HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5g. Approval of Final Map for Tract 3089 Phases 2 and 4 of Avila Ranch Development (175 Venture Drive, FMAP-0562-2022) Item 5g
Department: Community Development
Cost Center: 4003
For Agenda of: 1/23/2024
Placement: Consent
Estimated Time: N/A
FROM: Timmi Tway, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Nate Stong, Supervising Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE FINAL MAP FOR TRACT 3089 PHASES 2 & 3, AVILA
RANCH, 175 VENTURE DRIVE (FMAP-0562-2022)
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo, California, approving the Final Map for Tract 3089 Phase s 2 & 3, Avila Ranch,
including an addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report modifying the timing of
Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Subdivision
Agreement in a form subject to the approval of the City Attorney (175 Venture Drive,
FMAP-0562-2022).”
REPORT-IN-BRIEF
A vesting tentative map for Avila Ranch (Tract 3089) was approved by the City Council
on September 19, 2017, by Resolution No. 10832. The Phase 1 Final Map was approved
by the City Council on December 4, 2018 , by Resolution No. 10968. Phases 2 & 3 will
create 121 single-family residential lots, 1 multi-family lot, and various lots for parks and
open space.
The City and the developer have entered into a Development Agreement (DA), adopted
by City Council on October 3, 2017, by Ordinance No. 1639. A Community Facilities
District (CFD) was approved by Ordinance No. 1642 for Tract 3089 to close the gap
between anticipated general fund revenue to be generated by the development and
projected costs to provide services to the development.
Phase 2 transportation mitigation projects include the construction of two bicycle bridges
over Tank Farm Creek located north and south of Buckley Road as required by the
project’s Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) Mitigation Measure TRANS -11 and
Condition of Approval #109. An Addendum to the FEIR has been prepared to address a
minor change to the timing of a portion of the mitigation measure and modify the timing of
the south-separated bicycle bridge from Phase 2 to Phase 4 to create consistency with
the timing of the bicycle lanes that will be installed on Buckley Road in Phase 4, and to
minimize construction impacts on properties to the south where a construction easement
and right-of-way acquisition is needed to complete the improvements.
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A Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement will be recorded concurrently with the Final
Map to implement the original 2017 Affordable Housing Plan adopted as Exhibit G of the
Avila Ranch Development Agreement. The draft Phase 3 Affordable Hous ing Agreement
includes location changes for the affordable units in the multi-family portion of the
development, as explained further in the report.
POLICY CONTEXT
This item supports the development of 121 housing units, which directly advances a Major
City Goal for additional housing needs. City Council approval is required for subdivision
final maps pursuant to Government Code 66458(a)1.
DISCUSSION
Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 Avila Ranch (FMAP-0562-2022) is located at 175 Venture Drive
as shown on the Vicinity Map provided as Attachment B.
Background / Previous Council Action
A vesting tentative map for Tract 3089 was approved by the City Council on September
19, 2017, by Resolution No. 10832 (2017 Series). The approved tentative map
(Attachment C) showed a total of 429 lots consisting of 401 single-family lots, nine multi-
family lots for up to 322 units, 11 park lots, two open space lots, two commercial lots, two
public facilities lots, and two lots for right-of-way purposes.
At that same meeting, an Ordinance to adopt a Development Agreement was introduced
and a Resolution of Intention to establish the Community Facilities District (CFD) was
approved. The City and the developer entered into a Development Agreement (DA),
adopted by City Council on October 3, 2017, by Ordinance No. 1639 (2017 Series). The
final steps to implement the CFD occurred at the November 21, 2017 Council meeting
where the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1642 (2017 Series) establishing a Special
Tax for the CFD. The CFD was required to close the gap between anticipated general
fund revenue to be generated by the development and projected costs to provide services
to the development, such as police and fire, and to maintain the public infrastructure within
Tract 3089 including parks, streets, sidewalks, parkways, open space, and storm
drainage systems.
The previous phase, Phase 1 final map was approved by Resolution No. 10968 (2018
Series) on December 4, 2018. Phase 1 created 179 single-family residential lots, three
lots for 125 multi-family units, a lot for an interim fire station, and various lots for parks
and public facilities.
1 66458(a) The legislative body shall, at the meeting at which it receives the map or, at its next regular
meeting after the meeting at which it receives the map, approve the map if it conforms to all the
requirements of this chapter and any local subdivision ordinance applicable at the time of approval or
conditional approval of the tentative map and any rulings made thereunder. If the map does not conform,
the legislative body shall disapprove the map.
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Phasing
At the time of tentative map submittal, the subdivider proposed to develop the project as
shown on the Phasing Plan provided as Attachment D. The conditions and mitigation
measures were developed based on this phasing plan. The subdivider is not required to
adhere to the phasing plan, but creating lots out of phase could result in subsequent
environmental review and new or modified conditions in order to properly mitigate the
impacts and provide for orderly development.
The Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 map is creating a total of 126 lots consisting of:
121 single-family residential units (Lots 205 to 325)
One reconfigured lot for multi-family (Lot 327, a merger of Lots 185 and 188 from
Phase 1)
Two public park lots (Lots 326 and 330)
One lot for public open space (Lot 329)
One lot for Creek purposes (Lot 328)
Minor Corrections to Approved Tentative Map
City Municipal Code Section 16.10.160 grants the Community Development Director the
authority to approve minor corrections to an approved tentative map or conditions of
approval if all the following are true:
1. No lots, units or building sites are added or deleted; and
2. The proposed changes are consistent with the intent and spirit of the original
tentative map approval; and
3. The proposed changes are consistent with the zoning regulations, the building
code, the General Plan, and the Subdivision Map Act.
Under the authority listed above, the Community Development Director has approved the
following minor corrections for Tract 3089:
1. Revision of the lot numbering from tentative map to final map so that the numbering
would be consecutive on the final map as required by Section 16.14.040.H of the
San Luis Obispo Municipal Code.
Although the tentative map shows up to 723 residential units being constructed,
the resolution approving the tentative map and the Development Agreement both
state that only 720 residential units are approved.
2. Revision to the timing of a portion of Condition of Approval #109 which reiterates
Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, discussed below. The condition and mitigation
measure requires bicycle bridges on each side of Buckley Road at Tank Farm
Creek. The timing for installation of the south bicycle bridge as provided in
Condition of Approval #109 is modified for consistency with the FEIR Addendum
to modify Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 as discussed below.
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Modification to Timing of Mitigation Measure TRANS-11
The Avila Ranch FEIR Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 and Condition of Approval #109
established an obligation for the project to install two separated bicycle bridges on each
side of Buckley Road at Tank Farm Creek to improve access to safe bicycle routing along
Buckley Road. These improvements were required to address a transportation policy
impact related to the City’s Bicycle Transportation Plan, which identified future plans to
provide continuous bicycle facilities along Buckley Road. The timing of this mitigation
measure was not developed based on any quantitative threshold of significance but with
the general intent to provide for orderly development and infrastructure improvements as
the development builds out consistent with the Bicycle Transportation Plan.
As originally approved, construction of these bridges was required prior to Phase 2 of the
Avila Ranch project and was envisioned to be constructed simultaneously with the
Buckley Road Extension, which was also required prior to Phase 2. Avila Ranch has since
completed the Buckley Road Extension, choo sing to advance this street extension with
Phase 1 of the development. Avila Ranch has also substantially completed the
preliminary/conceptual design for the bicycle bridge on the south side of Buckley Road,
which is being processed through San Luis Obispo County permitting review but has
encountered challenges acquiring the necessary right -of-way for construction.
One of the primary challenges associated with the right-of-way acquisition are concerns
regarding the functionality and safety of constructing the bicycle bridge with Phase 2,
when the bridge would connect back to a segment of Buckley Road with no existing bike
lanes east of the bridge. Instead, there has been a request to defer construction of this
bicycle bridge until Phase 4 of the Avila Ranch development, as the project is required to
construct additional road widening on Buckley east of the bridge with Phase 4, which will
provide 8-foot-wide shoulders/bicycle lanes further to the east. Deferral of the bicycle
bridge to Phase 4 would result in a more continuous bicycle facility along this segment
and limit the overall duration of construction impacts to the private property owner on the
south side of the roadway.
Both City and County Public Works staff have considered the Avila Ranch
representative’s formal request to defer construction of the remaining bicycle bridge on
the south side of Buckley Road to Phase 4 of the developmen t and concur with this
request. Based on staff’s review, this modification would not result in any new or
exacerbated impacts as identified in the approved project EIR and the project would retain
the obligation to improve bicycle facilities on Buckley Road for consistency with the City’s
adopted Bicycle Transportation Plan (now Active Transportation Plan). An Addendum to
the Final EIR has been prepared to address the timing modification discussed above and
is included as Attachment E of this report for Council consideration.
For clarity, staff is recommending that the requirement to construct the bicycle bridge on
the north side of Buckley Road remain a condition tied to Phase 2 of the development, as
originally approved. Construction of this facility would not require the acquisition of off-
site right-of-way.
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Community Facilities District
The Community Facilities District (CFD) for Avila Ranch was established by Council
Ordinance No. 1642 (2017 Series) for Tract 3089 to fund both services and infrastructure
maintenance. The CFD closes the gap between anticipated general fund revenue
generated by the development and projected costs to provide services to the
development, such as police and fire, and to maintain the public infrastructure including
parks, streets, sidewalks, parkways, open space, and storm drainage systems.
Maintenance of water and sewer infrastructure in Tract 3089 will be funded the same as
the rest of the citywide system via the enterprise program.
This is the City’s first CFD established for the purpose of ongoing maintenance. The CFD
also helps to cover the cost of City services associated with residential development such
as Fire, Police, and infrastructure maintenance. A property tax exchange with the County
of San Luis Obispo was established for this property when it was annexed and was based
on the County’s master tax exchange agreement for commercial land. This tax exchange
does not provide the City with any property tax increment as the property is developed.
Therefore, the CFD ensures adequate funding is available for the City to maintain the
public facilities and services that will serve this new neighborhood. The funds for the CFD
will be collected by the County with the regular property tax assessments, beginning with
the issuance of the building permit on each lot. The County disperses the funds to the
City twice per year.
Affordable Housing
Within the entire Avila Ranch Development Plan area, there is a requirement to provide
inclusionary housing to be met through a combination of construction of affordable units,
dedication of land, and payment of in-lieu fees. In addition, the DA includes design and
development strategies that serve to provide a range of additional affordable housing in
excess of standard inclusionary ordinance requirements, as demonstrated in Table 1.
These are contractual requirements of the Affordable and Workforce Housing Plan
(Exhibit G in the Council-adopted DA).
An Affordable Housing Agreement for Phases 2 & 3 will be recorded concurrently with the
recording of the Phases 2 & 3 Final Map. Phase 3 includes the multi-family portion of the
Avila Ranch development and contains a large portion of the project’s affordable and
inclusionary housing. The original 2017 Affordable and Workforce Housing Plan (Exhibit
G in the Council-adopted Development Agreement) identified the following affordable
components in Phase 3:
24 lower-income for-rent units, to be constructed by an affordable housing
developer
8 low-income for-rent units within the market rate apartment development
8 moderate-income two-bedroom/1-bath for-rent units within the market rate
apartment development
3 moderate-income two-bedroom/1-bath for-sale units within the detached R-2
zoned area
5 workforce for-sale units within the detached R-2 zoned area
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Avila Ranch has submitted a separate application for development review (ARCH -0197-
2023) that includes a density bonus request, which will be reviewed by the Planning
Commission for the development of the R-4 zoned parcels recorded with the Phase 1
Final Map. The R-4 application proposes to construct a 60-unit, 100% affordable housing
project on Lot 186 located on the west side of Earthwood Lane north of Venture Drive as
shown in Figure 1 below, which has been dedicated to an affordable housing developer,
and 85-units on Lots 185 and 188 as the market rate development portion of the project
located on the east side of Earthwood Lane opposite Lot 186. Lots 185 and 188 are
proposed to be merged on the Phases 2 & 3 Final Map and renumbered as Lot 327.
Figure 1: High Density (R-4) Multi-family Parcels Within Avila Ranch
Lot 186: 100% Affordable Housing to be developed by Affordable Housing Developer
Lots 188 & 185 (To Be Merged as Lot 327): Market Rate Apartments
In compliance with the DA, the required 24 -lower income for-rent units would be
developed on Lot 186 as part of the 100% affordable project on that lot. The applicant
also proposes transferring the 8 low-income and 8 moderate-income for-rent units from
the market rate R-4 apartment site to the affordable housing site. In exchange for
providing these 16 affordable for-rent units on the affordable housing site, instead of the
market rate R-4 site as originally contemplated, the applicant and the affordable ho using
provider are proposing to provide an additional 19 moderate-income units (and one
manager’s unit) as part of the affordable housing project on Lot 186 by utilizing Density
Bonus Law. This results in a net increase in total affordable housing units i n the project
compared to what was originally contemplated.
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Table 1: Avila Ranch Affordable Housing Requirements
Required by
Inclusionary
Ordinance
Required by
Avila Ranch
Development
Agreement
Provided /
Currently
Proposed
Dedication of parcel to
affordable housing developer
at no cost
1.0 acres 1.2 acres 1.2 acres
(completed)
Construction of lower-income
rental units on land dedicated
to affordable housing
developer
22 units 24 units 24 units
Construction of low-income
rental units
none 8
Within market
rate rentals
8
On affordable
housing site
Construction of moderate-
income rental units
8 8
Within market
rate rentals
8
On affordable
housing site
Density Bonus – additional
units on affordable housing
site (in process)
none none 19 moderate
income units
Moderate-income for-sale
units
45 units 27 units 27 units
Workforce for-sale units none required 25 units 25 units
(some
completed)
Commercial parcels -
Payment of in-lieu fees or
build affordable units
Construct 4
units or pay in-
lieu fees
Construct 4
units or pay in-
lieu fees
Construct 4
units or pay in-
lieu fees
Down payment assistance for
Workforce units ($20,000 per
unit)
none required $500,000
provided
$500,000
provided
(some
completed)
Local preference program none required provided provided
Range of housing sizes and
types
none required provided provided
Total:
71 Affordable
units
71 Affordable
units
25 Workforce
units
90 Affordable
units
25 Workforce
units
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Section 8.06 of the Development Agreement allows for flexibility on the provisions of the
DA and minor modifications of the details of the Development Plan. City staff is in support
of the proposed location change for the 16 affordable for -rent units as it would create a
net benefit of an additional 19 deed-restricted affordable units within the project. This
would create a substantial positive impact in meeting the City’s affordable housing goals.
