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County of Santa Cruz REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

701 OCEAN STREET, ROOM 510, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060-4000

(831) 454-2280 FAX: (831) 454-3420 TDD: (831) 454-2123

BETSEY LYNBERG, AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR

December 2,2004

Agenda: December 14,2004

Board of Directors County of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency 701 Ocean Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE LIVE OAWSOQUEL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA

Dear Members of the Board:

Community Redevelopment Law requires that every five years, each agency adopt an implementation plan that provides a link between the elimination of blight and the proposed actions of the agency. Your Board set the hearing for the third Implementation Plan for the Live OaWSoquel Project Area on today's agenda.

By law, the implementation plan must describe: the goals and objectives of the Agency; programs, including potential projects, and expenditures to be made during the next five years of the plan; how these goals, objectives, programs, and expenditures will assist in the alleviation of blight; and how the Agency will implement both the requirement to increase, improve, and preserve very-low, low, and moderate income housing and the inclusionary housing requirements during the next five years and over the life of the project area.

In anticipation of the preparation of this Implementation Plan, a series of five community meetings were held in October and November to gather community input regarding future Agency priorities and projects. More than 130 people attended, and comments received at these meetings as well as by letter and e-mail, have been compiled and have been considered in the preparation of the plan (Attachment 1).

The proposed Implementation Plan for the Live OaWSoquel Project Area for the 2005 to 2009 time period is attached for your review (Attachment 2). The main body of the report includes a summary of Agency accomplishments to date, Project Area goals and

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objectives, programs to be implemented over the next five years, and expenditures. Detailed technical information specific to housing fund expenditures and affordable housing production in the Project Area required to meet the law are included in the appendix.

The Plan includes seven goals: to protect and enhance residential neighborhoods; to support revitalization of small business core areas; to strengthen the overall local economy; to enhance connections within the Project Area, strengthening the overall sense of community; to encourage the development of programs, facilities, and opportunities for all area residents; to support the creation and preservation of diverse housing opportunities; and to maximize the effectiveness of Agency funds by attracting other revenue resources. Following each goal are the more specific program objectives.

From these goals and objective come the Implementation Plan’s projects and programs, which are divided into three main areas:

0 Community Enhancement, which includes traffic and safety, drainage, public recreation and cultural facilities, the library, community planning and design, and neighborhood beautification;

a Economic Development, which includes parking facilities, business assistance, and development assistance; and

a Affordable Housing, which includes various programs to create new affordable housing opportunities and protect and improve existing affordable housing resources throughout the unincorporated area of the County.

Because the Agency already uses a multi-year planning horizon, some programs and projects included in the Plan have previously been reviewed by your Board. Also certain future actions taken by the Agency are required to be consistent with the Implementation Plan. For example, prior to the Agency’s paying for the cost of a public improvement, the Agency is required to find that the payment of funds for the cost of the improvement will assist in alleviating blighting conditions and is consistent with the Implementation Plan. Expenditures by the three main program areas reflect the Agency’s potential future bonding capacity and portray a general increase in spending. Finally, while funded by the Agency, housing projects and programs included in the Implementation Plan will be managed and implemented by the Housing Division of the Planning Department.

The Implementation Plan is intended to be a planning document and guide Agency actions over the next five years and can be amended if needed. As required by Community Redevelopment Law, the Agency will return to your Board mid-way through the five-year plan period to review and assess the programs and projects. As presented, the proposed Plan continues to reflect the priorities expressed by the community and approved by your Board over the last several years.

It is therefore RECOMMENDED that your Board, as the Board of Directors for the Redevelopment Agency, take the following actions:

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1 ) Hold a public hearing on the proposed Implementation Pian for the Live OaWSoquel Project Area; and

2) Adopt the attached resolution adopting the third Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area.

Betsey Lynbkrg Redevelopment Administrator

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Susah+/Mauriello Redevelopment Agency Executive Director

Attachment 1 : Summary of Community Meeting Comments 2: Proposed Implementation Plan 3: Resolution Adopting implementation Plan

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COMMUNITY COMMENTS Redevelopment Agency Community Meetings

October-November 2004

COASTAL PROJECTS

t Pleasure Point As a mitigation move traffic to Portola Drive, add path out farther to provide more access along East Cliff Drive. Remove concrete from beach. It is a safety issue. If seawalls are to be built, build elevated walkways - Capitola Esplanade. Surfing community (Pleasure Point Night Fighters) pleased with emergency repairs.. .what are future plans? Need future repair to stabilize bluff. Moran Lagoon should have funding for improvements, such as water quality. (Multiple comments) Rumors of parking lot east of ONeill's? Is there a time frame for East Cliff Drive improvements? Is that correct that seawall to protect the Capitola bluff and Depot Hill from further erosion is planned? Will it make inaccessible the fossil rocks at the base of Depot Hill?

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Establish a plan to keep Twin Lake Beach clean with more trash cans near the road. Fix drain in shower facility at Twin Lake Beach. Twin Lakes is eroding. Twin LakesEast Cliff Drive needs a plan for a simple design, which fits into the neighborhood. Put in a true wooden boardwalk from harbor to 12th on sand side to stabilize cliff and provide safe walkway ... enhance area while protecting it and making it safer. Harbor/Twin Lakes: Let's start again. Everyone wants to move forward. How long would process take? Please finish putting in sidewalks, bike lanes and landscaping from Twin Lakes beach to harbor. (Multiple comments) East Cliff Drive should be one-way fi-om Harbor to 17' Avenue. Could there be drop-off and pick-up? (Multiple comments) The County needs to take back the right-of-way between 7th Avenue and Lake Avenue and use it to keep people safe. Look at parking and shuttle program for access to beach. Turn the slum area of the harbor between Lake and 7'h Avenue into the jewel Santa Cruz deserves. Status of path between 9th and 12th Avenues? Could Lake Ave model be brought around Twin Lakes?

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COMMERCIAL AREA ISSUES

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There should be more services to walk to (drugstore, bank, post office and restaurants). (Multiple comments) Residents would like to see more businesses serving local needs for grocery shopping and more ATMs so that neighbors don't have to drive to 4 1 st Avenue. What is "community commercial"? Encourage and preserve small business and community markets. (Multiple comments) Move industries toward freeway. Neighbors like coffee and flower shops at Capitola Road. What influence does the Redevelopment Agency have on private business to change growth or development? Disagreements about value of Live Oak Super Live Oak Super is at a major intersection and is such an eyesore. Also don't like fiontage road storage area. Support for increased economic revitalization and business in Live Oak area. Privatehon profit Development corporation. Neighborhood centers within walking distance for food and gathering.

t Coastal Live Oak t East Cliff Shopping Center should be developed to be a real community hub with

great local businesses to serve the community. (Multiple comments) t Need a commercial center at 17th Avenue. t There is a need for a bigger view of key properties for commercial use. t There should not be more commercial construction or dense housing on East Cliff

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t Soquel t The "Ugly Mug" serves as a community center in Soquel. Otherwise Soquel doesn't

have facilities.. .need space for specific uses. t What happens to building at The Farm? Could it become a Bed and Breakfast?

Could another use, which had its own funding, go there? t What kinds of uses and ideas are in the Soquel Village plan? t What about the future? What about the old Soquel Village plan? Does it need to be

. Are there plans for Heart of Soquel? How will flood issues be addressed? (Multiple revisited? (Multiple comments)

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t Upper Live Oak, including 41Sf Avenue t What is proposed for the north side of Soquel Drive? t When Safeway and Home Depot are developed.. .need to be sure that parking is

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Will Home Depot make frontage improvements? Redevelop 41st Avenue-Soquel Drive on mountain side of HWY 1 mart and Dominican). European Village, mixed use similar to Pacific Garden mall. There should be more services to walk to on Soquel Drive between Kmart and Dominican (drugstore, bank, post office and restaurants). (Multiple comments) Area on north side of Soquel Drive at Old Dog Kennels: code compliance, underutilized properties.

t Pleasure Point . The Pleasure Point Fair was a fun way to enhance and support local businesses.

COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

b Street Trees Like street trees. Keep planting. (Multiple comments) Plant larger trees to maintain neighborhood character, habitat and shade. (Multiple comments) No more queen palms in Pleasure Point. Plant trees more responsibly; do not plant trees in front of trees. Replace dead trees on Portola Drive. Plant trees at corner of 16‘h and Capitola Avenues. Trees balance hard surfaces. Please publish street-friendly tree list, so residents can plant their own. Put information on website. (Multiple comments)

t Underground Utilities t Underground utility lines should be encouraged. t Thurber Lane power lines should be undergrounded (lower section). t Continue to put utilities underground from 35th Avenue down Portola Drive. Why

did you stop? Money? Looks good before 3Sh Avenue, looks bad after. (Multiple comments)

t Water Quality and Recharge Issues Use pekeable surfacing on newly-paved paths and parking lots. (Multiple comments) Treat rain runoff and recharge water table, not pollute the bay and sicken surfers. Water quality and habitat at Moran is a concern. Area behind Live Oak Family Resource Center potential for groundwater recharge for Schwan Lake. (Multiple comments) Concerned about Schwan Lake ...Why can’t it be saved? (Multiple comments) Drainage areas should provide recharge for wetlands.. .use best management practices. Stop urban runoff into Bay by recharging.

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. Miscellaneous 0 6 6 3 . Central Live Oak . Soquel Drive--east toward 41St Avenue--on north side is derelict. Old buildings

t 17th Avenue and Capitola Road could be improved. It is a major, convenient need to be upgraded.

intersection, but it looks like a dump! . Coastal Live Oak Don't change ambiance of community character.. .it's great Keep harbor beautiful. Please purchase the ugly, antiquated radio towers and station on Corcoran Lagoon, tear them down, and restore this beautiful setting. Keep East Cliff Drive simple and quaint. It is a scenic corridor. Preserve the scenic beauty and splendor. (Multiple comments) The old, ratty vehicles left on our street for months at a time bring down the character of our community and makes it look as though no one cares. Trees and narrow streets, small-scale buildings There should be a consolidated "Live Oak Coastal Plan," or similar, that integrates ideas. Facelifi to Senior Center. . Pleasure Point . East Cliff Drive between 17" Avenue and Pleasure Point needs special design process.. .no sidewalks . It would be nice to have natural materials on north side of 30th Avenue. Could it be on one side only? Like new pavement surfaces at Lake and 5* Avenue. (Multiple comments) . Have people move fences back to property line, especially in intersections. . Zoning ordinances that prohibit massive buildings/mansions. . Pleasure Point process should be sensitive to local preferences, i.e. railings,

. Community character: Protect light, sunsets, sky. Attention to size, bulk, paving materials.

materials. . Soquel . Need for native plant restoration and re-vegetation at "Heart of Soquel" and Soquel Creek. Limited access would help. (Multiple comments) . Miscellaneous . Pave with soft materials. (Multiple comments) . Graffiti is becoming a problem. Whom to call?

