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Commission hears lengthy update on building moratorium and wastewater-plant financing; staff cites $111 million grant package under review
Summary
City staff told the Planning Commission the city’s building moratorium has been submitted to the state HCD for review and that the city is negotiating a financing package — described during the meeting as roughly a $111,000,000 grant plus loans — with the State Water Board; staff outlined a phased plant option and said smaller projects without new sewer connections would still be allowed.
City planning staff told the Greenfield Planning Commission on Jan. 6 that the city’s recently adopted building moratorium has been submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review and that the state will issue a letter outlining required changes before the moratorium can be treated as effective at the state level.
"We continually ask them... They did contact us. This was, I wanna say, around Thanksgiving," said Unidentified Staff (Community Development/Economic Development), describing staff outreach and the uncertain timing for a state response. Staff said HCD will likely ask the city to resubmit the housing element modified to reflect the moratorium and other…
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