While the 16 affordable for-rent units will no longer be intermixed within the market rate
units, the affordable and market-rate apartment buildings have been designed to match
in style and quality and will present as a unified multi-family development.
Timing requirements in both the Phase 1 and the draft Phase 3 Affordable Housing
Agreements ensure that the for-rent affordable units will be constructed early in the
project and not left to the last phase, as required by the DA. The 40 for -rent affordable
units on the affordable housing site fulfill a majority of the project’s inclusionary housing
requirement, and therefore, completion of these units is required to fulfill Avila Ranch’s
affordable housing obligations. The draft Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement
(Sections 5.4 and 5.5) includes a timing milestone that requires building construction to
commence on the affordable site prior to of issuance of a building permit for Avila Ranch’s
500th unit, and construction of the affordable for-rent units to be substantially complete
prior to the issuance of a building permit for Avila Ranch’s 550th unit. These timing
requirements were developed to give the affordable housing developer enough time to
acquire financing and permits for the project and to create measurable milestones to
ensure the affordable development moves forward in a timely manner.
Section 8.06 of the Development Agreement allows for flexibility on the provisions of the
DA and minor modifications of the details of the Development Plan. City staff is in support
of the proposed location change for the 16 affordable for-rent units as it would create a
net benefit of an additional 19 deed-restricted affordable units within the project. This
would create a substantial positive impact in meeting the City’s affordable housing goals.
While the 16 affordable for-rent units will no longer be intermixed within the market-rate
units, the affordable and market-rate apartment buildings have been designed to match
in style and quality and will present as a unified multi-family development. Timing
requirements in both Phase 1 and the draft Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreements
ensure that the for-rent affordable units will be constructed concurrently with the for-rent
market rate units.
The Affordable Housing Agreement is the implementation tool to record covenants and
achieve the goals of the original 2017 Affordable and Workforce Housing Plan. City staff
recommends that the proposed modifications to the location of the 8 low- and 8 moderate-
income multi-family affordable units be approved through recordation of this agreement.
A draft of the Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement is provided as Attachment F for
Council consideration, and a finding is included in the attached resolution stating that the
Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement is in substantial conformance with 2017 DA.
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Parks
Section 7.03 of the DA requires the subdivider to dedicate land in excess of that ordinarily
required by the City to construct public parks in south San Luis Obispo, an area that
presently has a deficiency of park area. In particular, Tract 3089 shall provide 18.25 acres
of public parkland, 1.76 acres in excess of City requirements. As shown on the Park
Layout provided in Attachment G, a total of nine park lots labeled Park A through Park I
are proposed in Tract 3089. The Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC) reviewed the
conceptual plans for Parks A through I on January 4, 2017, and recommended approval
to the Council. The PRC also reviewed and approved detailed park plans for Parks A, B,
and C at that time. Parks D and E are proposed to be constructed in Phases 2 & 3. Phases
2 & 3 provide sufficient parkland and park improvements to meet City requirements based
on the projected population and housing onsite, so there would be no "in-lieu" park fees
needed. Project-related fees, taxes and assessments are described in Section 5.04 of
the Development Agreement. Parks are not among the identified fee -generators in this
section.
Off-Site Transportation Improvements
Per the subdivision conditions of approval, mitigation measures, and the DA, Tract 3089
is required to complete multiple off -site transportation improvements to mitigate for the
increase in traffic generated by the development. Many of these improvements were
constructed with Phase 1 of the tract, including construction of the Buckley Road
Extension, extension of the northbound right-turn lane at the Higuera/South intersection,
addition of bicycle lanes on Vachell Lane, and improvements to the S. Higuera/Tank Farm
intersection. The Subdivider has also paid fair share mitigation fees with Phase 1 for
additional off-site projects that are not triggered solely by this development but will
ultimately be needed upon build-out of the City, including contributions towards future
improvements on the Buckley Road east of Vachell and the Buckley/Highway 227
intersection.
Phases 2 & 3 are subject to additional required improvements. The developer will enter
into the draft Subdivision Improvement Agreement provided as Attachment H, which
includes bonding requirements if the improvements are not completed at time of map
recordation. The Phase 2 & 3 requirements are listed below:
Phase 2 intersection improvements to Higuera/Vachell, including installation of a
permanent median and left-turn access restrictions [Condition #104]
Construction of sidewalk on the east side of South Higuera Street from Los Osos
Valley Road to City Limits [Condition #111]
Buckley Road Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridges at Tank Farm Creek (Nort h bridge to be
constructed with Phase 2, south bridge to be deferred to Phase 4) [Condition #109
and MM TRANS-11]
Fees:
o Buckley/Vachell Fair Share Mitigation – Funds fair share contribution towards
future intersection control upgrades (roundabout or signal). Fees are due with
map recordation of each phase based on the percent of total unit count in that
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phase. The total for full build-out is $107,250, so the amount due with the Phase
2 & 3 map is the percent of total units included in Phases 2 & 3 multiplied by
$107,250.
o Citywide and Los Osos Valley Road Subarea Transportation Impact Fees (TIF).
Fees are vested into the TIF rate schedule that is in effect at the time of final
map recordation for each phase. Fees are paid with each building permit
issuance while accounting for available fee credits remaining for eligible
infrastructure improvements constructed by Avila Ranch.
o The additional multi-family units added with the separate Phase 3 density
bonus request will also trigger additional fair share mitigation fees for future
intersection improvements at Buckley/Highway 227, Buckley/Vachell, and
Buckley/Davenport.
There are other improvements identified in the conditions, mitigation measures, and the
DA where the Subdivider is required to pay a fee for the project’s fair share of the
improvement instead of constructing the improvement. Some of these fees are for future
intersection improvements along Buckley Road, the extension of the Bob Jones Trail,
improvements at the S. Higuera/Los Osos Valley Road intersection, and the recent
improvements to the Los Osos Valley Road interchange. Other required fair share fees
have been moved into the Citywide TIF, so payment of the current Citywide TIF by the
Subdivider would satisfy those requirements. Unless otherwise allowed in the project
approvals, the fair share fees will be paid at map recordation.
Reimbursement Agreements
As outlined in the Development Agreement and the conditions of approval, some of the
infrastructure improvements being constructed with Tract 3089 are eligible for
reimbursement either through impact fee credits, or through payments from other
developers, and in some cases, via general fund contributions. All local funding
contributions towards reimbursement obligations to Avila Ranch have already been
allocated in previous Financial Plans. To facilitate these reimbursements, a Public
Reimbursement Agreement was approved by the City Council on December 4, 2018 by
Resolution 10968, and a Private Reimbursement Agreement was approved on June 18,
2019 by Resolution 11022.
Wetlands
Phases 2 & 3 will not be disturbing any wetlands, therefo re no easement documents for
wetlands will need to be prepared.
Agricultural and Open Space Conservation
To compensate for the loss of onsite agricultural lands and to meet the open space
objectives of the General Plan, Section 7.04 of the Development Agreement requires
Tract 3089 to dedicate at least 50 acres of on-site open space and/or agricultural land
and preserve at least 50 acres of offsite open space and/or agricultural land. The
Subdivider has dedicated an easement for 30 acres of on -site agricultural land with the
Phase 1 map. Phases 2 & 3 will dedicate 3.6 acres of open space, located on lots 328
and 329, but will not need to dedicate any agricultural lands at this time. The balance of
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on-site agricultural lands and open space will be dedicated in future phases as shown on
the approved tentative map. It should also be noted that the Avila Ranch project opted to
satisfy some its open space conservation requirements through an in -lieu fee, which has
been received and is paid in full.
The resolution approving the final map authorizes the City Clerk to accept an offer of
dedication in fee for Lots 328 and 329 for Open Space purposes and Lots 326 and 330
for Public Park Purposes with the signature of the Clerk on the Final Map. The acceptance
of the fee offers will provide for all potential uses of that site, including drainage,
pedestrian and bicyclist access, public utilities, and bridges.
Approving the Final Map
Although tentative maps typically have an initial two-year life per Municipal Code Section
16.10.150, approval of a DA allows for that lifespan to be extended pursuant to
Government Code Section 66452.6(a)(1). Section 8.04 of the DA extends the life of the
tentative map to the later of (i) the expiration or earlier termination of the Dev elopment
Agreement or (ii) the date upon which the tentative map would expire under the laws of
the State of California. According to Section 1.03.1 of the DA, the duration of the DA could
extend to the year 2047.
The final map for Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 (Attachment I) is ready to be approved. There
may be minor revisions still required for technical accuracy and condition compliance, to
be completed before the map records. Pursuant to Section 16.14.080 of the Municipal
Code, the Public Works Director has determined that the final map is in substantial
compliance with the tentative map and approved modifications thereof. California
Government Code Section 66474.1 states that “a Legislative body shall not deny approval
of a final or parcel map if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed
subdivision and if it finds that the final or parcel map is in substantial compliance with the
previously approved tentative map.” The approval of a final map is considered a
ministerial action.
Appropriate securities will be submitted prior to map recordation to guarantee completion
of the required subdivision improvements as shown in the Subdivision Agreement
(Attachment G). The Subdivision Agreement is still in draft form as some details still need
to be confirmed with the Subdivider such as the amount and timing of fee payments,
bonds, and specific language in the agreement. The resolution approving the final map
also authorizes the Mayor to sign the Subdivision Agreement requiring the Subdivider to
complete the subdivision improvements.
Policy Context
The proposed action approving the final map is consistent with the policies set forth in the
previously referenced Municipal Code and California Government Code sections.
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Public Engagement
Public notification for the tentative map, environmental document, and underlying
entitlements occurred with the Planning Commission hearings on June 28, 2017, June
29, 2017, July 12, 2017, and August 9, 2017 and at the City Council on August 9, 2017,
and September 19, 2017. Approval of the final map is considered a ministerial action, so
a public hearing to approve the final map for this Phases 2 & 3 map is not required.
CONCURRENCE
The Director of Public Works, the Director of Parks and Recreation, the Fire Chief, and
the Natural Resources Manager concur with the recommended action.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Avila Ranch Development Plan (ARCP) and associated Final Environmental Impact
Report (FEIR) were approved and certified by the City Council on September 19, 2017,
pursuant to Resolution No. 10832. All mitigation measures adopted as part of the ARDP
FEIR that are applicable to the project are carried forward and applied to the project to
effectively mitigate the impacts that were previously identified.
An Addendum to the Final EIR has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections
15164 and 15162. An addendum to a previously certified EIR is appropriate when minor
technical changes or additions are necessary and none of the conditions described in
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 have occurred. The Addendum addresses updated
timing related to the construction of the south bicycle bridge on Buckley Road. The south
bicycle bridge will be constructed in Phase 4, concurrent with the bicycle lanes and road
widening on Buckley (Attachment H).
The FEIR and associated Addendum constitute the complete environmental
determination for the project. The final map is substantially in conformance with the
tentative map evaluated with this prior environmental determination.
Approval of the final map is statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15268(b)(3) Ministerial Projects (approval of final
subdivision maps) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (State CEQA
Guidelines). Therefore, no further environmental review is required.
FISCAL IMPACT
Budgeted: Yes Budget Year: 2024-Ongoing
Funding Identified: Yes
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Fiscal Analysis:
Funding
Sources
Total Budget
Available
Current
Funding
Request
Remaining
Balance
Annual
Ongoing
Cost
General Fund $0 $0 $0 $0
State
Federal
Fees
Other: CFD
Total $0 $0 $0 $0
There are no fiscal impacts directly associated with the approval of the final map for
Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3. The City will eventually incur costs upon acceptance of the
improvements by the City, which will occur by separate Council action once the subdivision
improvements are deemed complete.
The General Fund share of costs for constructing public improvements associated with
Phase 2 and 3 is approximately $58,000, which represents the City’s proportionate share
of costs for the installation of a new sidewalk on S. Higuera between Los Osos Valley
Road and the southern City Limit. These funds were programmed for this use in the 2019 -
21 Financial Plan and carried forward into the current Financial Plan within the Capital
Improvement Program budget. All other Phase 2 & 3 infrastructure improvements eligible
for reimbursement will be reimbursed in the form of transportation impact fee credits
and/or reimbursement from other private development projects that benefit from these
infrastructure improvements.
The CFD structure is designed to be revenue neutral to the City to fund the cost of
services, such as police and fire, and infrastructure maintenance. The CFD is analyzed
each year and taxes are levied to cover projected costs which will increase incrementally
as more of the CFD-maintained services and improvements come online. An analysis of
the annual costs to provide the services and infrastructure maintenance to the Avila Ranch
development, including administration, is estimated to be $1.7 million at buildout. The City
began collecting Special Taxes from the developed parcels within Avila Ranch and
incorporated this funding into a maintenance budget for the improvements at the
development. The CFD is estimated to generate $1.7 million in annual revenue at buildout,
therefore there is no net fiscal impact anticipated for the City’s budget. Costs for
maintenance of the new open space and public park lots included in the Phases 2 & 3 final
maps will be incorporated into the CFD services budget, which is $232,761 for FY 23-24,
as well as future financial plans. The CFD at Avila Ranch was established in-lieu of a
Homeowners Association, and therefore the CFD funds of approximately $200 per month
per unit provides the maintenance of roads, parks, and other infrastructure within the
development. This cost has previously been determined to be within the City’s financial plan
policy limits for total property tax burden.
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Item 5g
ALTERNATIVES
Deny approval of the final map. Denying approval of the final map is appropriate only
if findings are made that the requirements or conditions of the tentative map have not
been met or performed (Section 66473 of the Subdivision Map Act) or if findings are made
that the final map is not in substantial compliance with the previously approve d tentative
map (Section 66474.1 of the Subdivision Map Act). Because the final map is in substantial
compliance with the tentative map and all the conditions of the map will be met or
securities deposited prior to map recordation, Sections 66474.1 and 664 73 of the
Subdivision Map Act require that City Council approve the map. Therefore, denying
approval of the final map is not a recommended alternative unless the required findings
are made.
