Resolution No. 5549
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RESOLUTION NO. 5549
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON REVISING REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS
ASSESSMENT OF JUNE 1988 AS IT APPLIES TO THE
CITY OF VERNON AND REQUESTING THE CONCUR-
RENcE OF SCAG
WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of
6 Governments (SCAG) has published a Regional Housing Needs
7 Assessment for Southern California dated June 30, 1988 in
8 which it determined a Housing Needs Assessment of 7 6 units
9 for the City of Vernon: and
10 WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hear-
11 ing on the Housing Needs Assessment at which i t received
12 written and oral comments from the general public: and
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WHEREAS, the City council on May 24, 1988,
14 authorized staff to hire a consultant and funded a Housing
15 Feasibility Analysis study for the City of Vernon by
16 Agajanian & Associates which was accepted by the City Council
17 on september 6, 1988; and
18 WHEREAS, the study concludes that any effort on the
19 part of the City to induce development of housing would
20 create.unnecessary hardships for potential residents and
21 create costly and inefficient housing programs for the City:
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23 WHEREAS, the City's Director of Health and Environ-
24 mental Control has submitted a report on critical environmen-
25 tal concerns to be considered when evaluating Vernon's hous-
26 ing needs: and
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WHEREAS, numerous letters were received from the
28 general public expressing concerns over:
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noise
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pollution: 2) noxious odors: 3) truck and railroad
traffic: 4) potential environmental hazards: 5) vibra-
tions due to heavy manufacturing processes: and 6) their
aggregate effect on residential development: and
WHEREAS, the city has gradually developed over a
period of eighty-four years land uses which are primarily
industrial: and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65584 provides
that the City of Vernon may revise the determination of its
share of the regional housing needs in accordance with the
factors set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SEGTION 1: The city Council of the city of Vernon
hereby finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are
true and correct.
SECTION 2: The city Council of the City of Vernon
finds and makes the following considerations in accordance
with Government Code Section 65584:
a. Market demand for housing: No market demand
for housing has been identified and the adverse en-
vironmental factors make such demand unlikely.
Such adverse factors include: noise and congestion
from truck traffic, trains, and industry: odors
from meat processing, rendering, and manufacturing
plants: air pollution and soil contamination from
chemicals, oil products, and metals transported by
carrier and used by industry. Residential housing
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is also negated by high land costs.
b. Employment opportunities: The emPloyment sec-
tor in the City of Vernon has been provided with
sufficient housing by the surrounding colt1.1l1unities.
c. Availability of suitable sites and public
facilities: No suitable housing sites haVe been
located, and public facilities including retail
stores and markets are nonexistent or at a minimum
in the City of Vernon.
d. Commuting patterns: The City of Vernon hasap"'"
proximately five square miles of area, so that com-
muting distances along city streets r'arely exceed
two miles. Conunuting patterns are determined by
the employees choice of housing in outside com-
munities.
e. Type and tenure of housing needs: Employees in
the City of Vernon primarily need long-term single
family homes, but the City of Vernon is not a
desirable or safe location for raising children be-
cause of heavy traffic, noise and possible air pol-
lution and ground contamination, and because of
lack of parks and playgrounds.
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f. Housing needs of farmworkers: No farm lands
exist in the vicinity of the City of Vernon.
g. Further impaction of lower income households:
Any housing constructed in the city of Vernon would
be classified as low to moderate income housing.
The surrounding communities are saturated with such
housing, and residential development in the City of
Vernon would further impact the relatively high
proportion of lower income households.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby finds that the
housing needs assessment for the City of Vernon should be
revised from 76 units to zero (0) units.
SECTION 4: Based on the foregoing, the City of
Vernon requests that SCAG re-evaluate its housing needs
assessment criteria for Vernon and accept the revised housing
allocation of zero (0).
SECTION 5: The ci ty Clerk of the ci ty of Vernon
shall certify to the passage of this Resolution and thereupon
and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
SECTION 6: The city Clerk shall transmit a copy of
this Resolution with supporting evidence and documentation to
the Southern California Association of Governments and to the
State of California Department of Housing and Community
Development.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of September,
1988.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
Resolution No. 5549 , was duly adopted by the City Council of
the.City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of sa.id City
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday,
September 6,
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City
Clerk
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