The "no" votes on the project were from Mayor Catherine Moy, Vice Mayor Pam Bertani, and Councilmember Manveer Sandhu.
Moy made a last-minute motion, seconded by Bertani, to table the vote until ongoing city code enforcement and county investigations looking into the state of the building could be finished. The motion failed and the project proceeded to a final vote.
Tuesday's vote approves the loan agreement, regulatory agreement and standard agreement required to now give the project final approval and issue a loan of $23,071,081 for the project on a 55-year term. The facility must operate as permanent supportive housing.
"If we accept this funding tonight that obligates this city to operate this facility as a permanent supportive housing unit for 55 years," Bertani criticized.
City staff say ten units will be reserved for veterans – but Bertani, during her comments, told staff and Faifield's city manager that she does not trust the facts of the project presented to council by city staff, or that any veterans will be housed here. The concerns fueled her "no" vote on the project.
Bertani pointed out that unhoused people eligible to live at the permanent housing site are the seriously mentally ill, those addicted to drugs, and level 1 and 2 sex offenders.
The people utilizing the permanent housing are not required to also partake in the critical social services on site, though city staff say the majority in these types of programs do.
"You've got more support against it than you do for it," said neighbor Angela Johnson in public comment, pointing to the signs in the gallery reading "Vote No on Vista Ridge."
"It is literally a recipe for disaster," said neighbor Lisa Murphy of the project.
"I've never seen a project with such overwhelming opposition by our residents. Remember, we report to our residents. It seems to me the community has spoken very clearly about concerns for this project and flat-out opposition. That has my attention," said Bertani.
"I'm in support of the project, I live in this neighborhood. I shop in that area," said neighbor Cynthia Garcia. An organized opposition group, Citizens Against Vista Ridge, advocates that this is the wrong location. "We disagree with the location. A facility like this should never be planned next to two children's dentistry and Texas Roadhouse. Their business will suffer and is suffering," said Carol Haddock, spokesperson for Citizens Against Vista Ridge.
"We are confident this is the right location and the property will be managed properly," said DANCO representatives at the meeting. Other neighbors asked the city simply to slow down. "We do not need to do this right away, we don't need to just do something. We need to do something correctly and safely," said neighbor Rick Johnson in public comment, which was met with applause from the crowd.
The group says they must gather 7,000 signatures of valid registered Fairfield voters within 30 days of Tuesday's vote – and if they do so, the vote to approve the project could be nullified.
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