ATTACHMENTS
A - Draft Resolution approving the Phases 2 & 3 Final Map
B - Vicinity Map
C - Tentative Map (Tract 3089)
D - Phasing Plan (Tract 3089)
E - Addendum to the Avila Ranch Final EIR
F - Draft Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement
G - Park Layout
H - Draft Subdivision Agreement Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3
I - Draft Final Map Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3
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RESOLUTION NO. _____ (2024 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE FINAL MAP FOR TRACT
3089 PHASES 2 & 3, AVILA RANCH, INCLUDING AN ADDENDUM TO
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT MODIFYING THE
TIMING OF MITIGATION MEASURE TRANS-11 AND AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT IN A FORM
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY (175
VENTURE DRIVE, FMAP-0562-2022)
WHEREAS, the City Council made certain findings concerning the vesting
tentative map for Tract 3089, as prescribed in Resolution No. 10832 (2017 Series); and
WHEREAS, the City Council entered into a Development Agreement with the
Subdivider of Tract 3089 with Ordinance No. 1639 (2017 Series); and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director approved minor corrections to
the tentative map as allowed by the City Municipa l Code and California Government
Code; and
WHEREAS, the subdivider has requested that the Council approve the final map
for Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3; and
WHEREAS, there are certain lots that are offered to the City in fee for public
purposes; and
WHEREAS, Tract 3089 is required to preserve at least 50 acres of on -site open
space and/or agricultural land and preserve at least 50 acres of offsite open space and/or
agricultural land by the recordation of deed restrictions, but only a portion of that i s
required to be preserved with Phases 2 & 3; and
WHEREAS, the subdivider will record a Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement
in order to implement to the goals and requirements of the Avila Ranch Development
Agreement for Phase 3 of the project, as outlined in the 2017 Affordable and Workforce
Housing Plan (Development Agreement Exhibit G); and
WHEREAS, the subdivider will be constructing certain improvements that are
eligible for fee credits per the project’s development approval documents and the City’s
AB1600 fee program; and
WHEREAS, the subdivider will submit appropriate securities to guarantee
installation of the required subdivision improvements as shown on the approved plans
prior to map recordation, and the required fees will be received prior to map recordation,
as prescribed in the Subdivision Agreement, the Development Agreement, and the project
approvals; and
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WHEREAS, all requirements, conditions and mitigation measures required per
said Council Resolution No. 10832 (2017 Series) approving the tentative map and
Ordinance No. 1639 (2017 Series) approving the Development Agreement have been
completed or appropriate securities will be in place to guarantee their completion prior to
Phases 2 & 3 map recordation; and
WHEREAS, the Avila Ranch Development Plan and associated Final
Environmental Impact Report were approved and certified by the City Council on
September 19, 2017, pursuant to Resolution No. 10832 (2017 Series); and
WHEREAS, an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) has
been prepared as shown in Attachment H of the staff report to address modifying the
timing of the construction of a bicycle bridge over Tank Farm Creek south of Buckley
Road identified in Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, and under the revised timing, the south
bicycle bridge will be constructed in Phase 4, concurrent with the bicycle lanes and road
widening on Buckley Road, in order to create continuous bicycle routes and to minimize
construction impacts to properties on the south side of Buckley Road; and
WHEREAS, approval of the final map is statutorily exempt under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15268(b)(3) Ministerial Projects
(approval of final subdivision maps) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (State
CEQA Guidelines), therefore, no further environmental review is required for approval of
the Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 final map.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. The final map for Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 is found to be in
substantial conformance with the tentative map.
SECTION 2. Phases 2 & 3 provide sufficient parkland and park improvements to
meet City requirements based on the projected population and housing o nsite, so there
are no "in-lieu" park fees required.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is authorized to accept fee offers for the open space
and park lots with the signing of the Final Map.
SECTION 4. The draft Phase 3 Affordable Housing Agreement, provided as
Attachment I of the staff report, is in substantial conformance with the 2017 Affordable
and Workforce Housing Plan which was adopted as Exhibit G of the Avila Ranch
Development Agreement.
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SECTION 5. Approval of the final map for Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 is hereby
granted with the understanding that minor changes to the final map for technical accuracy
and condition compliance are still needed. The Public Works Director is authorized to
approve these changes and record the map when it is deemed to be complete, and all
conditions and mitigation measures are complied with.
SECTION 6. The Mayor is authorized to approve revisions to the Subdivision
Agreement for Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 and execute the agreement in a form substantially
the same as shown in Attachment G of the staff report.
SECTION 7. Pursuant to the FEIR Addendum provided as Attachment H of the
staff report, the timing of Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 for the bicycle bridge over Tank
Farm Creek south of Buckley Road is modified to coincide with the widening of Buckley
Road for continuous bike lanes to the east of the new bicycle bridge in Phase 4. Said
modification does not trigger one of the events in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines
and therefore an addendum is appropriate.
SECTION 8. The Public Works Director is authorized to reduce or release
securities for the public improvements once the requirements for release are met and is
authorized to cause the improvements to be accepted into the City’s maintenance system.
SECTION 9. The Mayor and City staff are authorized to take action necessary to
carry out the intent of this resolution.
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SECTION 10. Environmental Review. The Avila Ranch Development Plan (ARDP)
and associated Final Environmental Impact Report, together with the FEI R Addendum,
constitute the complete environmental determination for the project and are hereby
approved. All mitigation measures adopted as part of the ARDP FEIR that are applicable
to the project are carried forward and applied to the project to effective ly mitigate the
impacts that were previously identified. The final map is substantially in conformance with
the tentative map evaluated with these prior environmental determinations. Approval of
the final map is statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15268(b)(3) Ministerial Projects (approval of final subdivision maps)
of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (State CEQA Guidelines). Therefore, no
further environmental review is required.
Upon motion of Council Member ___________, seconded by Council Member
___________, and on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
The foregoing resolution was adopted this _____ day of _______________ 20 24.
___________________________
Mayor Erica A. Stewart
ATTEST:
___________________________
Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________
J. Christine Dietrick, City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of San Luis Obispo, California, on ______________________.
___________________________
Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
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Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the
Avila Ranch Development Plan
December 11, 2023
1. Project Title:
Avila Ranch Development Plan
2. Lead Agency Name and Address:
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
3. Contact Person and Phone Number:
Callie Taylor, Associate Planner
805-781-7016
4. Project Location:
175 Venture Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
5. Project Applicant and Representative Name and address:
Avila Ranch
WCP Developers, LLC
Dan Garson, Director of Land Development
735 Tank Farm Rd Suite 100, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
6. General Plan Designation:
Special Focus Area SP-4. Per Avila Ranch Development Plan: Low-Density Residential,
Medium-Density Residential, Medium-High Density Residential, High-Density
Residential, Neighborhood Commercial, Open Space, Park
7. Zoning:
Per Avila Ranch Development Plan: R-1 Low-Density Residential, R-2 Medium-Density
Residential, R-3 Medium-High Density Residential, R-4 High-Density Residential, C-N
Neighborhood Commercial, Conservation/Open Space C/OS, PF Public Facility, Airport
Area Specific Plan
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8. Description of the Project:
The Avila Ranch Development Plan was approved by the San Luis Obispo City Council
on September 19, 2017. Project entitlements included certification of the Final EIR,
approval of the Avila Ranch Development Plan, Airport Area Specific Plan Amendment,
General Plan Amendment, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Zone Change, Development
Agreement, and establishment of a Community Facilities District. The project includes
720 residential units, 15,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial, open space, and
parks on a 150-acre area which is to be developed within six (6) phases of development
with a phased final map.
9. Project Entitlements Requested:
Previously approved by the City Council on September 19, 2017. Project implementation,
Final Map recordation, permits, and construction are in process.
10. Previous Environmental Review :
The Avila Ranch Development Plan (ARDP) and associated Final Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) were approved and certified by the City Council on September 19, 2017,
pursuant to Resolution No. 10832 (2017 Series). The significance of each impact resulting
from implementation of the Project was determined based on impact significance criteria
and applicable CEQA Guidelines for each impact topic. The EIR found that the Project
would result in significant and unavoidable construction-related and long-term impacts to
air quality, construction-related noise, and long-term transportation and traffic impacts.
Mitigation measures were adopted to reduce the potential impacts where feasible, and
the City Council adopted CEQA findings and a Statement of Overriding Cond itions to
address the identified significant and unavoidable impacts described in the Final EIR.
Buildout of the project is currently underway. The Phase 1 Final Map was recorded in
December 2018, and the Phase 1 residential units are currently under construction. On -
and off-site improvements have been constructed as part of Phase 1, including
transportation improvements to mitigate for the increase in traffic generated by the Tract
3089 development.
11. Purpose of the Addendum:
Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines allows a lead agency to prepare an
addendum to a Final EIR when only “minor technical changes or additions” are necessary
to address the effects of a minor change to the approved project since the Final EIR was
certified. In addition, the lead agency is required to explain its decision not to prepare a
subsequent EIR pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, which requires
subsequent EIRs when proposed changes would require major revisions to the previous
EIR “due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial
increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.”
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Subsequent to certification of the ARDP Final EIR, additional information has been
identified which affects the construction timing of a portion of Mitigation Measure TRANS-
11. This mitigation measure established an obligation for the project to install two
separated bicycle bridges on each side of Buckley Road at Tank Farm Creek. Off-site
property acquisition and temporary construction easements are required in order to install
these improvements on the south side of Buckley Road. Property negotiations are in
process between the developer and the neighboring property owner to the south. Through
the negotiation process, the parties have identified the need to update the timing of the
south bicycle bridge to be consistent and concurrent with the installation the bicycle lanes
and road widening on Buckley Road. The purpose of this Addendum is to document the
revised status of the south bicycle bridge construction timing and to confirm the change
of mitigation timing would not result in any new or more severe significant environmental
effects not previously analyzed in the Final EIR.
The evaluation below discusses the issue areas that are relevant to this Addendum and
covered by the previously approved Final EIR. The evaluation concludes that no new
environmental effects are created and that there is no increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects.
12. Addendum Requirements:
Pursuant to Section 21166 of CEQA and Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines,
when a lead agency has adopted an EIR for a project, a subsequent EIR does not need
to be prepared for the project unless the lead agency determines that one or more of the
following conditions are met:
1. Substantial project changes are proposed that will require major revisions of the
previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
2. Substantial changes would occur with respect to the circumstances under which the
project is undertaken that require major revisions to the previous EIR due to the
involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the
severity of previously identified significant effects; or
3. New information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have
been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR
was adopted shows any of the following:
a. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the
previous EIR; or
b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than
identified in the previous EIR; or
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c. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in
fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects
of the project, but the project proponent declines to adopt the mitigation
measures or alternatives; or
d. Mitigation measures or alternatives that are considerably different from those
analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant
effects on the environment, but the project proponent declines to adopt the
mitigation measures or alternatives.
Preparation of an Addendum to an EIR is appropriate when none of the conditions
specified in Section 15162 (above) are present and some minor technical changes to the
previously certified EIR are necessary to address minor changes to an approved project.
Because the new information would not result in any new or more severe significant
impacts, an Addendum is the appropriate CEQA document.
NEW INFORMATION AND UPDATED PROJECT ELEMENTS
NEWLY DISCOVERED INFORMATION
The Avila Ranch Final EIR, Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, established an obligation for the
project to install two separated bicycle bridges on each side of Buckley Road at Tank Farm
Creek to improve access to safe bicycle routing along Buckley Road.
As originally approved, construction of these bridges was required with Phase 2 of the Avila
Ranch project and was envisioned to be constructed simultaneously with the Buckley Road
Extension, which was also required prior to Phase 2. Avila Ranch has since completed the
Buckley Road Extension, choosing to advance this street extension with Phase 1 of the
development.
The design for the bicycle bridge on the south side of Buckley Road is being processed through
the County of San Luis Obispo permitting review, with issuance of permits pending off-site right-
of-way acquisition. The project applicant has been negotiating with the property owner on the
south side of Buckley Road to obtain off -site property for right-of-way purposes. One of the
primary challenges associated with the right-of-way acquisition is a concern regarding the
functionality and safety of constructing the bicycle bridge with Phase 2, when the bridge would
connect back to a segment of Buckley Road with no existing bike lanes east of the bridge. The
Avila Ranch project is required to construct additional road widening on Buckley east of the
bridge with Phase 4, which will provide 8-foot-wide shoulders/bicycle lanes further to the east.
There has been a request by the property owner to the south, who owns the land on which the
bicycle bridge will be constructed once right-of-way is acquired, to defer construction of this
bicycle bridge until Phase 4 of the Avila Ranch development . Deferral of the bicycle bridge to
Phase 4 would result in a continuous bicycle facility along this segment and limit the overall
duration of construction impacts to the private property owner on the south side of the roadway.
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CHANGED BASELINE CONDITIONS AND UPDATED PROJECT ELEMENTS
The 2017 Final EIR identified project impacts under TRANS-11, which states that the project
development would increase demand for bicycle facilities in an underserved area and would
potentially conflict with the City’s Bicycle Transportation Plan regulations and General Plan
thresholds. Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 was identified in order to mitigate this impact. The
revised timing of construction of the south separated bicycle bridge, identified in Mitigation
Measure TRANS-11, is being evaluated in this Addendum.
The following mitigation measure was adopted in the 2017 Final EIR to provide continuous
bicycle facilities along Buckley Road and reduce transportation related impacts to the greatest
extent feasible:
MM TRANS-11
The Applicant shall construct two (2) separated bicycle bridges on each side of Buckley
Road at Tank Farm Creek and provide connections to Buckley Road so as to provide
continuous and safe bicycle routing along Buckley Road. These sections of roadway and
creek crossings are under the jurisdiction of the County and would need to meet both City
and County design standards to the greatest extent feasible and are subject to approval of
the City’s Public Works Director.
Plan Requirements and Timing. Prior to recordation of the final VTM for Phase 2, the
Applicant shall submit a Public Improvement Plan for the Buckley Road Class II bicycle
lanes and the separated bicycle bridges across Tank Farm Creek. These improvements
shall occur concurrently with the extension of Buckley Road to South Higuera Street during
Phase 2.
Monitoring. The City shall verify that the Applicant has modified the Project design to be in
accordance with the BTP and the AASP.
These improvements were required to address a transportation policy impact related to the City’s
Bicycle Transportation Plan, which identified future plans to provide continuous bicycle facilities
along Buckley Road. The timing of this mitigation measure was not developed based on any
quantitative threshold of significance or number of units, but rather was developed with the
general intent to provide for orderly development and infrastructure improvements as the
development builds out.