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HOUSING

. Affordable Housing . Casa la Familia Homeowners' Association board member likes Measure J units next to SPCA on upper 7th Avenue. Thanks for this kind of housing.


Move higher development and subsidized housing to frontage road - mixed use to 4 1 st Avenue/Kmart. More affordable housing is wanted in Soquel. Student housing across Soquel Drive at Cabrillo. Creation and preservation of affordable. Mobile home park tenants' organization and upgrades. Assistance with the development of a revolving fund for individuals to acquire homes. Acquire Granary on 17th Avenue for artist live work space (-Salz Tannery). Consider looking at the new two-story modular homes that are factory-built now. It might be a way of avoiding the high cost of land and still accommodating more families in smaller space.

b Miscellaneous Trailer park on Portola Drive? There are RVs everywhere. Could the Nature Conservancy buy out the RV park? (Multiple comments) There are still farms in Live Oak. Brown-shingle building in Pleasure Point should not become condos. Housing in neighborhood needs to become model for best management practices and better environmental practices. Recognize need for housing. Can residences be built above flood way in Soquel Village? Concern about loss of residential uses in Heart of Soquel.. .could it contain multiple uses?

PARK, OPEN SPACE AND BEACH ISSUES

t Current Parks t Anna Jean Cummings

b More trees at AJ Cummings Park on crest, or similar plants on upper bench for

t AJ Cummings Park is lovely.. .soccer fields and public art are great. t Enforcement of dog leash law at AJ Cummings Park is an issue. t I love the artistic balls and the parking facilities, the location, etc.

t Keep Chanticleer Park in forefront for maintenance. t Allow dogs.

b Difficult to walk to park. t Needs bathrooms. (Multiple comments)

t Residents like park and utilize bridge to walk to park and neighborhood.

shade, for a natural setting, etc. (Multiple comments)

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0 6 6 5 . Possible Future Park and Open Space Location . Future Parks b What is happening with Felt Street Park? The land has been vacant forever.

. Could East Cliff Village contain a park, save some open space? (Multiple comments)

Make corner of Brommer Street and 7th Avenue into a park.. .Beautiful view of harbor and the hills. (Multiple comments)

from O'Neill's). . Make Jay Morarity Memorial Park at 36th Avenue and East Cliff Drive (across

. Park near 16th Avenue. . Preserve the 5" curve on East Cliff Drive east of Moran Lake as a park for the public (and the eucalyptus grove as a windbreak for the surfers). (Multiple comments)

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Simpkins? It would make a nice low maintenance park.

reasonable fees, you would eventually recover some of the cost of the land. By reinstalling the golf course, you add much to lower-income enjoyment of golf for seniors in our area.

. Beaches and coastal areas should be acquired before future development

What will happen to the open field adjacent to the railroad tracks next to

. Consider buying the former 9-hole golf course near Aptos. By charging

. Greenbelt Expansion with Biking and Hiking Trails: . Arana Gulch to 17th Avenue. (Multiple comments) . Porter Gulch with preservation of Atherton Place open space and bridge over

. Rodeo Gulch to connect to Anna Jean Cummings Park with bridge over

. Riparian areas could have trails. . Expand green belt along 7th Avenue. . Need as much green and growing space as possible. (Multiple comments) . More parks with safe biking and walking access. (Multiple comments) . Try to maintain open areas, specifically area behind Live Oak Resource Center. . Open space acquisitions should be a priority. . It would be nice to open up public access to creek area at Heart of Soquel. . Construct a small overlook with stairs down to a small dock at the northwestern

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access point of Schwan Lake. (Multiple comments)

b Community Gardens t As new parks are added, please include space for community gardens. Due to our

high density, many people can't garden at home. (Multiple comments) . Community garden at Chanticleer sounds great. (Multiple comments) . What is happening with the Farm? Could community garden be instituted at The Farm? (Multiple comments)


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b Could a Parks fee, which would pay for maintaining and operating facilities, be instituted? There may be state funding for parks "regional areas."

educational program as a way to utilize The Farm. Community center could generate revenue.. .Jade Street example. (Multiple comments) How could The Farm be developed?

Is a tax fee (similar to CSA 9E) available for park maintenance?

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t The parking and restroom at the Hook are beautiful. t Parks should have areas for dogs. (Multiple comments)

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Are maps available on County web site? What maps can people get? People like overviews. How do neighbors provide improvement lists and work through process? gth Avenue neighbors. PG&E tore up road then Water Dept did work.. .no provisions for drainage. Why not coordinate work? Why couldn't PG&E and The Redevelopment Agency have worked on 7" Avenue collaboratively instead of making 7th Avenue a nightmare? We need a synthesis between all neighborhood groups. Perhaps another meeting? Is there a process for purchase of park sites? How do neighbors provide input? What about the "four corners" planning process in Live Oak. The Family Resource Center/COPA presentation was inappropriate. Not place or time. (Multiple Comments) If I can't make the meeting will there be notedminutes taken and posted somewhere?

t General . A little more planning could make an environment like Carmel t Energy Issue: Don't plan large projects that rely on cars.

GETTING AROUND BY CAR. FOOT, AND BIKE

b Bike Lanes b Central Live Oak

b Need bike path between Brommer Street and Broadway. Soquel Drive and Murray Street are too dangerous for kids.


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. Coastal Live Oak . 16th Avenue near Capitola Road: It is difficult for pedestrians to go east toward 4 1 st Avenue. Could a bike lane be built? . Pleasure Point . 26th Avenue needs bike lane. . Drainage and Utilities . Central Live Oak

* Drainage problems on Garden Street at 38* Avenue. There are "wet areas." (Multiple comments) . Lower Chanticleer needs curb and gutter. . Drainage problems at corner of Ivy Lane and Chanticleer. . Repair drainage problem on Thompson Avenue at Garden Street. Constant large puddles during wet season. . Coastal Live Oak . Continue to gutter and pave 7th Avenue all the way to Highway 1. . There is big-time water pooling on the 6* Avenue alley. . Webster Street needs paving and drainage attention.

. Use storm drainage for groundwater re-charge. . 38'h Avenue north of Portola Drive: Storm drains are low, so bikes must go out

. Road resurfacing on 30th Avenue from tracks to Portola Drive. The road is

. Sewer line on Floral Drive has problems between 36'* and 37th Avenues. . Need new water lines in Pleasure Point. . There is no complete storm drain system on either side of Opal Cliff Drive.

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into the street. They need to be fixed.

many feet higher and has created drainage issues.

. Parking . Central Live Oak . Paint south east corner at Capitola Road and 1 block west of El Dorado Avenue

. Gross Road and Lotman Drive: Neighbors park vehicles in fiont of gate ... this

. Single-home lots are subdivided into multi-home parcels without enough

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parking. Adequate off-street parking is needed as the narrow streets cannot accommodate excess parking. . Improve access and parking at Green Acres School. (Multiple comments) . Mattison Lane, from Soquel Avenue to sharp curve, is being temporarily marked as not to allow parking. Have the street plans changed? If not, will the street be marked to allow parking? . Coastal Live Oak . Could 7'h Avenue and Brommer Street be purchased for parking? How to make attractive? Shuttle to beachharbor? (Multiple comments)


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. 7th Avenue and Brommer Street parking for beach goers is a problem. . Harbor has not planned for parking to serve new building and upper Harbor could take more parking. (Multiple comments) . Parking should be shared in Schwan Lake area. . Extend permit parking through-out more of the year. . Maintain limited parking at beaches. (Multiple comments) . Please put money and personnel into enforcing parking laws.

. Parking on 26fi Avenue is encouraging and forcing children into streets.

. Surfer parking forces pedestrians into the streets.

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Narrowness keeps cars moving slowly.

. Roads . Central Live Oak . Area residents like 7th Avenue improvements, but want the road completed.

. Frontage road is ugly and wasted. . Like many neighborhood streets - wish walking were easier. . 1 6'h Avenue still needs improvements. . Consider resurfacing and widening Thompson Avenue.

. Blacktop Aloha Lane.. .it's all patches. . Clean up Eaton Street. (Multiple comments)

. Capitola Avenue between freeway and Soquel Drive. "Needs desperate help." . Change name of "Robertson Road" to "Wharf Road." Only about 4 homes are involved. Every one is acquainted with Wharf Road, but hardly anyone knows where Robertson Road is. (Multiple comments)

retaining wall. Cliff is unstable and trees and rocks come down.

. What, if any, road improvements are scheduled for Opal Cliff Drive?

. What will Measure J do about traffic and access?

When will the redevelopment be finalized? (Multiple comments)

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. Slope on Soquel Drive adjacent to mobile home park (near Alimar) needs

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Sidewalks . Central Live Oak Curb and gutters needed on Ivy Lane to Brommer Street (on east side). 2 blocks more of sidewalks are needed.

make Harbor High pedestrians safer and make wheelchair and stroller traffic smoother. Are there plans to extend work on 7" Avenue to improve this portion of the road? (Multiple comments)

. Sidewalks on 7th Avenue Between Capitola Road and Soquel Drive would

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Sidewalks are needed on Chanticleer Avenue near Brommer Street. (Multiple comments) Are there any plans of finishing the missing portions of sidewalk on Mattison Lane, beginning at Chanticleer and going east? More pedestrian-oriented street improvements linking neighborhoods (El Dorado Avenue/Jose Avenue Park connection). Brommer StreeVCapitola Road not good pedestrian street due to speeding cars. Need more "walker-friendly" environment; emphasize bikes and walking. . (Multiple comments) Residents like to be able to walk to shopping and other services (walks near Jose Avenue Park). . Coastal Live Oak

b 1 4* Avenue need sidewalks for children going to school. East Cliff Drive to

b Please make sidewalks on East Cliff Drive from Lake to 12th Avenue a priority. t Better pedestrian access on Eaton Street needed. (Multiple comments)

gth Avenue too small for sidewalks. . Need sidewalk around Schwan Lake. . Offer pedestrian cross walk between 7th Avenue and Lake Avenue. . Pedestrians have a hard time at harbor . Please consider 26fh Avenue for a sidewalk. Many people utilize this

. Safe bike lanes and sidewalks a must! Use County right-of-way. . Sidewalks are needed on 24th Avenue from north of Portola Drive to Felt Street.

. Need a sidewalk for 38* Avenue, important for Floral park. (Multiple

. Infill sidewalk on 30" Avenue from Brommer Street to Portola Drive, at

Schwan Lake and to Merrill Street. (Multiple comments)

thoroughfare, and there is no space to walk safely.

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railroad tracks. What is proposed? It is a hazard for pedestrians and kids. (Multiple comments)

needs to be safer with %oft and safe" sidewalks.

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. East Cliff Drive from 1 7th Avenue to Moran Lake is a beautiful stretch, but

b "Cor-Moran" neighborhood: 26th Avenue needs soft sidewalk on one side of

. Sidewalk is needed at Rockview Drive. . No sidewalks on East Cliff Drive between 17th Avenue and Pleasure Point.

