DATE:
April 30, 2024
33
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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ENSURING TRAFFIC ALLEVIATION, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND ACCESS TO GREENSPACE IS PRIORITIZED AT THE SPORTS ARENA REDEVELOPMENT SITE BY PARTICIPATING IN THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING A CITY OF SAN DIEGO ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT OR SIMILAR ALTERNATE FUNDING MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF 2,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The County and City of San Diego held a joint meeting on October 3, 2022, passing a resolution committing to developing 10,000 affordable homes on public land by 2030. Since then, the County has advanced 11 county-owned sites with construction of over 1,500 affordable units under way.
The 48.5-acre Sports Arena site is owned by the City of San Diego and is being considered for one of the single largest and most consequential public redevelopment sites in the history of the San Diego region. The proposed Midway Rising project represents a transformative scale investment in public benefits including 2,000 deed-restricted affordable housing units, over 13 acres of parks, plazas, and open space, spillover economic impact including high-quality jobs, and improvements to key public infrastructure for a longstanding underserved neighborhood. This will be the largest affordable housing project in State history and significantly advances progress towards meeting the City and County's 10,000 units affordable housing on public land goal.
The potential benefits to the County as a whole are huge, however, as the representative of District 3, the interest of my residents must be represented in ongoing discussions. Those interests include traffic and congestion mitigation, transportation infrastructure, green space connections, and stormwater, sewage, and flood control infrastructure. This Board letter seeks to ensure that our Board can advocate for the amenities and infrastructure that District 3 residents and project neighbor...
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