In addition, Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 was also proposed to partially address Air Quality
Impact AQ-4, which was a significant but mitigable impact. AQ-4 states that construction and
operation of the Project would result in impacts to global climate change from the emissi ons of
Greenhouse Gases and would be potentially inconsistent with the City’s Climate Action Plan.
Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 requires bicycle bridges to facility alternative transportation,
which would in turn serve to lower GHGs.
Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, including the north and south separate bicycle bridges, was
originally intended to coincide with the Buckley Road Extension in Phase 2. However, the
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developer completed the Buckley Road extension ahead of schedule, prior to Phase 1 of the
development. Road widening and 8-foot-wide shoulders/bicycle lanes on Buckley Road are
required to be installed during Phase 4 of the development, as identified in Tentative Tract Map
Condition of Approval #107.
Staff from the City of San Luis Obispo and the County of San Luis Obispo have met with the
Avila Ranch project developer and the neighboring property to south who owns the area needed
for road widening and installation of the bicycle bridge. The neighboring property owner has
brought up concerns with installing the bicycle facilities in a piecemeal fashion. There are also
concerns that installing the bicycle bridges near the South Higuera intersection in close proximity
to the Bob Jones Trail will attract bicyclists and pedestrians for recreational use on Buckley
Road; however, road widening and continuous bicycle lanes to the east of the bridge would not
be installed until Phase 4. A Phase 2 bridge installation would thereby create an interim time
period where bicycle facilities are sporadic and non-continuous.
As a result of this newly discovered information and the change in conditions described above,
the proposed timing of the construction of the south bicycle bridge is being modified to create
concurrent construction timing with the rest of the bicycle route on Buckley Road during Phase
4.
Both City and County Public Works staff have considered the Avila Ranch representative’s
formal request to defer construction of the bicycle bridge on the south side of Buckley Road to
Phase 4 of the development and concur with this request. Based on staff’s review, this
modification would not result in any new or exacerbated impacts as identified in the approved
project EIR and the project would retain the obligation to improve bicycle facilit ies on Buckley
Road for consistency with the City’s adopted Bicycle Transportation Plan (now Active
Transportation Plan). Concurrent Phase 4 installation will address the safety concerns of the
non-continuous segments of bike paths. It will meet the intent of the mitigation measure to create
continuous bicycle facilities on Buckley Road and implement the goals of the Active
Transportation Plan. Concurrent construction in Phase 4 will also minimize construction related
impacts on the property owner to south, who Avila Ranch is currently working with to acquire off-
site property for the bicycle improvements.
Based on the EIR analysis, the timing of the bridges had no bearing on the conclusion that the
impact was significant. The impacts analyzed in TRANS-11 of the 2017 EIR will still be mitigated
by the mitigation measure in its modified form with revised timing. The revised timing of the
bicycle bridge installation will serve the original intention of creating continuous bicycle lanes on
Buckley Road and providing alternative transportation methods upon completion of construction.
Impacts identified in TRANS-11 and AQ-4 will be mitigated as originally intended by constructing
the bicycle bridges concurrently with the bicycle lanes on Buckley Road.
For clarity, the requirement to construct the bicycle bridge on the north side of Buckley Road will
remain a condition tied to Phase 2 of the development, as originally required by Mitigation
Measure TRANS-11. Construction of the north bridge facility would not require acquisition of off-
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site right-of-way, and it would be located further to the north and connected to the Class 1 bicycle
facilities within Avila Ranch.
MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE FINAL EIR
The project timing revisions noted above would result in minor changes to the approved project
and Final EIR and are therefore evaluated in this Addendum, below.
Transportation. The Final EIR determined that impacts to Transportation under TRANS-11 are
significant but mitigable. Implementation of several required mitigation measures would reduce
Transportation impacts to the greatest extent feasible. Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 requires
the installation of separated bicycle facilities on both the north and south side of Buckley Road
in order to create continuous bicycle routes on Buckley Road along the project frontage. The
improvements will be designed and installed as originally required, however, the timing will be
modified to be tied to other adjacent bicycle facility improvements in the area. The north bridge
over Tank Farm Creek, which is connected to the Class 1 path within Avila Ranch, will be
installed during Phase 2, as required by the original mitigation measure. The south bridge ov er
Tank Farm Creek will be installed in Phase 4, concurrent with Buckley Road widening and
installation of bicycle lanes on Buckley Road, thereby creating continuous bicycle routes on
Buckley Road as was intended by the original mitigation measure. Therefore, no new or more
severe impacts would occur beyond what was previously analyzed in the Final EIR.
Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 as updated would be consistent with the City of San Luis
Obispo’s Active Transportation Plan. With implementation of Mitigation Measure TRANS-11, the
project would continue to reduce impacts identified under TRANS-11 and AQ-4 to the greatest
extent feasible. Implementation of revised timing of a portion of Mitigation Measure TRANS-11
would not change the environmental determination of the identified impacts or other resource
sections in the Final EIR. Therefore, no new or more severe impacts would occur beyond what
was previously analyzed in the Final EIR.
DETERMINATION
In accordance with Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the City of San Luis Obispo
has determined that this Addendum to the certified Final EIR is necessary to document changes
or additions that have occurred since the Final EIR was originally certified. The changes
proposed are relatively minor in nature and, as documented above, would not result in any new
significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified
significant effects. Additionally, no new information of substantial importance that was not known
and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous
Final EIR was adopted has been identified.
The preparation of a subsequent environmental document is not necessary because:
1. None of the circumstances included in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines have
occurred which require a subsequent environmental document:
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a. The project changes do not result in new or substantially more severe
environmental impacts.
b. The circumstances under which the project is undertaken will not require major
changes to the IS/MND.
c. The modified project does not require any substantive changes to previously
approved mitigation measures.
2. The changes are consistent with City General Plan goals and polices that promote
provision of additional housing within the City.
The City has reviewed and considered the information contained in this Addendum and finds
that the preparation of subsequent CEQA analysis that would require public circula tion is not
necessary. This Addendum does not require circulation because it does not provide significant
new information that changes the adopted Final EIR in a way that deprives the public of a
meaningful opportunity to comment upon a substantial adverse environmental effect of the
project or a feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect. The City shall consider this
Addendum with the certified Final EIR as part of the basis for potential approval of on- and off-
site subdivision improvements for the Avila Ranch Project.
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RECORDING REQUESTED BY AND
WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
City of San Luis Obispo
Community Development Department
919 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
Attn: Community Development Director
No fee for recording pursuant to (Space above for Recorder's Use)
Government Code Section 27383
AVILA RANCH PHASE 3
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AND
DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
(For-Sale Moderate-Income Units, WHIP Units, and R-4 For-Rent Affordable Units)
This AVILA RANCH PHASE 3 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AND
DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS (“Agreement”) is made and entered into on
_________________, by and among the City of San Luis Obispo, a California charter city and
municipal corporation (the “City”), Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., a California corporation
(“ARD”) and FG2 Holdings, LLC, a California limited liability company; Avila Ranch EA, LLC, a
California limited liability company; and, CJ Holdings, LP, a California limited partnership
(collectively Adjoining Landowners”), and Avila Ranch LP, a California limited partnership (the
“Affordable Housing Provider”). The City, ARD, Adjoining Landowners and Affordable
Housing Provider are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” and individually
as a “Party”.
RECITALS
A. On September 19, 2017, the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo (“City
Council”) adopted Resolution No. 10832 approving the Development Plan and Vesting Tentative
Tract Map 3089 (“Vesting Tentative Tract Map”) relating to the Avila Ranch Development Plan
consisting of 720 residential units across Phases 1 through 6 (the “Project”).
B. On October 3, 2017, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1639 approving that
certain Development Agreement dated November 2, 2017, and later, on April 2, 2019, adopted
Ordinance No. 1662 to amend said agreement (the “Development Agreement”). The
Development Agreement sets forth certain terms and conditions regarding the development of
Project.
C. The Vesting Tentative Tract Map and Development Agreement, collectively,
constitute the “Avila Ranch Project Approvals.”
D. Pursuant to the Development Agreement, the City, ARD and the Adjoining
Landowners agree that the affordable housing requirements for the Project will be satisfied by
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providing 24 rental units to Lower-Income Households, 8 two-bedroom/1-bath “rental” units to
Low-Income Households, 35 Moderate-Income Units including (27) “for-sale” (“Moderate-
Income For-Sale Units”) and (8) two-bedroom/1-bath “rental” units (“Moderate-Income For-
Rent Units”), and 25 for-sale Workforce Housing Incentive Program units (“WHIP Units”) in
the Project.
E. The Development Agreement requires the developer of Avila Ranch, currently
Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., (“ARD”), to dedicate Vesting Tentative Tract Map Lot 300 to an
affordable housing provider, for the purpose of constructing and managing twenty-four (24) lower-
income rental units (the “R-4 Affordable Component”). In addition, the Development
Agreement requires ARD to construct and manage eight (8) two-bedroom/1-bath low-income
rental units and eight (8) two-bedroom/1-bath moderate-income rental units (“ARD’s R-4
Affordable Units”) in conjunction with ARD’s 85 market rate R-4 units (“ARD’s R-4 Market
Units”) on Vesting Tentative Tract Map Lot No. 301 (now Lot 327 Phase 2&3 Final Map) (“R-4
Market Rate Property”).
F. On December 1, 2022, ARD dedicated Lot 186 commonly referred to as 165 Cessna
Court, San Luis Obispo, CA, more particularly described in attached Exhibit A incorporated herein
by this reference (the “R-4 Affordable Property”) to Avila Ranch, LP to construct and manage
the R-4 Affordable Housing Component.
G. ARD requested and the City has agreed that ARD’s R-4 Affordable Units can and
should be constructed and managed by the Affordable Housing Provider on the R-4 Affordable
Property, in addition to the R-4 Affordable Component, finding that with a density bonus on the
R-4 Affordable Property to provide an additional 19 moderate-income units (“Density Bonus
Units”), the transfer of the ARD’s R-4 Affordable Units to the R-4 Affordable Property is
consistent with the intent of the Avila Ranch Project Approvals and making the development of
the R-4 Affordable Property as affordable housing project more feasible.
H. Density Bonus Law requires the City to ensure continued affordability of the units
that qualify an applicant for the density bonus. To satisfy ARD’s Phase 1 and Phase 3 low and
moderate rental inclusionary housing requirements established by the Development Agreement
and to satisfy the requirements of Density Bonus Law, the Parties have agreed that the Affordable
Housing Provider will be required by separate agreement to rent the R-4 Affordable Component,
Density Bonus Units and ARD’s R-4 Affordable Units subject to certain affordability restrictions
and as generally outlined in these Recitals (“R-4 Affordable Housing Agreement”).
I. ARD is currently under option to purchase the real property that encompasses
Phases 2 & 3 Tract Map 3089.
J. ARD and Adjoining Landowners are processing a final map known as “Tract Map
No. 3089 Phase 2 & 3” which includes phase 3 of the Project (“Phase 3”).
K. Adjoining Landowners are the owners of that certain real property identified herein
as the “Moderate Income For-Sale Units” and “WHIP Units” more particularly described in
Exhibit A, attached hereto, and incorporated herein and are sometimes collectively referred to
herein individually as the “Moderate-Income Lots” and the “WHIP Lots” and collectively as the
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“Affordable Lots.” The specific locations of the Affordable Lots are more particularly depicted
in Exhibit B, attached hereto, and incorporated herein.
L. Consistent with the affordable housing requirements found in the Development
Agreement, the City and ARD have agreed that in conjunction with Phase 3, ARD will construct
and sell, three (3) Moderate-Income Units to Moderate Income Households, in conformance with
the sales prices and income limits set forth in the City's “Below Market Rate Housing
Standards” published by the City's Community Development Department to implement the
Inclusionary Housing Ordinance pursuant to Title 17 of the City’s Municipal Code Chapter 17.138
at the time of sale of each unit. Additionally, the Parties have further agreed that Phase 3 will
include ARD’s construction and sale of five (5) WHIP Units to be sold to Workforce Income
Households, in conformance with the sales prices and income limits set forth in Article 4 of this
Agreement.
M. The Development Agreement and the Below Market Rate Housing Standards
require the Moderate-Income Units first be sold to, and occupied by, buyers from Moderate
Income Households (as defined in this Agreement), and the Development Agreement requires the
WHIP Units first be sold to, and occupied by, buyers from Workforce Income Households (as
defined in this Agreement).
N. Pursuant to the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, there are different approaches to
maintaining long-term affordability of required affordable units, including the property owner
agreeing to participate in a Shared Equity Purchase Program (defined below in Section 1.1(aa)).
O. ARD and Adjoining Landowners are electing to proceed under the Shared Equity
Purchase Program with respect to the Moderate-Income Units constructed and sold on the
Affordable Lots pursuant to this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree and acknowledge that the foregoing Recitals are
true and accurate, and are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference, and the Parties
mutually acknowledge and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS
Section 1.1. Definitions. In addition to terms defined in the Recitals and elsewhere in
this Agreement, for purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Administrator” means Below Market Rate Program Administrator,
whose tasks are described in Section 7.3, which may either be the City itself or a third-party
administrator engaged by and acting as an agent for the City in connection with management of
the City's Below Market Rate program pursuant to an Agreement entered into between the City
and the Administrator, as such Agreement may be amended or replaced from time to time.
(b) “Affordable Sales Price” means (i) the maximum allowable sales price for
a Moderate-Income For-Sale Unit in effect at the time of its sale to an Eligible Household, which
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is to be calculated in accordance with the formula provided in the Below Market Rate Housing
Standards for Moderate Income Households, and (ii) with respect to WHIP Units, such price as is
calculated in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 4.
(c) “Affordable Units” means collectively the Moderate-Income For-Sale
Units and the WHIP Units to be constructed in Phase 3, which are required by this Agreement to
be sold to Eligible Households at an Affordable Sales Price.
(d) “Area Median Income” shall mean the median gross yearly income
adjusted for assumed Household Size, in San Luis Obispo County, California, as published and
periodically updated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD),
or in the event that such income determinations are no longer published or are not updated for a
period of at least eighteen (18) months, the median gross yearly income adjusted for assumed
Household Size, in San Luis Obispo County, California as published and periodically updated by
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
(e) “ARD’s R-4 Market Units” is described in Recital E.
