HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE_ Housing DevelopmentsI have attached the pages from the housing element which map out where the City's RHNA sites are located.
Site B -111 is not identified in the housing element.
Site C-241 is in the housing element. It is a 100% affordable site with 241 units in the housing element.
Site D-330 is in the housing element. It requires 66 affordable units.
Gerald Ford Apartments, the 150 units, is in the housing element and is very important to us as it provides more units than is required by the housing element and positions us favorably
for meeting our RHNA. The housing element required 21 affordable units, while the developer is constructing 149 affordable units. Fortunately, it is under construction.
Nick Melloni, AICP
Principal Planner
760.776.6479 <tel:760.776.6479>
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73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA, 92260
From: Chris Escobedo <cescobedo@palmdesert.gov>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:09 PM
To: Nick Melloni <nmelloni@palmdesert.gov>; Joe Barron <jbarron@palmdesert.gov>
Subject: Re: Housing Developments
Thanks, Nick. Do B-111, C-241, and D 330 have any affordable housing or a RHNA unit connection?
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Chris Escobedo
Assistant City Manager
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From: Nick Melloni <nmelloni@palmdesert.gov <mailto:nmelloni@palmdesert.gov> >
Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 12:31 PM
To: Joe Barron <jbarron@palmdesert.gov <mailto:jbarron@palmdesert.gov> >
Cc: Chris Escobedo <cescobedo@palmdesert.gov <mailto:cescobedo@palmdesert.gov> >
Subject: Housing Developments
Hello Joe,
Here is a map of recently approved housing projects I made back in June for Anthony.
Generally, the only new housing development within the IID service area is the Gerald Ford apartments which is currently under construction. Other vacant parcels within this area are
zoned Service Industrial (SI) with an Employment general plan land use designation. These designations do not outright allow for housing, but it may be possible.
A large portion of the University Campus is within the IID service area. Their master plan is generally open ended but envisions approximately 616 new beds in student residence halls.
Their EIR is generally silent on electrical facilities required for the future expansion. Their Utilities master plan (attached for reference) references that power is provided by "Southern
California", which I assume is a typo and intended to mean SoCal Edison and includes a summary of existing utilities and future projected electricity needs. Here is a link to their
master plan webpage: https://www.csusb.edu/master-plan/palm-desert-campus
I would be happy to sit down with you to discuss the zoning within that area and how it may facilitate housing development.
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Nick Melloni, AICP
Principal Planner
760.776.6479 <tel:760.776.6479>
nmelloni@palmdesert.gov <mailto:nmelloni@palmdesert.gov> | www.palmdesert.gov <https://www.palmdesert.gov/>
73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA, 92260
<https://palmdesert50.com/>