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ATTACHMENT E Summary of Concerns CONCERN: Bascom Village violates the City’s Housing Dispersal Policy. REPLY: The Bascom Village proposal does not violate the Housing Dispersal Policy. The HDP sets aspirational goals for the dispersal of affordable housing and specifically allows City Council to take other City concerns and policies into consideration. There are two primary policies outlined within the HDP. Policy 1: The City encourages dispersal of low-income families, in subsidized housing, throughout the City. Public assistance for the construction of subsidized housing is discouraged in unsuitable areas. This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. [Unsuitable areas are defined in the document as census tract block groups where; 1) Over 20% of the total housing units are subsidized units for low-income families; and/or 2) Over 50% of families have incomes at or below 50% of the area median income.] The County Farm landbank site is currently consistent with Policy 1 and was when purchased in 1997. The site is located in census tract 2202, block group #1. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) FY11 low- and moderate income data indicates between 10% and 20% of all residents in this block group are either low- or moderate income families. U.S. Census 2010 data tells us that 5.2% of the total housing units in the block group are subsidized. Policy 2: The City discourages subsidized housing developments that are larger than 60 units. This policy may be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. [Subsidized housing developments are defined in the document as permanent newly constructed rental housing for low-income families.] Bascom Village consists of 101 units and is designed to provide affordable housing for families, seniors, singles, and couples. Twenty-seven units are one-bedroom units targeted to seniors, singles, and couples. Seventy-four units have 2 or more bedrooms. Based on past occupancy patterns, SVDP estimates that about 8% of the one-bedroom units will likely be occupied by households with a child and approximately 61% of the units with 2 bedrooms will likely be occupied by households with at least one child. As previously discussed, the HDP is aspirational, as opposed to prescriptive in manner allowing either of the two policies included within to be balanced by the City Council against other City concerns and policies. In setting the criteria for development proposals for this site, HPB considered the very high demand for additional housing, and the limited resources available for affordable housing development, the limited number of landbank sites, and the size of the site which allows for a greater number of units at densities similar to other affordable housing developments. CONCERN: Bascom Village will increase traffic and the site is not served by public transportation. REPLY: Yes, traffic will increase as a result of the development. The increase in units in this area has been planned for since the 1980s. Therefore, streets were constructed to accommodate anticipated traffic increases from future development Traffic Impacts and Street Capacity - Bascom Village will add 488 trips per day, 80% of which will also be using County Farm and Coburg Roads; and Drake’s Crossing is expected to generate 1,117 daily trips, with 85% utilizing County Farm and Coburg Roads. Current traffic volumes on County Farm have actually dropped (between Coburg and Parkview there is 1,800 ADT, down from 2,450 in 2001). With the addition of both Drake’s Crossing and Bascom Village volumes, the ADT will increase to about 3,140, which is below the design capacity for a Major Collector of 7,500 ADT. Of great concern to the neighborhood is the volume of traffic to and from the west of both developments (Parkview and Lakeview to Gilham or Devon). During the AM peak, which includes school traffic, we expect 30 trips