(f) “BMR Underwriter” whose tasks are described in Section 7.4, means
Peoples Self Help Housing Corporation, or other similar entity engaged by ARD with the consent
of City.
(g) “Director” means the Community Development Director of the City or
successor position.
(h) “Down Payment Assistance Program” is described in Section 4.1.3.
(i) “Eligible Household” means a household which has been determined by
the BMR Underwriter to be a Moderate-Income Household eligible to purchase a Moderate-
Income Unit in compliance with Article 3 of this Agreement, and for the purposes of the WHIP
Units, a Workforce Income Household eligible to purchase a WHIP Unit in accordance with the
terms detailed in Article 4 of this Agreement.
(j) “Eligibility Screening” is defined as the process of determining eligibility
in accordance with the City’s Below Market Rate Housing Standards and Below Market Rate
Purchase Guidelines.
(k) “Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust” means the Purchase Money Deed of
Trust, Deed of Trust Covenants, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing in
substantially the form provided in Exhibit D executed by each Initial Eligible Household that
secures the Initial Eligible Household’s performance under the Homebuyer/City Note.
(l) “Homebuyer/City Note” means the Occupancy, Resale, and Refinancing
Restriction Agreement, with Option to Purchase and Promissory Note Secured by Deed of Trust,
in substantially the form provided in Exhibit C and executed by each Initial Eligible Household.
(m) “Household Income” means the combined gross, pre-tax income of all
adult occupants of the applicant household.
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(n) “Household Size” shall mean the actual number of persons residing within
the applicable household.
(o) “Income Certification” means an initial Eligible Household income
certification/certificate of resident eligibility, and includes all sources used in verifying income
and assets (including, but not limited to, third party verification, checking and savings accounts,
pay stubs, verification of assets).
(p) “Initial Eligible Household” means the initial purchaser of an Affordable
Unit.
(q) “Low Income Household” is defined in the City of San Luis Obispo's
Below Market Rate Housing Standards and means a household with a Household Income that
equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) and does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the Area
Median Income.
(r) “Lower-Income Household” is defined in the City of San Luis Obispo's
Below Market Rate Housing Standards and means a household with a Household Income that
equals or exceeds zero percent (0%) and does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the Area Median
Income.
(s) “Marketing” or “Market” is defined as a service in which the Owner, with
respect to new Affordable Units, or the Administrator, with respect to existing Affordable Units
will advertise the availability of such Affordable Units. Marketing may utilize social media and
in-person outreach as well as the listing of the unit on Multiple Listing Services (MLS) and the
Administrator’s website.
(t) “Moderate Income Household” is defined in the City of San Luis Obispo's
Below Market Rate Housing Standards and means a household with a Household Income that
equals or exceeds eighty percent (80%) and does not exceed one-hundred and twenty percent
(120%) of the Area Median Income.
(u) “Moderate-Income For-Rent Unit” means those deed restricted units
described in Article 5 which are constructed and rented to Moderate Income Households.
(v) “Moderate-Income For-Sale Unit” means those deed restricted units
described in Article 3 which are constructed and sold to Moderate Income Buyers.
(w) “Moderate-Income Unit Affordability Period” means, subject to the
Shared Equity Program, a period of forty-five (45) years from the date of sale to the Initial Eligible
Household.
(x) “Multiple Listing Services (MLS)” is a database established by
cooperating real estate brokers to provide data about properties for sale. An MLS allows brokers
to see one another's listings of properties for sale with the goal of connecting Homebuyers to
sellers.
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(y) “Opportunity Drawing” is defined as the process in which interested
households are put into an interest list for a specific Affordable Unit that is being marketed. This
list is ordered based on the preferences set by the Development Agreement and the City’s Below
Market Rate Housing Purchase Guidelines.
(z) “Owner” means ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners, as their respective
interests may exist. Whenever the term “Owner” is used in this Agreement, such term shall include
any other successors and assigns as herein provided.
(aa) "R-4 Affordable Housing Project" is defined as the development
consisting of the R-4 Affordable Component, together with ARD's R-4 Affordable Units and the
Density Bonus Units on the R-4 Affordable Property, consisting of fifty-nine (59) Affordable Units
and one manager’s unit.
(bb) R-4 Market Rate Property” is described in Recital E.
(cc) “Shared Equity Agreement” means the Shared Equity Agreement and
Lien, in substantially the form provided in Exhibit C, executed by ARD with respect to each
Moderate-Income Unit that secures the performance of ARD and an Initial Eligible Household
under the Shared Equity Share Purchase Program provisions stated in Inclusionary Housing
Ordinance Section 17.138.100.
(dd) “Shared Equity Purchase Program” means City’s Shared Equity
Purchase Program pursuant to Section 17.138.100 of Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
(ee) “Transfer” is defined in Section 7.10.
(ff) “WHIP Unit Affordability Period” means the period described below in
Section 4.1.2.
(gg) “Workforce Housing Incentive Program Unit” or “WHIP Unit” means
those deed restricted units provided to families in the Workforce Income Household.
(hh) “Workforce Income Household” is defined in Article 4 and means a
household with a Household Income that equals or exceeds one-hundred and twenty percent
(120%) but does not exceed one-hundred and sixty percent (160%) of the Area Median Income.
Section 1.2 Exhibits. The following exhibits are attached to this Agreement and
incorporated herein by this reference (Exhibits C through H, are provide as templates and may be
amended to reflect consistency with the Development Agreement):
Exhibit A Legal Description of the Property
Exhibit B Map Showing Location of Affordable Units and the R-4 Affordable
Housing Project
Exhibit C Form of Shared Equity Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Homebuyer/City Note
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Exhibit E Form of Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust
Exhibit F Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Guidelines
Exhibit G Form of WHIP Homebuyer/City Note
Exhibit H Form of WHIP Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust
ARTICLE 2.
CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT AND AFFORDABLE UNITS
Section 2.1. Construction of Affordable Units. ARD and City have agreed that in Phase
3, ARD will construct and sell on the Moderate-Income Lots, the Moderate-Income Units,
consisting of one (1) home with two bedrooms/one bath and two (2) homes with three
bedrooms/two baths in the approximate location shown and described on Exhibit B in conformance
with the provisions of Article 3 herein. Further, ARD and City have agreed that in Phase 3, ARD
will construct and sell on the WHIP Lots, the WHIP Units, consisting of two (2) homes with two
bedrooms/one bath and three (3) homes with three bedrooms/two baths in the approximate location
shown and described on Exhibit B in conformance with the provisions of Article 4 herein.
Section 2.2. Construction of R-4 Affordable Housing Project. The Parties have agreed
that the Affordable Housing Provider will construct the R-4 Affordable Housing Project,
consisting of thirty-two (32) rental units to Lower-Income Households (including, without
limitation, eight (8) two-bedroom/1-bath rental units to Low-Income Households), twenty-seven
(27) rental units to Moderate-Income Households (including, without limitation, eight (8) two-
bedroom/1-bath rental units to Moderate-Income Households), and one (1) manager’s unit, for a
total of sixty (60) rental units, in the approximate location shown and described on Exhibit B in
conformance with the provisions of Article 5 herein.
Section 2.3. Construction Timing. The Affordable Units will be constructed together
with the construction of adjacent units in the Project and will be shown on all planning applications
and may be identified on construction documents prior to building permit issuance. No certificates
of occupancy or final inspections will be issued for any units in the Project unless the Affordable
Units are constructed concurrently with the closest geographic proximity market rate units.
Section 2.4. Design and Appearance of Affordable Units. The design, bedroom count,
appearance, and general quality of the Affordable Units will be of the same character as the Project
as a whole. If, after recordation of this Agreement, the Owner propose to change the bedroom size
or affordability level of any Affordable Unit within the Project, the Owner shall submit a written
request for such change to the Director, who shall have sole discretion to approve or deny such
request (amendments shall comply with Section 6.16 of this Agreement). Homeowners of the
Affordable Units shall have equal access to and enjoyment of all common facilities of the Project.
Section 2.5. Use of Affordable Units. The Affordable Units will be sold only to Initial
Eligible Households to be occupied in accordance with the relevant Exhibits applicable to such
Affordable Units, and City’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
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ARTICLE 3.
SALE OF MODERATE-INCOME UNITS
The provisions of this Article 3 will apply to the Moderate-Income Lots described in
Exhibit “B”:
Section 3.1. Sale of Moderate-Income Units by ARD to Eligible Households.
(a) ARD will sell the three (3) Moderate-Income Units to Initial Eligible
Households at an Affordable Sales Price as determined by the City’s Below Market Rate Housing
Standards and the Development Agreement, respectively. The Affordable Sales Price will be the
absolute maximum price that ARD or any other seller may receive as compensation for the sale of
a Moderate-Income Unit to an Initial Eligible Household.
(b) ARD will actively market the Moderate-Income Units, openly and in the
same general manner as the Project as a whole, allow prospective buyers to view the Moderate-
Income Units, model units or floor plans, disclosure documents, and any other relevant sales
materials, as may be available. ARD's sales agents will provide the same general quality of
customer service to the Moderate-Income Units buyers as provided to market-rate buyers, will
display information about the availability of the Moderate-Income Units in a readily noticeable
manner in the sales office and/or Project sales website, will disclose the restrictions associated
with each unit type to any prospective buyers in a timely manner and request that potential
purchasers submit eligibility applications to determine if they qualify as Eligible Households.
Marketing and sale of the Moderate-Income Units will be subject to the “SLO Workers First” local
preference program set forth in “Exhibit G” to the Development Agreement.
(c) Prior to ARD entering into a contract with an Initial Eligible Household to
purchase an Affordable Unit, the Initial Eligible Household shall be certified as an Eligible
Household by the BMR Underwriter. The Owner shall not self-select buyers nor conduct initial
eligibility screenings.
(d) ARD agrees to work with the Administrator, as reasonably necessary, but
at no additional cost to ARD (excluding reasonable time and resources), for the effective
management of the City’s Below Market Rate program as it relates to the Below Market Rate Units
contemplated in this Agreement.
(e) Once certified, Eligible Households will submit any purchase offers directly
to ARD, and ARD will accept offers to purchase in the order received, provided that such offers
include a letter from the BMR Underwriter, that the buyer is an Eligible Household, a valid check
for the required good faith deposit, and a preliminary first mortgage loan approval. ARD will
conduct any additional screening of applicants deemed necessary and not in violation of fair
housing laws.
(f) Selected Eligible Households will be responsible for obtaining their own
financing for their purchase of a Moderate-Income Unit.
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(g) Selected Eligible Households will enter into a Shared Equity Agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, whereby the agreement is recorded on title
against the Moderate-Income Unit, securing and stating City’s Equity Share in the subject unit,
and requiring compliance with City’s Shared Equity Purchase Program.
(h) Purchase contracts between ARD and Eligible Households will include
requirements that each buyer execute the documents for the benefit of the City as described in
Section 3.3 below.
(i) The escrow instructions for the sale of an Moderate-Income Unit will
stipulate that the Homebuyer/City Note, Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust, and the Shared Equity
Agreement, will be recorded against the Unit at close of escrow on the sale to the Eligible
Household; and that the Homebuyer/City Note, Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust and the Shared
Equity Agreement, will be recorded junior only to the lien of the deed of trust securing the Eligible
Household's first purchase money mortgage loan, or to a second mortgage loan only if such loan
is provided by a public agency which requires such subordination, or as otherwise approved in
writing by the City.
(j) A Request for Notice of Default and Sale for the benefit of the City will be
recorded for each deed of trust recorded at close of escrow.
(k) Within five (5) days following the sale of any Moderate-Income Unit by
ARD to an Initial Eligible Household, ARD will forward, or will cause escrow officer to forward
to the City, copies of the buyer's and seller's settlement statement and all closing documents,
including the Homebuyer/City Note, the Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust, and the Shared Equity
Agreement executed in connection with the sale.
(l) If ARD has not received any purchase offer from an Eligible Household for
a Moderate-Income Unit within one hundred eighty (180) days after such unit has been offered for
sale, ARD shall provide a one hundred eighty (180) days' notice to the City and shall satisfy any
further conditions that may be reasonably required by the City, including but not limited to, further
efforts to find an Eligible Household and/or additional marketing by ARD to attract an offer to
purchase from an Eligible Household. If escrow has not closed on the Moderate-Income Unit sale
within an additional sixty (60) days from date of ARD's acceptance of such an offer under this sub-
section, if the City consents in writing, ARD may sell the Moderate-Income Unit at its fair market
value and pay to the City an amount equal to the difference between the actual contract sales price
and the Affordable Sales Price. As an alternative, if the parties mutually agree, ARD may sell the
Moderate-Income Unit to the City or the City's designee for the Affordable Sales Price to satisfy
ARD's obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Affordable Unit.
Section 3.2. Moderate-Income For-Sale Unit Affordability Period. Subject to the Shared
Equity provisions contained below in Section 3.3, the Moderate-Income Units shall be occupied
by a Moderate-Income Household for a minimum of forty-five (45) years. If the owner of a
Moderate-Income Unit sells that Unit within the initial 45 years, the Unit shall be sold to another
Moderate-Income Income Household and subject to a new 45-year deed restriction. After the
initial sale of a Moderate-Income Unit, the deed restriction and occupancy of Moderate-Income
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Units will be monitored, controlled, and enforced by the City.
Section 3.3. Shared Equity Homebuyer Documents and Security Instruments. Prior to
the sale of each Moderate-Income Unit, ARD will ensure that:
(a) The Initial Eligible Household signs a Shared Equity Agreement in
substantially the form shown as Exhibit C.
(b) The Initial Eligible Household and the City execute a Homebuyer/City Note
in substantially the form shown as Exhibit D.
(c) The Initial Eligible Household signs a Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust in
substantially the form shown as Exhibit E.
ARTICLE 4
SALE OF WHIP UNITS
The provisions of this Article 4 will apply to the WHIP Lots described in Exhibit “B”:
Section 4.1 Workforce Housing Incentive Program (WHIP).
(a) In Phase 3, ARD agrees to construct and sell five (5) WHIP Units to families
in the Workforce Income Households at prices limited to no more than that required to achieve an
Index of Affordability (“Index”) of 31% (cost of housing including mortgage principal, mortgage
interest, taxes and insurance divided b y 140% of the Area Median Income). The maximum
purchase price would be equal to 5.65 times (140% of 4.05 multiplier) the median income for each
household size. Marketing and sale of the WHIP Units will be subject to the “SLO Workers First”
local preference program set forth in “Exhibit G” to the Development Agreement. The Affordable
Sales Price shall be the absolute maximum price that ARD or any other seller may receive as
compensation for the sale of a WHIP Unit to an Initial Eligible Household.