+ Need sidewalk fkom Soquel Village to 4lSt Avenue. . Capitola Avenue needs sidewalks between freeway and Soquel Drive (Multiple

. Complete the sidewalk on the west side of Old San Jose Road between Soquel

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Drive and Soquel High. There is no bike lane and cars park on the shoulder. A sidewalk would benefit pedestrians to AJ Cummings Park, Soquel High, and Hilltop Drive residents.


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. Bridge Street at Paper Mill needs upgrading of pavement and sidewalks. Work around street trees. . Upper Live Oak . Not a lot of traffic on Winkle except on flea market days. Sidewalks may help . Area on north side of Soquel Drive at Old Dog Kennels needs sidewalks.

. Speeding Central Live Oak . Keep curve on upper 7th Avenue and 30th Avenue. (Multiple comments) . Speed bumps on Lotman: Some neighbors want them.. .those at end and side

streets don't want them. How to deal with this? . How do neighbors get road bumps on their street? . Fewer and smaller roads.

. Are there traffic calming methods other than speed bumps? . 16" Avenue is potential for speed bumps.

. Traffic calming on 6* Avenue, speed bumps or maybe traffic barriers to slow

. Make Dolores one way to 7'h Avenue to keep speeders out. . Need traffic-calming measures; explain process for road bumps.

t Prioritize slowing traffic and enabling bicycle and pedestrian transport. t Creative, natural ("soft") traffic calming measures. . What is process for getting speed bumps or stop sign on Floral Drive? Most

traffic is not local. . Speed bumps on 30th and 38'h Avenues.. .pros and cons about what they do. Would fire department be involved in process? Also, school district busses would have problems. (Multiple comments)

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Curb bulbs on Capitola & Chanticleer to slow traffic.

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down speeding traffic. (Multiple comments)

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. 36th Avenue is very dangerous to walk on because of speed and volume of

. How can heavy vehicles be deterred from driving on Floral Drive? . Traffic calming is needed on 34th, 3Sh, 36th, and 37th avenues and Opal Cliff Drive; can they be turned into one-way streets? (Multiple comments) . Soquel . People drive too fast on Soquel Drive when leaving Soquel Village toward Cabrillo, steep hill at Hannan Lane. Better posting of speed limits, lower speed limit, add "Reduce Speed" sign?. Are speed bumps practical? Could cameras be used to catch speeders? (Multiple comments) . Speed enforcement is important on major streets.

. What about speed bumps on Kenny Avenue? Road is too steep; Department of . Upper Live Oak

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t Soquel t Light up entrance to Simpkins so it's easier to find.

t Bridge Street pedestrian bridge needs lights fixed and more lights to Main

t Check lights at underpass on Wharf Road, never turned on. (CalTrans) t Who is responsible for street lighting?

Street. (Multiple comments)

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Lots of traffic on Brommer Street and 7* Avenue. Don't encourage hotel or other intensive use which draws traffic - its an agricultural site: info center, museum. (Multiple comments) Commercial traffic on Thompson impacts residential properties. Large trucks use this street due to the many businesses, and the narrowness of this street is a safety issue. What can be done? Consider resurfacing and widening Thompson. (Multiple comments) Make the barrier at Gross Road and Lotman able to open in the event of an emergency. Currently it is immovable. (Multiple comments) Traffic and access to Green Acres school is difficult at Bostwick. Can anything be done? Traffic issues with school, kids, neighbors at Chanticleer and Capitola. Need cloverleaf off ramps and light synchronization. Poorly operated traffic signals cause congestion problems. (Multiple comments) Need right turn from Soquel onto 7th in east direction. Is gas station going to fund signal improvements? (Multiple comments) Signal lights often leave long lines of cars waiting even though there is no cross traffic. This causes unnecessary congestion.

t Coastal Live Oak . 6th Avenue between Dolores and Eaton is a problem. Cars short cut between 7th Avenue and Eaton. Could 6" Avenue be one-way or could a speed bump be installed? (Multiple comments)

periphery, rather than at beach. . Keep cars out of Live Oak for people who don't live there. Keep cars at

t Signal at 7th Avenue and Eaton Street does not function well. . Pleasure Point t There are large trucks using East Cliff Drive. Weight limits need to be

enforced. . East Cliff one way has forced more traffic on neighborhood streets, especially 3 8 th Avenue

t 26th Avenue and Portola Drive intersection is difficult for bikes. Children use alternate route at Crestview Way.

t 37" Avenue is especially narrow.


The corner of 3(jth Avenue and East Cliff Drive is commonly congested with people parking and walking and two-way traffk. Drivers in large trucks and SUVs believe that they have the right of way, making it dangerous for pedestrians. Autos commonly drive on the double yellow line to avoid pedestrians, especially on Opal Cliff Drive.

t Soquel t Dawn Lane and Old San Jose Road needs a turn lane ... frequent accidents . Cunnison Lane extension would be useful. * West side of 41St Avenue--Lots of issues: parking, pedestrian access,

circulation. Highway 1 merge between 4 1 St Avenue and Porter is hazardous.

Merrill. Bus stops but it very dangerous to cross road. . Pedestrian crosswalk or traffic light on Soquel Drive at Willowbrook and

. Upper Live Oak, including 41 St Avenue Winkle and Stanley intersections with Soquel Drive need signals. Traffic light at 4lSt Avenue and Highway 1 needs to be coordinated or timed. Lots of congestion on both sides of freeway. (Multiple comments) Going north on 41 st Avenue in Capitola, make second right turn lane onto freeway to prevent backup. Improve traffic flow by making lane right turn only on 41st Ave, at Burger King, Could fire road at Kenny Avenue be opened? On 41 st Ave, make right turn lane in front of San Lorenzo Lumber to get onto freeway starting at Cory Lane.

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t Open up blocked up street where Soquel Frontage Road stops to allow access

t Why are there concrete barricades at tracks on south side of Chanticleer? . Make Cory Lane to go through so that San Lorenzo Lumber exit is on Cory

to mall (40th Avenue).

Lane and not 41 st Avenue. k Coastal Live Oak . Murray Street bridge is an significant access route and should have been done

by now. What can The Redevelopment Agency do to get City project going? (Multiple comments) . Access to Live Oak is an issue. Visitors and residents access Live Oak by 7th or 17th Avenues, Portola, or Eaton. (Multiple comments) . Webster and Koopmans: Need better visibility around corner.

. Thurber Lane has only one access point. This is potentially hazardous. Storms

. Howe Avenue is very narrow.. .hard to turn onto Dover. Cars parking all over

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or a fire could create a difficult time for people trying to get out.

(perhaps parking should be on one side only).


. Flea Market weekends cause lots of crossing for pedestrians. Bus stop also

. Driveways near Silver Spur difficult to negotiate. generates a lot of pedestrian traffic Soquel / Winkle. (Multiple comments)

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

b Railroad Tracks . Railroad area could be used to make better connections. Add walkways that cross and run along railroad tracks. (Multiple comments) . Bike trail along the railroad so it's safe and easy to get to towns, harbor, swim center, schools. (Multiple comments) . Is there a plan to make a bike path that would connect Central Live Oak to the West Cliff Drive bike path? Is this bike path going to be located on the railroad tracks? . Shuttle Trolley to bring people to 41st Avenue to enhance business community. . Walkways . Preservation of Rodeo Gulch as a green belt with bike and walking paths with bridge over the freeway and a connection to AJ Cummings Park. Creation of Soquel Creek walkway to allow public access to creekside. . Will there be a pedestrian access to Simpkins where El Dorado street dead ends into Schwann Lake Open Space and the rail road tracks? . With no lighting, the passageway by Thomas Music to Harbor High feels overgrown and dangerous. The passage is already paved, please upgrade it to a formal access route to the school.

. Energy issue: Oil costs are rising ... leads to more use of alternative means to get around.

GENERAL COMMENTS

. Pleasure Point Could there be a historic district, a place for a history museum? Historic exhibits for the public. (Multiple comments)

t Provide building rehabilitation assistance for owners of historic properties. . Preserve eucalyptus trees as windbreak at S-turn on East Cliff Drive, east of Moran

. Need entry sign near O'Neill's on 41 st Avenue. + Like to see Pleasure Point declared a unique "surfing community."

Lake.

. Central Live Oak . Concerns about dilapidated "old building" on property on Soquel Frontage Road. Compiled Commentswpd 14

ni i74 . The historic tank house, which has been moved to the back of The Redevelopment

What is planned for the building site that makes up the entrance to the Harbor area

. What is planned for building site on the corner of 17th Avenue and Brommer Street

. Live Oak schools are interested in working with The Redevelopment Agency . LO Community Planning and Development:

Agency property on Chanticleer Avenue needs a permanent home.

accessed at Brommer Street and 7th Avenue?

that extends towards Simpkins?

. Assistance in coordination of a Live Oak Facilities Summit with all entities that rent out space to the community, including comprehensive planning and capacity building for public use in mid-county and Joint Powers Authority for managing public facilities. . Fund development of a specific land use plan for Live Oak. . Oversee and fund community process for the General Plan update. . Develop agreed-upon design criteria for unique neighborhoods. . Create historic district and technical assistance to individuals for historic property renovation.

. Coastal Live Oak . Put reflector at entrance to swim center on 17th Avenue . Clean up Eaton . Consider establishing a historic district in the Twin Lakes area with historic design standards.

b Soquel . Will Soquel fire station be moved? . Soquel PBIA looks at parking and funds maintenance.

. Upper Live Oak t What is happening with proposed development on Benson?

. General . Communist control; You don't represent us at all! . Thank you for the neighborhood meetings, listening to citizen input, keeping the

b Lake and S h Avenue looks great. (Multiple comments) . Impressed with future plans for more parks.

public informed, respecting and enhancing our community. (Multiple comments)

Good work on Capitola Road, Brommer Street and 7th Avenue, and Soquel Drive. (Multiple comments) . Thank you; the completed projects and upgrading are great. Appreciate good road improvements. (Multiple comments) . Thanks for the 9th Ave drainage.. .hope it is good enough. . Whatever is done, use trees, bushes, rural looking things vs. cement, cement, cement.


. Thank you Parks Department and Barry Samuel for your eucalyptus tree pruning at Moran Lake. It is safer now for some houses, less obtrusive. Thanks for being pro-active for some of our home safety.

benefit and the excellence you put into your projects.

are so fortunate to have had that made look much nicer.

. Want to express my gratitude for your presence, effective work for our communities

. Thank you for doing the excellent job in the Pleasure Point and Live Oak areas. We

. Miscellaneous . We need 1 afternoon or A.M. meeting. Bus users and seniors have trouble with evening

. Think Big! . Time to take a big picture view. . Hard surfaces as natural as possible in color and materials . Can people vote on car dealerships?

meetings and a lot of us don't have a website or e-mail.

