not being able to live in Costa
Mesa.
Steven Chan, Costa Mesa, spoke on the number of homes being built and rezoning the golf
course for housing and development.
John Tafoya, Southwest Carpenters Union, encouraged the requirement to use skillfully trained
local people.
Marc Vukcevich, Costa Mesa, spoke in support of high density housing.
Cassius Rutherford, Costa Mesa, spoke in support of an inclusionary housing policy,
expressed concern on density and affordability requirements, and the proposed density being
too low.
Flo Martin, Costa Mesa, spoke on affordable housing and eliminating all R1 zoning in the city.
ACTION:
City Council and Planning Commission provided feedback on the Public Review Draft Housing
Element before its submittal to the State Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD).
ADJOURNMENT — The Mayor adjourned the special joint study session at 7:16 p.m.
Minutes adopted on this 5th day of October, 2021.
John ephens, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Brenda Gree , City Clerk
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