(b) ARD will actively market the WHIP Units, openly and in the same general
manner as the Project as a whole, allow prospective buyers to view the WHIP Units, model units
or floor plans, disclosure documents, and any other relevant sales materials, as may be available.
ARD's sales agents will provide the same general quality of customer service to the WHIP Units
buyers as provided to market-rate buyers, will display information about the availability of the
WHIP Units in a readily noticeable manner in the sales office and/or Project sales website, will
disclose the restrictions associated with each unit type to any prospective buyers in a timely manner
and request that potential purchasers submit eligibility applications to determine if they qualify as
Eligible Households. Marketing and sale of the WHIP Units will be subject to the “SLO Workers
First” local preference program set forth in “Exhibit G” to the Development Agreement.
(c) Prior to entering ARD into a contract with an Initial Eligible Household to
purchase an Affordable Unit, the Initial Eligible Household shall be certified as an Eligible
Household by the BMR Underwriter. The Owner shall not self-select buyers nor conduct initial
eligibility screenings.
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(d) ARD agrees to work with the Administrator, as reasonably necessary, but
at no additional cost to ARD (excluding reasonable time and resources), for the effective
management of the City’s Below Market Rate program as it relates to the Below Market Rate Units
contemplated in this Agreement.
(e) Once certified, Eligible Households will submit any purchase offers directly
to ARD, and ARD will accept offers to purchase in the order received, provided that such offers
include a letter from the BMR Underwriter, that the buyer is an Eligible Household, a valid check
for the required good faith deposit, and a preliminary first mortgage loan approval. ARD will
conduct any additional screening of applicants deemed necessary and not in violation of fair
housing laws.
(f) Selected Eligible Households will be responsible for obtaining their own
financing for their purchase of a WHIP Unit.
(g) Selected Eligible Households will enter into a WHIP Homebuyer/Deed of
Trust in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, whereby the Deed of Trust is recorded
on title against the WHIP Unit, securing and stating Down Payment Assistance for the subject unit
(if applicable), in compliance with City’s Down Payment Assistance Guidelines, Exhibit F.
(h) Purchase contracts between ARD and Eligible Households will include
requirements that each buyer execute the documents for the benefit of the City as described in
Section 4.4 below.
(i) The escrow instructions for the sale of a WHIP Unit will stipulate that the
WHIP Homebuyer/City Note, and WHIP Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust will be recorded against
the Unit at close of escrow on the sale to the Eligible Household; and that the WHIP
Homebuyer/City Note and WHIP Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust will be recorded junior only to
the lien of the deed of trust securing the Eligible Household's first purchase money mortgage loan,
or to a second mortgage loan only if such loan is provided by a public agency which requires such
subordination, or as otherwise approved in writing by the City.
(j) A Request for Notice of Default and Sale for the benefit of the City will be
recorded for each deed of trust recorded at close of escrow.
(k) Within five (5) days following the sale of any WHIP Unit by ARD to an
Initial Eligible Household, ARD will forward, or will cause escrow officer to forward to the City,
copies of the buyer's and seller's settlement statement and all closing documents, including the
WHIP Homebuyer/City Note and the WHIP Homebuyer/City Deed of Trust executed in
connection with the sale.
(l) If ARD has not received any purchase offer from an Eligible Household
for a WHIP Unit within one hundred eighty (180) days after such unit has been offered for
sale, ARD shall provide a one hundred eighty (180) days' notice to the City and shall satisfy
any further conditions that may be reasonably required by the City, including but not limited
to, further efforts to find an Eligible Household and/or additional marketing by ARD to attract
an offer to purchase from an Eligible Household. If escrow has not closed on the WHIP Unit
sale within an additional sixty (60) days from date of ARD's acceptance of such an offer under
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this sub-section, if the City consents in writing, ARD may sell the WHIP Unit at its fair market
value and pay to the City an amount equal to the difference between the actual contract sales
price and the Affordable Sales Price. As an alternative, if the parties mutually agree, ARD may
sell the WHIP Unit to the City or the City's designee for the Affordable Sales Price to satisfy
ARD's obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Affordable Unit.
Section 4.2. WHIP Unit Affordability Period. The WHIP Units must be occupied by a
Workforce Income Household for a minimum of ten (10) years. If the owner of a WHIP Unit sells
that Unit within the initial 10 years, the Unit must be sold to another Workforce Income Household
and subject to a new 10-year deed restriction. After the initial sale of a WHIP Unit, the deed
restriction and occupancy of WHIP Units will be monitored, controlled, and enforced by the City.
Section 4.3. Down Payment Assistance. Prior to the initial Closing of each WHIP
Unit, ARD agrees to contribute a sum equal to five (5%) percent of the purchase price of the
Workforce home, not to exceed $20,000 to the City’s Down Payment Assistance Program Fund
(“DPA Funds”). The parties agree that once paid, this contribution by ARD constitutes
compliance with ARD’s down payment assistance obligations under Exhibit G of the Development
Agreement. ARD may alternatively make a lump-sum contribution to City for all covered WHIP
Units to satisfy ARD’s down payment assistance obligations under Exhibit G of the Development
Agreement. The City agrees to utilize said DPA Funds to assist the buyer of such WHIP unit with
the purchase of that WHIP unit, including but not limited to, contributing said funds to buyer’s
down payment as a loan consistent with the City's DPA program. ARD acknowledges that the
DPA Funds will be subject to an interest-bearing promissory note, secured by a deed of trust in
favor of the City and when said DPA Funds are recouped by the City, in keeping with the terms
of the Development Agreement, City will utilize these recouped DPA Funds to assist any income
qualifying household who purchases a home in Avila Ranch. Notwithstanding the foregoing, City
may utilize said recouped DPA Funds in City’s discretion in conjunction with affordable housing
assistance throughout the City of San Luis Obispo.
Section 4.4. Homebuyer Documents and Security Instruments. Prior to the sale of each
WHIP Unit, ARD will ensure that:
(a) The Initial Eligible Household and the City execute a WHIP
Homebuyer/City Note in substantially the form shown as Exhibit G.
(b) The Initial Eligible Household signs a WHIP Homebuyer/City Deed of
Trust in substantially the form shown as Exhibit H.
ARTICLE 5.
CONSTRUCTION OF R-4 FOR-RENT AFFORDABLE UNITS
The provision of this Article 5 shall apply to the R-4 Affordable Property:
Section 5.1. Requirement of Development Agreement. Pursuant to the requirements in
Exhibit G to the Development Agreement, on December 1, 2022, ARD dedicated the R-4
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Affordable Property to Affordable Housing Provider, to construct and manage the R-4 Affordable
Housing Component. Affordable Housing Provider, in turn, plans to construct the R-4 Affordable
Housing Project. Subject to an allocation of low-income housing tax credits and tax credit
syndication Affordable Housing Provider shall construct the R-4 Affordable Housing Project on
the R-4 Affordable Property, and the Affordable Housing Provider shall enter into the R-4
Affordable Housing Agreement, restricting the R-4 Affordable Property for a period of time
consistent with the applicable provisions of Government Code Sections 65915 through 65918,
inclusive.
Section 5.2. Affordable Housing Rental Site. Affordable Housing Agreement and
Declaration of Restrictive Covenants (Document No. 2021083395) for Phase 1 of Avila Ranch
identified Lot 188 as the Land Dedication for an affordable housing provider to construct 24
Lower-Income Units. The City, the Adjoining Landowners, and ARD agree to change the Land
Dedication from Lot 188 to the R-4 Affordable Property, to accommodate a larger affordable
housing project that will consist of at least 59 affordable housing units. The Phase 1 Affordable
Housing Agreement will be amended by separate document to accurately reflect the foregoing
change. In addition to the 24 Lower-Income Units that are required to be constructed by ARD,
the City and ARD agree to transfer the eight (8) Low-Income 2-bedroom/1-bath units and eight
(8) Moderate Income 2-bedroom/1-bath units from ARD’s market rate apartment development to
the R-4 Affordable Property in recognition of the Affordable Housing Provider’s commitment to
develop and construct the R-4 Affordable Housing Project.
Section 5.3. Restrictive Covenant. To ensure ARD’s and Adjoining Landowners’
obligation to provide the R-4 Affordable Component and ARD’s R-4 Affordable Units, and to
ensure the Affordable Housing Provider completes construction of the R-4 Affordable Housing
Project, the Parties agree this Agreement shall act as a restrictive covenant burdening the R-4
Affordable Housing Property with the conditions of this Article 5.Once the City and the Affordable
Housing Provider reach agreement on the terms of the R-4 Affordable Housing Agreement and
such agreement is recorded against the R-4 Affordable Property, the terms of the R-4 Affordable
Housing Agreement will supersede this Agreement and in the event of conflict or inconsistency,
the terms of the R-4 Affordable Housing Agreement will prevail over this Agreement with respect
to the R-4 Affordable Property and the R-4 Affordable Housing Project. The City, ARD and
Adjoining Landowners agree to reasonably cooperate with Affordable Housing Developer to
prepare and execute any documentation necessary to release the encumbrance of this Agreement
from the R-4 Affordable Property effective at the time of or subsequent to issuance of certificate
of occupancy related to the R-4 Affordable Housing Project.
Section 5.4. Default by Affordable Housing Provider. ARD and the City acknowledge
that Exhibit “G” of the Development Agreement provides, “should an affordable housing provider
fail to construct the units, the obligation to provide for the 24 deed-restricted low income affordable
housing units on the lot remains with Avila Ranch to complete.” In addition, Exhibit “G” requires
ARD to construct eight (8) Low Income 2- bedroom/ 1- bath and eight (8) Moderate Income 2-
bedroom/ 1- bath units. ARD has proposed and City agrees to permit these units to be included in
the R-4 Affordable Housing Project along with the 24 deed-restricted low income affordable units.
ARD and the City further acknowledge that the Development Agreement does not specifically call
out the timing for completion of the R-4 Affordable Project but contemplates that the R-4
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Affordable Housing Project will be completed “early in the Project, rather than leaving them to
the end.” If the Affordable Housing Provider does not timely develop and construct the R -4
Affordable Housing Project, ARD and Affordable Housing Provider will meet to discuss the
actions required for ARD to step in and take over as necessary to allow the R-4 Affordable Housing
Project to be constructed. In the event Affordable Housing Provider elects not to complete the R-
4 Affordable Housing Project or fails to do so following receipt of written notice by ARD to R -4
Affordable Housing Provider of its intent to complete R-4 Affordable Housing Project and
Affordable Housing Provider fails thereafter to diligently and continuously process to completion
construction of the R-4 Affordable Housing Project, ARD acknowledges it has or will have the
right to step in and take over work necessary to complete the R-4 Affordable Housing Project by
delivering written notice to Affordable Housing Provider.
Section 5.5 Construction Timing of Affordable Housing Project. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Commence Construction” means issuance by the City of a “ready to issue”
letter for a building permit for the R-4 Affordable Housing Project, the only condition for which
is the payment of City fees. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Substantially Complete
Construction” means completion of seventy-five percent (75%) of the construction of the R-4
Affordable Housing Project as demonstrated by the construction budget attached to the first lender
construction loan documents for the R-4 Affordable Housing Project and draw requests approved
by the first lender. In order to ensure that the Affordable Housing Project is completed earlier in
the Project, as opposed to the last phase of the Project, the City reserves the right to withhold the
issuance of building permits to ARD if the Affordable Housing Provider has not Commenced
Construction by the issuance of a building permit for ARD’s 500th unit, and/or if the Affordable
Housing Provider has not Substantially Completed Construction by the issuance of a building
permit for ARD’s 550th unit.
ARTICLE 6.
ENFORCEMENT
Section 6.1. Covenants Running with the Land. The requirements of this Agreement
shall be covenants running with the land as defined in California Civil Code Section 1460, and
shall apply to the parcels as described in Exhibit A and graphically depicted in Exhibit B. Pursuant
to Civil Code Section 1468, which governs such covenants, the provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon all Parties having any right, title, or interest in any of the properties described
herein, or any portion thereof and on their heirs, successors in interest and assigns for the periods
set forth below:
(a) Moderate-Income Units for the Moderate-Income Affordability Period as
defined in Section 3.2.
(b) WHIP Units for the WHIP Unit Affordability Period defined above in 4.2.
The Parties agree that all future deeds or transfers of interest regarding the properties will
show the restrictions of this Agreement for as long as the Agreement is in effect. This Agreement,
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and the covenants running therewith, will terminate as to the Moderate Units at the expiration of
the Moderate-Income Affordability Period, unless previously terminated as to a particular
Moderate-Income Unit by and through the Shared Equity Program and the WHIP Units at the
expiration of the WHIP Unit Affordability Period.
Section 6.2. Default. Failure of ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners to satisfy any of the
obligations under the terms of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after the delivery of a notice
of default to the defaulting Party from the City will constitute a default under this Agreement and
a violation of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (“Default”). In addition to remedies for breach
of this Agreement, the City may exercise any and all remedies available to it under the Inclusionary
Housing Ordinance or other any other provision of law or equity, including, but not limited to:
(a) withholding, conditioning, suspending, or revoking any approvals for the
Project, including without limitation final inspections for occupancy and/or the issuance of any
certificates of occupancy;
(b) instituting against ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners, or other parties, a
civil action for declaratory relief, injunction or any other equitable relief, or relief at law, including
without limitation an action to rescind a transaction and/or to require repayment of any funds
received in connection with such a violation;
(c) where one or more persons have received financial benefit as a result of
violation of this Agreement, the City may assess, and institute legal action to recover as necessary,
a penalty in any amount up to and including the amount of financial benefit received, in addition
to recovery of the benefit received; and
(d) requiring ARD or its successors in interest to the Property to pay the City
payment received by the ARD for the unauthorized sale of the Affordable Units.