FACILITIES

. Live Oak Family Resource Center . Immediate Needs Champion Live Oak Family Resource Center within County government to make services more available for mid-county residents. Immediate need for expanded space of facility, storage, and parking. Need conference room furniture, blinds, etc., upgrades and repairs to physical space, and parking lot lights. Provide funding for SpanisWEnglish translators and headset equipment. Update computer hardware and network. . Future Needs . Provide funding assistance for construction of a permanent location. A permanent location to accommodate 10,000 square feet indoor facility, including classrooms, counseling and conference room, reception area and office space, showers and multiple bathrooms, kitchen, childcare and teen work space and staff, and other indoor and outdoor childcare and activity areas. . Grant writing assistance.

b Other Facilities . Roadhouse in Pleasure Point . A community center for Pleasure Point would be a fabulous asset. Can we buy

. Choose a wise location for a community center; do not impact Pleasure Point.

. I love the swim center and library . New library will be a nice addition

the Roadhouse? (Multiple comments)

. Library


I) 6 6 . Warehouses near Simpkins Swim Center . Convert warehouses by swim center to cultural facilities - Salz Tannery

Warehouses could be art studios or museums.

. Need adequate public facilities, Teen center/community center. (Multiple

Recognize needs of Latino community and its need for community center. . There is a need for affordable space for family events and birthday parties. In summer parks offer wonderful facilities, but in winter, there are no affordable spaces. There is a need for multi-generational community center.

/Louden Nelson. (Multiple comments)

. Other Facilities

comments)

. Needed facilities in Live Oak include: b . b . . . . . . . .

Crisis nursery Immigration center Cultural and arts center Health clinic Social services center (Youth job development, Driver's training in Spanish, Auxiliary assistance to homeless families and services) Public art space Food pantry Smaller neighborhood community centers, Creation of Live Oak history museum, Combined community center with Grange/Senior Center/Schools/Live Oak Family Resource Center Create mixed use, public/private community core in the 5 acres of the current Live Oak Family Resource Center. . Miscellaneous . Acquire, restore and preserve historically significant properties for public use,

i.e. potentially the Pleasure Point Roadhouse and the Live Oak Family Resource Center (Merriman House).


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Proposed

Implementation Plan

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Live OaldSoquel Project Area

2005-2009

Attachment 2

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Oh78I MPLEMENTATION PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I . LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

I1 . SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ........................ 3

I11 . POLICY BASIS AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ...................... 11

IV . GOALS AND OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

V . PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

VI . SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

APPENDIX A: HOUSING INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Tables:

Table 1: Redevelopment Activities Completed to Date ............................... 4 Table 2: Status of RDA-Assisted Housing (By Units) ................................. 6 Table 3: Listing of Agency-Funded Affordable Housing Projects and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 4: Summary of Relationship of Conditions of Blight and Plan Goals

and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 5: Summary of Relationship of Conditions of Blight and Plan Programs

andprojects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Table 6: Estimated Program Expenditures January 1. 2005 . December 31. 2009 . . . . . . . . . . 23 Table A-1 : Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund Estimates and Number of Units

Completed By Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Table A-2: Income Proportionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Table A-3: Project Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table A-4: Agency Assisted Units: By Year and Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table A-5: Implementation Plan Production Requirements And Production

SurpludDeficit: 1987- 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Table A-6: Implementation Plan Production Requirements And Production

Surplus/Deficit: 2005-2027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

I. LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS 0 6 7 9

The Community Redevelopment Law requires that every five years each agency adopt a five-year implementation plan that provides a link between the elimination of blight and the proposed actions of the agency. The original Implementation Plan for the Live Oak-Soquel Project Area was adopted in November, 1994, and was updated in June of 1997. The second five-year Implementation Plan for the Live Oak-Soquel Project Area was adopted in November, 1999, and that plan was updated in November, 2000, and November, 2002. This document shall serve as the third five-year Implementation Plan for the Live Oak-Soquel Project Area.

By law, the implementation plan must describe: the specific goals and objectives of the Agency; programs, including a program of actions and expenditures to be made during the next five years of the plan; how these goals, objectives, programs, and expenditures will assist in the alleviation of blight; and how the Agency will implement both the requirement to increase, improve, and preserve very-low, low, and moderate income housing and the inclusionary housing requirement. If the plan contains any project that will result in the destruction of very-low, low, or moderate income housing, it must also identify replacement housing. In addition this plan incorporates new housing requirements, adopted by the State legislature; they primarily affect the following issues: 1) targeting of housing set aside fund, 2) targeting of projected housing production by income, and 3) strengthening of requirements for replacing affordable housing. The applicable details of these key changes in the law are described below:

Housing Fund:

The Agency’s Housing Set Aside Fund must be targeted toward producing housing affordable to very-low, low and moderate income groups in proportion to the percentage these income categories reflect the community as determined by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation from AMBAG.

The Agency’s Housing Set Aside Fund must also be targeted so that funding allocations do not exceed the percentage of the population over 65 years of age as determined by the year 2000 Census.

Terms of the affordability covenants secured by the Agency or counted toward the Agency’s production requirements must be affordable for a minimum of 45 years for ownership housing, and 55 years for rental housing.

Housing Production:

New housing production requirements will allow all Agency-assisted housing units, which have been substantially rehabilitated to count toward housing production goals whether within or outside the Project Area.

New housing production requirements will allow the Agency to “purchase” affordability covenants for multi-family units housing very-low and low income households to count toward housing production goals.

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Replacement Housing:

New Housing Replacement requirements will now provide that all affordable units destroyed, removed or rendered unaffordable by Agency action must be replaced at equal or greater affordability within four years.

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This Plan is organized in a fashion to address the requirements of State law, while retaining continuity among goals and objectives and related programs and projects. The main body of the report includes a summary of Agency accomplishments to date, Project Area goals and objectives, and programs to be implemented over the next five years. The information specific to housing fund expenditures and affordable housing production in the Project Area is included in the Appendix of this five-year Implementation Plan.

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2 'I 8 1 11. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

In 1986 the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the Redevelopment Agency of Santa Cruz County. Subsequently, in 1987, the Agency's first redevelopment plan-for the Live Oak and Soquel areas-was adopted. That plan was created to provide for revitalization of an area, which had developed without provision of adequate public facilities to service population growth, resulting in blighted physical, social, and economic conditions. In 1988, the Agency began a wide variety of efforts to upgrade the area. Since that time many programs have been initiated, and numerous projects have been completed throughout the Project Area. Table 1 delineates the completed projects and programs described in more detail on the following pages.

Initial Data Base and Special Studies:

The Agency has provided funding for and/or participated in preparing a variety of basic resources necessary to allow well-planned redevelopment in the Project Area, including an aerial photo base and topographic mapping; the Urban Forestry Master Plan; the Soquel Village Plan; the Pleasure Point Commercial Area Plan; a parcel-based land use inventory; the Retail Business Market Study; and traffic studies in Live Oak and Soquel.

Community InfrastructurePublic Safety Improvements:

A number of community infrastructure/public safety improvements have been completed as part of the County's Capital Improvement Program, with full or partial Redevelopment Agency funding, including the following:

Road improvements such as curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and bike lanes throughout the Project Area, including portions of Brommer Street, Capitola Road, 17'h Avenue, 4lSt Avenue, 7" Avenue, 30th Avenue, Portola Drive, Lake and 5" Avenue, Chanticleer Avenue, Commercial Way, East Cliff Drive, Alice Street, Felt Street, Jose Avenue, Park Avenue, Porter Street, Rodriguez Street, Soquel Drive, Thurber Lane, and East Walnut Avenue.

Drainage improvements, in addition to drainage improvements constructed as part of road improvements, including 32"d, 33rd, 34*, 35", 36*, and 37th avenues, Thurber Channel, Winkle Avenue/Prather Lane, 16* Avenue, Mission Drive, lower 14* Avenue to Bonita Lagoon, gth Avenue, and Venice Drive.

The Soquel Drive-Bargetto Bridge over Soquel Creek in Soquel Village was replaced.

The East Cliff Drive Emergency Crib Wall Repair project was constructed in the Pleasure Point area.

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Public Recreation Facilities and Other Community Facilities: 05 22

Work on public facilities has included parks and community centers, parking facilities, and a library:

Parks have been developed in both Live Oak and Soquel, including Anna Jean Cummings Park, a community park; and Hestwood, Twin Lakes, Jose Avenue, and Willowbrook, all neighborhood parks; land has also been acquired for three additional neighborhood parks, and a community center in Soquel.

The Simpkins Family Swim Center and Live Oak Community Center was constructed in Live Oak.

Pedestrian Bridges have been constructed at Main Street and Upper Soquel Creek in Soquel, and at the west end of Harper Street bridge in Live Oak.

In Soquel Village, three public parking lots have been purchased and constructed, and an easement for circulation and parking acquired on an existing lot. In addition, the Hook Beach Parking Lot in Live Oak was acquired and improved.

. The site for the Live Oak Library was acquired, and a new library building is under construction.

The teen center at Shoreline Middle School was established.

An interim home for the Live Oak Family Resource Center was provided, and a location for development of a permanent home was established.

Table 1: Redevelopment Activities Completed To Date

Live Oak - Soquel Project Area

11 Parks and Community Facilites:

Twin Lakes Park Anna Jean Cummings Park Willowbrook Park Hestwood Park The Hook Beach Parking Lot & 4lSt Ave. Ped. Swim Center/ Live Oak Community Center & Cogen Access Jose Avenue Park & Harper Court Pedestrian Bridge Upper Soquel Creek & Main Street Pedestrian Interim Live Oak Library Bridges

Maior Drainape Improvements:

Avenues Drainage Project (Phases 1 & 2) Thurber Channel Drainage Project Mission Drive Drainage Improvements 14th Avenue to Bonita Lagoon Drainage Winkle AvenueRrather Lane Park Drainage Venice Drive Drainage Improvements

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(1 Road and Sidewalk Improvements: (I Soquel Dr. (Soquel Village) & Bridge

17th Avenue Improvements (Phase I, 11, and 111) Chanticleer Avenue Improvements Lower Porter Street Improvements East Cliff Dr. Improvements (East Cliff Village

Lower 7th Avenue Improvements Portola Dr. Improvements (1 7'h to 24th)

9 Jose Avenue Sidewalk Id111 Project 9 Brommer Street (7Ih to 17" Avenues)

Pleasure Point Improvements (commercial Area) Rodriguez Street Improvements

Replacement

Area)

Sequel Drive (Walnut to Porter Gulch) Improvements Sidewalk Infill (Paul Minnie, Memll St, upper 30th Ave) Felt Street Improvements Gross Road Improvements Main Street' East Walnut Street Improvements 30th Avenue Sidewalks (Portola to East Cliff, Park Avenue Improvements Lake/Sth Avenues Improvements Capitola Road (Soquel Ave. to 38* Avenue) Alice/ Corcoran Street Improvements Commercial Way CirculationiDrainage Improvements

Soquel Parking and Business Improvement Area Small Business Assistance Program (LEAP) Soquel Village Plan and Soquel2000 (Project 9 Pleasure Point Commercial Area Plan Update) Felt Street Plaza Commercial Center Rehabilitation Soquel Village Public Parking Lots: Walnut Utility Undergrounding: Soquel Village & Pleasure Street, Church, & Daubenbiss Ave Point Commercial Way Retail Project

