Item 7 Additional Material posted 11-30-20M EM ORAN DLJ M City of Poway ADDITIONAL MATERIALS (Agenda Related Writings/Documents provided to City Council or Staff after distribution of the Agenda Packet for the December 1, 2020 Council Meeting) DATE: TO: FROM: CONTACT: SUBJECT: November 30, 2020 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Vaida Pavolas, City Clerk (858) 668-4535 or vpavolas@poway.org Item 7 -Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 20-003 and Development Review (DR) 20-002, a Request to Construct a Mixed-Use Development with 212 Multi-Family Condominium Units and 11,364 Square Feet of Commercial Space and Outdoor Plazas and Amenities in the Poway Road Specific Plan Area at the Carriage Center and Former Poway Fun Bowl, 12845 to 12941 Poway Road Attached please find correspondence received after the agenda posting deadline. Reviewed/Approved By: Wendy Kaserman Assistant City Manager 1 of 8 Reviewed By: Alan Fenstermacher City Attorney Approved By: City Manager December 1, 2020, Item #7
ADDITIONAL MATERIALSFrom: To: Subject: Date: Sarah Nethercot Vajda Payolas;~ Comments for Meeting -Fairfield Neighboring Family Monday, November 30, 2020 10:06:37 AM Dear Vaida Pavolas & Team As a young family, a MOP (Mom of Poway) living in close proximity to this project - I would like to comment in favor of revision to the plan and appreciate you taking the time to listen. We do not want stand in the way of revitalization and more housing, but we would like to see the approved project better balance what is valuable to the area, while still providing a lucrative venture to the property owner and increased revenue for the City of Poway. Currently, the large area is completefy commercial. But the plan's commercial square footage equates to about 2.5 Chic-fil-A restaurants. How can this plan still be lucrative for the developer but also better support the area and needs? With more commercial space and taking notes from the recently passed "The Farm" project. Better balancing of creative green space and commercial zoning, not just an enormous lump of dwellings w / commercial space in such small amount it seems to be there just to say it is there. I am sympathetic to the council and city clerk's office for having to work with both sides on this. As a daughter of two parents who are real estate developers, I am sympathetic to the owner's goals. But, this project is an opportunity that is not being maximized in the current plan, please consider it as if you and your family lived a block away. I plan on reaching out to other families via MOPs of Fb. Help collect opinions. Thanks again in advance for your time. Sarah N ethercot & Family 127 54 Robison BL VD Poway, CA 92064 2 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
From: ~ To: Subject: Caylin Frank; Pave Grosch; Barry Leonard; snespore@poway ora: councjlmembers Fairfield Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:58:24 AM Hello I just reviewed the plans up for approval. Is 48.3 feet allowed, or does this need community input? Two restaurants with virtually no parking is an establishment I will not be dining at. Open space along Poway Road is not for the community, it is for the residents. Bottom line, when you vote for this project please remember the last election. Vaus lost by a small margin. Personally, I decided to not vote for supervisor. That was three votes from my household that were left blank. When you add up the households in South Poway, it can cost someone an election. Next election I will vote on all, along with being active trying to get votes for County Supervisor, Mayor and city council representatives that show they care about all the communities, not just the North side. I do believe we need some attractive buildings along Poway Road. I just believe a four story 212 apartment complex with very little parking isn't the answer. If this was less apartments and more commercial units, as in "Downtown", I think it would be beneficial for the community, but how is two small restaurants considered mixed used? I have to say I finally made it to Old Town Poway. I loved what they have done there. Hopefully with all the new residential units on Poway road, that doesn't prevent me from avoiding those businesses due to congestion. If traffic gets worse than it is, I will avoid that side of Poway and drive over to Carmel Mtn Ranch or Scripps Ranch to shop and eat. In closing, I love Poway and I do want to see changes on Poway Road. I think you can, as City Council, push for improvements from Current owners. I watched you do it in the last meeting of a resident. Make Poway Road refreshed and updated, but don't copy Mira Mesa. Hope you all have a very blessed Thanksgiving! Thank you Camille Stewart Sent from my iPhone 3 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
From: To: Cc: Dayjd Dilday Steye vaus caylin frank; Daye Grosch; Barry Leonard; John Mullin.: Vajda payolas Subject: Date: City Council Meeting Dec. 1st/ Redevelopment of Carriage Center and Poway Bowl sites Monday, November 30, 2020 11:37:11 AM Attachments: iroaaeoo1 pna iroaaeoo2 pna Powayprojectletter docx Dear Mr. Mayor and Councilmembers, Please see my attached letter in support of the Fairfield project. Regards, Dave Dilday Director, Land Development & Investment Sales [i] Office (619) 469-3600 I Direct (858) 598-2862 I Cell (619) 200-9787 I Fax (858) 560-5604 DaveD@PacificCoastCommercial com I www PacificCoastCommercial com 10721 Treena Street, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92131 I Lie. 00976203 4of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
