Menifee City Council Sends Housing Element Plan to State for Approval
The Menifee City Council Tuesday night approved a Draft Housing Element to be sent to the state for review and certification, in accordance ...
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This document, required of all cities, is a study of Menifee's plan for how to accommodate the housing needs of its residents today and those who will come to the community in the future. The current housing element draft is designed to cover 2008-2014. According to Carmen Cave, community development director, the document is not a promise to build affordable housing but is a required analysis of the potential land use of the city.
The draft will be sent to state officials for review and feedback and could be adjusted upon its return before it is finalized, said City Manager Bill Rawlings.
"This is a draft document," Cave explained. "Later, we will hold public hearings about this subject. This was required to be submitted by November 2011 and we still haven't met that requirement. If the city fails to submit this, you basically hand over power to someone else to determine how housing will be built."
Cave also said the city would be ineligible for grants and other funding if the housing plan is not submitted.
Based on Menifee's population, economic and housing characteristics and special needs, the city is required to show the capacity to accommodate -- not mandate -- 2,734 new housing units between now and 2014. The breakdown of the requirement is:
-- 648 very low income households
-- 448 low income households
-- 506 moderate income households
-- 1,132 above moderate income households
Income and housing figures will fluctuate with the economy. Although two members of the public spoke out against the document because of concerns about possible excess low-income housing, Cave explained that the draft document makes no such commitment. No specific locations for any additional housing were identified.
"We're not asking you to do something that's illegal," Cave said. "We're asking you to do something to make us compliant with state law."
No more housing until the traffic problem is fixed.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Menifee will be another Quail Valley or Perris. I thought we should keep it more expensive and classier. Just wondering, how many people on the Council or City of Menifee payroll have some kind of ties to building more houses? Real estate agents or builders? Some kind of interest? Seems like they just want to build homes. We need business's and these stupid roads fixed first. NO MORE HOUSES!
ReplyDeleteDon't you get it? This is required by law. it has nothing to do with real state agents and builders. It has to be done and its only to show that the city can plan for low income. What do you have against low income people?
ReplyDeletehow do you think businesses decide to move to a city - they need PEOPLE. that means they need houses.
Keep in mind our large senior population, several of whom would be considered "low income", and we are very lucky to have so many of them! Let's bring in more!!
ReplyDeleteTo Anonomous: NO MORE HOUSES? That is ridiculous. No more houses means no more people and no more businesses, which would stunt the growth of our Fabulous City of Menifee. Why would anyone want to curb the ability for other families and individuals to enjoy this wonderful place? My family, both of my sisters and their families, AND my parents were very fortunate to "find" this hidden treasure back in 2005/06. We LOVE it here in Menifee!
Although I AM a real estate agent, my support has nothing to do with profit. It's about supporting the City Council in their efforts to ensure that Menifee can grow at a healthy, controlled, yet steady pace, so that more families can enjoy living and raising families in this wonderful environment.
cynthia, I think 10:31am, means we need jobs created here, you can't be overly anxious in just having a bedroom communnity without jobs being here, you will see in a few years those people leaving to be closer to their jobs and then those homes being replaced by folks you don't want living here, I've seen it in Moreno Vly when I lived there in the late 80's. Its nothing but big time crime city now. You have to have a balance. Now Cynthia, you like it here bez you WORK here, you would think secondly if you had to drive 65 miles one way or more to say...san diego every day. this city has got to be more than roof tops! It has got to be.
ReplyDeleteI don't think everyone unders the draft housing element. It is just one of the 7 elements we need to have in our General Plan. Presently we met the requirements of low income housing with the Senior Core area and other homes in the "Sun City Section" of Menifee. In 10 years our population could jump from 80,000 to 160,000 people. The General Plan needs to show that if necessary we have space available to build low income housing for people who retired, just starting families, etc. This will not cause us to become a "poor city", but enhance it. I also agree that we need more businesses, both commerical and retail to support our city with sales tax, property taxes, etc. We have over 8000 homes in the process of being built, now we need the jobs to support the homes so that are an asset not a liabilty. Slow concise growth with areas along the 215 for commerical development. The Council needs to listen to the community to hear want the want for our City.
ReplyDeleteI went to 2 council meetings and those nasty old people totally turned me off. how is the city council going to hear what we want when only those people attend the meetings. Can't they be banned or something?
ReplyDelete1:34, you explained exactly what I was trying to say. Good job!
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