Live Oak Circulation Study & Commercial Way Live OakiSoquel Aerial Photo Update

East Cliff Drive Circulation Alternatives Study Urban Forestry Master Plan Live Oak Historic Resources Inventory Update Street Tree Maintenance Program Road Plan Lines (ongoing)

Circulation Study Moran Lake Study

Cunnison Lane/The Farm (hture park & Heart of Soquel Mobile Home Pk. (future Village

Chanticleer Park Site - (future park) O'Neill Ranch Commercial Site (top of 41' Avenue) Capitola Road Site (commercial site assembly) 7th AvenueBrommer Site -Phase 1 (future redvisitor East Harper Street Park (future miniparki serving)

community center) project)

housing)

9 Felt Street 9 Chanticleer Avenue

17th Avenue Lower Thurber Lan Commercial Crossing Commercial Way Rodriguez Street Lower 4 1" Avenue Portola Drive ( 17'h to 41'' Avenues) Capitola Road

East Walnut St. Lower Main Street East Cliff Village Lower Porter Street Park Avenue Lower 7th Avenue Soquel Drive (Soquel Village) Lake/Sth Avenues Soquel Drive (Walnut Street to Porter Gulch) Brommer Street (7th to Thompson Street)

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Economic Develoument/Business Assistance:

The Agency's efforts to assist the business communities in Live Oak and Soquel have provided for greater communication both within the business community and between the businesses and local government. In addition, by working with business associations in both areas, Agency staff have developed the Local Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP) and continue to focus efforts in the commercial core areas of Live Oak and Soquel to enhance business promotions, encourage business retention and expansion activities, and to promote other site improvements. Additionally, Redevelopment staff have worked closely with Planning and the community to identify "opportunity sites'' for possible economic development projects within the Project Area and has provided input to the local government's economic development planning efforts.

Housing:

In the Spring of 1990, the Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors established the underlying policy basis for administering the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. Consistent with that program, the Agency, through the Planning Department, is responsible for providing an array of programs and financing a wide variety of projects. Agency-sponsored activities foster the development of new housing and the redevelopment of existing housing to provide long-term affordability to very-low, low and moderate income households.

Since the Agency's inception, 1,141 housing units in the unincorporated County have been assisted through these efforts. Table 2 summarizes the total number of housing units assisted (both existing units and new construction), and includes completed projects as well as projects currently planned or in progress.

Table 2: Status of RDA-Assisted Housing

Completed Total Planned or in progress

Existing Housing

603 174 429 New Housing

538 74 464

u Total I 893 I 248 1.141 I1 Agency-assisted housing projects have benefitted a cross-section of area residents living in a wide range of housing types, and future projects are proposed to follow a similar distribution. Units assisted to date are distributed as follows:

Family Apartments - 24% fann worker Units - 13% Home Ownership Projects - 27% Mobile Home Units - 14% Senior Apartments - 13% Special Needs Housing - 9%

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The Agency’s housing programs have centered around partnerships with non-profit affordable housing developers, thereby leveraging the Agency’s funds with other public and private funding sources. Over the years, the following organizations have worked in partnership with the Agency:

Mid- Peninsula Housing Coalition South County Housing Mercy Housing California Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center Habitat for Humanity . Volunteers of America

Agency h d s have been used for a variety of activities. Table 3 provides details on the projects and programs in which the Agency has participated. As Table 3 shows, the Agency’s housing activities have been applied in four general areas: 1) new construction, 2) conversion to affordable housing by the application of affordability restrictions, 3) substantial rehabilitation, and 4) housing support programs. The projects noted in Table 3 include the following types of Agency assistance:

Land acquisition Grants or favorable loan terms Local matching funds Preservation of “at risk” units Assistance to low income first time homebuyers Purchase of Affordability Restrictions Last month’s renthecurity deposit assistance for low income renters . Emergency Housing Assistance

Total 0 1 3 1 7 2 1 7 5 1

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Habitat for Humanity (1-17th Ave, 3 Soquel 2-Juan Pablo. > VOA Senior Housing

Stepping Out

Cunnison LaneEarm

Arroyo Verde

Casa Linda

Merrill Road

San Andreas Farm Labor Housing

Vista Verde Apartments Corralitos Creek Townhomes Total

Corralitos Creek ADartments Villas Del Paraiso

Seacliff Highlands

Seascape

I Total

#units #units #units Total VL L M

New construction: single 6 6 family houses for sale to

New construction apt. units; 75 75

New construction apartments; 8 10 18 disabled adults New unitdchild care; I 16 1 2 3 1

39

Enhance affordability of very- low and low income ownership

New construction; Apartments for very-low income disabled adults New construction; 15 15

Reconstruction of dilapidated 42 1 43 farm worker housing

New units and child care for

New home ownership units

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I 273 I 63 I 93 I 429

I #units I #units1 #units] Total I V L I L I M

New rental apartments for I 47 I 16 I 1 very-low and low income Reconstruction of dilapidated 50 1

64 - 51

farm worker housing

New Construction 35 3 1 39 I

Property deeded to County for 10 10 20 I affordable housing

132 29 13 174


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# units # units # units VL L M

Pacific Family Mobile Conversion of mobile home 34 Home Park park to limited equity co-op;

Lagoon Apt. conversion to limited 30 1

I Beachcooperative equity cooperative; Woodland Heights Preserve affordability of low 68

II I I I I income senior rental project

Home Park

Mobile Home Park

Willowbrook Assisted Care Housing

I+ McIntosh Mobile

Conversion of mobile home park to limited equity co-op;

Private mobile home park conversion; loans to low income park residents I Private mobile home park 9 conversion; loans to park residents Assisted living housing and 21 affordable rental units Preserve, expand, and upgrade 4 22 mobile home park; low income

21 252 1

Mobile Home Rehab. Program

CDBG Housing Rehabilitation

Foster Care Transitional Housing Last/Deposit Program

Families in Transition

Total

Loans to low and very-low 10 income mobile home owners for coach upgrades Rehabilitation of single family, 16 apartments and mobile homes; low income Housing for minors aging out 6 of the Foster Care Program Loan program to low income na na households to avoid homelessness

Program to assist lower income na homeless families transition to self-sufficiencv I l n a


na

na

Completed 34 santa cruz 1990

Community Housing

31 Mercy Housing 1992

68 Vosti 1993 Properties

santa cruz community

Housin Private

Cooperative

9 Private 1997 Cooperative

2 1 Willowbrook 2000

26 Mercy Housing 2000 LLC

Ongoing

l6 I various I 6 1 I Ongoing

Authority (contract wl -rt Ongoing

I

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Brommer Street

Tierra Alta

Jardines Del Valle

Above the Line

Monarch

# units VL

Apt. purchasekehab.; 6 transitional housing formerly homeless families Sanitation improvements for low and very-low income farm worker housing Rehabilitation and purchase of 18 farm labor camp; low and very- low income Transitional housing for 10 formerly homeless teens & affordable rental units purchasehehab.; transitional 6 housing formerly homeless families

Total I 40

Pleasant Acres Preserve housing affordability 64 and upgrade mobile home park

Wheelock Purchasehehab.; transitional 10 housing formerly homeless families

Total I 74

# units L

36

7

- 43

# units L

# units M

- 0

# units M

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Total

6

36

18

17

6

- 83

Total

64

10

- 74

Developer Year

Housing 1992 Authority

Housing 1992 Authority

Completed

Mid Peninsula ~ :ill Housing Coalition Mercy Housing

community Counseling

Center

Developer

south county Housing

santa cruz community Counseling

Center

Year Completed In Progress

Under Construction

TOTAL 1,141

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111. POLICY BASIS AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The Redevelopment Agency provides for regular input and involvement of the community in creation of community plans, development of program and project priorities, and implementation of specific projects. Additionally, through an annual public hearing on the Agency's proposed budget, community members have the opportunity to comment on program priorities and general direction. Through the Agency's ongoing public participation process, a wide range of programs have been developed to address blighted conditions in the Project Area. This document, therefore, reflects the results of a public process that has been underway for many years.

In addition to the Redevelopment Plan itself and the Implementation Plan, the most significant documents which guide the Agency's redevelopment efforts include:

The Santa Cruz County General Plan. This document, which was significantly updated in 1994, establishes a broad range of land use, housing, and economic development policies and programs. The General Plan and accompanying EIR establishes the need for expanded safety improvements and public facilities within the Project Area. As well, the General Plan directs future land uses by type and location in the Project Area. Lastly, this Plan includes a master plan for park, recreation, and community centers for the area.

The Soquel Village Plan. This plan, adopted in 1990 after extensive public workshops and discussions, includes a generalized blueprint for revitalization efforts in the one of the Project Area's established commercial core areas. The Village Plan includes a wide range of program and project recommendations.

The County Capital Improvement Program (CIP). This ongoing planning effort, which is subject to annual public input and comment, sets five-year goals for public improvement projects throughout the unincorporated County, including the Project Area. The CIP also includes a long list of other capital project needs for which funding is not currently available. This unfunded list is used as a repository of information on future project options, which are then evaluated for possible future implementation.

Urban Forestry Plan. Adopted in 1992, this plan establishes a general blueprint for addressing the need for aesthetic improvements throughout the Project Area. The Plan focuses primarily on major roadway corridors, key entryways into the community, and important commercial areas.

Library System Long Range Plan. The Library System's Long Range Plan, adopted in 1990, describes population distribution and associated demand for library services. It documents the shortage of library services in the Project Area and recommends numerous improvements to address that shortfall.

Housing Report: Recommendations and Program Guidelines. Adopted by the Board of Directors in 1990, this report includes detailed programs guidelines, priorities, and criteria for the use of Low and Moderate Income Housing funds.

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IV. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The overall redevelopment efforts underway in the Live Oak and Soquel areas are based on the following goals and objectives, which have been developed in response to years of input received through the public participation process described in the previous section.

Goal #1: Protect and enhance the existing residential neighborhoods throughout the

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Project Area.

Objectives:

i address public safety improvements through planning and financing needed street, intersection, sidewalk, drainage, and bikeway projects, in a fashion which complements neighborhood character.

ii protect and enhance the character of residential neighborhoods through:

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Goal #2:

completing improvements to the arterial road system to discourage traffic through neighborhoods and, when necessary, developing and implementing strategies to improve traffic patterns and protect neighborhoods. encouraging appropriate site and building design of in-fill development. implementing streetscape improvements where appropriate. implementing traffic calming measures where appropriate. assistance in implementation of the County's Pavement Management Plan. completing drainage improvements where appropriate.

acquire and develop appropriately-located neighborhood parks, which provide use by wide ranging age groups.

provide expanded neighborhood access to parks, schools, and commercial areas through construction of pedestrian and bicycle access improvements.

improve the existing housing stock, increase neighborhood stability, and reduce residential overcrowding by encouraging housing rehabilitation and protection of existing affordable housing, by promoting housing ownership, and by encouraging improved rental opportunities.