Section 6.3. Attorney's Fees and Costs. If either Party takes or commences any actions
or proceedings, including litigation or arbitration, against the other by reason of any breach or
claimed breach of any provision of, or in any way connected with, this Agreement, or seeks a
judicial declaration of rights under this Agreement, the Party prevailing in such action or
proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the other Party the prevailing Party's reasonable
attorney's fees and costs, including, but not limited to, all expert witness fees, other witness fees
and associated expenses, whether or not the proceeding or action proceeds to judgment.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Appointment of Other Agencies. At its sole discretion, the City may
designate, appoint, or contract with any other public agency, for-profit or non-profit organization
to perform some or all of the City's obligations under this Agreement.
Section 7.2. Records. ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners shall retain all records related
to compliance with obligations under this Agreement for a period not less than five (5) years from
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the date of origination of such records and make the records available to City employees or others
designated by the City for inspection and copying upon five (5) business days' written notice. The
City shall be entitled to monitor compliance with this Agreement, and the Owner shall cooperate
with City monitoring, including obtaining Eligible Household verification upon request of the
City.
Section 7.3. Services by Administrator. In order to maintain compliance with the City’s
Below Market Rate Housing Program and reporting requirements, ARD shall utilize the City’s
Administrator. The Administrator’s services include but are not limited to Management of the
City’s Below Market Rate program. Marketing plans are subject to the City’s approval and will
require, at a minimum, that Affordable Units are advertised through the Multiple Listing Service.
Section 7.4. Services by BMR Underwriter. Pursuant to separate agreements between
ARD and the BMR Underwriter and City and the BMR Underwriter, the BMR Underwriter will
provide eligibility screening and certification of Initial Eligible Households. In the event either of
the foregoing agreements is terminated, ARD and City agree to cooperate in the designation of a
replacement BMR Underwriter.
Section 7.5 Residential Use. None of the Affordable Units in the Project will at any
time be utilized on a transient basis or will ever be used as a hotel, motel, vacation rental, homestay,
dormitory, fraternity house, sorority house, rooming house, nursing home, hospital, sanitarium, or
trailer court or park, nor shall the Affordable Units be used as a place of business except as may
otherwise be allowed by applicable law.
Section 7.6. Nondiscrimination. All of the Affordable Units shall be available to
members of the general public who are income eligible. There shall be no discrimination against
or segregation of any person or group of persons, on account of race, religious creed, color, national
origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information,
marital status, family status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual
orientation, source of income, veteran or military status, or on any other basis protected by
applicable law in the sale, transferring, use, occupancy, or enjoyment of any Affordable Units, nor
shall ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners or any person claiming under or through ARD and/or
Adjoining Landowners, establish or permit any such practice or practices of discrimination or
segregation with reference to the selection, location, number, use, or occupancy, of purchasers of
any Affordable Unit or in connection with the employment of persons for the operation and
management of the Project.
Section 7.7. Housing Voucher Certificate Holders. In prequalifying Initial Eligible
Households, ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners will require its preferred lender to accept as
buyers, on the same basis as all other prospective buyers, persons who are recipients of federal
certificates for mortgage subsidies pursuant to the existing housing program under Section 8 of the
United States Housing Act, or its successor, or similar any other programs in which lawful,
verifiable income is paid to an Eligible Household or to a housing provider on behalf of an Eligible
Household. The Owner shall not apply selection criteria to holders of Section 8 certificate or
similar certificates or vouchers that is more burdensome than criteria applied to all other
prospective buyers, nor shall the Owner apply or permit the application of management policies
or lease provisions with respect to the Project which have the effect of precluding occupancy of
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units by such prospective buyers.
Section 7.8. Hold Harmless. ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners shall indemnify and
hold harmless (without limit as to amount) City and its elected and appointed officials, officers,
employees and agents in their official capacity (hereinafter collectively referred to as
“Indemnitees”), and any of them, from and against all loss, all risk of loss and all damage
(including expenses and attorney's fees) sustained or incurred because of or by reason of any and
all claims, demands, suits, actions, judgments and executions for damages of any and every kind
and by whomever and whenever made or obtained, allegedly caused by, arising out of or relating
in any manner to ARD's performance or non-performance under this Agreement, including claims
pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1720 et seq. In the event Indemnitees are made a party
to any action, lawsuit or other adversarial proceeding arising from Owner’s performance of this
Agreement, Owner shall provide a defense to the City Indemnitees or at the City’s option,
reimburse the City Indemnitees their costs of defense, including reasonable legal fees, incurred in
defense of such claims. The provisions of this Section shall survive expiration or other termination
of this Agreement or any release of part or all of the Property from the burdens of this Agreement,
and the provisions of this Section shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 7.9. Notices. All notices required pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing
and may be given by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the Party to receive such notice at the addressed set forth below:
TO THE CITY:
City of San Luis Obispo
Community Development
Department
919 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
Attn: Community Development Director
WITH COPY TO:
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Attn: City Attorney
TO ARD:
Avila Ranch Developers, Inc.
2505 Alluvial Avenue
Clovis, CA 93611
Attn: Joshua Peterson, President
TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS:
FG2 Holdings, LLC
1396 W. Herndon Avenue
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Fresno, CA 93711
Attn: John Bezmalinovic
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER:
Avila Ranch LP
c/o OHDC Avila Ranch LLC
414 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, California 92866
Attention: Eunice Bobert
Email: OHDC@ohdcorp.com
AND
C & C Development Co., LLC
14211 Yorba Street, Suite 200
Tustin, California 92780
Attention: Todd Cottle
Email: todd@c-cdev.com
WITH A COPY TO:
Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Attention: Lynn Hutchins
1300 Clay Street, 11th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
Email: lhutchins@goldfarblipman.com
Any notice will be deemed delivered on the first business day that delivery is attempted or upon
receipt, whichever is sooner. As used herein, “business day” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday, or any state or federal holiday on which financial institutions in San Luis Obispo County
are authorized or required to close for observance thereof. Any Party may change the address to
which notices are to be sent by notifying the other Parties of the new address, in the manner set
forth above.
Section 7.10. Transfers. For purposes of this Agreement, "Transfer" means any sale,
assignment, or transfer, whether voluntary or involuntary, of: (i) any rights and/or duties under
the Deed of Trust and this Agreement; and/or (ii) any interest in the Affordable Units, including
(but not limited to) a fee simple interest, a joint tenancy interest, a life estate, a partnership interest,
a leasehold interest, a security interest, or an interest evidenced by a land contract by which
possession of the Affordable Units are transferred and Owner retains title.
(a) Future Transfers of Affordable Units shall ensure that (i) the Transfer does not
affect the timing and/or number of Affordable Units provided within the Project and as described
by this Agreement.
(b) In the event of a proposed Transfer, Owner agrees to provide City at least thirty
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(30) days written notice of such proposed assignment prior to the proposed Transfer and shall
provide satisfactory evidence that the assignee will assume in writing, through an assignment and
assumption agreement, all obligations of ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) the terms, covenants and conditions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon any transferee whether or not such an assignment and assumption
agreement is signed by the assignee; and (ii) no such transfer shall relieve the Owner
(“Transferor”) of any obligations under this Agreement absent express written consent of the City.
(c) For all proposed Transfers, ARD and/or Adjoining Landowners shall provide to
City an assignment and assumption agreement a form reasonably satisfactory to the City Attorney.
All of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
the City and its successors and assigns and shall be binding upon the Transferor and any successors
in interest to ARD and/or Adjoining Landowner’s interest in this Agreement, the Affordable Units
or any part thereof. The covenants shall run in favor of the City and its successors and assigns for
the entire period of the Term. The City and its successor and assigns, in the event of any breach
of any such covenants, shall have the right to exercise all of the rights and remedies, and to
maintain any actions at law or suits in equity or other proper proceedings to enforce the curing of
such breach.
Section 7.11. Integrated Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the full and entire
understanding of the Parties regarding the matter set forth herein. Any other prior or existing
understandings or agreements by the Parties, whether formal or informal, regarding any matters
addressed within this Agreement are hereby superseded or terminated in their entirety. To the
extent that there are any inconsistencies between this Agreement and the Development Agreement,
Development Plan and/or applicable City Ordinances, this Agreement will control unless
otherwise required by applicable law.
Section 7.12. Each Party's Role in Drafting the Agreement. Each Party to this Agreement
has had an opportunity to review the Agreement, confer with legal counsel regarding the meaning
of the Agreement, and negotiate revisions to the Agreement. Accordingly, neither Party will rely
upon Civil Code Section 1654 in order to interpret any uncertainty in the meaning of the
Agreement.
Section 7.13. Amendment of Agreement. No changes, amendments, or alterations to this
Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by all Parties hereto. Amendments to
this Agreement may be approved by the Director unless the Development Agreement requires
approval by another person/entity. Upon approval, a new Agreement containing the amendments
will be executed and recorded.
Section 7.14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by California law.
Venue will be the County of San Luis Obispo.
Section 7.15. Waivers. Any waiver by the City of any obligation or condition in this
Agreement must be in writing. No waiver will be implied from any delay or failure by the City to
act on any breach or default of ARD or the Adjoining Landowners or to pursue any remedy allowed
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under this Agreement or applicable law. Any extension of time granted to ARD or the Adjoining
Landowners to perform any obligation under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver or
release from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Consent by the City to any act or
omission by ARD or the Adjoining Landowners will not be construed to be a consent to any other
or subsequent act or omission or to waive the requirement for the City's written consent to future
waivers.
Section 7.16. Title of Parts and Sections. Any titles of the sections, subsections, or
subparagraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and will be
disregarded in interpreting any part of the Agreement's provisions.
Section 7.17. Multiple Originals; Counterpart. This Agreement may be executed in
multiple originals, each of which is deemed to be an original, and may be signed in counterparts.
Section 7.18. Recording of Agreement. This Agreement will be recorded against the
Property in the Official Records of the County of San Luis Obispo.
Section 7.19. Severability. In the event any limitation, condition, restriction, covenant, or
provision contained in this Agreement is to be held invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this Agreement shall nevertheless be and remain
in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of the day and year first above written.
ARD:
Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., a California corporation
By: ______________________________
Joshua E. Peterson, President
ADJOINING LANDOWNERS:
FG2 HOLDINGS, LLC, a California limited liability company
By: _________________________
Neema Assemi, Manager
AVILA RANCH EA, LLC, a California limited liability company
By: _________________________
Neema Assemi, Manager
By: _________________________
Nader Assemi, Manager
CJ HOLDINGS, LP, a California limited partnership
By: Spyglass Real Estate, Inc., a California corporation,
Its General Partner
By: _________________________
Joshua Peterson, President
AVILA RANCH LP,
a California limited partnership
By: OHDC Avila Ranch LLC,
a California limited liability company,
its managing general partner
By: Orange Housing Development Corporation,
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation,
its sole member and manager
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[Signature Page to Below Market Rate Housing Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive
Covenants (Affordable Units for Phase 2 of Avila Ranch)]
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By: ___________________________
Eunice Bobert
Chief Executive Officer
By: C & C Development Co., LLC
a California limited liability company,
its developer general partner
By: ___________________________
Todd R. Cottle, Trustee of the 2007 Todd R. Cottle
and Jennifer N. Cottle Revocable Trust, member
Date: _________ __, 2023
CITY:
City of San Luis Obispo, a California charter city and municipal corporation
By: ______________________________________________
Timothea Tway, Community Development Director
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL EFFECT:
By: _______________________________
Christine Dietrick, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF )
On , before me, , Notary
Public, personally appeared , who proved to
me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or
the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that
the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
________________________________
Signature of Notary Public (SEAL ABOVE)
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the
identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is
attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF )
On , before me, , Notary
Public, personally appeared , who proved to
me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or
the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that
the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
________________________________
Signature of Notary Public (SEAL ABOVE)
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the
identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is
attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY
Affordable Lots:
MODERATE-INCOME LOTS
Lots 290, 307 and 321 of Final Map 3089 Phase 2 & 3 as said map was filed and recorded
______________, 2021 at Book ____ of Maps at pages ___ through ___, inclusive, in the office
of the San Luis Obispo Recorder
WHIP LOTS
Lots 246, 247, 297, 308, 322 of Final Map 3089 Phase 2 & 3 as said map was filed and recorded
______________, 2021 at Book ____ of Maps at pages ___ through ___, inclusive, in the office
of the San Luis Obispo Recorder.
THE R-4 AFFORDABLE PROPERTY
Lot 186 of Final Map 3089 as said map was filed and recorded December 23, 2021 at Book 41 of
Maps at pages 48 through 62, inclusive, in the office of the San Luis Obispo County Recorder.
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MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND R-4 AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT
Unit Number Square Footage Bedroom Count Affordability
Lot 290 2-bed Moderate
Lot 307 3-bed Moderate
Lot 321 3-bed Moderate
Lot 246 2-bed Workforce
Lot 247 2-bed Workforce
Lot 297 3-bed Workforce
Lot 308 3-bed Workforce
Lot 322 3-bed Workforce
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SHARED EQUITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF HOMEBUYER/CITY NOTE
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF HOMEBUYER/CITY DEED OF TRUST
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EXHIBIT F
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GUIDELINES
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF WHIP HOMEBUYER/CITY NOTE
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF WHIP HOMEBUYER/CITY DEED OF TRUST
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AVILA RANCH PARK LAYOUT
PHASE 2-3 PARKS
Lot Number on Tract Map Acreage presented to PRC Acreage shown on tract map
Park E 326 0.81 0.82
Park D 330 0.38 0.99
Total 1.19 1.81
Other parks shown on exhibit are in phases other than 2-3.
PRC = Parks and Recreation Commission
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SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT – TRACT 3089 PHASES 2 & 3
THIS AGREEMENT is dated this ______ day of _________________ 202___ by
and between Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., a California Corporation, herein referred to as
"Subdivider," with the consent of Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., a California Corporation;
FG2 HOLDINGS, LLC, a California limited liability company; AVILA RANCH EA, LLC, a
California limited liability company; and, CJ HOLDINGS, LP a California limited partnership
herein collectively referred to as “Owners” and the CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, herein
referred to as the "City."
