Arroyo Vista Redevelopment
The Arroyo Vista redevelopment project will be moving forward based on the Dublin Planning Commission’s 4-1 vote on April 28th to:
- Change the designation on Arroyo Vista from medium to medium/high density;
- Approve a parking space deficit based on special circumstances; and
- Approve incremental traffic congestion along Dougherty Road.
Arroyo Vista is a 24-acre community located along Dougherty Road directly across from Camp Parks. There are currently 150 homes that are owned by the Dublin Housing Authority and rented to low-income households for affordable rates. Unfortunately, the Arroyo Vista buildings have fallen into disrepair over the years. This forced the City of Dublin to either:
(a) Invest millions of dollars to rehabilitate the Arroyo Vista buildings; or
(b) Find a market-based solution to redevelop Arroyo Vista, provide additional affordable housing, and minimize the cost to Dublin’s residents.
Dublin decided to go with option B and sell the land to Citation Homes and Eden Housing to build a new community of market-rate and affordable homes. In this agreement, Citation Homes will build/sell 198 homes and Eden Housing will build/own 180 affordable rate apartments (50 will be built for seniors). There will also be a 3,200 sq. ft. community room available for residents.
As part of this agreement, Eden Housing will be providing 46 fewer parking spaces than what is required by Dublin’s Zoning Ordinance based on special circumstances such as availability of public transportation and seniors tending to own fewer cars.
Aside from the relocation of residents during the construction phase of the project, the most controversial aspect of the new Arroyo Vista project is the increased traffic congestion along Dougherty Road that will be created by the additional 228 new homes. Planning Commissioner Morgan King voted against the Arroyo Vista plans based on the principle that Citation Homes and Eden Housing should address these traffic concerns before moving forward with the redevelopment. If the City Council were to approve the Arroyo Vista project, they would need to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations to allow for the additional traffic congestion.
Construction of the new Arroyo Vista is expected to start in the fall of 2009.
11:17 PM on May 8th, 2009
Everyone knows this place needs to be torn down asap. It’s an unspoken fact that everyone that still lives there runs side businesses. Since their rent is based on 1/3 of their (reported) income, they stash lots of cash that is never reported… not even reported to the IRS! Many of the people that live there are secretly loaded. It’s kinda funny actually. I’m surprised it took THIS LONG for the everyone to catch on! Sucks for them since their decades of paying little-to-nothing rent is over. No wonder why there was a huge waiting list to be admitted, yet NO ONE EVER moved out because of all the cash they saved lol. Too bad no one cares.
2:03 PM on May 9th, 2009
To the above poster: yeah well obviously.
3:30 PM on May 10th, 2009
If u were one that works the system, you too would live there, except u have too put up with all the ghettoness. Now our tax dollars will be spent relocating these unfornate {lazy} familys.
12:30 PM on May 21st, 2009
I agree with the previous comments. Although affordable housing does some time go to the deserving, such as our Teachers, Firemans, Policeman and Public Workers. More time than not though these handouts go to the CAREER Handout Lifers who will insist on not working too hard to risk losing the handouts from the hard working Citizens.
I believe Affordable housing should be provided by each community for their own Teachers, Firemans, Policeman and Public Workders. No one city should have to provide all this affordable housing to the entire region. Dublin has affordable housing units in the thousands and more to come. I don’t believe we have that many teachers, firemans, policeman and public workers that works for DUBLIN to fill them. The access inventory goes to the unwanted by other communities, the handout lifers.
1:32 AM on May 27th, 2009
Dude arroyo vista is a joke. Everyone is either a housekeeper, child care provider / babysitter, a gardner, or in auto repair. They don't report their income… everyone knows this original poster. It's obvious and everyone in Dublin knows that. All you have to do is declare that you have no income coming in & you get to live there for free for as long as you'd like. Meanwhile, you get to keep all your money and spend it however you please on expensive vacations and material things. There was a huge thing a couple years ago where a lot of the immigrants would send thousands in cash home to their families living in Mexico & elsewhere… no one ever caught on lol. No wonder most people have lived there for at least 20 years +.
2:09 AM on May 27th, 2009
EVERYONE WATCH THIS ARROYO VISTA VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTz_I71pRbk
Reason #9598474784 why it HAD to be torn down!!!!!