Support revitalization of the Project Area's small business core areas.

Objectives:

i address public safety issues through planning and financing needed street, intersection, sidewalk, drainage, and bikeway projects that enhance the unique character of these areas.

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ii support public parking for small business core areas through private-public partnerships and other arrangements, which result in the acquisition and development of appropriately-located public parking facilities.

111 provide planning and financing for special aesthetic improvements to address current unsightly conditions and to foster a unique character and identity for small business core areas.

...

iv provide incentives to retain and attract key businesses in core areas as set forth in the land use plans of the local government.

v encourage strengthening small business associations and related business promotional activities.

vi where appropriate, encourage housing above ground floor commercial space to increase vitality and activity in core areas.

Goal #3: Strengthen the overall local economy through expanding business opportunities within the Project Area which accomplish the goals of the local government's economic development strategy, including creating jobs, expanding the retail base, and enhancing funding for community services.

Objectives:

i provide infrastructure to encourage development of economic opportunity sites.

11 participate in site assembly and financial assistance for development projects that .. address community needs.

iii provide assistance to developers of commercial and industrial sites through serving as source of information on such sites.

Goal #4: Enhance connections between neighborhoods and local commerce, education, culture, recreation, and employment centers, to strengthen the overall sense of community.

Objectives:

i address public safety issues along, and encourage use of major roadways for through-traffic by planning and financing the needed street, intersection, sidewalk, drainage, and bikeway projects while buffering adjacent land uses.

ii provide key pedestrian and bikeway linkages among residential neighborhoods, schools, business areas, parks, coastal beaches, and other public facilities.

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acquire and develop sites for community recreational opportunities, including community playing fields, and other similar facilities.

acquire and develop sites for community facilities, including community centers and libraries.

identify and work with owners of underutilized sites that can serve as community focus sitedgateways, and encourage design that enhances the community character.

implement a streetscape program (including lighting, street trees, signage, and graffiti abatement) which enhances the character of major roadway corridors, key community entryways, commercial areas, and residential neighborhoods.

encourage the protection and enhancement of, and public access to, riparian areas, lagoons, and other open spaces.

encourage public access to Project Area beaches, recognizing their special status as access to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the MBNMS Scenic Trail, and ensuring that such access minimizes adverse neighborhood impacts.

provide for a range of housing types throughout the Project Area to ensure availability and affordability of housing for Project Area residents.

Encourage the development of diverse programs, facilities, and opportunities for area residents, including all economic, cultural, special needs, and age groups.

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i encourage participation of all sectors of the community in setting and implementing the Agency's program and project priorities.

ii support the preservation of existing affordable housing and the development of appropriately-located new affordable housing opportunities within the Project Area and in other unincorporated areas.

111 ensure that public facilities are developed to accommodate and encourage use by ... all sectors of the community.

iv support the development of new employment opportunities.

v assist in creating opportunities for area residents to participate in making decisions affecting their community and to take responsibility for alleviating problems through support of community groups and volunteer projects and programs.

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Goal #6: Support the creation and preservation of diverse housing opportunities throughout the unincorporated area of the County and Implement the Goals of the County's Housing Element.

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provide for the creation and preservation of diverse housing types as well as diverse ownership and rental opportunities to serve all sectors of the community.

support the development of appropriately located new affordable housing opportunities.

improve the existing housing stock and reduce residential overcrowding by encouraging housing rehabilitation and protection of existing affordable housing,

encourage improved rental opportunities and assist community residents to live in stable rental housing.

encourage home ownership by low income households.

recognize the unique role and importance of farm worker housing in the community.

Maximize the effectiveness of Agency funds by attracting other revenue resources as appropriate.

i leverage Agency funds with those obtained from State, federal, and private grant sources.

ii when feasible, use community and neighborhood assistance to implement projects and programs.

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Table 4 illustrates the relationship between this Plan's goals and objectives and the elimination of blight in the Project Area, as required by the Community Redevelopment Law:

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V. PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

To meet the goals and objectives set forth in this Plan, the Agency will implement a variety of programs and associated projects. As with all Agency activities, public participation will continue to play an instrumental role in helping shape Agency priorities, particularly as the Agency's programs are implemented and refined.

Table 5 shows the linkages between each of these programs and the conditions they address. Table 6 shows estimated expenditures by program and reflects increasing expenditures over the next five years consistent with the future bonding capacity of the Agency.

1. Community Enhancement

The Agency has developed a number ofprograms designed to improve and expand community and public facilities in the Project Area.

Traffic and Safety:

Over the years, traffic and safety improvements have not kept pace with the Project Area's population growth. As a result, congestion, combined with poor circulation patterns, greatly contribute to Project Area blight. The traffic and safety program will continue to provide vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle improvements to facilitate traffic flow and enhance public safety. Agency projects include construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bike lanes, medians, signalization, traffic calming measures, and paving on County roads (including participation in the Pavement Management Program) and other projects identified in the County's Capital Improvements Program. (For list of completed projects, see Table 1 .) Specific roads, or portions of roads, which are planned to undergo improvements over the next five years include, but are not limited to: Soquel Avenue, upper 7'h Avenue, Eaton Street, upper 41 St Avenue, East Cliff Drive (5th to 12" avenues), and East Cliff Drive in Pleasure Point (including bluff stabilization), upper 30th Avenue Soquel Drive, Portola Drive (24'h to 26" avenues), Kinsley Street, Capitola Avenue, West Walnut, Robertson Street, upper Porter Street, lower Chanticleer Avenue, upper 14th Avenue, and miscellaneous sidewalk in-fill projects. In addition, the Agency will continue to assess the need for and feasibility of other traffic and safety improvements in the Project Area.

Drainage:

There are a number of inadequate drainage facilities throughout the Project Area which contribute to blighted conditions. In an ongoing effort to prevent flooding and damage to public and private property, the Agency will continue to provide financial assistance to drainage improvements within the Project Area. Most of the road projects described above include a drainage improvement element. Specific drainage projects will include upper 35th Avenue, 16'h Avenue and Garden Street. The Agency will also work with the Public Works Department to identify and pursue other drainage improvements.

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Public Recreation and Cultural Facilities:

An integral part of the Agency's activities includes providing for the continued availability of public recreation facilities to serve the needs of Project Area residents. New and enhanced public recreation facilities address the long-standing shortage of public recreation and cultural facilities in the Project Area, and meet the growing needs of the area's expanding population and community groups. This ongoing program provides for acquisition and development of a variety of new and expanded public recreational and cultural facility opportunities. Specific projects in the next five years may include, but are not limited to, Chanticleer Avenue park (development), Felt Street park (development), Soquel Community Center and Tee Street Park (development), Moran Way (acquisition), 7* Avenue and Brommer Street (acquisition), Rodriquez park site (acquisition), Maciel park site (acquisition), Moran Lake Park improvements and habitat enhancement, the East Cliff Drive pedestrian and bicycle path in Pleasure Point, beach access, lateral access and parking improvements at Twin Lakes Beach, and continued planning assistance as necessary to the Live Oak Family Resource Center as it plans for a permanent facility in a new location. In addition the Agency will continue to work with the community and other departments to assess the need for and feasibility of additional community facilities.

Public Library:

In response to the critical need for a branch library to serve Live Oak and Soquel residents, the Agency acquired property and developed the interim Live Oak branch library on Portola Drive. Construction of a permanent, expanded, library on the site is underway, and is expected to open in winter, 2005.

Communitv Planning and Design:

Planning, technical studies, and community design considerations are an important aspect of the Agency successfully integrating Agency projects with other public and private development in the Project Area. Over the next five years, the Agency will be continuing efforts such as developing plan lines for Project Area roads, preparing community design plans, working with the Planning Department on other community-based planning efforts, completing the Moran Lake study, evaluating opportunities for Live Oak riparian trails, and conducting other studies that may be needed for other redevelopment and related projects.

Neighborhood Beautification:

Agency efforts to upgrade existing neighborhoods involves beautification projects which can make significant improvements, often spawn community participation, and encourage private investment. The ongoing Urban Forestry Program coordinates and finances street tree planting and associated landscape improvements within the public right-of-way as well as on private property along public rights-of-way. This program utilizes both County staff and neighborhood volunteers. Other projects which the Agency may be involved in implementing during the next five years include undergrounding of overhead utilities, graffiti abatement and property cleanup/trash abatement, efforts to identify and improve key gateways in the Project Area, and other projects and programs, as needed.

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Encouraging economic activity, business development and private investment in the Project Area is key to a successful redevelopment strategy. A strong economy is fundamental to the quality of life of Project Area residents, the health of local business, and the ability of local government to provide services. If private sector jobs and investment are lost or go elsewhere, the local economy declines, resulting in rising unemployment, higher social costs, deceasing local sales, falling local revenues, and deteriorating services and infi-astructure. To prevent this social and physical deterioration, it is important to enhance the competitive economic position of the Project Area and County, encouraging business growth and building a positive business climate. The Agency will continue to pursue a variety of activities to help generate private investment, create jobs, and strengthen the economy of the Project Area.

Parking Facilities:

A lack of convenient parking in core commercial areas can adversely affect business activity and economic growth in the Project Area. In addition, inadequate parking for residential neighborhoods can potentially impede neighborhood revitalization efforts. The parking facilities program assists in alleviating parking deficiencies in selected residential areas and in key commercial areas where business activity can be strengthened as a result of more accessible and convenient parking. This program includes the acquisition and development of parking lots and the creation of new parking opportunities in the Project Area. Specific projects in the next five years may include, but are not limited to, development of shared parking opportunities in Soquel Village and the upper 4 1 St Avenue commercial area, parking for the Pleasure Point business area, and additional beach parking.

Business Assistance:

Retaining and attracting business in the Project Area is an important component of the Agency's economic development strategy. Through this program, the Agency will work closely with the business communities in Live Oak and Soquel to identify efforts to retain and attract key businesses. These efforts involve continuing to:

Foster communication within the business community and between the businesses and local government.

Work with Project Area business associations, including support for the Local Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP).

. Focus special efforts in the commercial core areas of Live Oak and Soquel to enhance business promotions, encourage business retention and expansion activities, and to promote facade and other site improvements.

Work with local businesses and County agencies to ensure consistent code enforcement.

Participate in other business assistance programs.

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There are a limited number of major development opportunity sites in the Project Area. To help ensure that new development on key sites meets community needs, the Agency will continue to work with the community to identify development opportunities within the Project Area. If Agency development assistance is needed, Agency involvement will be carefully targeted to projects which meet identified community needs and would not otherwise be financially feasible for a private developer. Activity is expected to be focused in the Upper 41st Avenue areas and Capitola Road; future activity may include other areas as well. During the next five years, the Agency will explore various opportunities including:

Providing assistance to developers of selected non-residential sites which cannot be developed to meet broad based community needs without Agency involvement, such as site assembly, or off-site infrastructure.