RECITALS
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE to that certain proposed subdivision of real
property in the City of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, a
description of which is shown on the Final Map of Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3, City of San
Luis Obispo, California, as approved by the City Council on the ____ day of
_______________, 202___, with the consent of Owners who own said real property.
The Subdivider desires that said Tract 3089 Phases 2 & 3 be accepted and
approved as a Final Map pursuant to the Subdivision Regulations of the City of San Luis
Obispo (Title 16 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code), and
It is a condition of said regulations that the Subdivider agree to install the
improvements as set forth on the plans therefore.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
In consideration of the foregoing, the Subdivider does hereby agree to construct
and install the following subdivision improvements (collectively “improvements”) in
accordance with said subdivision regulations, and in accordance with approved plans and
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specifications on file in the office of the City Engineer, City of San Luis Obispo,
(“Subdivision Improvement Plans and Specifications”) to wit:
1. CURB, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS
2. STREET BASE AND SURFACING
3. WATER MAINS and SEWER MAINS, including sewer laterals to the property line and
water services to the curb stop.
4. LANDSCAPING
5. DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
6. STREET LIGHTS
7. ELECTRIC, GAS, TELEPHONE AND CABLE TELEVISION: In addition to the inspection
and approval of such facilities by the City, each public utility shall be required to file a letter
stating that the developer has properly installed all facilities to be provided by him, and that
the said utility is prepared to provide service to residents upon request.
8. ANY & ALL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS shown on plans or required by project approvals.
All of the above facilities shall be installed in the locations designated and to the plans and
specifications on file and approved by said City Engineer.
The lines and grades for all of said improvements shall be established by the
Subdivider in accordance with said approved plans and specifications.
The Subdivider agrees that the work of installing the above improvements shall
begin within thirty (30) days from the date of recording of the final map, and that the work
shall be completed within twenty-four (24) months of said recording date, unless an
extension has been granted by the City, provided that if completion of said work is delayed
by acts of God or labor disputes resulting in strike action, the Subdivider shall have an
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additional period of time equivalent to such period of delay in which to complete such
work. Any extension of time hereunder shall not operate to release the surety on the
Improvement Security (“Improvement Security shall mean, collectively, the Performance
Credit/Bond, Materials Bond, and/or Warranty Bond”) filed pursuant to this agreement. In
this connection, the surety waives the provisions of Section 2819 of the Civil Code of the
State of California.
No building permits will be issued nor occupancy granted after the expiration date
of the agreement, taking into account any authorized extensions, until completion and
acceptance of all subdivision improvements unless specifically approved by the City.
The Subdivider does also agree to comply with the conditions established by the
City Council and has paid the necessary fees as indicated on the attached Exhibits 1
and 2.
Setting of new survey monuments or resetting of disturbed monuments shall be in
accordance with Article 5, paragraph 8771 et seq., of the Professional Land Surveyors
Act, Chapter 15 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
The Subdivider attaches hereto, as an integral part hereof, and as security for the
performance of this agreement, instrument(s) of credit or bond approved by and in favor of
the City of San Luis Obispo, and conditional upon the faithful performance of this
agreement (“Performance Credit/Bond”). Said instrument(s) of credit or bond is/are in the
amount(s) shown in Exhibit 2, which is the amount of the estimated cost of said
improvements.
Subdivider agrees to remedy any defects in the improvements arising from faulty
workmanship or materials or defective construction of said improvements occurring within
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twelve (12) months after acceptance thereof (“Warranty Period”). In accordance with
Sections 66499.7 and 66499.9 of the Government Code of the State of California, upon
final completion and acceptance of the work, City will release all but 10% of the
improvement security in the form acceptable to the City as a warranty bond (“Warranty
Bond”), with that amount being deemed sufficient to guarantee faithful performance by the
Subdivider of his obligation to remedy any defects in the improvements arising within a
period of one year following the completion and acceptance thereof. The Subdivider shall
submit a formal request to the City at the end of the warranty period and City shall provide
Subdivider with a comprehensive list of any outstanding defects to be remedied by
Subdivider. City shall release the warranty bond upon re-inspection and confirmation of
the completion of listed repairs.
Completion of the work shall be deemed to have occurred on the date which the
City Council shall, by resolution duly passed and adopted, accept said improvements
according to said plans and specifications, and any approved modifications thereto.
Neither periodic nor progress inspections or approvals shall bind the City to accept said
improvements or waive any defects in the same or any breach of this agreement.
“AS-BUILT” record drawings are to be submitted within four weeks of completion of
construction and prior to City acceptance of the public improvements.
If the Subdivider fails to complete the work within the prescribed time, the Subdivider
agrees that City may, at its option, declare the instrument of credit or bond which has been
posted by Subdivider to guarantee faithful performance, forfeited and utilize the proceeds to
complete said improvements, or city may complete said improvements and recover the full
cost and expense thereof from the Subdivider or his surety.
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The Subdivider has deposited with the City a labor and materials surety or
sureties in the amount of 50% of the above described subdivision improvements in
accordance with State law (“Materials Bond”).
Said Subdivider shall pay an inspection fee for City to inspect the installation of said
subdivision improvements, and to verify that they have been completed in accordance with
the plans and specifications.
If off-site dedication of property is necessary to facilitate the construction of the
required subdivision improvements, the Subdivider and City shall adhere to the
requirements of Section 6.04 of the Development Agreement adopted by the City Council
on October 3, 2017 by Ordinance No. 1639 (2017 Series) with regards to acquiring said
off-site dedication.
Title 16 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled "Subdivision," all plans and
specifications on file with said City Engineer as a part of said Subdivision Map, and all
other documents filed with the City by the Subdivider and approved by the City Engineer
are hereby referred to for further particulars in interpreting and defining the obligations of
the Subdivider under this agreement.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 66474.9(b), the subdivider shall defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the City and/or its agents, officers and employees from any
claim, action or proceeding against the City and/or its agents, officers or employees to attack,
set aside, void or annul, the approval by the City of this subdivision, and all actions relating
thereto, including but not limited to environmental review (“Indemnified Claims”). The City
shall promptly notify the subdivider of any Indemnified Claim upon being presented with the
Indemnified Claim and City shall fully cooperate in the defense against an Indemnified Claim.
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It is understood and agreed by and between the Subdivider and the City hereto that
this agreement shall bind the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of
the respective Parties to this agreement.
[signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this agreement has been executed by:
SUBDIVIDER
Avila Ranch Developers, Inc.
a California Corporation
By:____________________________
Josh Peterson, President
OWNERS
The undersigned Owners hereby consent to Avila Ranch Developers, Inc., entering
into this Subdivision Agreement
FG2 HOLDINGS, LLC
a California limited liability company
By:____________________________
Neema Assemi, Manager
AVILA RANCH EA, LLC
a California limited liability company
By:____________________________
Neema Assemi, Manager
By:____________________________
Nader Assemi, Manager
CJ HOLDINGS, LP
a California limited partnership
By:____________________________
Josh Peterson, President
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MAYOR MAYOR Erica A. Stewart
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK Teresa Purrington
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY Christine Dietrick
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EXHIBIT 1
TRACT 3089 PHASES 2 & 3
SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT
1. The Subdivider has deposited a monumentation security in the amount of $80,000 to
guarantee the installation of survey monuments in accordance with the approved map
and payment for same. Said guarantee will be released once the installation of
monuments has been verified and that existing monuments have not been disturbed,
and upon receipt by the City of a letter from the Surveyor indicating that they have
completed the work and have been paid. Subdivider shall adhere to the requirements
of California Business and Professions Code Section 8771 with regards to monument
preservation. The monumentation security also guarantees the replacement of any
monuments that were disturbed during construction, along with filing of Records of
Survey or Corner Records required by said Section 8771.
2. Phases 2 & 3 provide sufficient parkland and park improvements to meet City
requirements based on the projected population and housing onsite, so there are no
"in-lieu" park fees required. The subdivision improvement bonds include the
requirement to pay for a biological, archeological and Native American monitor per
the mitigation measures.
3. Water Impact Fees for irrigation water meters shown on the subdivision improvement
plans shall be paid prior to subdivision improvement plan approval per Condition
#59.
4. The Subdivider has elected to pay a roadway maintenance fee to satisfy the
Conditions of Approval. The fee of $10,000 was approved by the City Engineer in
accordance with City Engineering Standards and guidelines.
5. The Subdivider shall comply with all requirements of Council Resolution No.
10832 (2017 Series) approving the tentative map and Ordinance No. 1639 (2017
Series) approving the Development Agreement.
6. Condition 104 S.Higuera and Vachell (Phase 2) start construction prior to issuance
of building permits.
7. Condition 109 Bike/Ped bridges over Tank Farm Creek
a. South of Buckley Rd: modify timing per FEIR Addendum to Phase 4
b. North of Buckley Rd: Completion of construction prior to occupancy of
the 30th unit in Phases 2 & 3.
8. Condition 111 install sidewalk from LOVR to City; Design and construction of
improvements between Los Osos Valley Road and the City limit shall be initiated
prior to issuance of building permits for Phase 2 development. Improvements shall
be completed prior to issuance of an occupancy permit for Phase 2 development.
9. Condition 116.g Buckley -Vachel fair share mitigation fee re traffic sign
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EXHIBIT 2
TRACT 3089 PHASES 2 & 3 - FEE AND BOND LIST
175 VENTURE
Amount Form Date Received Bond Release Status
Bonds and Guarantees:
On-Site Faithful Performance:
Can be released upon City Council acceptance of improvements, deposit of one-year
warranty surety, and approval of record drawings.
Subdivision Improvements
(FMAP-0488-2022)
Includes all Parks
$ 11,579,800 Bond Bold = confirmed (typ.)
Off-Site Faithful Performance:
Can be released upon Public Works Director acceptance of improvements, deposit of
one-year warranty surety, and approval of record drawings.
S. Higuera at Vachell Phase 2
Improvements
(FMAP-1537-2018)
$165,700 Bond
Bicycle Bridge over Tank Farm Creek
North of Buckley Road
$TBD Bond
South Higuera Sidewalks; COA 111;
(FMAP-0479-2021)
$79,000 Bond
Labor & Materials (50% of cost of each
of the above improvements)
Can be released 90 days after
acceptance of improvements, if no
claims. (Civil Code Section 8412)
Subdivision Improvements
(FMAP-0488-2022)
Includes all Parks
$ 11,579,800/2
=$ 5,789,900
Bond
Off-Site Labor & Materials:
Can be released upon Public Works Director acceptance of improvements, deposit of
one-year warranty surety, and approval of record drawings.
S. Higuera at Vachell Phase 2
Improvements
(FMAP-1537-2018)
$165,700/2
=$ 82,850
Bond
South Higuera Sidewalks Vachell to
South City Limits
$79,000/2
= $39,500
Bond
Bicycle Bridge over Tank Farm Creek
North of Buckley Road
$TBD Bond
Monument Guarantee $80,000 CD or
Letter of
Credit
Can be released upon verification that
monuments have been set and
surveyor has been paid.
10% Warranty 10% of On-Site Faithful Performance above
To be collected prior to release of Faithful
Performance Bonds
Can be released one-year after
acceptance of improvements.
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Fees:
Plan and Map Check Fees:
Map Check Fee FMAP-0562-2022
Balance Due
$40,969.48
0
Check date Paid in Full
Improvement Plancheck Base Fee:
FMAP‐0488‐2022
Balance Due
IT surcharge
Total
Improvement Plancheck Remainder Fee:
FMAP‐0488‐2022
Bicycle Bridge over Tank Farm Creek
North of Buckley Road
Plan Check Fees
Construction Inspection Fees
$90,308.86
$2,764.51
$93,073.37
$12,712.71
$387.74
$13,100.45
Check
Check
Check
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Paid in Full
Paid in Full
Paid in Full
Construction Inspection Fees
Construction Inspection Fee:
FMAP‐0488‐2022
Balance Due
IT surcharge: N/A
$290,722.91
Check
Oct 2023
Paid in Full
Construction Inspection Fee:
FMAP‐0636‐2022
S. Higuera at Vachell Phase 2
Improvements
Balance Due
IT surcharge: N/A
$22,186.75
Amount determined by approved
FMAP-1537-2018 plan set and
engineers estimate
Impact Fees
Roadway Maintenance Fee $10,000 Check To be deposited in Acct # 40050300-
90346953 Streets Reconstruction and
Resurfacing Master per Matt Horn
Water Impact Fees for irrigation
meters
Parkway, 1” meter fee $29,312.41 Calculated at current schedule 7/5/23
Park, 1” meter fee $29,312.41 Calculated at current schedule 7/5/23
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Ad Hoc and Mitigation Fees
Highway 227/Buckley Fair Share
Mitigation
$TBD
Portion was paid this at Phase 1
map recordation but need to be an
additional increment with Phase 2-3
map recordation for the additional
units/traffic generated.
Buckley/Vachell Fair Share Mitigation $18,651.16 Due with map recordation of each
phase based on % of total unit count
in that phase. Portion of $107,250.
Buckley Road Corridor Improvements
(at Davenport)
$TBD
Portion was paid this at Phase 1
map recordation but need to be an
additional increment with Phase 2-3
map recordation for the additional
units/traffic generated.
Other Ad Hoc and Mitigation Fees Paid with Phase 1 Avila Ranch
Affordable Housing Requirements See Affordable Housing Agreement
Water Impact Fee1 To be collected with building permit
Wastewater Impact Fee1 To be collected with building permit
Transportation Impact Fee1 To be collected with building permit
To be collected with building permit
1 All Impact Fees are adjusted annually (July 1) based on CPI. Credit given for demolished units.
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FMAP-0562-2022 and FEIR Addendum
Guidelines §15162
No subsequent document shall be prepared unless the lead agency determines:
•Involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects; or
•New information of substantial importance shows the project will have significant effects not already
discussed, or significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe.
Guidelines §15164
•An addendum to a previously certified EIR may be prepared if some changes or additions are necessary
but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR
have occurred.
•The decision making body shall consider the addendum with the adopted FEIR prior to making a decision
on the project.
Minor Technical Changes (FEIR Addendum pg. 7)
•The Final EIR determined that impacts to Transportation under TRANS-11 are
significant but mitigable.
•Mitigation Measure TRANS-11 requires the installation of separated bicycle facilities
to create continuous bicycle routes on Buckley Road along the project frontage.
•The improvements will be designed and installed as originally required. The timing
will be modified to be tied to other adjacent bicycle facility improvements in the area,
improving safety, orderly development, and logical connection objectives.
Determination
Evaluation of impact areas indicates that the proposed modifications:
•Are not associated with new significant impacts
•Are not associated with a substantial increase in severity of potential impacts
None of the conditions for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred
An Addendum to the 2017 FEIR is appropriate under CEQA
FMAP-0562-2022 and FEIR Addendum