November 30, 2020 Dear Mr. Mayor and Councilmembers, This letter is in regards to the upcoming City Council meeting tomorrow on December pt and the Council's vote regarding the redevelopment of the Poway Fun Bowl and Carriage Center properties. My name is Dave Dilday I am a native San Diegan with many in my family living in Poway since the early 1980's. I have worked as a Real Estate Professional in San Diego for over 30 years, with much of my work taking place in the Poway Business Park. I have also worked with many business owners and property owners along Poway Road. I am currently a member of the Kearny Mesa Planning Group and was recently a member of the Kearny Mesa Land Use Committee tasked with working with the City to update the Kearny Mesa Community Plan, so I understand difficult land use decisions. I became more involved in the City of Poway about 5 or 6 years ago when it became apparent that City leaders had strong interest in promoting growth along a blighted portion of Poway Road. Ultimately, this vision became the Poway Road Specific Plan, which developers rely now rely on as a road map for future development and gentrification of the Poway Road corridor. I started attending the Poway Road Ad Hoc Committee meetings in 2017 and offered input with regard to the various development guidelines necessary for developers to commit capital to new projects along this corridor. After a great deal of time and careful consideration, the Ad Hoc Committee in concert with the Planning Department and City consultants made recommendations to the Council with regard to the Specific Plan and Council approved the Poway Road Specific Plan. Although no plan is perfect, the approved Poway Road Corridor Specific Plan made it economically feasible for quality development to occur along Poway Road and is now used as a "roadmap" for development along this corridor. This "roadmap" is the basis for which Fairfield, Trading Post, and Commons developer's used before committing funds and resources toward a proposed development. With regard to the vote tomorrow, it is also important to remember the Vision Statement for the Poway Corridor Specific Plan: "The Poway Road Corridor is envisioned as an economically vibrant, family oriented, social, and cultural center for Poway, a unique destination that serves the community through thoughtful design, unique shopping and dining experiences, lively activities and a mix of housing types. Its distinct "city in the country" character creates the corridor as a place where residents, workers, visitors and tourists are drawn to gather, enjoy, live, and celebrate the community. 5 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
The City Council has recently approved several projects along the Poway Road Corridor, with both The Trading Post and Poway Commons developers using the Specific Plan as their roadmap for their respective developments. Fairfield has relied on this same plan and invested millions of dollars and many man hours to come up with a plan that fits the character and needs of the community, and most importantly, after many revisions, conforms to the approved Specific Plan. Fairfield is not requesting any deviations from the Specific Plan. With regard to the envisioned "Town Center", the Council has done a commendable job with regard to ensuring a mix of different housing options in the Town Center area. In reviewing the recently approved Commons project, this 9 acre site includes 44 affordable housing units and 97 "for sale" homes. The Fairfield project is a perfect complement to the vision of creating a true "town center". The Fairfield project covers just under 7 acres and includes 212 market rate apartment homes. The area in question, including Commons and the Fairfield project totals just under 16 acres, therefore, Poway Commons combined with Fairfield's project with 353 dwelling units on 16 acres works out to a density of approximately 22 dwelling units to the acre. This would not be considered a "dense" community by any industry norm. These two projects will help create and build on the vision the Council had for the "Town Center" many years ago and these three housing types complement each very well and help create the cohesive and diverse community the Specific Plan envisioned. The three distinct housing types in this Town Center area are Affordable Housing for Seniors or empty nesters, a "for sale" townhome community (Commons) by Meritage which creates much needed new home purchase options, and the project in front of you tomorrow, which brings luxury apartment homes with many likely tenants from the Poway Business Park. This has been a very complicated project due to multiple ownership interests, easement issues, and numerous lease problems at the Carriage Center. Once the lease issues and easement problems were resolved, the proposal was submitted to the Planning Department, then Covid 19 happened. Covid has certainly made the City application and review process much more challenging. Bob Manis and his team have done a great job with regard to the processing of the plan given the circumstances. Fairfield has done a great job by sticking with the project despite the many challenges. This is a testament to Fairfield's commitment to this project and their belief in Poway. Fairfield has listened to the City Council, the Community, and the Planning Department and made revisions to the Plan in accordance with the approved Specific Plan. Fairfield has worked closely with the City on this final submittal, but quite frankly they have no more room for project reductions or revision due to the high land and project costs. The main metrics used to determine a projects feasibility are the ROC (return of cost) and the IRR (internal rate of return) Due to covid and rent compression, these two metrics are not to industry standard at this juncture. However, due to Poway's strong community, great schools, and severe lack of housing, the applicant is confident the project will pencil in the long run. 6 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