Developing and maintaining a data base of available non-residential sites within the Project Area for use by interested developers.

3. Housing

Agency's Housing Production Plan

Consistent with the Agency's Housing Program Guidelines adopted by the Board in 1990, over the coming five year period ,the Agency will assist a wide range of affordable housing projects within the Project Area and throughout the unincorporated County. Agency assistance will continue to provide for a variety of housing types ranging from small studio units to mobile homes, family sized rental units to single family dwellings, and to involve a variety of strategies as further discussed below:

Development of New Affordable Units

The Agency will continue its involvement in the development of new affordable housing through acquiring development sites and collaborating with developers to construct new affordable units. Current short term projects include the

Construction of Villas Del Paraiso 51 new units on Freedom Boulevard near Pinto

Construction of 39 units off McGegor Drive near Seacliff Village Construction of 16 new units on the County-owned site in Seascape Construction of 64-unit Corralitos Creek Apartments project Implementation of pilot project to construct new farm worker housing on agricultural land in partnership with farmers under provisions of the Employee Housing Act.

9 Development of mixed use commercial/residential projects on appropriately zoned properties. Continued pursuit of other potential sites and projects as opportunities arise.

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Within the Project Area and throughout the unincorporated County, there are a large number of substandard, dilapidated, and overcrowded housing units that contribute to area blight.

The Agency will continue county-wide efforts to upgrade and improve existing owner- occupied and rental housing stock, including farm worker housing.

Resident Acquisition of Property:

A substantial number of residents currently living in rental housing and mobile home parks have expressed a strong desire for resident control of property currently leased or rented. Recent legislation allows State funds to be used both for resident acquisition and acquisition by a non-profit organization.

The Agency will continue to assist mobile home park and apartment residents in resident and non-profit purchase projects in connection with State hnding programs.

The Agency anticipates providing financial assistance and technical support to assist in privately-financed resident purchase projects throughout the County.

Local Matching Funds:

Typically, Agency-assisted projects involve other federal, State, and private funding sources. During the next five years the Agency will continue to leverage its Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds as opportunities present themselves, by providing local matching funds to help attract outside housing subsidy h d s to affordable housing projects.

Preservation of "At Risk" Existing Affordable Housing:

Throughout the unincorporated County, the Agency will continue to monitor the potential loss of affordable units with expiring affordability. Program initiatives include:

Providing financial assistance to preserve long term unit affordability for Section 8 projects or any other projects with expiring subsidies

Continued implementation of the Measure J Unit Preservation program to maintain affordability restrictions on units that are at risk due to foreclosure.

First Time Home Buyer Loan Program:

The Agency will continue its program to assist low and moderate income first time home buyers although State law does not allow the Agency to count single family units assisted under this program toward its production requirements.

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4. Relationship of Conditions of Blight and Programs and Projects

The purpose of the programs and projects presented in this Plan is to address the conditions of blight in the Project Area. Table 5 illustrates the relationship between this Plan's programs and projects and the alleviation of blight in the Project Area, as required by the Community Redevelopment Law:

Table 5: Summary of Relationship of Conditions of Blight

Community Economic Conditions Addressed Enhancement Development Housing

Deterioration and dilapidation X X X

Defective design and character of physical construction X X X

Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing X X

Overcrowding I I I X

Inadequate provision for light, ventilation, open spaces I X 1 X I X

Age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, or shifting uses

X X X

Libraries

Depreciated values, impaired investments

X X Economic maladjustment (vacancies, undeveloped and

X X X

11 underdeveloped properties) I 1

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5. Estimated Program Expenditures

Funding for these programs is provided through tax increment revenue and bond proceeds. The Agency has bonded an average of once every three years. It is anticipated that there will be one or two new bond issues during the next five years. Table 6 shows estimated expenditures for five years, as required by the Community Redevelopment Law:

Table 6: Estimated Program Expenditures

January 1,2005 - December 31,2009

Program Expenditures * 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Community 11,700,000 11,200,000 9,700,000 9,300,000 8,700,000 ~ Enhancement

Economic Development

6,880,000 6,980,000 4,705,000 7,330,000 7,130,000 Affordable Housing

1,000,000 750,000 500,000 500,000 325,000

* These are estimates of expenditure by program area for planning purposes and are not intended to bind the Agency to specific financing limitations or require Implementation Plan amendments if actual expenditures differ from these estimates.

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VI. SUMMARY

This Implementation Plan for the Live OaWSoquel Project Area describes the various programs which are proposed to be undertaken and continued during the next five years to assist in the alleviation of blighting conditions in the Project Area and to preserve and increase the community supply of affordable housing. These programs are recommended with the understanding that circumstances and situations constantly change. For this reason, the Implementation Plan, as required by the Community Redevelopment Law, will be reviewed periodically and amended when needed to reflect changing priorities and needs.

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Community Redevelopment Law requires that certain specific information be included in the Implementation Plan. This includes information pertaining to past and future housing fund expenditures, proportional spending requirements, the number of Agency-assisted units and specific affordable housing production requirements. Specific information is also required to be reported pertaining to three Plan periods: 1) the 17-year period between 1987 and 2004,2) the ten- year period between 2005 and 2014 encompassed by this Implementation Plan and 3), the 13-year period between 2014 and 2027, which constitutes the remaining life span of the 40-year limit of the Live OaWSoquel Redevelopment Project Area.

Housing Fund Expenditures 2000-2004:

The Implementation Plan is required to include the amount of Housing Funds utilized during the 2000-2004 period to assist affordable housing projects and whether funded activities were available to families with children. During the 2000-2004 reporting period, the Agency expended $13,194,273 on specific projects to assist affordable units throughout the unincorporated County and there were no Agency assisted projects, which were restricted to housing units that were limited to seniors during this reporting period.

2005-2014 Projected Funds Available and Proiected Expenditures:

Table A-1 below indicates the amount of funds in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, the anticipated revenues and expenditures, and the estimated number of very-low, low, and moderate income units that will receive Agency assistance during the next five years. (Although a project may receive Agency assistance over a number of years, the table shows only those units completed in a given year.) Activities include acquisition and development of new affordable housing; rehabilitation of dilapidated units; resident acquisition projects; local matching funds; and preservation of "at risk" units and replacement units. (Because of the specific statutory requirements in the law, a number of Agency pr0grams-e.g. resident acquisition programs, First Time Home buyer Programs, Second Unit Assistance Programs-result in Agency-assisted units that are not counted toward the Agency production goals, as discussed below.)

. Table A-1: Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund Estimates

and Number of Units Completed by Year

Beginning Balance

20,120,000

22,711,365

16,344,365

12,646,365

6,714,365

Proceedshcome

Bond Tax Subtotal Proceeds Increment Revenue

I 5,482,000 I 5,482,000

5,592,000 5,592,000

I 5,704,000 I 5,704,000

Exaenses II

Admin. and Projects and Subtotal Remaining Debt Service I Programs I Expense I Funds 11

4,544,000

923.365 11.495.000 6.880.000 4.615.000

6,714,365 11,524,000 6,980,000

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2005-20 14 ProDortional Spending Requirements

In addition, over the 2005-2014 time period, the Agency is required to expend housing funds in accordance with an income proportionality test and an age proportionality test. These proportionality tests must be met every ten years through the end of the redevelopment project, corresponding to the Implementation Plan periods. These tests do not have to be met on an annual basis.

By income level: The income proportionality test requires the Agency to expend its funds at least in proportion to the housing needs that have been determined for the community. The proportionality test is based on the regional housing-need allocation contained in the County’s Draft Housing Element, which determines the spending proportions within the Agency’s expenditure plan. As noted in the table below, the proportional spending goals have been met.

Table A-2: Income Proportionality

Income Category Required Spending Proposed Spending Housing Need Allocation Proportions Proportions

Very-low

28% 31% 65 1 Moderate

27% 24 Y o 502 Low

45% 45% 937

By Age: Agency funds must be spent to provide, improve, or preserve housing that is not age restricted in at least the same proportion as the County’s population under age 65 as reported in the most recent census. The 2000 census indicates that at least 90% of the County’s population is younger than 65 years of age, so at least 90% of the Agency’s expenditures must be spent on housing that is available to households younger than 65. The Agency has not specifically targeted its projects or programs to a seniors only population, and, therefore this Plan complies with this section of the law

The Implementation Plan also is required to include projections about the amount of expenditures for each income group during each year of the implementation period. These projections are noted below in Table A-3 below:

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Table A-3: Project Funding

2012

3,480,000 300,000 340,000 2,840,000 2014 4,430,000 2,250,000 340,000 1,840,000 2013 5,080,000 2,050,000 2,690,000 340,000

Agency-Assisted Units

The Implementation Plan is also required to estimate the number of new, rehabilitated, or price- restricted units to be assisted during each of the next five years, of the ten year period, as well as of the life of the Plan. Future year projections, which are based on a continuation of the various Agencyprograms-substantial rehabilitation activities, new construction programs, and long-term affordability strategies-are presented in the Table A-4 below.

Table A-4: Agency Assisted Units: By Year and Activity

YEAR I New Units I Rehabilitated Units I Price-Restricted Units 1987-2004 66 463 603

2005

32 1 126 2007 32 164 40 2006 32 68 165

ItTotal2005-2009 I I I

407 I 27 1 160 II Total 2010-2014*

554 1289 1844 TOTAL LIFE OF PLAN 208 352 529 Total 2014-2027** 120 203 305

* Assume 75% of 2005-2009 annual average **Assume 50% of 2010-2014 yearly average x 13 years

Production Requirements:

Table A-5 summarizes the number of units required to be produced by the Agency using its Low Income Housing funds based on certain activities occurring in the project area. These include

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market rate construction and existing rehabilitation in the project area as well as replacing housing opportunities lost due to Agency development activities. State law requires that 15% of all units developed in a Project Area be affordable, with 40% of the affordable units (or 6% of the total) allocated to very-low income households, and 60% of the allocated units (or 9% of the total) affordable to low and moderate income households. The law also allows an agency to count agency-assisted affordable units that are outside a project area toward the agency's project area production requirement on a two-for-one basis. According to Redevelopment law, growth in the project area sets the standard to determine the number of affordable housing units that the Agency must produce during the duration of this Implementation Plan.

The Agency's production requirement for units affordable to very-low, low, and moderate income households is 258 units or 15% of the total units produced in the Project Area. Table A-5 shows that between 1987 and 2004, the Agency produced 437 units that the Agency assisted toward meeting the 15% affordability requirement. Because the Agency exceeded in the production of the required units, the resulting 179 surplus units are available to be counted toward future production requirements.

