RES-10081 Eliminating Orange Park Acres Planning CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 10081
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ELIMINATING THE ORANGE
PARK ACRES PLANNING COMMITTEE AS A CITY
COUNCIL CREATED COMMITTEE AND
DESIGNATING THE ORANGE PARK
ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THE
EX OFFICIO ORANGE PARK ACRES PLANNING
COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, the Orange Park Acres Specific Plan (hereafter, Specific Plan)
recommended that an Orange Park Acres Planning Committee (hereafter, OP AC) be created
to interpret guidelines set forth in the Specific Plan and to make recommendations on
specified land use matters; and
WHEREAS, the City Council created OP AC, whose members were appointed by the
Mayor and ratified by the City Council, to carry out specified duties in accordance with the
Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found that OPAC is called upon to review land use
matters on an infrequent basis and that there may be no matters to review during the entire
two-year term of an OP AC member; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that having the Orange Park
Association Board of Directors (hereafter, OP A Board) act as the ex officio OP AC will
provide more continuity and efficiency to the review process and will eliminate staff and City
Council time spent finding appointments to the OPAC and staffing meetings of the OPAC.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council resolves and determines as follows:
Section 1. The OPAC as a City Council created committee is eliminated upon the
date of passage ofthis Resolution.
Section 2. The OPA Board shall act as the ex officio OP AC whose members will
be chosen in the manner provided by the Orange Park Association's
Section 3. The purview of the OP A Board and procedures therefore shall be as set
forth in the attached document entitled "Orange Park Association Board of Directors
Procedure for Review of Development Proposals."
ADOPTED the 23rd day of May, 2006.
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City of Orange
ATTEST:
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I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certifY that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of May, 2006, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Ambriz, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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ORANGE PARK ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
I. INTRODUCTION
The Orange Park Acres Specific Plan recommended that an Orange Park
Acres Committee be established to "interpret the guidelincs set down within the OPA
Specific Plan and to canyout the recommended reviews and proposals such as:
a. Architectural, site planning, landscape and design review.
b. Promote additional traffic and circulation studies for the area as needed.
c. Establish and maintain a cost/revenue model to determine impact on the County, City
and the Orange Park Acres area.
d. Establish an assessment district or other means to furnish or develop trunk sewers,
landscaping, drainage, roads, equestrian trails and other improvements recommended
in .the Plan or established by the Planning Committee.
e. Establish specific theme elements such as tree types, materials for fencing, etc., as
necessary for the maintenance of the policies for Orange Park Acres.
f. Include other functions to be carried out by the Planning Committee deemed
appropriate for the orderly implementation and communication of the Orange Park
Acres Specific Plan and to function as liaison with the County and City staffs and
other agencies on planning matters." OPA Specific Plan. pgs. 143-144.
The Orange Park Acres Committee existed as an Orange City Council created committee
until 2006, when the City Council took action to have the Orange Park Association Board of
Directors act as the ex officio Orange Park Acres Committee recommended in the OPA Specific
Plan. The Orange Park Association Board of Directors and Orange Park Acres Committee, being
one and the same, are hereinafter referred to as the OP A Board.
II. OP A BOARD PURVIEW
Developers within the OPA Specific Plan area shall give written notice to the OPA Board
of any of the following development proposals:
Tract maps;
Major Site Plan Review;
Requests for conditional use permits;
Proposed zone changes;
Proposed specific plan amendments; and
Proposed general plan amendments.
The City shall given written notice to the OPA Board of any of the following City
initiated projects that are within the OPA Specific Plan:
New public works projects exceeding $200,000]
Traffic and/or circulation studies;
Proposed zone changes;
OP A Board review does not apply to rehabilitation and maintenance work even if the cost exceeds $200,
Proposed specific plan amendments; and
Proposed general plan amendments.
III. OP A BOARD REVIEW PROCEDURE
The President of the OPA Board shall be the contact person, whose name, address and
phone number shall be provided to the Community Development Director in writing. The OP A
Board may designate a different contact person in writing.
Preliminary plans and designs of projects within the OPA Board's purview shall be
submitted by the project proponent to the OP A Board contact person either prior to or
concurrently with such submission to the City. The OP A Board and the project proponent shall
make every effort to meet prior to the project being reviewed by the City's first reviewing body,
which is typically the Staff Review Committee. Both the OPA Board and/or the project
proponent shall provide summary notes of such meetings to the Community Development
Director.
The OPA Board shall provide written comments on the project to the Community
Development Director within 15 days of receipt of the preliminary plans or designs. The project
proponent and the OPA Board may agree to extend such time. The OPA Board's comments shall
include an analysis of whether it believes the project is consistent with the OPA Specific Plan and
any recommendations for the project, as well as a summary of any meetings held with the project
proponent. The written comments shall indicate any votes taken by the OP A Board, including a
vote on the written comments.
The written comments shall disclose the identity of any OP A Board member who is a
project proponent or is performing work for compensation on the project and such OP A Board
member shall not participate, directly or indirectly, in formulating the OPA Board's written
comments.
The Director of Community Development shall apprise all City reviewing bodies as to
whether or not the project proponent and OP A Board complied with these procedures.
IV. AFFECT OF FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THESE PROCEDURES
The Community Development Director and/or any City reviewing body may, in its
unfettered discretion, determine a project application to be incomplete if the project proponent
fails to make a good faith effort to comply with these procedures. However, compliance is not a
pre-requisite to consideration or approval by the City and failure to comply shall not form a basis
for a legal action based on failure to exhaust administrative procedures or upon any other legal