With regard to the project, I would like to address some of the community and Councilmember concerns. 1. Increased traffic on Poway Road-Traffic consultants have vetted this issue and with traffic light synchronization the increases should be quite nominal. Transportation habits are changing which should help keep cars off our roads. 2. Scale-(Project is too big) The site is large at just under 7 acres and the project may seem big, but with the slope in the rear of the property it will feel like a three-story property. Fairfield is not asking for an increase in unit count or any height variance over what is allowed in the Specific Plan. 3. Property Values-With regard to neighbor's concerns that this project will adversely affect their property values. This is factually untrue. This is a project that will gentrify this area of Poway and INCREASE not decrease property values. Fairfield's Seta project in La Mesa and Skye in Vista have increased property values in these communities and we expect the same results from this project. 4. Parking-Many comments have suggested the project does not have enough parking for tenants. Fairfield recently reduced the unit count to address view concerns and in doing so, the proposal now complies with the City's parking requirement. It is important to understand that this area does not provide for on street parking. Parking will not be allowed on Poway Road and people certainly won't park on Ilene Street to visit residents of the new community or frequent the retail and restaurants. In short, if the project does prove to be under parked, this will be an issue for Fairfield not the general public. 5. Immediate Neighbor Privacy Concerns-Fairfield has done their best to address these concerns. As you are aware, a lift was used to show neighbors the view corridor from the third level of the building. We believe that with lattice of some nature on top of the wall, along with the proposed tress on both sides of the wall, these privacy issues will not be as much of a concern. 6. Loss of Long time Restaurants-Part of what makes Poway special is its people and their relationships with other business owner's or restaurateur's. We are working very closely with both Swamis and Rene's Mexican restaurant and we are confident that both of these long time Poway restaurants will become a part of our "Restaurant Row", which will be a place for all Powegians to gather. 7. Loss of Poway Bowl-The bowling alley is closed for good regardless of decision on the project. The larger issue is what happens to the property without approval? It is likely the area would remain blighted and a magnet for bad activity. Due to the high land prices, it is unlikely another developer could make economic sense of another project. In addition, getting the adjacent property owners to cooperate in the future would be very difficult. The project is a very attractive and fits in with the character of the community architecturally and a great deal of time went into making sure the project fit Poway's character. This development will bring in much needed work force housing for the Poway Business Park employees, empty nesters, for folks ready try some City in the Country living. The development 7 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7
will have an active Restaurant Row where Powegians can gather and share a meal and enjoy the Holidays. With regard to the activity on the "restaurant row" we are very confident in bringing back both Swamis and Rene's Mexican Restaurant to anchor our restaurant row. In short, this is the type of project that was envisioned 4 years ago when we discussed different types of project during the AD Hoc committee meetings 4-5 years ago. With regard to Parking and traffic, I learned a great deal from my work on the Kearny Mesa Community Plan Update that our transportation needs are changing. Many in the younger demographic do not own cars as they prefer ride sharing due to cost savings. My own children are a good example. Both of my daughters share one car with their partners and they tend to rely on ride sharing for the majority of their transportation needs. Most importantly, as noted previously, this project conforms to the approved Poway Road Specific Plan that was approved three years ago. The approved Specific Plan was thoroughly vetted before approval by City Consultants, the Ad Hoc Committee and the City Council. The Specific Plan provides a long-term strategy for revitalizing public and private properties along Poway Road and for creating the much discussed and anticipated "Town Center" for all community members to congregate and enjoy. The applicant followed the same guidelines applied to the other two projects along Poway Road, the Trading Post and the adjacent Poway Commons project. The Poway Road Corridor Specific Plan provided the framework to guide development activity along this corridor of Poway Road and this Council should be commended for adopting this plan which will bring in a younger demographic, increase revenues to the City and most importantly, create the vibrant town center City leader envisioned many years ago. As with many proposals, we tend to have a vocal minority against change. I urge you to consider the overall benefits the project will have for the 50,000 plus Powegians as a whole and remain committed to the Town Center concept envisioned in the approved Poway Corridor Specific Plan. Thank you for again for your service to your community and thank you for your consideration of the Fairfield proposal. Regards, Dave Dilday 619-200-9787 8 of8 December 1, 2020, Item #7