Table A-5: Implementation Plan Production Requirements

And Production Suralus/Deficit: 1987- 2004

11 Total Units Produced I 1720

Total Very-low Income Units Required

155 Total Lowmoderate Income Units Required

(40% of Affordable Unit obligation) 103

(60% of Affordable Unit Obligation)

Total Affordable Housing Unit Obligation 258

Total Very-low Income Units

33 1 Total LowModerate Income Units

106

437 Total Units Produces

11 Very-low Income Units Produced in Surplus I 3

Low/Moderate Income Units Produced in Surplus 176

Total Produced Income Units in Surplus 179

Prior year surplus or deficits are carried forward and incorporated into the future production goals. In addition, beginning in 2004, the low/moderate income category is required to be divided into separate low and moderate income unit counts. Accordingly, the number of very-low income

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surplus units from Table A-5 carried forward is the same. However, based on new reporting requirements, the previous number of 176 surplus units in the low /moderate income category has been split based on the actual percentage of the total number of low and moderate income units produced during the prior reporting period. Therefore, these 176 surplus units have been distributed into 91 low and 85 moderate income “prior surplus” units carried forward as shown in Table A-6.

In Table A-6 below, the Agency’s future production requirements are derived from the projected growth in the Project Area. For the purpose of this analysis, the estimated annual new development in the Project Area is based on the rate of development over the last ten years, during which the average numbers of units built, rehabilitated, and displaced in the Project Area are 55, 4 and 3 units per year, respectively.

The estimated production in Agency-assisted units included in Table A-6 is based on the Agency’s ongoing programs and scheduled projects. Thus, between 2005-2014, the Agency estimates assisting the production of 679 units toward meeting the 15% affordability requirement. Because the Agency exceeded in the production of the required units, the resultant 773 surplus units can be counted toward future production requirements.

Based on the estimated production in Agency-assisted units included in Table A-6 between 2014-2027, the Agency estimates the production of 145 units that the Agency intends to assist toward meeting the affordability requirement. Therefore, by the end of this Implementation Plan in 2014 and for the duration of the life ofthe Project Area in 2027, the Agency anticipates assisting enough affordable units to secure a surplus in the affordable housing production requirements for all income categories. Projected displacement by the Agency has already been deducted from the projected units to be assisted by the Agency.

Table A-6: Implementation Plan Production Requirements And Production

Total Moderate Low Very-Low Requirement

85 91 3 179 Prior Surplus (Deficit) 124 177 378 679 Estimated Production 26 19 40 85

Estimated Production

229 275 281 785 End of 2027 Plan Life Cumulative Surplus (Deficit) 183 249 34 1 773 Prior Surplus (Deficit) 87 58 0 145

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0708 The following section summarizes the Agency’s activities during the major time periods covered in this Implementation Plan.

1987 - 2004:

From when the Agency was formed in 1987 to July 1,2004, more than 1700 units were built or rehabilitated in the Project Area. During that period the Agency assisted in the creation of a wide variety of housing opportunities both within and outside the Project Area. Agency activities include assistance in the development of new affordable units and rehabilitation of existing dilapidated housing into affordable units with long-term affordability restrictions, creating farm worker housing units and housing for special needs, conversion of mobile home parks into resident-owned parks with permanent affordability restrictions. These activities are listed and described in more detail in Table 3.

2005 - 2009

During the five year period between 2005 and 2009, the Agency estimates 41 7 assisted units will be created and applied toward the Agency’s production goals: 297 units assisting very-low income households, 67 units assisting low income households, and 54 units assisting moderate income households.

There are a number of pending and proposed activities scheduled for this five year period.

Pending projects include:

completion of Phase I1 of the Wheelock project. This is a three unit project, which includes a total of 15 beds, that are permanently affordable and available to serve the psychiatrically disabled homeless adults. completion of the on-site infrastructure improvements and renovation of the 64-space Pleasant Acres Mobile Home Park. completion of the 64 unit Corralitos Creek rental apartments for farm workers and very-low and low income families. completion of construction of the 39-unit Seacliff Highlands rental apartments for very-low and low income families. completion of the 51 -unit Villas del Paraiso (Marmos) project providing for rental housing for very-low income families and farm workers. continued operation of various housing assistance programs, including rental assistance programs and other related activities and the Agency’s First Time Home Buyer Program, which provides for ownership opportunities for low and moderate income families.

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In addition to these pending projects, during the next five year period, the Agency will be pursing the following activities:

conversion of other RV parks to permanent housing. opportunities to develop mixed-use housing projects. opportunities to convert existing units to long term affordable housing. development of new housing units on appropriate sites. continuation of the program to rehabilitate or replace dilapidated mobile homes and to upgrade dilapidated mobile home parks utilization of other strategies to increase farm worker housing through the creation of an additional Migrant farm worker facility and other development opportunities of farm worker housing in accordance with the Agency's farm worker housing program.

2010-2014

During the five years between 2009 and 2014, the Agency will continue its involvement in the 2005-2009 programs, including new construction activities, substantial rehabilitation activities, and projects involving acquisition of long-term affordability restrictions. Two hundred and sixty- one (261) units are projected toward the Agency's production goals for 2010 -2014. Within this period, the Agencyprojects assisting 8 1 units for very-low income households, 1 10 for low income households, and 70 units for moderate income households. Table A-6 shows that at the end of the 2005-2014 period, a total of 773 surplus units, consisting of 341 very-low income, 249 low and 183 moderate income units will be built in excess of Redevelopment Law requirements.

2014 -2027

During this final period, production of affordable units is predicated on fewer available resources but with a continuation of the same general type of affordable housing programs. It is anticipated that these efforts will result in 145 units, both inside and outside the Project Area, that can be counted toward the production goals. Table A-6 shows that at the end of the life span of the Project Area, a total of 785 surplus units, consisting of 281 very-low income, 275 low, and 229 moderate income units will be built in excess of Redevelopment Law requirements.

While projections beyond a ten year period become increasingly speculative, it is clear, based on the Agency's experience to date and pipeline projects, that if Agency low and moderate income housing funds continue to be used to assist in the new construction and substantial rehabilitation of affordable housing, then the Project Area affordable housing production obligations over the life span of the Agency will be easily achieved.

Replacement Housing Requirements:

Redevelopment Law (Section 3341 3(a)) requires agencies to replace low or moderate income units displaced by an agency activity within 4 years of displacement. Since the Agency's inception,

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Agency projects have minimized displacement of low and moderate income households and the loss of housing units.

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Between 1987 and 2004, a total of 49 units have been lost as a result of Agency-assisted projects. Forty (40) units were replaced between 1989-2004, and the 9 units remaining, which were displaced between 2002-2004, will be replaced using units developed in the 2005-2009 period. All replacement housing requirements will be met within the four-year period required by law with low or very-low income units. Tables A-5 and A-3 have accounted for the past and projected replacement of displaced units as part of the Agency's projected funding obligation.

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO.

On the motion of Director duly seconded by Director the following resolution is adopted.

RESOLUTION ADOPTING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency, State of California:

WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Law requires each redevelopment agency that has adopted a redevelopment plan to adopt an implementation plan each five years; and

WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz adopted a Redevelopment Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area on May 12, 1987; and

WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz adopted the first Implementation Plan for the Live OaMSoquel Project Area on November 22, 1994; and

WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz adopted the second Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area on November 16, 1999; and

WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz in accordance with Section 33490 of the Health and Safety Code has duly given notice of a public hearing to consider the third Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said Agency has caused to be prepared and has reviewed said Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED, that the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz does hereby approve and adopt the Implementation Plan for the Live Oak/Soquel Project Area, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the County of Santa Cruz

Redevelopment Agency, State of California, this day of ,2004, by the following vote:

AYES: NOES: ABSENT:

ATTEST: Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Santa Cruz

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Distribution: County Counsel Redevelopment Agency

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Michael A. Guth Attorney at Law 2-2905 East Cliff Dr.

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Board of Directors Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency 701 Ocean Street Santa Cruz, CA

December 12,2004

Re: Proposed Implementation Plan for Live OaWSoquel Project Area

Dear Directors,

I am writing with regard to your hearing on the Redevelopment Agency Plan scheduled for December 14,2004. I am generally pleased with the goals that the RDA has listed in the Plan, and am grateful to see that certain specific projects are included the Plan. However, I do have serious concerns over lack of specificity with regard to funding allocations for projects and the internal priorities within the Plan. More importantly, the limited scope of this Plan reinforces the need for a Live Oak Coastal Plan to be created and added to the County General Plan.

I ask for your support with regard to the two items listed below, and offer further comments and critique for your consideration. REQUESTED ADDITIONS:

1. New addedparagraph for Section 2, Economic Development, page 19: An important part of the Project Area’s economic activity is supported by tourist visits to the region’s coastal resources. Beach users, surfers, boaters, fisherman, and other visitors support many sectors of the local economy. Coastal access and the conservation of coastal resources are inextricably linked to the economic health of the Plan Area.

Funding for the creation of a Live Oak Coastal Plan Coastal access study, including beach access and area access and circulation

1. What percentage of the specific projects listed in the Plan are expected to be started, substantially completed, and completed during the next 5 years?

2. Do the proposed budgets in the Plan support the number of projects listed? What degree of confidence does the RDA have that the budgets can support the listed projects?

2, Additional projects:

QUESTIONS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

This Implementation Plan needs the complement of a Live Oak Coastal Plan. With that understanding, and with the addition of the two items listed above, and with answers on the record to the questions for RDA listed above, I support the approval of this Plan.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael A. Guth

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COPA Cammunlties Organized for Relational Power Zn Action 95 Alta Vista Avenue Watsonville, CA 90576 Phone and Fax: (837) 728-3210 www.cope-iaf.org

December 13,2004

TO the Board of Supewisors of Santa Cruz County,

On behalf of the various members of the institutions in Live Oak who have taken an interest in the work of the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency and its 5-year plan kt our area, we are writing to give you some of our thowghts with respect to the Implementation Plan fbr the Live Oak Soquel Project Area 2005-2009.

Live Oak Family Resource Center, Live O& School District, Star of the Sea Catholic Church and a number of other community organizations spoke at the Community Meeting to prepare this plan.

Our mssage was simple--the Redevelopment Agency must deepen its commitment to its own goals, specifically "the development of diverse programs, hil i t ies and opportunities fix m residents, including all ecoxkomic, cultural, special needs and ages." (mal #5) To illustrate that point, we o f k d a variety of stories from a diverse group of community residents who had been meeting to discuss the pressures on their families and the ways in which Live Oak institutions could respond to these pressures. We specifically mentioned th need ikr a community center which would be creafed by and fbr community members,

W e are happy tht the report being presented to you toby includes language which is an opportunity to honor the hopes and dreams we hear on an ongoing basis as we talk to community members about their lifb sitwtions. (Page 18, urzder Programs and Pmjects--n and Cultural Facilitiq)

community center is really needed and possible in Live Oak. We are committed to doing the organizing and other work f~cessaty to bring this dream to Me,

In closing, we call upon the Board of Supervisors to approve this plan in hnt of youtodayandtowarkwithusinthecomingyesrs.

On November 3,2004 a team of approximately 20 community leaders h m the

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Elhbeth Schilliqr-and Erika H e w n Live Oak Family Resource Center

Bob Morgan Live Oak School District

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